Increasingly, DEI has come to mean different things to different people, and public understanding of this work continues to evolve (and in some instances, devolve). Amplifying unheard voices, rooting out bias, welcoming...more
OSHA Withdraws ETS -
On January 25, 2022, OSHA announced it will be withdrawing its ETS effective January 26, 2022. The announcement notes that the text of the ETS will remain in place to solicit additional comments from...more
Below is an update on the various lawsuits surrounding the three vaccine mandates we have previously reported on....more
This afternoon, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation consolidated 34 petitions for review of the OSHA ETS pending in all 12 regional Circuit Courts of Appeals to the Sixth Circuit. The Sixth Circuit was selected via...more
On November 10, labor unions filed lawsuits in the Second, Fourth and Ninth Circuits challenging OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard for Private Employers. This means there are lawsuits challenging the ETS pending before...more
Our November 5 alert mentioned legal challenges to OSHA’s ETS for private employers. On Saturday, one challenge resulted in a temporary stay of the ETS by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in BST Holdings v. OSHA, Case No....more
On November 5, OSHA released its long-awaited Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) for employers with 100 or more employees. While the standard is comprehensive, below are highlights for employers to consider...more
Vaccine case law is developing rapidly on virtually a daily basis. Recent key decisions include...more
As Bloomberg Law recently reported, at least “[t]en shareholder proposals to disclose EEO-1 data revealing a company’s workforce race, ethnicity, and binary gender makeup—or to produce diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I)...more
Nearly a year ago, on August 26, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it updated the public disclosure requirements by requiring new descriptions of business (Item 101), legal proceedings (Item...more
Maximizing Recoveries in Bankruptcy -
One of the many impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic is, and will continue to be, an increase in business bankruptcies. This will affect creditors in many ways, including unpaid debts,...more