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Eighth Circuit Revives Title VII Discrimination Claims Following Supreme Court's Decision

The reversal comes following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision holding that employees don't need to "show that the injury satisfies a significance test" when bringing Title VII discrimination claims.
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Law.com

Sheppard Mullin Wins Injunction for Financial Services Firm in Dispute Over 'Raiding Exemption' Under Broker Recruiting Protocols

The judge concluded that the defendants acted with predation, pointing to recovered digital evidence on some of the defendants' computers that related to their newly-founded financial services firm.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

With Kenneth Cole's Latest Hire, Putting Legal Chief Over HR Is Officially in Fashion

Renada Williams, the fashion retailer's general counsel and senior vice president of human resources, said the overlapping responsibilities allow her "to see around corners and mitigate a lot of the risk the company might otherwise face."
3 minute read

The Recorder

California Supreme Court Upholds Proposition 22, App-Based Driver Classification Law

The court held that the Legislature's power to regulate the workers' compensation system is not exclusive and does not forestall citizen initiatives on the topic.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

IRS Issues New Guidance on Emergency Personal Expense and Domestic Abuse Victim Distributions

Although the department and IRS are seeking comments to the guidance, plans may generally rely upon the guidance in administering emergency personal expense distributions and domestic abuse victim distributions.
6 minute read

Law.com

Former Harvard Women's Ice Hockey Coach Sues University Alleging Gender Bias, Unfair Pay

Stone alleged that her compensation rate was between $50,000 and $100,000 less than her male counterpart, which Harvard claimed was "because he [meaning the male head coach of the men's ice hockey team] has to make quicker in-game decisions."
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Attorney: Evenly Divided NJ High Court Still Offers 'Flexible, Protective Standard' for Employment-Related Tort Claims Against Religious Institutions

"Today is a very good day for religious liberty. The court unanimously adopted a flexible and protective standard for evaluating employment-related tort claims brought against religious institutions, and its specific holding will provide those institutions with important legal protections in communicating with their faith communities without fear of groundless defamation claims," said Akiva Shapiro, a partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher who served as counsel for the Rosenbaum Yeshiva defendants.
7 minute read

Law.com

Things Could Get Confusing After Dueling Rulings on Noncompetes

"Come September, if this situation persists, there will be garden-variety, noncompete employment cases in courts across the country where defendants, whether employees switching companies or companies hiring employees in the face of noncompetes from their prior job, will likely assert that the FTC is a defense to the enforcement of a noncompete," attorney John Siegal said.
6 minute read

The Recorder

Protecting Company Secrets After the FTC's Noncompete Rule

"If the rule goes into effect, companies are well advised to pursue comprehensive intellectual property strategies for protecting their interests," write Adam Powell and Daniel Hughes.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. High Court to Eye Whether Workers' Comp Immunity Shields Company Owner From Jobsite Injury Suit

The defendants warned that the Superior Court ruling "would expose thousands of small business owners, who choose to organize their businesses into a corporation or limited liability company, personally liable to employees for work-related injuries, even though those employees were eligible for and received workers' compensation benefits."
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