Jul 30, 2018 | Employment Law
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals recently issued an opinion reversing summary judgment for the employer and allowing an employee’s claims for retaliation in connection with reporting her supervisor’s abuse to proceed to trial. The case was Strothers v. City of...
Jun 26, 2018 | Employment Law
On June 20, 2018, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that it has reached a settlement with J.C. Witherspoon, a South Carolina-based logging company, over religious discrimination allegations. The EEOC charged that J.C. Witherspoon...
May 30, 2018 | Business Litigation, Employment Law
On May 21, 2018, the United States Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, held that arbitration agreements containing class action waivers are enforceable and do not violate the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). This decision resolved...
Apr 19, 2018 | Employment Law
In an opinion issued last month, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (which covers Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee) held that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) was permitted to pursue a Title VII claim on the ground that...
Apr 19, 2018 | Employment Law
In 2013, Relator Billie Joe Hunt sued his former employer and others under the qui tam provisions of the federal False Claims Act (“FCA”) for alleged “rampant war-time contract fraud.” The case is captioned United States ex rel. Hunt v. Cochise Consultancy, Inc.1...
Feb 27, 2018 | Employment Law
On February 21, 2018, the Supreme Court of the United States issued an opinion unanimously holding that an employee did not qualify as a whistleblower under federal rules because he did not report any violations to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) prior to...
