The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Sid Steinberg | January 10, 2018
“He said, she said” is one of the clearest paths to trial for a plaintiff claiming workplace harassment or discrimination. This is particularly so when the statements in question are explosive. A clear example of this conundrum for employers was addressed in the recent decision of El v. Advance Stores, No. 17-2345, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 211887 (E.D. Pa. Dec. 27, 2017).
By Meredith Hobbs | January 9, 2018
After growing his firm from 14 lawyers to nearly 200 over the course of four decades, Lash Harrison is stepping down to make way for a new leader based in Florida.
By Monika Mesa | January 8, 2018
The new hires will remain in their current office in Iselin, New Jersey.
By Ben Hancock | January 8, 2018
Conservative Bay Area lawyer Harmeet Dhillon is representing James Damore in a class action suit alleging political, gender and race discrimination by Google.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Charles F. Forer | January 8, 2018
Whenever Bob discusses arbitration with a client, he talks about the advantages of avoiding court proceedings. His first words always are, “You save so much money.” Bob has learned that his clients like to save money and that these savings are more important to them than the speed of arbitration or the ability to pick the decision-maker or the many other benefits that arbitration provides.
By Monika Mesa | January 8, 2018
Kimberly Cook and Valerie Shea are the latest of a group from Miami's Sedgwick office to land at other firms since Sedgwick announced it was shuttering its doors.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Christian Petrucci | January 4, 2018
There are those injured workers who seek to maintain activities of daily living through “passive modalities” such as massage therapy, ostensibly saving the insurance company the cost of much more expensive treatment. More numerous are those insurance carriers who do not consider massage therapy to be “medical treatment” at all, and seek to avoid paying for such care—ironically at any costs. “Wouldn't we all love to stay home from work and get a massage,” the cynical criticism goes.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By P.J. D'Annunzio | January 3, 2018
The Third Circuit has ruled that plaintiffs must prove "but-for" causation in workplace retaliation lawsuits stemming from False Claims Act whistleblowing activity.
By Josefa Velasquez | January 2, 2018
The wide-ranging proposals by the Democratic governor are part of his legislative agenda, which he is set to unveil on Wednesday, and appear to be in response to the #MeToo movement against sexual harassment.
By Amanda Ciccatelli | January 2, 2018
Over the past 10 years, sexism has been constant. it is simply a view that women are inferior to men and should play subordinate roles at work and…
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