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Murray v. Verizon Wireless, LLC, 2025 WL 2848494 (E.D. Pa. Oct. 8, 2025) - In his lawsuit against his employer, the plaintiff, an African American male, alleged violations of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act (PHRA) and 42...more
2025 was an eventful year for whistleblower laws in Australia and APAC, with significant judicial decisions, and renewed efforts for reform in the corporate and public sector whistleblower space. Overall, these trends...more
Last month, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals furthered a trend of ruling favorably for religious organization employers in Union Gospel Mission of Yakima v. Brown. In a case specific to Washington, the Ninth Circuit...more
Ramadan is coming up soon, so now is a good time to understand an employer’s religious accommodation obligations and legal protections for Muslim employees. This year—depending on the exact timing of lunar events on which the...more
Navigating today’s constantly evolving compliance landscape can be challenging. To help simplify the process, Berkshire has compiled an overview of key federal and state EEO reporting deadlines and thresholds, giving you the...more
On February 6, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued a final Order in the case NADOHE v. Trump, permanently vacating a district court’s preliminary injunction against several provisions of Executive...more
Federal contractors and grant recipients are operating in a period of unusual transition. The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) rewrite is advancing through agency deviations while formal rulemaking is set to begin. ...more
The Justice Department and State of Texas recently entered into a settlement agreement with Colony Ridge Development, LLC and related entities (Colony Ridge) to settle allegations that Colony Ridge violated certain federal...more
On Thursday, February 4, 2026, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a subpoena enforcement action against Nike in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri seeking to compel the footwear...more
Starting in 2018, the Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) and a CIR reporter have been fighting to force OFCCP to disclose EEO-1 reports that have been filed by federal contractors. These contractors have operated with...more
Approximately one year into the second Trump Administration, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has taken notable steps to reshape the federal fair housing compliance landscape by withdrawing numerous...more
On January 19, 2026, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier issued separate legal opinions declaring several state laws, regulations, and agency programs that consider characteristics...more
It has been reported today that the long-awaited EHRC guidance on single-sex spaces will not apply to workplaces, leaving employers facing significant uncertainty. Following the Supreme Court's ruling in For Women Scotland v...more
On January 16, 2026, a federal jury in Atlanta awarded $5.5 million to a security guard who alleged that her security company’s vice president of operations sexually harassed her....more
In an unsurprising move, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission voted 2–1 to formally scrap its 2024 guidance on workplace harassment on January 22, 2026. This action officially withdraws the Biden-era framework that...more
On January 19, 2026, the federal holiday celebrating Martin Luther King Jr., Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued coordinated opinions declaring that diversity, equity, and...more
When faced with a disabled employee’s request for accommodation, employers sometimes base their response to the request on whether the worker’s proposed accommodation presents an undue hardship to the business in terms of...more
The US Department of Education recently abandoned its legal defense of controversial guidance that sought to ban DEI programs at colleges and universities nationwide. On January 21, the Department quietly dismissed its appeal...more
Join us for an insightful one-hour webinar on Title IX Informal Resolution, where we will explore the benefits, challenges, and best practices for managing informal resolutions in educational institutions. We will also...more
The long-running legal battle over public access to federal contractors’ EEO-1 reports is coming to a close and thousands of contractors will soon see their workforce demographic data become available to the public. Late last...more
Last week, the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed suit in federal court against Nike, seeking information indicating whether the company discriminated against white applicants and employees in a range of...more
DOJ and State of Texas announced a $68 million settlement of ECOA and FHA claims against a private land developer (the "Developer") concerning an alleged pattern or practice of discriminatory lending practices and high...more
ADA Title III lawsuit filings in federal courts remained steady in 2025, with California, Florida, and New York retaining the top three spots for filings, and no slowdown in sight. We’ve been tracking ADA Title III cases in...more
Last year was a defining one for US employment law, labour relations and workforce management. In 2025, shifting federal priorities and expanding state and local employment laws reshaped compliance expectations for US...more
Ninth Circuit Reverses District Court and Finds Production Company Not Liable Under the Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act: Nev. Resort Ass'n Int'l All. of Theatrical Stage Emps. v. JB Viva Vegas, LP, __ F.4th __...more
