25 May, 2023 Appellate Court Revives Employee’s ADA Claim While Adopting a Nuanced, Partially Pro-Employer Interpretation of the ADA By John Alan Doran Several courts have held that an employer violates the ADA simply by refusing to provide a reasonable accommodation regardless of whether...
22 May, 2023 Failure to Tie Request for Service Dog to Job Functions Dooms ADA Claim By John Melcon A recent court decision confirms the complexity of evaluating employee accommodation requests involving service dogs under the Americans...
19 May, 2023 Pre-Employment Testing Principles Apply to AI By Brooke Colaizzi The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently released limited technical guidance on employer use of artificial...
12 May, 2023 Court's Bench-slap of NLRB Whipsaws Employers, Unions, Arbitration, & Even the First Amendment By John Alan Doran The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently issued a decision that is highly critical of the NLRB, yet its end result promises...
12 May, 2023 22 Million ($) Reasons to Get it Right: Battery Manufacturer Hit with Historic Bill for Unpaid Overtime By Brooke Colaizzi A Pennsylvania battery manufacturer has the dubious distinction of being ordered to pay the largest jury verdict ever awarded to the...
10 May, 2023 e-Discovery Doesn't End with E-mail By Kellie Fetter When I was a new trial lawyer, a seasoned veteran joked that the "e" in "e-mail" stood for evidence. It seems to me that after decades of...
10 May, 2023 OSHA Inspections Rise to New Heights By Jane Waterman-Joyce On May 1, OSHA announced a new National Emphasis Program, focusing on identifying and reducing hazards that cause (or are likely to...
08 May, 2023 Going Public on TSX or TSXV Present Capital Markets Alternatives for US Private Companies By Lyle Wallace Private companies considering going public are often dissuaded by the size requirements, cost, and regulatory hurdles involved with...
04 May, 2023 Calif. Court Decision Reveals Challenges for Religious Employers Relying on the 'Ministerial Exception' By John Melcon Faith-based employers often invoke the so-called "ministerial exception," a judge-made doctrine arising from the First Amendment, to...
01 May, 2023 NLRB Schools Its General Counsel on How to Seek More Extraordinary, More Punitive Remedies & Penalties By John Alan Doran Last December, we reported on the NLRB's gross expansion of make-whole remedies in unfair labor practice cases in the Thryv case....