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Massachusetts Passes Pregnancy Accommodations Law On July 27, 2017, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed into law a bill that will grant pregnant employees the right to receive reasonable accommodations in the...

A recent decision by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals may have a chilling effect on managers and employees who would otherwise report discrimination against themselves and other employees. On June 7, 2017, the court held...

The Second Circuit recently affirmed a decision by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), finding that an employer’s policy prohibiting employees from recording meetings or conversations without management approval...

In the wake of the 2007-2008 financial crisis, Congress passed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, instituting myriad new financial regulations in an effort to prevent future economic...

Following the financial crisis of 2008, the Obama administration passed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) in 2010. The Act is a sweeping piece of legislation intended to regulate the...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) ordered Wells Fargo on Friday, July 21, 2017, to reinstate and pay $577,500 in back wages, damages and other fees to a former...

In its next term, the Supreme Court will decide whether the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 protects internal whistleblowers who have not reported alleged misconduct to the U.S. Securities...

On Feb. 23, 2017, Life Time Fitness settled a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit filed by the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for $86,000. The EEOC’s complaint alleged that, after giving...

Attorney General Jeff Sessions recently affirmed the administration’s commitment to enforce the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”), the anti-bribery law that President Donald Trump had once ridiculed as a...

A new study of people who have experienced workplace discrimination showed that over one-fourth experience forms of “workplace bias” that are “common, impactful, and beyond their ability to manage,” leading to...