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With the passage of the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) in May 2016, there is now a federal cause of action for trade secrets misappropriation.

As profiled in our recent publication of the 13th Annual Workplace Class Action Report, the U.S. Supreme Court's rulings have a profound impact on employers and the tools they may utilize to defend high-stakes litigation.

As profiled in our recent publication of the 13th Annual Workplace Class Action Report...

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals is asking the California State Supreme Court to interpret sections of the California Labor Code requiring at least one day of rest per week.

Lorena Alamo sued her former employer Practice Management Information Corp. for pregnancy discrimination and retaliation in violation of the California Fair Employment and Housing Act.

Following overwhelming passage in mid-September by Congress, President Bush signed the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 into law on Sept. 25, 2008.

After Sunny Anthony filed suit, alleging she was terminated because of her disability, the employer (TRAX) learned that contrary to her representation on her employment application, she lacked the bachelor's degree...

In the article, Rich provides a handy checklist to make sure you don't miss out on any important steps you need to take before 2016 rolls around.

Trial Lawyers like action, love drama, seek out confrontation, and want to skewer adverse witnesses.

On Tuesday, a Los Angeles jury did what L.A. juries do so often these days

A federal district court in California held that the ILWU-PMA Welfare Benefit Plan's anti-assignment provision barred Brand Tarzana Surgical Institute's claim for benefits and thus dismissed the Institute's claim for benefits.

This week the United States Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that we have previously reported on that was filed against Abercrombie & Fitch.

Recently, in Matthews v. City of Tempe, 2023 WL 6880652, the Arizona Federal District Court considered whether an employer discriminated against a former employee when it denied...

After Devon Scott Shelley applied for but was not promoted to be Chief of Contracting for the Army Corps of Engineers, he filed this lawsuit alleging age discrimination in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.

Tuesday, December 3, 2013, marked the latest turn in the D.R. Horton saga.

The National Labor Relations Board took another step into territory most employers previously assumed was safe when it decided on July 31 that a general rule requiring confidentiality during an internal investigation into an employee complaint constitutes an unfair labor practice.

Michael Elkon’s article "Assault and Battery: An Emerging Trend in Employer/Employee Litigation," was published by Society For Human Resource Management.