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Supreme Court Update
CBOCS West, Inc. v. Humphries (06-1431), Gomez-Perez v. Potter (06-1321), Riley v. Kennedy (07-77), Gonzalez v. United States (06-11612) and United States v. Rodriguez (06-1646)
By Kim Rinehart
We have much to report, including two retaliation decisions, a Voting Rights Act case, and two criminal decisions. We'll get right to it. It was no mistake that the Court's…
Supreme Court Update
Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co. v .White (05-259) and Woodward v. Ngo (05-416)
Greetings, Court Fans! The Court issued five more opinions today, including an important campaign finance reform case that we'll be summarizing for you shortly. First off, though, we need…
Supreme Court Update
Crawford v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville (06-1595), Fitsgerald v. Barnstable School Committee (07-1125), Van de Kamp v. Goldstein (07-584), Arizona v. Johnson (07-1122) and Nelson v. United States (08-5657)
By Kim Rinehart
We're back to bring you Part II. But given the Court's release of 5 full decisions and a per curiam opinion Monday, as well as an Order List, we will…
Supreme Court Update
Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education (02-1672) and City of Sherill v. Oneida Indian Nation of New York (03-855)
Greetings, Court Fans! After last week's throttling of the Ninth Circuit, the Court decided to pick on somebody else today, reversing the Second and Eleventh Circuits. First, in Jackson v.…
Employment & Labor
Violating OSHA’s Anti-Retaliation Provision Can Be Costly!
By Michael Taylor ‡, Adam Roseman
On Aug. 23, 2019, a federal judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania awarded over a million dollars in lost wages and punitive damages…
Women's Rights NY
Can I be fired for reporting sexual harassment?
By Jack Tuckner
“Can I be fired for reporting sexual harassment?” No, you cannot be fired FOR reporting sexual harassment, as that’s illegal retaliation, because the sexual harassment reporting itself is protected activity…
San Antonio Employment Law Blog
Western District Awards Lost Future Pay
A recent jury in the Western District found Southwest Research Institute, one of the largest employers in San Antonio, guilty of retaliating against a female worker who complained about discrimination.…
FB Employment Discrimination Blog
One Mama’s Memo: Anti-Discrimination and Anti-Retaliation Policies Must Be Enforced To Be Effective
By: Amy Epstein Gluck Your anti-discrimination, -harassment, and -retaliation policies must be enforced to be effective. It’s likely that this is no news flash, but in practice, people tend to…
SC Employers’ Blog
Retaliation Claims Can Arise Long After Employment Relationship Ends
A recent Pennsylvania case provides a good reminder that retaliation claims can arise long after an employee is no longer employed and that employers need to keep potential retaliation claims…
Employment Law Watch
New York Continues Expansion of Worker Wage Protections (Part 2)
By Cindy Schmitt Minniti, Mark S. Goldstein, Alexandra Manfredi
This is the second installment of our two-part blog series on recent wage-related changes to New York state law. In part one, we covered the expanded definition of retaliation under…