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Jun
28
2011
United States Supreme Court Strikes Down Largest Employment Discrimination Class Action in History Vedder Price
Jun
27
2011
Following the Employee Doctor's Orders is Not Always the Best Medicine Williams Kastner
Jun
27
2011
EEOC Aims to Clarify Leave Rights Under the ADA Poyner Spruill LLP
Jun
24
2011
Did I Really Sign That? When Signed Affidavits Are Altered Before Filing Much Shelist, P.C.
Jun
23
2011
Supreme Court Limits Class Actions in Wal-Mart Victory McDermott Will & Emery
Jun
22
2011
Dukes v. Wal-Mart: What the Supreme Court Decision Means for Employers Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Jun
20
2011
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Gender Discrimination Class Action Against Wal-Mart Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
19
2011
Bridge Worker with Fear of Heights Allowed by Seventh Circuit to Maintain ADA Action Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Jun
13
2011
The Need for a Detailed Procedure of Judicial Review of Civil Rights Arbitration Awards after Rent-A-Center West, Inc. v. Jackson American University Washington College of Law
Jun
11
2011
Disabled or Not Disabled...That Is No Longer the Question: The ADAAA Necessitates a Shift In Focus for Employers Much Shelist, P.C.
Jun
6
2011
HHS announces proposed changes to HIPAA Privacy Rule U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Jun
6
2011
ALJ finds parts supplier unlawfully discharged 20 immigrant employees in Minnesota after they refused to sign away NLRA and other rights National Labor Relations Board
May
26
2011
Court Throws Out Antitrust Claims Against Netflix Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
May
20
2011
Online College To Pay $260,000 To Settle EEOC Lawsuit Charging Sex Harassment By Supervisors U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
May
16
2011
Hyundai Ideal Electric Company to Pay $188,000 to Settle EEOC Sex Bias and Retaliation Suit U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
May
15
2011
Supreme Court Validates Class Action Waiver Provisions in Arbitration Agreements Vedder Price
May
14
2011
Supreme Court Issues Decision Regarding “Cat’s Paw” Claims of Discrimination Poyner Spruill LLP
May
13
2011
U.S. Supreme Court Expands Anti-Retaliation Protections for Employees Poyner Spruill LLP
May
10
2011
NLRB's Acting General Counsel Lafe Solomon Releases Statement on Boeing Complaint National Labor Relations Board
May
10
2011
Suburban Chicago Hilton to Pay $195,000 to Resolve EEOC National Origin Harassment Suit U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
May
6
2011
“Exceptional” in §285 Infringement Case Really Means Exceptional McDermott Will & Emery
May
5
2011
Workplace Safety Trumps Threats by Disabled Employee Greenberg Traurig, LLP
May
4
2011
EEOC Combats Labor Trafficking, Severe Abuse and Discrimination in Lawsuits Filed Today U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Apr
20
2011
How Much Is Your Privacy Worth? According to Department of Health and Human Services, Millions. Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Apr
16
2011
Walmart to Pay $440,000 to Settle EEOC Suit for Harassment of Latinos U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Apr
13
2011
New Americans With Disabilities Act Developments von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
Apr
13
2011
Minnesota Department of Human Services Must Pay More Than $467,000 For Age Bias U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Apr
1
2011
Hear No Evil: U.S. Supreme Court Protects Internal Oral Wage Complaints from Retaliation Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Mar
30
2011
Immokalee Farming Operation Committed Sexual Harassment Against Women, EEOC Charges U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Mar
29
2011
Fourth Circuit Opinion Highlights Risk of Harassment by Nonemployees Poyner Spruill LLP
Mar
26
2011
EEOC Announces Final Bipartisan Regulations for the ADA Amendments Act U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Mar
24
2011
Racial Discrimination and the Hostile Work Environment: Employers May Be Responsible for the Actions of Their Customers and Vendors Much Shelist, P.C.
Mar
16
2011
Unemployed Need Not Apply: EEOC Considers Discrimination Against Jobless Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Mar
8
2011
EEOC Sues Convergys Corporation For Religious Discrimination U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Mar
7
2011
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act - Expanded Privacy and Security Enforcement Authority, Increased Potential for Significant Financial Penalties Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Feb
28
2011
Victory in New Mexico Voter Registration Case Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Feb
27
2011
Village of Amityville and Amityville Fire Department Settle EEOC Age Discrimination Suit U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Feb
21
2011
Third Party Retaliation Claims under Title VII, the Discovery Rule under the NJLAD, and the Self-Critical Analysis Privilege under the FLSA Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.
Feb
20
2011
High Court Extends Retaliation Protection to Employee’s Family Members Williams Kastner
Feb
16
2011
Salem Electric Company Sued By EEOC For Race Discrimination U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Jan
31
2011
Crisis in Egypt: The Economical Repercussions Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
Jan
26
2011
U.S. Supreme Court Allows Lawsuit By Employee Who Claimed He Was Fired In Retaliation For His Fiancée's Discrimination Complaint Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Dec
3
2010
EEOC Issues Final Regulations for the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 Poyner Spruill LLP
Dec
2
2010
Appellate Court Refuses to Apply “Participation Clause” to Internal Company Investigations Vedder Price
Dec
2
2010
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Limits Application of the ADA Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Dec
2
2010
Alternatives to International Criminal Justice - Restorative Justice and Peace Through Peaceful Means - Washington University in St. Louis
Nov
27
2010
New York Extends Bereavement Benefits to Same-Sex Partners Vedder Price
Nov
15
2010
Court Allows a Citizen's Civil Rights Claims to Proceed Against a School Board President Accused of Silencing Speech Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Nov
13
2010
California Supreme Court Rejects Stray Remarks Doctrine, Heightens Employer Risk in Discrimination Claims Much Shelist, P.C.
Nov
12
2010
Sixth Circuit Finds That Teacher Does Not Have Constitutional Right To Select Books And Methods Of Instruction For Use In Her Classroom Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
 

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