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Sexual harassment in the workplace isn’t limited to those who work in politics or the entertainment industry. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) local office in Arizona reports that sexual harassment complaints make up 1/3 of...By: Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, PLC

Reno Car Dealership Bullied Lone Female Salesperson, Federal Agency Charges - RENO, Nev. -- Champion Chevrolet Dealership in Reno, operated by Hallman Chevrolet Inc., violated federal law by denying opportunities to a female salesperson and...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Race under Title VII is often framed as an “immutable characteristic.” Yet courts struggle with the notion that expressions of identity and culture can be extensions of race. Hair is a good example. One’s hair may be part of one’s racial identity,...By: Sherman & Howard L.L.C.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has settled and obtained judgements in excess of $2.8 billion for false claims against the government last year. Over $2.1 billion of these cases arose from lawsuits filed under the qui tam provisions of the False...By: PilieroMazza PLLC

By way of background, in Palacio v. Jan & Gail’s Care Homes, Inc. (2015) 242 Cal.App.4th 1133, the Fifth District Court of Appeal considered the interplay between subdivisions 11(A) and 11(E) of Wage Order No. 5....By: Jackson Lewis P.C.

With the proliferation of the #MeToo movement in late 2017 came concerns over the role that employment contracts and settlement agreements played in concealing abuse by high-level executives. Confidentiality, non-disclosure and “forced arbitration”...By: Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Activist investor Third Point LLC and three funds that it controls have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the funds violated the premerger notification and waiting period requirements of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, or HSR Act,...By: Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

En la reciente decisión dictada en la causa Publix Supermarkets, Inc., v. Miami-Dade County, expediente n.º 17-082 AP, el Tribunal del Undécimo Circuito Judicial del condado de Miami-Dade sostuvo lo siguiente: (i) el solicitante cumplió con éxito con...By: Bilzin Sumberg

Where does creativity fit into compliance? In more places than you think. Problem-solving, accountability, communication, and connection - they all take creativity. Join Tom Fox and Ronnie Feldman on Creativity and Compliance, part of the Compliance...By: Thomas Fox

The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Treasury recently issued joint final regulations expanding the availability of health reimbursement arrangements (“HRAs”) by introducing two new types of HRAs – Individual Coverage HRAs and...By: Kelley Drye & Warren LLP