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Connecticut Law Tribune

What Lawyers and Employers Should Know About Connecticut's Expanded Paid Sick Leave Law

The law covers more employees, expands the reasons for use of paid sick leave and reduces the required hours to accrue time off.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Protecting Confidential Information and Trade Secrets Amid Layoffs and Weakened Non-competes

If non-compete agreements are officially banned and businesses are looking to avoid bureaucratic hurdles that come with patents, Joe Barber and Scott Frost discuss how companies can protect their trade secrets.
9 minute read

National Law Journal

'Close Case': DC Circuit Revives Pro Se Litigant's Job Retaliation Suit Against ATF

"[I]t is reasonable to infer that a supervisor is more likely to retaliate against an employee that they know has previously complained about their own behavior than against an employee who has complained only about others," the appellate court held.
5 minute read

International Edition

Prime Minister Starmer: How Labour Policies Could Disrupt Law Firm LLPs

Partners may gain or lose rights depending on which side of the line they fall, under Labour's potential new employment regime.
3 minute read

Law.com

Former Police Officer's Retaliatory Discharge Suit Allowed to Proceed Against Chicago Suburb's Traffic Stop Quota, Judge Rules

U.S. District Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer for the Northern District of Illinois denied Naperville's motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by former police officer Clayton Plumtree, who claims he was fired without due process after complaining about the police department's internal policy requiring officers to effect at least two traffic stops a day.
3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

3 Class Actions Shut Down Against Restaurants

"My team filed multiple class actions in sequence because the defendants were paying off lead plaintiffs multiple times what their claims were worth," Richard Hayber said. "Someone else in the class would hire us, and we filed a new lawsuit. We argued that each successive class action tolls the statute, and the judge ruled that the tolling can only occur once."
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Workers Have New Incentives to Snitch to Feds, Skipping Internal Ethics Hotlines

"Could there be certain employees who choose not to report internally because they have a prospect of a whistleblower award at DOJ--yes," said Steve Fagell, a Covington & Burling partner.
7 minute read

Law.com

$32.50 an Hour Plus Benefits: Uber, Lyft Drivers in $175M Settlement

"This agreement is an example of what independent, flexible work with dignity should look like in the 21st Century. We are thrilled to see more policymakers supporting portable benefits and innovative frameworks to improve independent work," Uber CLO Tony West said.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Employment Law Roundup: A Busy First Six Months of 2024

It's crucial for employers to stay on top of these changes to avoid penalties, keep employees engaged to lower attrition rates, and protect themselves from lawsuits and increased competition.
9 minute read

National Law Journal

Creating Circuit Split, Panel Bars Hiring Bias Based on Status as Citizen

The Ninth and Fifth circuits are divided on whether the 1866 Civil Rights Act's prohibition on racial bias also bars citizenship discrimination.
3 minute read

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