Discrimination, Contract Terms

Nonprofit’s Diversity Scholarship Program Challenged in Federal Court

ArentFox Schiff on 3/20/2025

On March 5, Do No Harm filed a lawsuit against the American Chemical Society (ACS), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, challenging a scholarship program for undergraduate students from historically underrepresented groups in...more

Navigating AI in the Workplace and Recruitment

Mayer Brown on 3/22/2024

In recent years, we have seen an increase in employers using artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace, whether to assist with decision-making and staff management across the life-cycle of the employment relationship or...more

New York State Legislature Passes Bill Banning Non-Compete Agreements and Other Employment Legislation

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP on 6/21/2023

New York’s Legislature concluded its legislative session with a flurry of activity, including the passage of four notable employment-related bills. In sum, these four bills (i) ban the use of non-compete agreements, (ii)...more

Dear YouDig? Design Builder - Style Points

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC on 7/13/2021

Dear YouDig? We are a design builder with jobs throughout Ohio and the Midwest. We have noticed an increase in workplace discrimination and hostility on many of the jobs we are running. This is definitely not our style...more

Rough Justice: Third Circuit Issues Important Decision on Unfair Discrimination

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP on 9/4/2020

“Unfair discrimination is rough justice. It exemplifies the Code’s tendency to replace stringent requirements with more flexible tests that increase the likelihood that a plan can be negotiated and confirmed,” announced Judge...more

Cutting Costs In The C-Suite – Two Things To Consider Before You Go Ahead

Vinson & Elkins LLP on 8/11/2020

Companies looking to cut costs will consider potential savings in all parts of their businesses, including at the top of the organization. But before proceeding with any proposals to trim the size of the leadership team or to...more

Best If Used By: Keep an Eye Out for Arbitration Agreement Expiration Dates

Genova Burns LLC on 12/19/2018

A recent opinion in the case of Susan L. O’Keefe v. Edmund Optics, Inc., addressed the question of whether an arbitration provision in a written employment agreement could survive the expiration of the agreement’s one-year...more

Employment News - March 2017 #4

Hogan Lovells on 3/27/2017

Lack of communication – contractual dismissal notice only took effect when received - In Newcastle Upon Tyne NHS Foundation Trust v Haywood the Court of Appeal has decided that contractual notice of dismissal only took...more

A grab bag of fraud, human rights and contract disputes

Bennett Jones LLP on 1/5/2017

The Supreme Court of Canada’s Winter Term begins on January 11. The most notable case on the docket is Deloitte & Touche v Livent Inc. In 2014, Ontario trial judge Justice Gans awarded Livent's receiver $118 million in...more

New Jersey Arbitration Agreement Declared Invalid Without Express Waiver of Employee’s “Right to a Trial”

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 9/5/2015

Many employers have turned to mandatory employment arbitration agreements as a way to control the cost, duration, and publicity of employment litigation. New Jersey courts will enforce properly drafted agreements that require...more

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