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Practical pieces about employment law trends and how companies can stay compliant with quickly changing regulations and case law. A recent focus is how Legal should handle #MeToo and accusations of harassment and discrimination.
By Riley Brennan | July 10, 2024
"A public employee's right to speak about matters of public concern must not be allowed to halt the operations of, say, a public school. On the other hand, the degree of disruption required will vary depending on the speech at issue," wrote U.S. District Judge John M. Gallagher for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
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By Maria Dinzeo | July 10, 2024
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
By Mason Lawlor | July 10, 2024
New York City-based employment firm Wigdor filed a complaint July 8 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of Topaz Smith, a pregnant Black woman, who claims she was fired following maternity leave from the organization and replaced with a white woman who was not pregnant.
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By Erin Pelleteri Howser, Theresa M. Sprain, Jennifer L. Anderson and Clinton P. Sanko | July 10, 2024
"The 'Ryan' court ... temporarily enjoined the noncompete rule from going into effect but only as to the named plaintiffs and intervenors to the lawsuit," write attorneys from Baker Donelson.
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By Marianna Wharry | July 10, 2024
"It really doesn't make any sense, in terms of judicial efficiency, to pause a case for an interlocutory appeal on a summary judgment motion when the trial is going to be completed this year," said Michelle C. Yau, chair of Cohen Milstein's Employee Benefits/ERISA practice. "What they were asking for was trying to fit a square peg in a round hole."
3 minute read
By ALM Staff | July 9, 2024
This ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decisions editors.
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By Riley Brennan | July 9, 2024
"Specifically, Freeland's pay statements demonstrate some discrepancies between pay periods, contrary to his assertion that he was always paid consistently. For instance, Freeland's pay statements show that there were several pay periods when Freeland received nothing in regular pay salary," wrote U.S. District Judge Nancy L. Maldonado for the Northern District of Illinois.
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By Mason Lawlor | July 8, 2024
Vaughn cited public CBS statements from 2019 in which they "said the quiet part out loud." Vaughn's complaint pointed to former CBS Executive Whitney Davis stating that CBS had a "white problem."
4 minute read
By Robert G. Brody and William C. Collins | July 8, 2024
The law covers more employees, expands the reasons for use of paid sick leave and reduces the required hours to accrue time off.
3 minute read
By Joseph Barber and Scott Frost | July 8, 2024
If non-compete agreements are officially banned and businesses are looking to avoid bureaucratic hurdles that come with patents, Joe Barber and Scott Frost discuss how companies can protect their trade secrets.
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