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National Law Journal

New Petition at SCOTUS Confronts Scope of LGBT Workplace Protections

The high court petition said the Second Circuit's decision—which aligned with a Seventh Circuit ruling last year—departed from more than 50 years of precedent to conclude that sexual orientation is a subset of “sex” discrimination protected under Title VII. The Second Circuit case pitted Trump's U.S. Justice Department against the EEOC, which argued for greater LGBT workplace protections.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Judge Dismisses Hurricane Sandy Cleanup Workers' Wage Claims

U.S. District Judge Peter Sheridan found that individual officers of New Jersey-based Bil-Jim Construction Co. Inc., a subcontractor hired to rebuild the beaches near Barnegat Bay, were not personally liable under the New Jersey Prevailing Wage Act.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Arbitration After 'Epic Systems v. Lewis': Implications for California Employers

The authors detail the impact of the high court's decision on FLSA claims and outline the decision's implications for the arbitrability of claims arising under California's Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act.
11 minute read

Legal Week

Freshfields and Lewis Silkin drawn into Save the Children misconduct scandal

Freshfields and Lewis Silkin named as advisers in letter sent to International Development Committee by charity's former chair
3 minute read

International Edition

Freshfields and Lewis Silkin drawn into Save the Children misconduct scandal

Freshfields and Lewis Silkin named as advisers in letter sent to International Development Committee by charity's former chair
3 minute read

Legaltech News

Facebook's Advertising Algorithm at the Center of Age-Bias Job Recruitment Suit

Facebook is not a defendant in the case, but major U.S. companies are accused of violating employment law in recruitment practices that use the social media company's advertising platforms.
4 minute read

The Recorder

SF City Attorney Opens New Front Against Gig Companies After Landmark Labor Ruling

“The argument that these companies have tried to use in the past—that they're just a technology platform—doesn't pass the smell test,” San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera says. “People go to Microsoft or Salesforce for software. People go to Uber or Lyft for a ride.”
4 minute read

The Recorder

Plaintiffs Lawyers Hit Facebook Algorithm in Age-Bias Job Recruitment Suit

“The takeaway here is that algorithms may not care about civil rights laws, but we do and the law does,” Outten & Golden's Peter Romer-Friedman says. Facebook is not a defendant in the case, where major U.S. companies are accused of violating employment law in recruitment practices that use the social media company's advertising platforms.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Appeals Court Upholds Disqualification of Lawyer for Failure to Return Privileged Documents

The Appellate Division upheld the disqualification of Kevin Barber and his firm, Niedweske Barber Hager of Morristown, from representing the plaintiff in a whistleblower case.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

When #MeToo Leads to Litigation Against a Church

New York courts have not yet decided whether they may hear sexual harassment lawsuits against religious institutions. Learn more in this Religion Law column by Barry Black and John B. Madden.
8 minute read

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