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The “Disparate” Dilemma in Employment Discrimination Litigation
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In this episode of Real Talk's "Coffee Chats with WIN," hosts Jessica I. Stewart and Lauren N. Russell chat with Megan Monson and Laura Cicirelli about their career paths, as they demonstrate that no legal career trajectory...more
Season 2, Episode 2: Reimagining Employer-Sponsored Healthcare with Jack Hill of Nomi Health In this episode of BRight Minds in Healthcare Delivery, host Eric Tower speaks with Jack Hill, Senior Vice President of Enterprise...more
The UK Government has raised English language requirements for major UK work immigration routes. The required standard as defined by the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) is raised for Skilled...more
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
In November, this Blog reported on the Court’s award of sanctions against a plaintiff’s lawyers for unreasonably and vexatiously multiplying proceedings under 28 USC § 1927 because they alleged that the plaintiff made a...more
UK ministers have unveiled proposals to facilitate work immigration into the tech and science sectors crucial to the Government’s industrial strategy aims. UK ministers have unveiled proposals to facilitate work immigration...more
Key Highlights: New York City’s Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (ESSTA) adds 32 hours of frontloaded unpaid safe/sick time to its existing paid safe/sick time requirements for employers....more
On February 10, 2026, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit became the eighth federal appellate court to apply the judicially created “effective vindication doctrine,” and hold that an arbitration clause in an ERISA...more
The “No Tax on Overtime” rules that rolled out nationwide last year have a limited impact on the agricultural industry but can create challenging compliance issues for employers. We’ll explain why most on the farm ag workers...more
As U.S. immigration adjudications increasingly intersect with emerging technology, founders developing high-impact artificial intelligence products face a persistent disconnect between innovation and evidentiary standards. AI...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
The California Labor and Workforce Development Agency (LWDA) has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to adopt new Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) regulations. These proposed rules are intended to implement and...more
During the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) January 27 workshop, “Moving Forward: Protecting Workers from Anticompetitive Non-compete Agreements,” Chairman Andrew Ferguson delivered a clear and consequential message:...more
2026 will see significant developments in United Kingdom employment rights, as well as new pay reporting measures in Europe. In this article, we look at what this means in practice and how employers can stay ahead of the...more
Modern slavery remains a critical issue for boards and executives. The past year has seen increased scrutiny from investors, regulators and civil society, with several high-profile supply chain incidents reinforcing the...more
Our Labor & Employment Group discusses a Delaware Supreme Court decision to enforce a restrictive covenant that required forfeiture of equity stock....more
Blog Overview: Finland has released a draft proposal to implement the European Union (EU) Pay Transparency Directive. Employers with employees in Finland should be prepared for the legislation to take effect in May of 2026...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has reversed a lower court’s order vacating the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Honduras, Nepal, and Nicaragua,...more
A company selling artificial intelligence (AI)-powered applicant assessment tools has been hit with a lawsuit that may be the first of its kind to claim that such tools violate the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and...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
This update summarizes key recent developments regarding legislative, regulatory, litigation, and enforcement updates related to environmental, social, and governance (ESG), with a particular focus on federal agency...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
In the first enforcement action by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) since the Trump administration stopped defending an FTC rule that would have banned nearly all noncompete agreements in the employment context, the FTC...more
Recently the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued a slew of Opinion Letters as 2026 gets underway. FMLA2026-2 is particularly topical as millions of Americans battle winter illnesses....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