On September 15, 2021, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of an employer. In Brown v. Austin, the Tenth Circuit found that an employee’s telework, weekend work, and...more
9/27/2021
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Constructive Discharge ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employment Litigation ,
Essential Functions ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Paid Leave ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Rehabilitation Act ,
Summary Judgment ,
Telecommuting
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama recently granted summary judgment to United States Steel Corporation, finding that the company did not deny Raymond Carr III, a former employee with chronic...more
On February 26, 2020, in the case of Schmitz v. Alamance-Burlington Board of Education, the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina granted in part and denied in part a motion to dismiss claims...more
3/12/2020
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Associational Retaliation ,
Constructive Discharge ,
Disabled Children ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Performance Reviews ,
Public Policy ,
Public Schools ,
Retaliation ,
School Districts ,
Teachers ,
Wrongful Termination