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The COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant disruption for businesses and individuals around the globe. Our content focuses on its impact on the legal industry, including law firms, the court system, in-house counsel, tech companies and law schools.
By Colleen Murphy | October 30, 2023
A disability discrimination complaint, filed by a Mercer County Community College employee fired after he contracted COVID-19 and was hospitalized on a ventilator, has been resolved, according to Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin.
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By Riley Brennan | October 27, 2023
"So, under your reading, there is no protection at all under the Ohio health privacy law for someone, once they die, for their health information?" Justice Pat DeWine asked plaintiffs counsel.
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By Emily Cousins | October 26, 2023
"As a result of the defendant's failure to provide a reasonable accommodation to the plaintiff, and the defendant's termination of the plaintiff's employment he has suffered harm, including a loss of the wages and benefits of employment and pain, suffering, and emotional distress," the suit claims.
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By Mason Lawlor | October 23, 2023
"We cannot conclude that the District Court's reasoning supports the conclusion that the free exercise claim is not likely to succeed."
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By Riley Brennan | October 19, 2023
"Ultimately, beliefs amounting to a declaration that an employee has the right to make unilateral decisions do not constitute religious beliefs, even where religion is expressly invoked in communicating the beliefs," the court said in dismissing some of the plaintiffs' religious discrimination claims.
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By Steve Dunn, Donna V. Smith and Tanya Tate | October 18, 2023
iTutorGroup settled with the EEOC for $365,000 and other relief in September, but it's clear that this is only the first of other lawsuits to follow. We asked three of Miles Mediation & Arbitration's employment neutrals about their opinions about AI and its use in employment decisions.
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By Jim Saunders | October 16, 2023
U.S. District Judge Allen Winsor is poised to decide former state Rep. Joe Harding's punishment after the Ocala Republican pleaded guilty in March to charges of wire fraud, money laundering and making false statements.
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By Katryna L. Kristoferson and David Paul Horowitz | October 16, 2023
Previously in this column, Katryna L. Kristoferson and David Paul Horowitz touched on changes in practice since the pandemic while discussing more globally the changes in law practice. In this article, they delve deeper into the ways COVID has altered law practice, as well as the lasting effects.
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By Allison Dunn | October 13, 2023
"Throughout the entirety of this transaction, defendants Williams and A&G were acting solely as agents of Vetcomm," Senior U.S. District Judge John T. Copenhaver Jr. wrote. "Thus, even if Williams volunteered in the second email to notify Jones upon request to disburse the subject funds, such a modification would bind only Vetcomm, the principal, and not defendants Williams and A&G, the agents."
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By Colleen Murphy | October 13, 2023
"The court has determined that the named plaintiffs have not suffered an injury-in-fact and their claims have been mooted," stated Senior U.S. District Judge Norman K. Moon. "The court has further concluded that the named plaintiffs have not satisfied the requirements for class certification under Rule 23(a) or Rule 23(b)(3)—or Rule 23(b)(2) or (c)(4) for that matter."
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