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The American Lawyer

Shock. Shock. The Mommy Track Is a Dead End!

Why do we perpetuate the myth that it's viable to avail yourself of every family-friendly offering and never lose your place in the race?
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Philadelphia's Salary History Ban Violates the First Amendment, Judge Rules

The city didn't walk away completely empty-handed, as the judge also held that companies cannot base hiring decisions on salary history.
3 minute read

The Recorder

In Starbucks Case, Calif. Supremes Chew on Value of Slivers of Off-the-Clock Time

The California high court on Tuesday considered whether the "de minimis doctrine"—a defense for employers facing federal wage claims for brief off-the-clock tasks—applies under the state's more protective labor laws.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Calif. Supremes Embrace Worker-Friendly Classification Test. Why This Matters to Gig Companies

“The result will be sweeping reclassification of workers throughout the state, including in the gig economy where much of the litigation has recently focused,” Michael Rubin of Altshuler Berzon says.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Late-Filing Lawyer's Excuse Undone by Vacation Photos on Instagram

A federal judge in New Jersey has imposed a $10,000 sanction on a lawyer whose excuse for missing a court filing deadline was refuted by vacation photos on her Instagram account.
5 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Glasscock Ruling Bolsters Former Energy Execs' Case for Damages

A Delaware Court of Chancery judge has removed a hurdle for two former executives of Louis Dreyfus Highbridge Energy to pursue potentially millions of dollars in damages stemming from the firm's $1.9 billion sale of its energy storage and processing plants in 2011.
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Paid for Sleeping? US Department of Labor Overtime Suit Factors in Workers' Overnight Stints

The U.S. Department of Labor is suing New London-based Care At Home LLC for allegedly not paying overtime to employees who sometimes worked more than 100 hours per week.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Meet the Florida Lawyer Who's Calling Foul on Workplace Rules for NFL Cheerleaders

"If a cheerleader says she wants to make a billion dollars from this, I would probably find them someone else," said Sara Blackwell, the Sarasota, Florida, lawyer representing cheerleaders who are challenging employment rules.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

State Legislatures, Local Governments and Courts Attack Employer Use of Salary History

While recognizing that the drafters of the Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA) had, in passing this law, spoken eloquently of the need for gender-based pay…
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Preparing for the Imminent Release of New Proposed Guidance Under Title IX

The U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights (OCR) is expected to release proposed guidelines for addressing sexual assault under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 this spring, ushering in the latest round of changes facing educational institutions under the Trump administration.
5 minute read

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