Over 2,500 COVID-19–related employment lawsuits were filed in the United States in 2020. Ogletree Deakins’ Interactive COVID-19 Litigation Tracker highlights the industries impacted, locations, and types of claims in these...more
2/10/2021
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Business Interruption ,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ,
Constructive Discharge ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employment Litigation ,
Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) ,
OSHA ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
WARN Act ,
Workplace Hazards ,
Wrongful Termination
We previously reported on COVID-19–related employment lawsuits that we tracked from late March 2020 through early May 2020. Since then, the number of lawsuits has steadily risen as employers have resumed operations after...more
9/29/2020
/ Age Discrimination ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Health and Safety ,
National Origin Discrimination ,
Retaliation ,
Wage and Hour ,
WARN Act ,
Workplace Hazards ,
Workplace Safety
For the last several months, employers have been forced to learn how COVID-19 spreads, how to maintain or resume safe work environments, and how to navigate a complex web of new and existing laws and regulations implicated by...more
In Jones v. Johnson, No. 18-2252 (January 9, 2020), the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals considered the discoverability of comparator information in a case involving an allegation that an employer failed to promote an employee....more
1/20/2020
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Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Depositions ,
Discovery ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
FRCP 26(b)(1) ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Job Promotions ,
Motion for Summary Judgment ,
Proportionality ,
Public Employers ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
Scope of Discovery Requests ,
Wage and Hour
In Lansdale v. UPS Supply Chain Solutions, Inc., No. 16-4106 (July 23, 2019), the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota concluded that a jury had sufficient evidence to find that an employer’s discharge...more
In the recently issued decision in McDaniel v. Wilkie, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio considered whether telecommuting constitutes a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities...more
Ohio historically had one of the longest statutes of limitations for written contracts—weighing in at 15 years. However, the limitations period was recently reduced from 15 years to 8 years. ...more
On July 3, 2012, the Ohio Supreme Court directed the Eighth District Court of Appeals to apply the Ohio Supreme Court’s ruling in Havel v. Villa St. Joseph, 131 Ohio St.3d 235 (2012) that, upon motion of a party, Ohio Revised...more