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California Environmental Law & Business Litigation Blogs and Articles
California Court Rules: FEHA May Reach Employees Working Outside the State
[Law Clerk Caroleen Bitar contributed.] Can an out-of-state employee bring a claim under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA)? A recent Court of Appeal decision suggests they might.…
Lathrop GPM
Religious Accommodations: A New Roadmap for Employers
By Lathrop GPM
Requests for religious accommodation can present difficult questions for employers — particularly multi-state employers subject to different state and local requirements. How much information can an employer request? How should…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
The Potential Cost of ‘Quiet Promotion’
In the early 2020s, the internet was abuzz with the term “quiet quitting,” a phrase referring to employees who were disengaged from their work and doing the bare minimum to…
Emery Law Blog
Illinois Restricts AI in Hiring and Employment Decisions: What Employees Need to Know
By Ethan White
Illinois employers using artificial intelligence to screen applicants, evaluate employees, or make personnel decisions are now operating under new restrictions. Effective January 1, 2026, House Bill 3773 amended the Illinois…
Davis+Gilbert PERKS
Philadelphia Enacts Workplace Protections for Women in Perimenopause and Menopause
The City of Philadelphia has amended its Fair Practices Ordinance to specifically protect employees from discrimination on the basis of menstruation, perimenopause and menopause. This includes discrimination on the basis…
TaxSlaw
Proposed Regs, Discrimination by Private Schools, and The Loss of Tax-Exempt Status
By Louis Vlahos
Gown vs. State It is no secret that the Administration[i] is not pleased with many tax-exempt organizations, especially those “elite” private colleges and universities that, according to the White House…
California Employment Law
Bills to Watch Dealing with FEHA and/or CFRA
In addition to our last post on Training Reminders and Related Bills to Watch About Training, here are some upcoming bills to watch dealing with FEHA and/or CFRA. AB 1940: …
Michael Geist
A Century After Keeping Jewish Students Out, Universities Are Letting Them Be Pushed Out
In 1926, McGill University’s dean of arts, Ira MacKay, urged the university to establish a quota on the admission of Jewish students, writing that “the Jewish people are of no…
Consumer Finance Monitor
MBA Sues New Jersey Over Disparate Impact Rule
By Richard J. Andreano, Jr., John L. Culhane, Jr.
The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) recently filed a lawsuit in the U.S. district court for the district of New Jersey challenging the disparate impact rules adopted by the state. In…
Law Times News
Jewish lawyers’ group decries LSO inaction on antisemitism at TMU
LSO rejected motion seeking withdrawal of TMU’s accreditation, Muslim lawyer supports ‘measured response’