Brian D. Pedrow

Brian D. Pedrow

Ballard Spahr LLP


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NLRB Continues to Take Aim at Workplace Policies as Overly Broad

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has kept its focus on workplace policies it views as overly broad with a recent decision striking down a national retailer's policy prohibiting solicitation and distribution of...more

5/8/2013 - Confidential Employer Investigations NLRA NLRB Solicitation/Distribution Policies

OFCCP Issues Guidance on Use of Criminal Records in Employment Decisions

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) recently posted a Directive on “Complying with Nondiscrimination Provisions: Criminal Record Restrictions and Discrimination Based on Race...more

2/13/2013 - Criminal Background Checks Criminal Records Discrimination DOL EEOC Hiring & Firing National Origin OFCCP Race Training

Recent NRLB Decision Continues To Erode Confidentiality Protection for Workplace Investigations

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently overruled its longstanding precedent that categorically protected confidential witness statements taken during internal disciplinary investigations from disclosure to a...more

1/11/2013 - Anheuser-Busch Confidential Employer Investigations NLRB Protected Concerted Activity Unions Witness Statements

University Agrees To Modify Dining Services To Accommodate Food Allergies under the ADA

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has reached an agreement with Lesley University of Cambridge, Massachusetts, under which Lesley agreed to modify its food services and meal plan system to accommodate students with celiac...more

12/28/2012 - ADA ADAAA Colleges Disability DOJ EEOC Food Allergies Food Safety Reasonable Accommodation Students Universities

Mortgage Banking Update - December 14, 2012

In This Issue: - CFPB Monitor Named to the ABA Journal Annual Blawg 100 List - Temporary CONGRESS PASSES LEGISLATION TO FIX CFPB PRIVILEGE WAIVER PROBLEM - CFPB DESCRIBES PLANS FOR COORDINATING WITH STATE...more

12/14/2012 - Advertising Attorney-Client Privilege Browser History Sniffing CFPB DOJ Enforcement Attorneys FCRA FTC Ombudsman Waivers

CFPB’s Most Recent Changes to FCRA Forms May Foreshadow Active Oversight of Employers

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has issued another reminder that, effective January 1, 2013, it will assume responsibility for enforcing the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). Earlier this year, the CFPB...more

12/1/2012 - CFPB FCRA Summary of Consumer Rights

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