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Within the past month, the California courts have been very active in deciding employment cases. These cases are outlined in this Alert. Clients that have employees in California should be aware of these developments.

This month we highlight a new law requiring notification to the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice of biosimilar litigation settlements and perhaps the end of a long-running Mylan venue dispute in Delaware.

This briefing note outlines the key provisions of the Employment Rights Bill (the Bill), which will introduce far-reaching reforms of employment law in the UK trailed in the Labour Party election manifesto.

Jennifer Augustus filed this putative class action on behalf of all ABM security guards, alleging that ABM consistently failed to provide uninterrupted rest periods as required by state law.

Recently I tried a complicated disability discrimination case in a California state court. The client terminated a long-term worker, who was living with cancer, on the "strength" of a surveillance video, which purportedly showed the employee leaving work with a stolen product. The product consisted of two six-packs of soda. The client had a zero-tolerance-for-theft policy, and the plaintiff was terminated along with nine other offenders on the tape.

In August, the Federal Circuit addressed the 35 U.S.C. § 315(b) one-year time bar to IPR institution in Click-to-Call Technologies, LP v. Ingenio, Inc

Last month, a federal Court of Appeals held that an employer committed an unfair labor practice under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) when it published a general confidentiality rule in its employee handbook.

On June 7, 2023, Governor Jared Polis signed Senate Bill (SB) 23-172 into law, radically transforming Colorado's employment discrimination legal landscape by expanding the Colorado...

Following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Hughes v. Northwestern University, courts around the country continue to articulate the pleading requirements for a breach of duty...

On March 18, 2020, the government enacted the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) (to be put into effect by April 2, 2020 at the latest).

Recent California and federal court decisions address critical employment law issues including the extraterritorial application of California labor statutes, mass joinder in workplace harassment cases...

In this episode of The Proskauer Brief, New York partner Howard Robbins and London partner Dan Ornstein discuss how U.K. laws affect U.S. employers.

In recent years, following the events of September 11, 2001, the EEOC and private attorneys have filed lawsuits on behalf of Muslim women who claim they were discriminated against by their employers for wearing a hijab, or headscarf, to work. Three recent decisions provide insight on the attitude of juries and judges towards these claims.

In 2003, the California Supreme Court in Department of Rehabilitation v. Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (Lauher) raised the standard an employee must meet to make a prima facie case under Labor Code section 132a, which forbids discrimination against employees for filing or making known an intention to file a workers’ compensation claim.

This blog breaks down the NLRB's decision and what it means for employers.

Erika Paleny alleged harassment, discrimination and retaliation after informing her manager that she would be undergoing oocyte retrieval procedures so she could donate and freeze her eggs for her potential.

Each week, Crowell & Moring's State Attorneys General team highlights significant actions that State AGs have taken. See our State Attorneys General page for more insights. Here are last week's updates.