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View ArticleFederal Trade Secrets Act Now Law: What Companies Should Know
On May 11, 2016, President Obama signed into law the Defend Trade Secrets Act (“DTSA”).[i] The measure had previously been passed by the U.S. House of Representatives 410-2 on April 27, 2016, quickly...
View ArticleTransgender Accommodation Issues at the Forefront of Employment and Education
Earlier this month, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released a new Fact Sheet, announcing its formal position on bathroom access rights for transgender employees. The Fact Sheet...
View ArticleThird Circuit Allows “Subgroup” Disparate-Impact Claims to Proceed Under The...
Employers are well aware of the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”), which protects individuals over the age of forty, as well as its disparate-impact provision, which makes it...
View ArticleUber Scores Victory Compelling Arbitration in Wage & Hour Misclassification Suit
Just a few days after being in the news and facing consumer boycotts for allegedly seeking to profit as a result of a taxi boycott of JFK International Airport related to President Trump’s immigration...
View ArticleSecond, Eleventh and Seventh Circuits Disagree Whether Title VII Extends to...
On March 27 the Second Circuit held that Title VII does not provide protection against workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation. In Christiansen v. Omnicom Group Inc., the plaintiff alleged...
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