Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ruled that Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 does not provide an implied right of action for sex discrimination in employment. This decision deepens an...more
11/12/2024
/ Civil Rights Act ,
Coaches ,
Educational Institutions ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Hostile Environment ,
Professors ,
Retaliation ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Sexual Violence Policies ,
Title IX ,
Title VII
A federal judge in Texas has enjoined the Federal Trade Commission’s ban on noncompete agreements, leaving the FTC’s attempt to quash such agreements waiving in the breeze, at least for the time being....more
10/4/2024
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Chevron Deference ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Final Rules ,
FTC Act ,
Motion To Enjoin ,
New Rules ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Restrictive Covenants ,
SCOTUS
The SEC has opened a new track in the whistleblower litigation derby. While SEC enforcement actions concerning whistleblower violations are nothing new, they typically involve claims that companies precluded employees from...more
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas has issued an aggressive scheduling order that “should allow prompt resolution of” one of the initial challenges to the FTC’s noncompete ban “with sufficient time,...more
5/3/2024
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Competition ,
Contract Terms ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Final Rules ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Labor Reform ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Non-Compete Agreements
The National Labor Relations Board has made a series of employee-friendly moves over the past few months that have significant adverse implications for employers, including those in the insurance and securities industries....more
10/9/2023
/ Confidentiality Agreements ,
Employee Handbooks ,
Employees ,
Employment Litigation ,
Insurance Industry ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Non-Disparagement Provisions ,
Severance Agreements ,
Wage and Hour
On February 21, 2023, in McLaren Macomb, No. 07–CA–263041, the National Labor Relations Board held that confidentiality and nondisparagement provisions are prohibited in severance agreements where they purport to limit an...more
2/23/2023
/ Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ,
Confidentiality Agreements ,
Employee Rights ,
Employees ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Employment Contract ,
Employment Litigation ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Hiring & Firing ,
New Rules ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Section 8 ,
Severance Agreements ,
Unfair Labor Practices
Workers’ compensation statutes impose liability without fault on the employers of men and women who are injured on the job. They also permit employers to recoup the costs they incur from any third parties who actually caused...more
10/24/2016
/ Appeals ,
Bodily Injury ,
Construction Industry ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equitable Subrogation ,
Indemnity Insurance ,
Insurance Industry ,
Insurance Litigation ,
Workers Compensation Awards ,
Workers' Compensation Claim ,
Workplace Injury