Apr 24, 2024 | Business Litigation, Employment Law
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued a Final Rule which bans noncompete clauses for all but a few employees. If the rule goes into effect, even existing noncompetes for the vast majority of American workers would be deemed unenforceable. The...
May 30, 2023 | Employment Law
The DOJ announced that 10 additional employers have agreed to pay civil penalties for posting job advertisements that discriminated against non-U.S. citizens on Georgia Institute of Technology’s (Georgia Tech) job recruitment platform. Since June 2022, the DOJ has...
Apr 4, 2023 | Civil Matters, Employment Law
On March 30, 2023, Senior U.S. District Judge C. Ashley Royal ordered that Stephanie Maddox, a former Athens-Clarke County internal auditor, could proceed in her lawsuit alleging First Amendment retaliation against Athens-Clarke County. However, her retaliation claims...
Aug 24, 2021 | COVID-19 Related Law, Employment Law, Health Care
On August 13, 2021, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued updated COVID-19 guidance for employers with vaccinated, unvaccinated, and otherwise at-risk employees. OSHA had previously released guidance on June 10, 2021, which focused...
Jul 13, 2021 | Employment Law
On Friday, July 9, 2021, President Biden signed a sweeping executive order covering a broad range of activities which may impact competition in the marketplace. The President’s directives in the executive order range across several different industries and involve...
Jun 29, 2021 | COVID-19 Related Law, Employment Law
As the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out continues across the US, healthcare employers are acutely aware of the benefits of having a fully-vaccinated workforce along with the challenges of dealing with unvaccinated workers. As Chilivis Grubman discussed last week, healthcare...
