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Retaliation
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Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home
It’s Illegal For Employers To Demand You Buy From Them, Or To Not Buy From A Competitor
For some reason, lately I'm running into employers that are firing employees because they are doing business with a competitor or a merchant they don't like. In Florida, and I'm…
Employment & Labor
And The Train Kept A-Rolling: EEOC’s 2018 Enforcement And Litigation Statistics Show Charges Down But The Agency Still On The Move
By: Michael Jacobsen, Christopher DeGroff, and Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. Seyfarth Synopsis: On April 10, 2019, the EEOC released its comprehensive enforcement and litigation statistics for Fiscal Year 2018. The…
Religion Clause
SDNY: Title VII Anti-Retaliation Provision Does Not Apply To Critic of Religious Group’s Gender Discrimination
In Aparicio v. Christian Union, Inc., (SD NY, March 29, 2019), a New York federal district court dismissed a Title VII retaliation claim brought by an employee of a religious organization.…
California Employment Law Update
City of Baldwin Park Hit with $7 Million Sex Discrimination Verdict
Just another day in paradise in Los Angeles... Unless you happen to be an employer. Continuing the recent spate of multi-million dollar verdicts, an LA jury awarded a former police…
Fair Housing Defense
HUD Settles Disability Discrimination Case Concerning Mold and Retaliation for $6,000
Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) announced it settled a fair housing case from California involving allegations of disability discrimination related to the remediation…
Chicago Business Litigation Lawyer Blog
First Major #MeToo Lawsuit In Securities Industry Headed to Court
By Peter S. Lubin, Patrick Austermuehle
Sara Tirschwell, an investor who had been hired by TCW in 2016 to raise and run a new distressed debt fund for the giant asset-management firm, suddenly found herself without…
Labor & Employment Report
Forcing Employee to Quit Second Job Is Not a Tangible Job Action?
By Fiona W. Ong
As you may know, I am a die-hard management-side lawyer. I usually cheer judicial opinions that uphold the rights of employers, which I feel are too often constrained by well-meaning…
Employment Law Worldview
Can An Employer’s Disclosure Of An Employee’s Lawsuit In A Required SEC Disclosure Constitute Prohibited Retaliation? (US)
By Joe D'Andrea
If you’re a fan of unusual employment law cases, the saga between SigmaTron International, Inc. and its former employee, Maria Gracia, has been the gift that keeps on giving for…
International Labor and Employment Law
EU Agrees to Set the Floor for Whistleblower Protection Across All Member States
By Daniel Ornstein, Erika C. Collins, Lloyd B. Chinn, Vanessa P. Avello
According to a press release issued by the European Commission today, the European Parliament and the Member States have agreed to adopt new rules that set the standard for protecting…
Proskauer Whistleblower Defense
Ninth Circuit Affirms Most of Jury Verdict in Former GC’s SOX Whistleblower Lawsuit
By Steven J. Pearlman, Lloyd B. Chinn, Pinchos Goldberg
On February 26, 2019, the Ninth Circuit affirmed much of a jury’s approximately $11M verdict finding that a former general counsel was discharged in retaliation for reporting alleged Foreign Corrupt…