The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Christian Petrucci | June 1, 2018
A basic tenant of workers' compensation law is that commuting to and from work is not considered to be within the course and scope of one's employment. Of course, like most legal principles, the so-called “coming and going rule” does have exceptions.
By Erin Mulvaney | June 1, 2018
"Going forward, I think there will be renewed efforts to create pay transparency laws, including requiring employers to publish pay ranges and midpoints so workers have an idea of where their own pay falls," Kelly Dermody says in a wide-ranging Q&A.
Corporate Counsel | News|Research
By Sue Reisinger | May 31, 2018
Claimants, primarily companies, won about 71 percent of trade secret cases, and a majority of the defendants are former employees, according to new research from legal analytics research company Lex Machina.
By George M. Heymann | May 31, 2018
George M. Heymann, retired judge of the NYC Housing Court and of counsel to Finz & Finz writes: The Legislature should take a serious look at the “Scaffold Law” and either amend it or rewrite it from scratch to avoid the frustration and confusion it has created for the courts, the litigators and their clients since its inception.
New York Law Journal | Expert Opinion
By David E. Schwartz and Risa M. Salins | May 31, 2018
In the wake of the #MeToo movement, employers operating in New York will be subject to sweeping new laws aimed at curtailing sexual harassment in the workplace.
Daily Business Review | Commentary
By Erika Royal | May 31, 2018
Starbucks' bold decision to close some 8,000 stores on the afternoon of May 29 to conduct racial bias training, following the arrest of two black men who were waiting for a friend at one of its Philadelphia locations, has shone a light on training related to “implicit bias.”
By Erin Mulvaney | May 31, 2018
The high court petition said the Second Circuit's decision—which aligned with a Seventh Circuit ruling last year—departed from more than 50 years of precedent to conclude that sexual orientation is a subset of “sex” discrimination protected under Title VII. The Second Circuit case pitted Trump's U.S. Justice Department against the EEOC, which argued for greater LGBT workplace protections.
By Amanda Bronstad | May 30, 2018
U.S. District Judge Peter Sheridan found that individual officers of New Jersey-based Bil-Jim Construction Co. Inc., a subcontractor hired to rebuild the beaches near Barnegat Bay, were not personally liable under the New Jersey Prevailing Wage Act.
By Mary-Christine Sungaila, Alex Stevens and Marco A. Pulido | May 30, 2018
The authors detail the impact of the high court's decision on FLSA claims and outline the decision's implications for the arbitrability of claims arising under California's Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act.
By Joseph Evans | May 30, 2018
Freshfields and Lewis Silkin named as advisers in letter sent to International Development Committee by charity's former chair
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