Episode 302 -- Matt Stankiewicz on DOJ's Massive Criminal Settlement with Cryptocurrency Exchange Binance and its CEO Changpeng Zhao
State AG Pulse | AGs to Forever Chemicals Cos: We Want More Money and We Want It Now
Settlement Agreement Update Between the DOJ and Meta - The Consumer Finance Podcast
California Employment News: The Erosion of Confidentiality Clauses in Settlement Agreements
Mediating Complex Insurance Coverage Disputes Series Part 4 - How to Seal the Deal
#WorkforceWednesday: NLRB Outlook, NY Whistleblower Protections Take Effect, DOJ to Focus on Cyber-Fraud - Employment Law This Week®
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VIDEO: Update on Third Party Workers’ Compensation Settlements in Pennsylvania
Episode 119 -- The Ericsson FCPA Settlement
Episode 118 -- Update on OFAC Enforcement and Lessons Learned
Episode 117 -- FCPA Update: Samsung FCPA Settlement; Braskem Former CEO Indicted; Transport CEO Convicted after Trial
II-35- The New Sexual Harassment Training/Policy Requirements in New York State and New York City
[WEBINAR] Labor & Employment Law: What Changed in 2017
II-26 – Superbowl Concerns, Tax Reform/MeToo, Restrictive Covenant Crimes, and Expanded Religious Discrimination Theories
Episode 30: 2017 Trends & 2018 Predictions From The Plaintiff’s Perspective – A Chat With Debra Katz
Episode 24: EEOC Commissioner Chai Feldblum Part I: Employers' "Superstar Harassment" Problem
Episode 15: Conversation with EEOC Chair Victoria Lipnic
Settles Federal Lawsuit Charging That Supervisor Called Employee ‘Ape’ and ‘Congo’ After Learning of African Heritage - TULSA, Okla. - Worldwide Printing and Distribution, Inc., doing business as ResourceOne, a Tulsa...more
Companies routinely use separation agreements with departing employees. Through those agreements, the employee receives some type of separation benefit (typically a payment or severance) in exchange for waiving and releasing...more
...A lower court correctly dismissed an Indiana hospital department head’s disability accommodation, discrimination, and related claims, the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals (Chicago) ruled. The Court found that manager...more
Over the years, the Securities and Exchange Commission has taken aim at common language in settlement and severance agreements regarding nondisclosure and confidentiality....more
Five years ago, Hollywood actresses, Olympic gymnasts, and women across a variety of sectors sparked the #MeToo movement with allegations of sexual harassment against entertainment, sports, and business leaders. The movement...more
Staffing Company Rescinded Job Offer For Applicant With One Hand, Federal Agency Charges - OREM, Utah – An Orem, Utah branch of Elwood Staffing Services, a nationwide staffing company, will pay $77,500 and furnish other...more
San Antonio Wireless Store Fired Employee After She Reported Sexual Harassment, Federal Agency Charged - SAN ANTONIO -- Al Meghani Enterprises, Inc., doing business as The Wireless Solutions, a specialty retailer of...more
The employment law blogs have been filled over the past two years with discussions about mandatory COVID-19 testing. However, not many employers have attempted to require employees to have their family members tested for...more
Rochester-Based Company Created Sexually Hostile Work Environment for Female Employees, Federal Agency Charged - NEW YORK – Green-Lantern Inn, Inc. and Pullman Associates, LLC, two commonly-owned Rochester, New York-based...more
Service Provider for Military Health Failed to Properly Address Sexual Harassment Allegations, Federal Agency Charged - SAN DIEGO – Armed Forces Services Corporation (AFSC), an Arlington, Virginia-based provider of health...more
Black Employee Denied Performance Evaluation and Raise, Then Fired Because of Race, Federal Agency Charged - JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Lone Wolf Resources, L.L.C., an environmental remediation and construction services company...more
Car Wash Discriminated Against Employee With Epilepsy By Firing Him After a Seizure, Federal Agency Charged - DENVER – Waterway Gas and Wash Company, a national provider of car wash services, will pay $70,000 and provide...more
Vermont-Based Coughlin Created Sexually Hostile Work Environment Against Class of Workers, Mostly Teens, Federal Agency Charged - NEW YORK – Coughlin, Inc., a Vermont-based company that owns and operates ten McDonald’s...more
Hotel Owners Failed to Investigate Manager Who Groped Latina Housekeepers, Federal Agency Charged - SEATTLE — GIPHX10, LLC, and Jaffer, Inc., Edmonton, Canada-based companies that operated as Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham...more
MIAMI – Presidente Supermarket No. 31, Inc., a Miami supermarket, has agreed to pay $75,000 and furnish comprehensive injunctive relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment...more
TAMPA, Fla. – RREMC, LLC, doing business as Denny’s Restaurant, a Florida-based company and the third-largest Denny’s franchisee in the United States, has agreed to pay $45,000 to settle a national origin discrimination...more
Senior Living Community Refused to Accommodate Qualified Employee With a Disability, Federal Agency Charged - INDIANAPOLIS – Heart of CarDon, a Bloomington, Indiana-based senior living community, will pay $115,000 and...more
Centralia Restaurant Subjected Teenage Employee to Unwanted Touching and Sexual Advances, Federal Agency Charged - CHICAGO – Long John Silver’s will pay $200,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sexual harassment...more
Hospital Withdrew Job Offer Over Pregnancy-Related Impairment, Federal Agency Charged - NEWARK, N.J. – Saint Clare’s Health, a division of Prime Healthcare Services that operates two hospitals in Morris County, New Jersey,...more
Company Permitted Racial Epithets, Threats Toward African American Worker, Federal Agency Charged - PHILADELPHIA – Eureka Stone Quarry, Inc., a company engaged in mining and sales of sand, stone and other materials in...more
Employer’s Unlawful Inquiry and Termination of Employee Violated the ADA, Federal Agency Alleged - DETROIT -- Blue Sky Vision, L.L.C., a Delaware-based management services organization that provides support to eye care...more
Health Care Transportation Company Subjected Female Paramedics to Ongoing Sexual Harassment and Retaliation, Federal Agency Charges - Nashville, Tenn.—MedicOne, an operator of three ambulance services in Tennessee with ...more
It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more
Electrical Supply Company Fired Employee One Day Before His Scheduled Cancer Surgery, Federal Agency Charged - HOUSTON – Spike Electric and Controls, LLC, located in Houston, will pay a former employee $85,000 to resolve a...more
Recent activity by two federal regulators underscores an increasingly obvious reality: when a company is confronted with harassment and discrimination complaints, government agencies will scrutinize its response and may bring...more