Civil Rights

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Sep
9
2014
Environmental Groups Use Civil Rights Act to Challenge Hog Farm Permits Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Sep
9
2014
Niner, Niner, Title IX’er: What Educational Institutions Need To Know about Sex Discrimination Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Sep
9
2014
EEOC Disability Case Against Sony to Proceed, Illinois Federal Judge Orders U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Sep
8
2014
Hawaii District Judge Approves $2.4 Million EEOC Settlement with Four Hawaii Farms for over 500 Thai Farmworkers U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Sep
8
2014
Police Officer’s ADHD Was Not a Disability Within The Meaning of the ADA Proskauer Rose LLP
Sep
8
2014
EEO-1 Survey Open for 2014 U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Sep
6
2014
Stopper or Informer? Closer Accused of Giving False Testimony to Stay in the Game Proskauer Rose LLP
Sep
3
2014
Government Issues New Rules for Religious Employers, But Health Plans, Third Party Administrators (TPAs), and Pharmacy Benefits Managers (PBMs) are still on the Hook to Provide Contraceptive Coverage Mintz
Sep
3
2014
Employer Wellness Plan Under Attack the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by the EEOC McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC
Sep
1
2014
J&R Baker Farms Sued by EEOC for National Origin and Race Discrimination against American Workers U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Sep
1
2014
EEOC Sues Arthur’s Restaurant & Bar for Pregnancy Discrimination U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Aug
28
2014
Bank of America’s $16.65 Billion Settlement Bilzin Sumberg
Aug
28
2014
Seventh Circuit Judges Grill State Attorneys on Gay Marriage Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Aug
28
2014
Developments Impacting Benefits for Same-Sex Spouses McDermott Will & Emery
Aug
27
2014
Washington Redskins Challenge the Constitutionality of Section 2(a) of the Lanham Act Mintz
Aug
25
2014
Uganda Nullifies the Anti-Homosexuality Act and Backs Away from the Pursuit of Similar Legislation Covington & Burling LLP
Aug
25
2014
Wellness Program with “Steep” Penalty Violates the ADA, Claims EEOC Lawsuit Jackson Lewis P.C.
Aug
23
2014
Sal's Mexican Restaurant Settles EEOC Sexual Harassment Charge Involving a Teenager U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Aug
21
2014
EEOC Releases Demanding New Pregnancy Discrimination Guidance Jackson Lewis P.C.
Aug
21
2014
Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) Issues Directive Addressing Gender Identity and Transgender Bias Proskauer Rose LLP
Aug
21
2014
Food Lion Sued by EEOC for Religious Discrimination U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Aug
20
2014
Labor Department Adds Gender Identity and Transgender Status to Prohibition on Sex Discrimination Mintz
Aug
19
2014
OFCCP Releases New Directive on Gender Identity and Sex Discrimination Jackson Lewis P.C.
Aug
19
2014
National Labor Relations Board Majority Holds That Seeking Co-Worker Assistance with an Individual Harassment Complaint is Protected Activity Under the Act; Overrules Holling Press, Inc. Mintz
Aug
19
2014
District Court Allows ERISA Section 510 Retaliation Claim to Proceed Proskauer Rose LLP
Aug
17
2014
Bertolini Corporation to Pay $92,500 to Settle EEOC Retaliation Lawsuit U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Aug
14
2014
Could Corporate Wellness Programs Land a Business in Hot Water? Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Aug
14
2014
Federal Contractors Concerned about President Obama’s Newest Executive Order Jackson Lewis P.C.
Aug
12
2014
Politics and the Pulpit—Political Activity by Nevada Religious Institutions Lewis Roca Rothgerber LLP
Aug
12
2014
California Supreme Court Blocks Citizens United Advisory Proposition from Ballot Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Aug
12
2014
Are You Ready for Round Two (of HIPAA Compliance Audits)? McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC
Aug
12
2014
A Lesson on the ADA: Engaging in Good Faith in the Interactive Process is Essential Mintz
Aug
12
2014
Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) Delivers Proposed Equal Pay Report and Instructions to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Jackson Lewis P.C.
Aug
11
2014
7th Circuit affirms Plaintiff Failed to Show Adverse Employment Action - Recent Development in the Courts Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C.
Aug
11
2014
Colorado Federal Court Walks Back Rejection of ADEA Waiver in RIF Case Mintz
Aug
8
2014
Latest Criminal Background Check Developments Affect San Francisco, Illinois, and Alabama Employers Proskauer Rose LLP
Aug
4
2014
Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order Targets Federal Contractors Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Aug
4
2014
Congressman Wants to Make Unionization a Civil Right Jackson Lewis P.C.
Aug
2
2014
President Obama’s New Executive Order Requires Federal Contractors to Disclose Labor Violations Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Aug
1
2014
President Obama Signs Executive Order Banning Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation Or Gender Identity Covington & Burling LLP
Jul
30
2014
New Version of USA Freedom Act Introduced Covington & Burling LLP
Jul
30
2014
Colleges and Universities Must Address Sexual Violence Against Students Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jul
29
2014
Office for Civil Rights (OCR) to Begin Phase 2 of HIPAA Audit Program McDermott Will & Emery
Jul
29
2014
Firewall on the Hill: The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Jul
29
2014
OFCCP’s Focus on “Steering” Discrimination Gains Steam Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jul
24
2014
Update: Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Reviewing Pay Transparency Regulations Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jul
22
2014
President Obama Amends Executive Order 11246 to Protect LGBT Workers of Government Contractors from Discrimination Proskauer Rose LLP
Jul
21
2014
Executive Order Extends Workplace Anti-Discrimination Protections to LGBT Workers of Federal Contractors Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jul
20
2014
Sheet Metal Union Resolves Race-Based Discharge from Apprenticeship Program with EEOC U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Jul
19
2014
A Powerful New Tool in the Fight Against Forced Labor U.S. Department of Labor
 

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