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Aug
7
2012
DOJ Announces Settlement with Specialty Food Company Over Discriminatory Document Practices Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Aug
7
2012
Split Among Federal Circuits Deepens Regarding Administrative Exhaustion of Post-Charge Retaliation Claims Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Aug
6
2012
Flap Over Chick-Fil-A Stance Highlights Risk For Franchise Systems Armstrong Teasdale
Aug
6
2012
NLRB Tosses Employer's Investigation Confidentiality Rule Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Aug
5
2012
Two New Ordinances Go into Effect in Philadelphia Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Aug
4
2012
Members of Moreland Auto Group Pay $50,000 to Settle EEOC Lawsuit for Retaliation U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Aug
4
2012
dELiA*S Will Pay $75,000 to Settle EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Aug
3
2012
Illinois Employers Beware: New Law Prohibits Employers from Seeking Social Media Password Information Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Aug
2
2012
Theft of Employee Data from Third-Party Vendor Exposes Employer and Vendor to Privacy Class Action Mintz
Aug
2
2012
Non-Settling Insurer Had No Right to Seek Equitable Contribution Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
Aug
2
2012
EEOC Sues Kanbar Property Management for Age Discrimination U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Aug
1
2012
New Jersey District Court Allows Plaintiff to Proceed to Trial on Claim of Unlawful Discharge, Dissmisses Claims of Handicap and Discrimination Faegre Drinker
Aug
1
2012
New Jersey District Court Denies Employer’s Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff’s Cause of Action After Employee’s Supervisor Gains Unauthorized Access to Employee’s Facebook Account Faegre Drinker
Aug
1
2012
Banner Health Settles EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit for $255,000 U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Jul
31
2012
Newport News Shipyard and Contractor Will Pay $80,000 to Settle EEOC Retaliation Suit U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Jul
31
2012
Comfort Inn Oceanfront South Sued By EEOC for Religious Discrimination U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Jul
31
2012
Belmont Village to Pay $94,000 to Settle EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Suit U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Jul
29
2012
Morbid Obesity as a Covered Disability under the ADA Mintz
Jul
29
2012
EEOC Cannot Claim “Deliberative Process Privilege” To Preclude Investigator’s Deposition Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jul
29
2012
ADA – Accommodation – Disabilities Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jul
27
2012
Pennsylvania District Court Conditionally Recognizes Novel “Over-50” Class Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jul
27
2012
BAE Systems Subsidiary to Pay $55,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Jul
26
2012
Kids R Us Childcare Company Settles EEOC Pregnancy Bias and Retaliation Suit for $75,000 U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Jul
25
2012
EEOC Wins Jury Verdict of $350,000 for Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Victims U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Jul
25
2012
Plaintiff’s Claim for Direct Violation of Breast Milk Expression Provisions of the PPACA Required to Be Filed Directly With DOL Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jul
24
2012
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company to Pay $20,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Jul
23
2012
CFTC Finalizes Commercial End-User Exception Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Jul
23
2012
Howard University Failed to Hire Applicant Due to His Disability, EEOC Says U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Jul
22
2012
Court Orders Hawaii HealthCare Professionals and Its Owner to Pay over $190,000 for Age Discrimination U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Jul
22
2012
EEOC Sues ABM Security Services for Religious Discrimination U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Jul
21
2012
Electronic Monitoring of Employees’ Telephone Conversations: A Quick Reminder for Employers Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jul
20
2012
Owner of 25 McDonald's Restaurants to Pay $1 Million in EEOC Sexual Harassment Suit U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Jul
19
2012
EEOC Holds Unprecedented Public Meeting to Hear Views on Strategic Enforcement Plan U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Jul
19
2012
West Texas Oil Field Service Company Settles EEOC National Origin Harassment Suit Mid-Trial U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Jul
19
2012
A More Inclusive America: We Can’t Wait U.S. Department of Labor
Jul
18
2012
Still Waiting for Guidance on Informed Consent of Decisionally-Impaired Subjects Faegre Drinker
Jul
17
2012
DiMare Ruskin to Pay $150,000 and Furnish Nationwide Relief to Settle EEOC Sexual Harassment Lawsuit U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Jul
17
2012
Sixth Circuit Expands on "Cat's Paw" Discrimination Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jul
14
2012
EEOC Sues Pace Solano for Disability Discrimination U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Jul
13
2012
Montana Supreme Court Holds Obesity Alone Is An Impairment Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jul
12
2012
EEOC and Family Dollar Stores Sign Mediation Pact U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Jul
12
2012
Crossing the Minefield of Criminal Background Checks Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jul
12
2012
Take This Tip: Class Actions Suits Under the Massachusetts Tip Act Are on the Rise Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jul
12
2012
Don’t Screen Out State Laws When Hiring Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jul
11
2012
B.J. Con/Sew to Pay $75,000 to Settle EEOC Lawsuit for Harassment U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Jul
10
2012
Complaints Need Not Include Facts Which Would Support a Prima Facie Case of Discrimination under McDonnell Douglas Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jul
10
2012
Federal Court Hammers Fry’s Electronics for Discovery Abuses in EEOC Harassment Suit U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Jul
7
2012
Best Western Hotels in Tacoma and Federal Way to Pay $365,000 to Settle EEOC Suit for Harassment U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Jul
7
2012
Alaska Medicaid and OCR Reach Seven-Figure Settlement Over Stolen Device; What HIPAA Covered Entities Can Learn Mintz
Jul
7
2012
The EEOC Issues New Enforcement Guidance for Use of Arrest and Conviction Records in Employment Decisions von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
 

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