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By: Megan J. Muoio, February 6, 2015 As ride-sharing services such as Uber and Lyft expand across the United States, many employment law scholars are carefully watching two cases in the...
Paula Lopez, January 22, 2015. On Friday, January 16, 2015, the Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal in four consolidated cases[i], challenging the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision upholding...
Nicholas Fortuna, December 23, 2014 On December 10, 2014, in the matter of Purple Communications, Inc. a divided National Labor Relations Board held that workers have a statutory right to use...
By: Megan J. Muoio, October 8, 2014 The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) continued its recent aggressive advocacy on behalf of employees by filing suit against two employers, claiming that the...
Diana Uhimov, October 3, 2014. After close to a year of public hearings and other inquiries, on July 21, 2014, the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) proposed a novel...
Megan J. Muoio, September 11, 2014 In 2000, the State of Colorado legalized medical marijuana use by individuals with debilitating medical conditions. Then in January 2013, it attracted attention by legalizing...
Diana Uhimov, September 3, 2014. Class-action lawsuits can be a powerful tool for employees and consumers against major corporations, as proven by the massive $7.25 billion Visa and MasterCard antitrust settlement...
Megan J. Muoio, July 10, 2014 The Supreme Court has already begun to line up cases for its term that will begin in October 2014. One of the petitions for certiorari...