By John Council | August 13, 2018
In what appears to be a novel move in Texas employment litigation, two Houston lawyers are seeking to keep a sexual harassment case out of arbitration by arguing that resolving the legal dispute in private violates public policy in the #MeToo era.
By Charles Toutant | August 13, 2018
New Jersey's Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act shields qualifying users from criminal prosecution and certain civil penalties, but it does not obligate employers to allow employees to use medical marijuana, U.S. District Judge Robert Kugler said Aug. 10 in granting a motion by defendant Ardagh Glass Packing Inc. to dismiss the plaintiff's disability discrimination suit.
By Erin Mulvaney | August 13, 2018
Labor and employment perspective on several recent "ban the box" state attorney general enforcement actions.
By Rhys Dipshan | August 13, 2018
The owner of The Roanoke Times alleges reporter Andy Bitter illegally kept his Twitter account when he left, and the case may have far-reaching consequences for the business use of social media accounts.
By Scott Flaherty | August 11, 2018
Connie Bertram remains a Washington, D.C., partner at Proskauer, which she claimed "consistently underpays its top female talent."
By R. Robin McDonald | August 10, 2018
Freeman Mathis & Gary attorneys defending Clayton County, Georgia, in a discrimination fight over sexual orientation say the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit got it right in a finding that discrimination against people because of their sexual orientation is not prohibited under federal law.
New Jersey Law Journal | Analysis
By David Disler | August 10, 2018
As Governor Murphy works to make New Jersey the ninth state to legalize recreational marijuana, employers throughout the state are paying close attention to what is occurring in Trenton.
New Jersey Law Journal | Analysis
By Benjamin E. Widener | August 10, 2018
Employers should be part of the solution to this epidemic; they can start by helping their affected employees.
By Erin Mulvaney | August 9, 2018
"Employers have an obligation to take steps to stop sexual harassment in the workplace when they learn it is occurring through cyber-bullying via the internet and social media," an EEOC lawyer said in a statement.
By VerdictSearch | August 9, 2018
On April 1, 2014, plaintiff Ruth Briggs, 59, an executive assistant, was terminated from her job at Temple University.
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