By: Ross G. Currie, Esq. Employers, take note! The EEOC recently filed a lawsuit against PACE Southeast Michigan, serving as a reminder that fulfilling ...
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Blackwell Security Services to Pay $70,000 to Settle EEOC Religious Discrimination Lawsuit
By: Mark Stephenson, Esq. Blackwell Security Services, Inc. recently settled a religious discrimination lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity ...
NLRB Issues Final Rule on Joint-Employer Status
By: Renee Harris, Esq. On October 26, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced the final rule addressing the standard of determining ...
The Second Circuit Clarifies the Legal Standard of Retaliation Claims under Federal Law
By: Ross G. Currie, Esq. Recently, in Carr v. New York City Transit Authority, 76 F.4th 172 (2d Cir. 2023), the United States Court of Appeals for the Second ...
Third Circuit Leaves Open What Offensive Attorney Language Violates Professional Conduct
By: Mark Stephenson, Esq. The Third Circuit Rejected Lawyer’s Challenge to Pennsylvania’s Anti-bias Ethical Rule based on First Amendment Rights On August ...
NLRB Returns to a Restrictive Employee Handbook Standard Established in 2004
By: Christopher Curci, Esq. On August 2, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued an important decision in Stericycle, Inc (Stericycle), ...
Fast Food Franchise to Pay $50,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
By: Jeremy Rogers, Esq. Houcorp, Inc., a fast-food restaurant franchise operating seven restaurants in Indian River and Brevard Counties in Florida has ...
The Risk of Using AI-Generated Work and the Potential Liabilities of Lawyers
By: Ross G. Currie, Esq. In the past few months, the use of AI has rapidly spread from education to the legal profession. From a user perspective, the ...
Supreme Court Clarifies the “Undue Hardship” Test for Employer Defense in Religious Accommodation Cases
By: Mark Stephenson, Esq. The Supreme Court rules that defense standard set forth in Hardison has been erroneously interpreted by lower courts for nearly 50 ...
Florida’s New Law Mandates the Use of the E-Verify System
By: Jeremy Rogers, Esq. On May 10, 2023, Governor Ron DeSantis signed SB 1718 into law. This statute will require private employers with at least 25 ...