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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 Emily Cousins | December 6, 2023
The defendant contended that the plaintiff's claims are prohibited because the accommodation requested was not reasonable as a matter of law or it would have been an undo hardship for the company.
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By Dan Roe | December 6, 2023
DEI pushback and lawsuits have so far targeted the "lowest hanging fruit," so tidying up policy language and reviewing organizational values can prepare firms for scrutiny.
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By Charles Toutant | December 5, 2023
A lawyer for Davis Saperstein & Salomon says its suit against the former attorney "is narrow, in that it only seeks to enforce two agreements that were mutually agreed upon by the parties."
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By Alex Anteau | December 5, 2023
His attorney said Wexler tried to work from home, but when he tried to participate in a hearing, "his kids were knocking on the door the entire time. He couldn't focus."
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By Nicholas J. Pappas and Jack Sullivan | December 5, 2023
This article explains the current legal landscape employers face in evaluating requests for accommodations on the basis of religion or disability by explaining the recently announced standards for assessing requests for religious accommodations and summarizing the longstanding standards for assessing requests for disability-related accommodations.
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By Susan Potter Norton and Liana De La Noval | December 5, 2023
Historical statistics show that more layoffs and discharges occur in December and January than any other time of the year.
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By Charles Toutant | December 4, 2023
Plaintiffs lawyer Jon Green said he heard messages of encouragement from lawyers whose clients were faced with fees of as much as $1,500 an hour in cases ranging from police civil rights to clergy sexual abuse.
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By Riley Brennan | December 4, 2023
"Apparently, it is unclear whether [Target's] policy is lawful under the Pennsylvania Minimum Wage Act. Class certification offers an attractively efficient way to provide that pivotal answer and address the large number of relatively modest claims at issue," held U.S. District Judge John F. Murphy.
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By ALM Staff | December 4, 2023
This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
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By Allison Dunn | December 1, 2023
"TNA plausibly alleged that Strang used TNA's confidential information for his personal gain in violation of the RCA and, therefore, unlawfully misappropriated TNA's confidential information. Because TNA adequately alleges that this information is subject to trade secret protection pursuant to MUTSA and DTSA, and that Strang misappropriated these trade secret assets and information by emailing them to his personal email prior to his departure, the Motion will be denied ..." U.S. District Judge Julie Rebecca Rubin wrote in her order filed this week.
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