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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Reviewing the 2022 SCOTUS Term

In this special episode, Akin Supreme Court and appellate practice head Pratik Shah and partner Aileen McGrath look back at the tumultuous 2022 Supreme Court Term....more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

SBA Temporarily Halts New 8(a) Applications in Wake of Federal Court Decision

The Small Business Administration (SBA) has temporarily suspended new applications to the 8(a) Business Development Program while it revises the application questionnaire in light of the recent decision from the District...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Indiana Court of Appeals Holds Product Misuse Unforeseeable in Light of Product Warnings, Reverses Denial of Summary Judgment

Key Takeaway: In Superior Oil Company, Inc. v. Labno-Fritchley, 207 N.E.3d 456 (Ind. Ct. App. 2023), the Indiana Court of Appeals reversed a trial court’s denial of summary judgment in a product liability case. The court...more

DirectEmployers Association

OFCCP Week In Review: May 2022 #5

The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Jennifer Polcer. In today’s edition, they...more

DirectEmployers Association

OFCCP Week In Review: April 2022 #2

The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Jennifer Polcer. In today’s edition, they...more

BCLP

HR Two Minute Monthly: positive discrimination; suspending employees; maternity leave

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Our April update covers recent developments in employment law, including cases on lawful grounds for suspending employees, communicating with women on maternity leave and a novel case on the limits of lawful positive...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Office for Civil Rights Changes its Complaint Processing Manual Again

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The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has revised its Case Processing Manual (commonly referred to as the CPM) yet again. The changes to the CPM, which follow closely behind the Department's release...more

Snell & Wilmer

Not so Fast! How Does Revoking Acceleration of a Note Impact the Statute of Limitations?

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Lenders routinely accelerate notes after a default occurs, calling the entire loan due immediately. Less regularly, a lender may change its mind and unilaterally revoke the acceleration. Rarely, however, does a lender fail to...more

Fisher Phillips

August 2017: The Top 11 Labor And Employment Law Stories

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes each month in 2017. August was no...more

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Court: Employees Seeking Accommodation Must Compete For Reassignment - Split In Circuits Could Lead To Supreme Court Intervention

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The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a disabled worker forced to leave her position because of her physical impairment must compete for vacant jobs when seeking reassignment, handing a victory to her former employer....more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Employee's Change in Racial Self-Identification Cannot Support Discrimination Claim if Employer Unaware of Change

In recent years, more Americans have begun identifying themselves as biracial or of mixed racial heritage. This shift has resulted in changes to census and other forms where people are asked to self-identify by race. In...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

D.C. Circuit Upholds OFCCP's Disability Affirmative Action Rules

Last year, the Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs issued final regulations requiring that federal contractors subject to Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act adopt new measures intended to...more

Foley Hoag LLP

Fifth Circuit Issues Important Ruling on Affirmative Action in Higher Education

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Earlier this week, in Fisher v. University of Texas, a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld the constitutionality of the undergraduate admissions program at the University of Texas at...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Court Ruling May Subject Hospitals and Health Care Providers to OFCCP Regulation

Hospitals, health care providers, and managers of other businesses across the country may be surprised to learn that under a new federal court ruling, their organizations may now qualify as government contractors or...more

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