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The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) last Thursday announced a Proposed Rule which would ban noncompetes nationwide. Noncompetes are a widespread and often exploitative practice with which employers limit employees’...

This article was originally published in PLI Current: The Journal of PLI Press Since the emergence of the #MeToo movement in October 2017 in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal, the prevalence of sex-based harassment...

       The rise in remote work has brought with it a rise in employee monitoring.  Between 2019 and 2021, the percentage of employees working primarily from home tripled.  As “productivity paranoia” crept in,...

The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (“OSHA”) levied a hefty penalty on Wells Fargo on September 1, 2022, for its violation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (“SOX”). OSHA found that the company unlawfully...

On August 26, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) adopted two changes to its whistleblower program.  First, the SEC expanded the circumstances under which whistleblowers may be...

Many employees in the District of Columbia will soon be protected by the new Non-Compete Ban going into effect in October 2022. The “Ban on Non-Compete Agreements Amendment Act of 2020” (“the 2020 Act”) was signed...

Three pending petitions for writ of certiorari have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to resolve a split among the federal courts of appeals as to the pleading standard for False Claims Act (“FCA”) whistleblower claims. The...

Workplace discrimination and harassment complaints are often resolved through private settlement agreements that include non-disclosure or non-disparagement provisions. In addition, many employers include such provisions in...

On January 26, 2022, New York’s new legislation expanding protection for whistleblowers went into effect.  As we discussed in January, these expansions, as well as those enacted in 2020 affecting health care...

Note: Ms. Wheeler co-authored an amicus brief on behalf of MWELA in support of the plaintiff in Chambers v. District of Columbia. On June 3, 2022, the full court of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia held...