The EEOC issues updated guidance on employer use of arrest and conviction records *

USA - May 4 2012
On April 25, 2012, the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) issued updated enforcement guidance on employers’ use of arrest and conviction records when making employment decisions under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”).

Co-authors: Gregg A. Fisch , Jonathan Sokolowski, James R. Hays .

City's "business-as-usual" threshold OK for evaluating greenhouse gas emissions under CEQA *

USA - July 14 2011
In this clean-tech era, Citizens for Responsible Equitable Environmental Development ("CREED") v. City of Chula Vista marks only the third time that a court has published a case addressing greenhouse gases in California.

Co-authors: Jeffrey W. Forrest.

New employee notification requirements for federal contractors and subcontractors *

USA - July 12 2010
Executive Order 13496 requires federal contractors and subcontractors to inform employees of their rights under federal labor laws.

Co-authors: Karin Hunter Johnson, Sheldon M. Kline .