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New Maryland law requiring accommodations for pregnancy-related disabilities

  • Venable LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 22 2013

The Maryland Act regarding reasonable accommodations for disabilities due to pregnancy was approved by Governor O'Malley late last week and will

Labor pains: confidential investigations create risk

  • Venable LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 2 2012

Are you looking for a way to get sued when you investigate employee misconduct?

Senators push FTC to investigate online "lead generators"

  • Venable LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 27 2012

A group of Democratic senators is requesting that the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) investigate third-party online marketing companies so-called “lead generators” used by private-sector schools

Computer hacking by employees of nonprofits

  • Venable LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 20 2012

What if a former employee downloads confidential information (such as a donor or member database, fundraising strategies, new program and service plans, and the like) from your computer system and uses it to help your competitors or others?

Dockworkers union threatening to strike October 1

  • Venable LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 19 2012

The dockworkers union along the East and Gulf Coasts is threatening to strike on October 1, should there be no agreement with transportation providers by the end of September

Don’t play and also pay: what independent schools need to know about navigating the employer-sponsored health coverage mandate

  • Venable LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 12 2012

On Friday, August 31, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued much anticipated guidance regarding the application of the employer-sponsored health coverage mandate (often called the “play or pay rules” under health care reform

Labor pains: computer hacking by employees

  • Venable LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 4 2012

What if a former employee downloads confidential information (customer lists, pricing information, etc.) from your computer system and uses it to lure your customers away?

The Second Circuit holds that failure to issue a litigation hold notice is not per se gross negligence

  • Venable LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 14 2012

Rarely does the Second Circuit feel impelled to delve into the law relating to document preservation, the standards used to quantify discovery abuses, and the appropriate sanctions for document destruction

Politics in the workplace: as election season heats up, do not overlook state employment laws

  • Venable LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 13 2012

Ever wonder what “rights” employees have to express political views in a private workplace?

FTC and Spokeo settle Fair Credit Reporting Act allegations

  • Venable LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 3 2012

The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) settled allegations against consumer data provider Spokeo in what the agency described as its first case on the sale of Internet and social media data in the employment screening context