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Corporate Counsel

Google Calls Ex-Female Employees' Pay-Equity Lawsuit 'Vague' and Sparse'

Lawyers for Google Inc. argue a class action that accuses the company of pay discrimination casts too wide a net with overbroad claims of alleged gender inequities and unfair promotion opportunities for women.
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The Recorder

Google Calls Ex-Female Employees' Pay-Equity Lawsuit 'Vague' and 'Sparse'

Lawyers for Google Inc. argue a class action that accuses the company of pay discrimination casts too wide a net with overbroad claims of alleged gender inequities and unfair promotion opportunities for women.
5 minute read

The Recorder

PricewaterhouseCoopers Can't Keep Secret Would-Be Class Size in Age Discrimination Suit

A federal magistrate judge has denied an effort by PricewaterhouseCoopers to seal the number of would-be class members in an age discrimination suit that claims the accounting and consulting firm unlawfully struck older job applicants from employment consideration. The plaintiff's attorneys estimated that some 14,000 potential job applicants over age 40 could be part of the affected class.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Background Check Alphabet Soup Creates Nightmares

A Philadelphia employer conducting background screening may soon have to navigate no less than six federal, state and local laws. Other jurisdictions also have background-check related laws, creating an even larger headache for multistate employers.
8 minute read

National Law Journal

EEOC's New Republican Leaders Could Drop Push for Broader Pay Data Collection

Victoria Lipnic, the acting chairwoman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, on Thursday suggested the agency under a Republican majority may not continue to push for pay data collection efforts that target the wage gap, a day after a lawsuit slammed a decision by the Trump administration to scuttle a reporting requirement. Two nominees—Janet Dhillon and Daniel Gade—are awaiting U.S. Senate confirmation.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

A Day Earlier, Al Franken Was Talking About Sexual Harassment. Here's What He Said

U.S. Sen. Al Franken came under fire Thursday after a radio newscaster recounted being groped and kissed by the former comedian during a USO tour of the Middle East in 2006, three years before the Minnesota Democrat took office. Less than 24 hours earlier, Franken was speaking out about sexual harassment to make his case against forced arbitration clauses in employment contracts that can silence victims of abuse.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Religious Extremism? A Global Workplace Issue: Part 2

The recent acts of terrorism in the name of religion around the globe, the political protest in Brazil, along with the protests in the United States by extremist groups, have created management issues for all employers.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Relation Back Doctrine Saves Pharma Employee's Whistleblower Claim

Allegations pleaded in the original complaint of Ada Damla Demir, who had been employed by Sandoz, a division of Novartis, sufficed to give defendants notice of the occurrences that led to the whistleblower claim.
3 minute read

The Recorder

From Hollywood to Human Resources: What lessons can be learned from the Weinstein scandal?

We have set out some guidance to employers on addressing harassment issues in the workplace and steps which can be taken to prevent it from occurring in the first place.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Kirkland Partner, Trump Pick for Top Labor Lawyer, Calls Arbitration Reach 'Problematic'

Kirkland & Ellis partner Kate O'Scannlain, facing questions about workplace sexual harassment at her confirmation hearing Wednesday for a U.S. Labor Department post, vowed to study how the broad use of arbitration clauses in employee contracts can unfairly silence victims.
4 minute read

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