By Erin Mulvaney | November 15, 2018
We've rounded up some plaintiffs-side thinking as more companies embrace practices that end mandatory arbitration for victims of sexual harassment. Plus: several law firms have signed onto a letter advocating for greater LGBT rights, just as SCOTUS gets ready to review a series of high-profile workplace cases. Scroll down for Around the Water Cooler. Thanks for reading!
By Jennifer L. Chunias, Morgan R. Mordecai and Emily S. Unger | November 14, 2018
The SEC continues to receive an increasing number of “tips” each year, and there have been particularly notable developments in the area of whistleblower law.
By Erin Mulvaney | November 14, 2018
Lawyers for United, represented by a team from Seyfarth Shaw, contend in an EEOC lawsuit that the alleged conduct was "outside the course and scope" of the pilot's job at the airline and that the conduct was "not authorized or condoned by United."
By Erin Mulvaney | November 14, 2018
Lawyers for United, represented by a team from Seyfarth Shaw, contend in an EEOC lawsuit that the alleged conduct was "outside the course and scope" of the pilot's job at the airline and that the conduct was "not authorized or condoned by United."
By John Kang | November 14, 2018
The firm is offering fixed-fee packages that include corporate policy and compliance audits, HR and employee training and investigations.
By Jason Grant | November 13, 2018
“Avon must account for why the company 'for women' allows such discrimination to occur,” Jeanne Christensen, a Wigdor partner in Manhattan who signed the lawsuit, said in a statement announcing the lawsuit on Tuesday. Avon said it “strongly denies claims of discrimination."
By Jason Grant | November 13, 2018
“Avon must account for why the company 'for women' allows such discrimination to occur,” Jeanne Christensen, a Wigdor partner in Manhattan who signed the lawsuit, said in a statement announcing the lawsuit on Tuesday. Avon said it “strongly denies claims of discrimination."
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Scott A. Lucas | November 13, 2018
The belief in a “mere total withholding” exception to Labor Law §193 is entirely misplaced. Courts should not allow employers to violate §193 by reaping the benefit of employees' wages, and should not disregard §198's command that “All employees shall have the right to recover full wages, benefits and wage supplements and liquidated damages[.]”
By Xiumei Dong | November 13, 2018
The outpost will be led by partner Tracy Warren, who joined Buchalter in February from Ogletree and who is still pursuing discrimination claims against her former firm.
Connecticut Law Tribune | News
By Robert Storace | November 13, 2018
A former top human resources official at WTNH-TV, Channel 8, has filed a federal lawsuit alleging the station's vice president and general manager fired her because she was an older woman. She is seeking punitive and other damages.
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