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Electronically Stored Information Retaliation

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Texas Supreme Court Issues Two Key Pro-Arbitration Decisions

Arbitration agreements are intended to expedite the legal process while minimizing fees and costs. In reality, former employees and their counsel often resist submitting their employment claims to arbitration, resulting in...more

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Are Your Emojis Saying What You Think They Are? A Cautionary Tale From Harrison V. City Of Tampa

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How are you preserving emojis for ediscovery? Hold on just a minute. Do people really use emojis in a business setting? You bet, though not everyone is on board. But now that offices are more dispersed than ever—and...more

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Fast Food Chain Turns $626 Loss Into Nearly $8 Million

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When Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. fired store manager Jeanette Ortiz, accusing her of stealing $626 in cash from the safe, it could never have expected its minimal theft loss to balloon into a nearly $8 million jury verdict...more

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Texts From Your Ex? Not So Fast- Make Sure To Preserve Your Evidence

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Seyfarth Synopsis: A case out of the District of Oregon recently dismissed a Plaintiff’s sexual harassment and retaliation claims where the allegations relied on manufactured text messages that Plaintiff failed to produce. ...more

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Massachusetts Supreme Court Holds That "Self-Help Discovery" Is Protected Activity

Verdrager v. Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, P.C., 474 Mass. 382 (2016) - Brief Summary - The Massachusetts Supreme Court held that it is "protected activity" (i.e., conduct that an employee may engage...more

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Massachusetts Employers: Protect Your Documents

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An important new Supreme Judicial Court decision has paved the way for Massachusetts employees pursuing certain discrimination claims to engage in what the court has dubbed “self-help discovery.” This new variant of...more

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