Linda Ferrick, a former senior administrator for Santa Clara University, claimed the termination of her employment resulted from her reporting that her supervisor had engaged in what Ferrick believed to be commercial bribery.

Is an employer allowed to enforce a uniformly-applied workplace conduct policy against an employee whose misconduct was caused by her disability?

On July 18, 2016, North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory signed into law a bill that restores the right of employees to bring wrongful discharge claims for employment discrimination based on the public policy stated in the N.C. Equal Employment Practices Act.

The First Circuit recently that an employer can be held liable for sex discrimination for terminating an employee whose job performance has been maligned by a jilted co-worker.

Last week, former Fox News Anchor Gretchen Carlson slapped Fox News Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes with a wrongful termination and sexual harassment lawsuit in New Jersey Superior Court.

In the article, "Hunting for Pokémon at Work? You May End Up Hunting for a New Job," featured in the Austin Business Journal...

In a win for Wiley's client, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, applying New York law, has held that a private company management and employment practices liability policy does not cover a lawsuit by the insured's former employee.

Both the North Carolina House and the Senate voted to restore the claim, and the bill has been presented to the Governor for his consideration.

This sizeable adverse jury verdict highlights the risks that employers may face in trying whistleblowing and retaliation suits to a jury.

An employee has been permanently disabled since 2012 and has been allowed by union contract to remain on the group insurance, provided the employee pays his or her share of the premium.

In a recent case, the National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB" or "Board") confronted the issue of whether the display of an inflatable rat ("Scabby") and banners by a labor union...

The City of McPherson, Kansas was recently hit for almost $1 million in damages when a jury sided with a plaintiff police officer who claimed he was wrongfully terminated for falling asleep on duty.

On August 2, 2017, a federal judge ruled that supervisors and managers can use their subordinates as "comparators" for lodging workplace discrimination suits against their employers.

Knowing when to terminate an employee is just as important as knowing how to terminate an employee – and you can with this Terminations Procedures checklist.

In this article written by Steve Loewengart, he explains what a last-chance agreement is, when such a document is appropriate and how an LCA should be drafted.

John Galeotti, a former business agent for the union, alleged he was wrongfully terminated for refusing to contribute money toward the campaigns of various union officials who had run for election to union positions.

Cardenas was a dental hygienist. She received an expensive ring from her husband for her twenty-fifth wedding anniversary.

A California Court of Appeal affirmed sanctions against attorneys who filed a brief containing fabricated citations, false quotations, and misrepresented legal authority generated by artificial intelligence. The trial court imposed $5,000 in sanctions to the opposing party and $1,000 to the court under California Code of Civil Procedure section 128.7, finding the attorneys' procedural and substantive challenges to be without merit.

On 17 June 2025 the Adjudication Society held a panel discussion, hosted by BCLP, looking at whether the adjudication process is unfair to employers, main contractors or subcontractors or does it just feel that way.

T.J. Simers, late of the Los Angeles Times, was a talented sports columnist until he was no longer there.