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Prisoner 24601 May Report For Duty, Says the EEOC

Can the EEOC require employers to hire convicted criminals? Last April, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) issued a policy guideline that calls into question the extent to which employers can...more

4/18/2013 - Criminal Background Checks Criminal Records EEOC Employer Liability Issues Hiring & Firing Title VII

Put up your Dukes! Supreme Court Clarifies that Damages Must be Capable of Class Wide Resolution in Rule 23(b)(3) Class Actions...

The United States Supreme Court’s recent ruling in Comcast Corp. v. Behrend, Case No. 11-864 (March 27, 2013) reinforces class certification requirements as spelled out in Wal-Mart v. Dukes. However, the closely divided court...more

4/3/2013 - Class Action Class Certification Comcast Comcast v. Behrend Damages Dukes v Wal-Mart Rule 23 SCOTUS

Orrick World: A Quarterly Report of Global Employment Law Issues for Multinationals - February 2013

In This Issue: - Asia Employment Law Update - France Employment Law Update - UK Employment Law Update - United States Employment Law Update...more

2/19/2013 - China Chinese Labor Contract Laws Data Protection Discrimination EEOC EU Fixed-Term Labor Contracts Hiring & Firing Notice Requirements Over-Time Religion Religious Discrimination Social Security Termination Theft of Trade Secrets Clarification Act

EEOC Releases Its Strategic Enforcement Plan

On December 17, 2012, the EEOC released its Strategic Enforcement Plan. As previously reported, the EEOC released the draft SEP for public comment on September 4, 2012, with a plan to vote on and implement it by October 1....more

1/9/2013 - Anti-Retaliation Provisions Discrimination EEOC Equal Pay Hiring & Firing Recruitment Policies Strategic Enforcement Plan

California Court of Appeal Overturns $1.3 Million in Damages and Attorneys’ Fees against Lucasfilm for Failure to Give Instruction...

On December 10, 2012, in Veronese v. Lucasfilm Ltd., a California Court of Appeal overturned a Marin County jury’s verdict against Lucasfilm based on its finding that several errors in jury instructions prejudicially affected...more

12/19/2012 - Appeals Business Judgment Rule Discrimination Failure To Hire FEHA Jury Instructions Lucasfilm Pregnancy Discrimination Reversible Error Termination

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