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Further setback for the CFPB director’s authority?

  • Morrison & Foerster LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 17 2013

A split panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued a decision yesterday holding that a "recess" appointment to the National

Two new wage and hour cases: one good news for employers, one not so good

  • Morrison & Foerster LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 25 2013

Two wage and hour decisions were recently issued - one by the United States Supreme Court and the other by a Court of Appeal in California - that are

Pregnancy disability leave in California: what should employers be expecting?

  • Morrison & Foerster LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 28 2013

Last year, the Department of Fair Employment and Housing ("DFEH") implemented new regulations interpreting the Pregnancy Disability Leave ("PDL") Law

Is working from home a reasonable accomodation? "Rarely."

  • Morrison & Foerster LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 25 2013

Modern technology has made it possible for workers to complete many of their job duties from just about anywhere. Do these technological capabilities

“Substantial” benefit to employers in California Supreme Court’s new formulation of mixed-motive defense (or, ding dong, the wicked witch motivating factor instruction is dead)

  • Morrison & Foerster LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 7 2013

Today in Harris v. City of Santa Monica, the California Supreme Court, in a decision that favors employers, answered this question: "What is the

The new NLRB: it’s coming for non-union employers

  • Morrison & Foerster LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 31 2013

In this month's ELC, we analyze the Obama Administration's initiatives at the National Labor Relations Board, and its increasingly aggressive

D.C. Circuit hands the CFPB a setback?

  • Morrison & Foerster LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 30 2013

At the end of last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued its decision in Noel Canning v. National Labor

Religious discrimination in the workplace

  • Morrison & Foerster LLP
  • -
  • European Union, United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 24 2013

The European Court of Human Rights (the "ECHR") has issued its long awaited judgment in the case of Eweida and Others v the United Kingdom, the joint

Federal Appeals Court says estimates in government bids can be actionable as false claims

  • Morrison & Foerster LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 7 2012

The Ninth Circuit issued an opinion last week in which it held that knowingly making “false estimates” in connection with a bid for a government contract may be actionable under the False Claims Act (“FCA”), 31 U.S.C. 3729 et seq. United States ex rel. Hooper v. Lockheed Martin Corp., No. 11-55278 (9th Cir. Aug. 2, 2012

EEOC updates guidance on using criminal records in hiring decisions

  • Morrison & Foerster LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 31 2012

On April 25, 2012, the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced updated guidelines regarding the ability of employers to consider criminal background checks when making hiring decisions