Lawyers question teeth in Obama’s patent troll offensive
The Obama administration has announced five executive actions and seven legislative proposals aimed at holding back the tsunami of litigation from patent trolls, the individuals or companies that don’t...
View ArticleNew wellness incentives lead to discrimination concerns
New federal regulations allow employers to offer bigger rewards for workplace wellness programs that incentivize employees to improve their health, but the rules fail to give guidance on whether such...
View ArticleFTC how-to guide explains identity theft policies for businesses
A how-to guide has been published by the Federal Trade Commission to help businesses comply with rules requiring a written policy and procedures to prevent and respond to identity theft.
View ArticleUnity eludes courts on religious accommodations at work
In greater numbers, workers are asking their bosses to change their work schedules, relax company dress codes and make other adjustments so that they can fulfill their job requirements and religious...
View ArticleAre ‘trial spin’ websites the wave of the future?
In the first week of a high-stakes trial in which the plaintiffs planned to ask a major health corporation for billions of dollars in damages for medical injuries, their lawyers noticed something they...
View ArticleSupreme Court sets higher burden for workers alleging retaliation
Workers who allege that their employer retaliated against them must meet a higher burden than merely showing that the desire to retaliate was one motivating factor, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in...
View ArticleJustices take the legs out of employer retaliation lawsuits
Management-side attorneys applauded Monday’s ruling, which imposed a tougher standard for proving retaliation under Title VII.
View ArticleLawyers turn to the cloud to connect to clients
Smaller and solo firms may not know they exist. but that may change soon as case management platforms in the cloud — such as Rocket Matter, MyCase and Clio — go after the small-firm market and make...
View ArticlePortals keep lawyers more connected to clients
More than five years ago, when employment lawyer Christopher McKinney left a large law firm to open his own practice, he quickly found he was spending too many hours playing phone tag with his clients.
View ArticleEmployers prepare for post-DOMA world
Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the federal Defense of Marriage Act’s refusal to recognize state same-sex marriages was unconstitutional, employers are scrambling to figure out how far...
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