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Corporate Counsel

Preparing for 2025: Anticipated Policy Changes Affecting U.S. Businesses Under the Trump Administration

While the administration cannot implement changes until after the inauguration, its stated priorities signal potential regulatory updates that could impact employers across the United States. Understanding these anticipated changes is critical for compliance and effective workforce planning.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Employers Race to File NLRB Petitions to Gain Upper Hand in Union Organizing

The number of so-called RM petitions filed by employers rocketed 2,089%, to 416 petitions, in the last 10 months.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Judge Tosses Ex-Twitter Workers' $500M Severance Case

The case, brought on behalf of about 6,000 Twitter workers, alleged Elon Musk violated a federal law that governs benefit plans. U.S. District Judge Trina Thompson said ERISA did not apply to the severance program at issue but gave the plaintiffs the opportunity to refile using a different legal basis.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Tractor Supply Co.'s Stock Takes Hit After Activists Bash Its Embrace of DEI

Recent attacks on the Brentwood, Tennessee-based retailer underscore the risks faced by companies that seek to cast themselves as champions of diversity, equity and inclusion.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Corporate Boards May Be Underestimating the Talent Challenges Ahead

An EY study of institutional investors found signals that "the paradigm of maximizing profits at the expense of worker satisfaction is being significantly challenged."
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Lawsuit Could Test Anti-Discrimination Hairstyle Law That's Sweeping Country

Enactment of the Crown Act has been followed by litigation elsewhere, including in the Southern District of Texas, where the Barbers Hill Independent School District faces a suit on behalf of a student suspended for violating a restriction on the length of a male student's hair.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

More People Are Bringing Politics, Religion to Workplace, Testing Employers on Civility

"If your co-worker shows up and says 'cease-fire' or 'Blue Lives Matter,' you name it, it triggers a sense of vulnerability because you now identify yourself by your response," in-house attorney Emily Knoles said.
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

EEOC Lawsuits Alleging Disability Discrimination Spiked 77% in Just-Completed Fiscal Year

Given the Americans with Disabilities Act's complexity, "it can really be the Achilles' heel for employers," Seyfarth Shaw partner Christopher DeGroff said.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Southwest Seeks Stay of Judge's Order Mandating 'Religious Liberty' Training for Senior In-House Counsel

Southwest says ordering three of its senior in-house counsel to undergo religious liberty training will cause irreparable damage to the airline's and the lawyers' reputation.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Southwest Vows to Appeal Order Requiring Top Lawyers to Undergo 'Religious Liberty Training'

Texas federal Judge Brantley Starr ordered the airline to put three senior lawyers through at least eight hours of training from the conservative Alliance Defending Freedom by the end of the month.
3 minute read

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