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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 Marianna Wharry | July 25, 2024
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."
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By Colleen Murphy | July 24, 2024
"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.
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By Charles Toutant | July 24, 2024
"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.
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By Charles Toutant | July 24, 2024
"The issue's going to have to be litigated, not just in the handful of cases directly challenging the [Federal Trade Commission's] authority but in commercial and employment cases in courts all across the country," attorney John Siegal said.
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By Adam Powell and Daniel Hughes | July 24, 2024
"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.
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By Aleeza Furman | July 24, 2024
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."
3 minute read
By Amanda O'Brien | July 24, 2024
Former income partner Jo Bennett's putative class action survived a motion to dismiss.
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By Charles Toutant | July 24, 2024
"So it doesn't matter what the content of the act is. If the act violated the quorum clause in the way it was passed through Congress, then it's invalid, no matter how laudable the goals of the legislation might be. If a law is unconstitutional, it's unconstitutional," plaintiff's attorney Eric Heigis said.
6 minute read
By Emily Saul | July 23, 2024
Plaintiffs Jared Rasmussen and Jane Doe allege they were both wrongfully retaliated against and fired after reporting assaults on Doe by an ex-employee of Fox to the network's Human Resources and Legal departments.
2 minute read
By Anthony Michael Sabino | July 22, 2024
A discussion of 'Bissonnette v. LePage Bakeries,' where the Supreme Court unanimously reversed the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, finding that the plaintiffs, while indeed purveyors of bakery products, nevertheless qualified as transportation workers, and were therefore exempt from arbitrating their claims.
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