Rebekah Mintzer

October 11, 2016 |

Obama appointee and longest-serving GC of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will leave office in December.

By Rebekah Mintzer

10 minute read

September 30, 2016 |

The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of an employer who banned dreadlocks at work in a discrimination case filed against it by a black employee.

By Rebekah Mintzer

18 minute read

September 29, 2016 |

U.S. Department of Labor acts on paid absences for federal contractor employees and EEO-1 Revisions.

By Rebekah Mintzer

13 minute read

September 27, 2016 |

Was it disrespectful for a law firm to send an associate to federal court in Brooklyn, New York, to represent a big client, in this case Facebook Inc., to a pretrial conference unaccompanied by partners?

By Rebekah Mintzer

15 minute read

September 23, 2016 |

The 500 million-user data breach at Yahoo Inc. could involve dozens of state data breach notifications laws plus federal and foreign rules.

By Rebekah Mintzer

10 minute read

September 20, 2016 |

A coalition of 21 states filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Labor on Tuesday in federal court in Texas demanding the court stop the department from promulgating a rule that would expand overtime pay to more than 4 million additional workers around the country, including state employees.

By Rebekah Mintzer

8 minute read

September 15, 2016 |

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission submitted an amicus brief supporting the National Labor Relations Board Wednesday, as the board tries to defend its updated joint-employer standard before the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.

By Rebekah Mintzer

5 minute read

September 13, 2016 |

Uber Technologies Inc. is urging a California judge to reject National Labor Relations Board subpoenas that seek nationwide information about the ride-sharing company's relationships with its drivers.

By Rebekah Mintzer

13 minute read

September 12, 2016 |

Here are five ways federal laws and regulations changed as a direct result of the attacks.

By Rebekah Mintzer

12 minute read

September 12, 2016 |

The National Labor Relations Board and professional services firm EY, formerly known as Ernst & Young, are the latest parties to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to resolve a growing circuit split over whether arbitration agreements containing class-action waivers are viable under Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act.

By Rebekah Mintzer

8 minute read