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In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Title VII’s charge-filing precondition to suit is not a jurisdictional requirement and is instead a procedural prescription that is subject to forfeiture, refusing to permit an employer to...By: Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Financial Services Company Disciplined a Black Employee for Complaining About Discrimination, Agency Charges - DETROIT - Proctor Financial, Inc., a company based in Troy, Mich., that provides insurance products for residential and commercial...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

On June 5, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted a final version of the Regulation Best Interest (“Reg BI”), finalizing its approach to policing conflicts of interest in the retail investment marketplace.  Reg BI adopts a...By: Shipman & Goodwin LLP

On June 13, 2019, bills were introduced in the New Jersey Assembly (A5564) and New Jersey Senate (S3945) that would amend the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (“LAD”) to include discrimination on the basis of hair. The legislation was supported...By: Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

The whole trick for a plaintiff (and his lawyers) in a FLSA collective action case is to try to get conditional certification. Once that happens, the stakes automatically escalate for the defendant-employer, often leaving settlement as the most...By: Fox Rothschild LLP

The Rhode Island Supreme Court recently held that the Airline Deregulation Act (ADA), a federal law, preempts Rhode Island law requiring premium pay for Sunday and holidays.  This decision may allow employers in other industries in Rhode Island to...By: Littler

Union security and dues checkoff are both important subjects that come up during collective bargaining. In this episode of the Third Thursdays podcast, Ruthie Goodboe discusses the impact of union security and dues checkoff provisions, recent...By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

Social media—from Facebook and Twitter to Instagram, LinkedIn, Reddit, YouTube, and more—has become the place where people go to find their tribe. Whatever their shared passion, from the pedestrian to the offbeat to the outright wacky, online...By: Hanzo

This claim against the "Museum of Sex" should fail. Have you ever heard of the Museum of Sex in New York City? It's a real thing....By: Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

On June 20, 2019, New York lawmakers passed a pair of bills aimed at eliminating pay disparities based on membership in a protected class. Governor Andrew Cuomo is expected to sign both bills....By: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP