Three more states hop on the social media legislation bandwagon *

USA - April 30 2013
So far in 2013, three states (Arkansas, New Mexico and Utah) have passed new social media legislation restricting employer access to employees and…

Co-authors: Devin Slack, Allison Riechert Giese .

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Second Circuit holds no substantive right to bring a pattern-or-practice Title VII claim *

USA - March 27 2013
Reversing a denial of a motion to compel arbitration in Parisi et al. v. Goldman, Sachs & Co. et al., the Second Circuit held that a plaintiff does…

Co-authors: Kelly Cullen, Sara E. Dionne .

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Supreme Court eliminates jurisdictional escape hatch to the Class Action Fairness Act *

USA - March 27 2013
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Standard Fire Insurance Co. v. Knowles confirms that a plaintiff cannot avoid federal jurisdiction under the…

Co-authors: Kelly Cullen, Sara E. Dionne .

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California computer software employee overtime exemption rate to increase 2.6% on January 1 *

USA - November 14 2012
The California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) released its 2013 hourly rate and minimum salary requirement adjustment for exempt computer software employees.

Co-authors: Chris Brown, Rachel J. Coe .

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Sixth Circuit reverses Cintas pattern-or-practice case *

USA - November 13 2012
Last week, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed summary judgment orders in a Title VII sex discrimination case against Cintas Corporation, holding that the EEOC (the intervening plaintiff) should have been allowed to pursue a pattern-or-practice claim under §706 of Title VII using the analytical framework set forth in Int’l Brotherhood of Teamsters v. United States, 431 U.S. 324 (1977).

Co-authors: Chris Brown, Rachel J. Coe .

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