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Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP | USA | 29 May 2019
The New York City Human Rights Law now prohibits employment-related discrimination and retaliation on the basis of an employee’s “sexual and…
Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP | USA | 8 Jan 2019
Title VII doesn’t protect illegal actions, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held, affirming summary judgment for an employer where…
Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP | USA | 8 Jan 2019
Three-year-old Facebook posts were insufficient to base a racial discrimination claim upon, a North Carolina federal court has ruled, dismissing a…
Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP | USA | 5 Dec 2018
A Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) claim may be triggered where an employer promised coverage before eligibility under the statute took effect…
Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP | USA | 5 Dec 2018
Requests for religious accommodations should not be categorically considered protected activity under Title VII’s anti-retaliation clause, a divided…
Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP | USA | 5 Dec 2018
A California appellate panel determined that a law firm’s arbitration agreement with a partner was unconscionable, reversing a trial court’s grant of…
Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP | USA | 5 Dec 2018
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) highlighted an uptick in enforcement actions and recoveries in the release of its Performance and…
Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP | USA | 20 Sep 2018
Ruling in a closely watched case, a federal court in Connecticut held that the refusal to hire a medical marijuana user because she tested positive…
Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP | USA | 22 Aug 2018
An employer violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) for terminating a diabetic employee who drank orange juice at the cash register…
Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP | USA | 3 Aug 2018
The New York attorney general settled with an international retailer for violations of both the state and city "ban the box" laws for $120,000 in…