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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 Molly E. Meacham and Sean R. Keegan | November 9, 2017
Over the past 20 years, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has annually received anywhere between 75,000 and 100,000 charges of discrimination (charges).
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By Jason Grant | November 8, 2017
Southern District Judge Denise Cote wrote that Bloomberg LP alleges only a “vague reputational harm,” and not irreparable harm, if the class action suit were to proceed.
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By Christine Simmons | November 8, 2017
Lawyers for three former Chadbourne partners are asking to dig into the personal email accounts of the firm leaders named in a $100 million gender discrimination lawsuit.
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By C. Ryan Barber | November 8, 2017
Glassdoor Inc., the online job-review site, must comply with a federal grand jury subpoena that seeks identifying information about anonymous users of the website, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday in rejecting the company's privacy claims.
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By Philip M. Berkowitz | November 8, 2017
In his Employment Issues column, Philip M. Berkowitz writes: Cross-border discovery is not a new phenomenon. Nor is the conflict that exists between broad U.S. discovery principles, on the one hand, and far more limiting laws of foreign countries, on the other. The issue, though, takes on new significance with the U.S. Supreme Court's acceptance of certiorari last month in 'Microsoft v. United States', where the Second Circuit quashed a search warrant seeking production of emails located on Microsoft's digital server in Ireland.
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By Mike Scarcella | November 8, 2017
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday refused Glassdoor Inc.'s effort to quash a grand jury subpoena that would require the web company to reveal identifying information about eight anonymous users who posted reviews about another company. Glassdoor had argued that compliance would violate privacy and anonymous speech rights.
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By Sid Steinberg | November 8, 2017
With sexual harassment so much in the news, a recent decision of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reminds us of an employer's obligation when it becomes aware of harassing behavior from a co-worker.
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By James Mayer | November 8, 2017
A score of IT innovators are shaking up and improving the legal sector - this report looks at 20 of the most influential
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By Steven A. Meyerowitz | November 8, 2017
A federal district court in California has decided that the notice-prejudice rule did not apply to a claims-made-and-reported professional liability insurance policy.
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By Jed Marcus | November 7, 2017
OP-ED: How every employer should respond when it learns about possible harassment or discrimination by its employees, including its highest level executives.
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