The drama of “It Ends With Us” has jumped from the book to the big screen to a real-life legal battle that offers a sharp reminder of how retaliation and digital misconduct can derail even the most powerful players in any...more
7/8/2025
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Celebrities ,
Employees ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Litigation ,
Employment Policies ,
Entertainment Industry ,
Retaliation ,
Risk Management ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Social Media ,
Workplace Harassment Guidance
The 2019 film “Late Night,” written by and starring Mindy Kaling, tells the story of a late-night talk show host, Katherine Newbury, played by Emma Thompson, whose all-male, all-white writing staff scrambles to add a female...more
6/13/2025
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Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Litigation ,
Executive Orders ,
Reverse Discrimination ,
SCOTUS ,
Students for Fair Admissions v Harvard College ,
Title VII ,
Trump Administration
This article is part of a monthly column that connects popular culture to hot-button labor and employment law issues. In this installment, we focus on various methods of feedback used by “Harry Potter” characters and how...more
5/9/2025
/ Best Management Practices ,
Best Practices ,
Corporate Culture ,
Employee Rights ,
Employee Training ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Policies ,
Internal Reporting ,
Leadership ,
Performance Reviews ,
Reputation Management ,
Workplace Safety
In this episode of Hiring to Firing, hosts Tracey Diamond and Emily Schifter explore the classic movie 9 to 5 and its critique of workplace inequities. Joined by wage and hour reporter Daniela Porat from Law360, they share...more
Join Troutman Pepper Locke Partner Brett Mason for a podcast series analyzing the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI), health care, and the law.
In this installment of The Good Bot, Brett Mason is joined by Partners...more
Workplace diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs face more scrutiny than ever in light of President Trump’s recent executive orders regarding DEI policies and programs across the public and private sectors, recent...more
4/4/2025
/ Civil Rights Act ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Litigation ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equal Protection ,
Executive Orders ,
Fourteenth Amendment ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Reverse Discrimination ,
Title VII ,
Trump Administration
AI is unavoidable these days. In this episode of Hiring to Firing, hosts Tracey Diamond and Emily Schifter delve into what employers need to know about it, joined by their Troutman Pepper Locke partner, Brett Mason, who hosts...more
This article provides guidance and best practices for counseling employers on key employment discrimination and diversity, equity and inclusion-related legal issues associated with using artificial intelligence...more
2/21/2025
/ Algorithms ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Bias ,
Disparate Impact ,
Disparate Treatment ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Litigation ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Machine Learning ,
Risk Management
In part two of the three-part Hiring to Firing series, host Tracey Diamond and new co-host Emily Schifter dive into the complexities of managing employees’ political beliefs and discourse in the workplace, just in time for...more
10/15/2024
/ Best Practices ,
Corporate Culture ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Policies ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Off-Duty Employees ,
Political Expression ,
Political Speech ,
State Labor Laws