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The article outlines the nuances of the suit, and the latest developments in the continued struggle to reform the amateurism model of college athletics.

Two hotel trade groups have filed a lawsuit to challenge the Citywide Hotel Worker Minimum Wage Ordinance (Ordinance), passed by the City Council in October, and slated to raise the minimum wage for certain Los Angeles hotels to $15.37 per hour in July 2015.

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.

Continuing an alarming recent pattern of multi-million dollar jury awards (see our earlier post), a Los Angeles jury panel recently awarded $17.4 million to a former employee of the Bureau of Sanitation.

A Los Angeles jury today handed another sweeping defense verdict to SpaceX in a $6 million whistleblower lawsuit brought by a former employee.

On May 25, 2017, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals agreed to rehear the case of Zarda v. Altitude Express, Inc. to determine whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, and invited the submission of amicus curiae ("friend of the court") briefs on the issue from interested parties.

While my favorite team, the Maryland Terps, are not participating in any post-season tournament action, I’m still a big college basketball fan.

An appellate court in Michigan has just concluded that having a medical marijuana card will not disqualify the employee for unemployment benefits.

On April 14, 2008, a bill mandating the award of treble damages to prevailing plaintiffs in wage and hour claims (Senate Bill 1059) became the law in Massachusetts.

Judge Sorokin of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts upheld a non-compete entered into seven months after the employee's start date.

A bill prohibiting mandatory arbitration of employment-related claims, introduced in late 2017 before the Massachusetts House of Representatives, continues to gain traction in early 2018.

Day Pitney LLP recently represented Verizon New England Inc. (Verizon) before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in connection with an appeal filed by former employee Kristen Connolly.

On October 1, the State of Michigan will join more than 150 cities and counties as well as over 32 states in enacting a ban-the-box policy that prohibits asking job applicants...

Wage lawsuits are becoming a trend in New York City and the numbers could continue to rise because people continue hearing about them.

In my supervisor training sessions, I used to note that Title VII prohibits discrimination based on sex, with a reminder that it applies to both sexes.

California's legislature has passed two new statutes that increase the protections for employees arbitrating workplace disputes.

In light of the technological advancements of the past decade, the Illinois legislature enacted this law to protect the "biometric data" of individuals, including their fingerprints, retinal scans, and facial recognition.