A federal district court in Washington refused to require an employer, absent some notice from an employee of the need to do so, to investigate the cause of the employee’s poor performance to explore whether it might be caused by a known disability.

On July 24, 2014, the New York Department of Labor released a mid-year update on its progress in fighting wage theft.

The United States Supreme Court held that President Obama’s January 2012 recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board were unconstitutional.

President Obama signed a Memorandum directing the Secretary of Labor to "propose revisions to modernize and streamline the existing overtime regulations".

Effective July 1, 2014, California’s minimum wage will increase from $8 to $9.

Effective July 1, 2014, California’s minimum wage will increase from $8 to $9.

A California federal district court held that absent evidence that an employer knew of the alleged protected activity, an employee cannot assert a claim under California’s whistleblower statute.

In "Royal v. CCC&R Tres Arboles, LLC", the federal Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals revived an employee’s retaliation claim where she was fired shortly after she complained about coworkers subjecting her to sexually suggestive sniffing.

San Francisco employers with twenty or more employees should review their parental leave policies in light of the new city ordinance.

The ordinance takes effect February 1, 2016.

A California appellate court expanded the basis for a public disclosure of private facts claim in "Ignat v. Yum! Brands, Inc."

In Panzer v. Yelp, plaintiffs filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California alleging they should be compensated for their work as writers and editors of online reviews on Yelp, and that they were improperly classified as volunteers.

On February 25, 2015, the federal Department of Labor ("DOL") issued a Final Rule revising the definition of the term "Spouse" under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act ("FMLA") regulations.

Trade secret litigation aimed at chilling the free mobility of employees is an all too common occurrence, particularly in hot markets like the technology sector.

Organizationally speaking, the Safe Harbors part of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), 17 U.S.C. § 512, doesn't make much sense. Provisions governing related matters are often scattered through the section, and because the order is not logical, it is difficult to recall where important provisions are to be found.

As many of you know, the Federal Circuit's decision in Trading Technologies was the first time a graphical user interface had been found patent eligible by the Federal Circuit.

As many of you know, the Federal Circuit's decision in Trading Technologies was the first time a graphical user interface had been found patent eligible by the Federal Circuit.

Last year, consumers spent more than $21 billion on the video game industry.

The recent Tax Cuts and Jobs Act has revolutionized the U.S. taxation of international income earned from outbound investment and business operations.

A recent experiment from researchers at Stanford University's Polarization and Social Change Lab and the Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence found that AI-generated...