On August 26, 2025, in NRA Group, LLC v. Durenleau et al., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit addressed an issue of first impression: whether violating an employer’s computer-use policy creates a claim under the...more
On June 27, 2025, in Trump v. CASA, Inc., the U.S. Supreme Court held that universal injunctions—injunctions that prohibit the federal government from enforcing a law, regulation, order, or policy to any person, not just the...more
In the lead-up to the 2024 presidential election, employers navigated the difficult terrain of managing employees’ expressions of diverging political and social beliefs in the workplace. Now that the 2024 election has passed...more
INTRODUCTION -
This Annual Report on EEOC Developments—Fiscal Year 2024 (hereafter “Report”), our fourteenth annual publication, is designed as a comprehensive guide to significant Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...more
4/28/2025
/ Age Discrimination ,
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Litigation ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Retaliation ,
Title VII ,
Trump Administration
On February 14, 2025, National Labor Relations Board Acting General Counsel William Cowan rescinded several previously issued memos, including two related to restrictive covenants: (1) GC Memorandum 23-08, Non-Compete...more
On January 9, 2025, the New Jersey attorney general and the Division of Civil Rights (DCR) announced that the DCR has launched a new Civil Rights and Technology Initiative to address the risks of discrimination stemming from...more
1/28/2025
/ Algorithms ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Automated Decision Systems (ADS) ,
Bias ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Discrimination ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Machine Learning ,
New Guidance ,
New Jersey ,
NJLAD ,
Reasonable Accommodation
On July 23, 2024, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro signed the Fair Contracting for Health Care Practitioners Act (the “Act”), which bans certain noncompete covenants, including patient nonsolicitation provisions, between an...more
7/29/2024
/ Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Workers ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Labor Reform ,
Labor Regulations ,
New Legislation ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Non-Solicitation Agreements ,
Pennsylvania ,
Restrictive Covenants ,
State Labor Laws
On July 23, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in ATS Tree Services, LLC v. Federal Trade Commission, declined to block the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) final rule that would cause most...more
On September 15, 2020, the United States Department of Labor assured existing, seasonal-based establishments they could engage in alternative activities to cope with the financial fallout from COVID-19, without losing their...more
9/23/2020
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Enforcement Guidance ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Field Assistance Bulletins ,
Financial Distress ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Minimum Wage ,
Over-Time ,
Relief Measures ,
Seasonal Employment ,
Wage and Hour ,
White-Collar Exemptions