Appeals, Motion to Dismiss, Hiring & Firing

Second Circuit Clarifies Scope of Marital Status Discrimination Under New York City Human Rights Law

Goldberg Segalla on 7/8/2025

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on April 8, 2025, clarified the scope of “marital status” discrimination under the New York City Human Rights Law (NYCHRL). In Hunter v. Debmar-Mercury LLC, et al., the Second...more

Start the Clock—The Case for Including Contractual Limitations Periods in Employment Agreements

Dickinson Wright on 4/30/2025

Contractual limitations periods provide parties on both sides of an agreement certainty regarding the filing of a potential action. But many employers do not know that they may include such contractual limitations periods in...more

Federal Appeals Court Expands Joint Employer Liability Theory For Agricultural Employers

Fisher Phillips on 2/12/2019

A federal appeals court just announced a sweeping change for agricultural employers that will make it easier for workers to bring discrimination claims against them under a joint employment theory. In last week’s EEOC v....more

EEOC Argues that Sexual Orientation Discrimination by a Heterosexual Person can Constitute a Protected Activity

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 6/14/2018

In her appeal to the Fifth Circuit, Plaintiff Bonnie O’Daniel argues that the trial court wrongly concluded that it was unreasonable for O’Daniel to believe that a complaint about discrimination based on sexual orientation...more

N.Y. Decision May Hinder Early Class Action Settlements

Ballard Spahr LLP on 1/5/2018

The decision of the New York Court of Appeals, in Desrosiers v. Perry Ellis Menswear, LLC., and in Vasquez v. Nat'l Sec. Corp., has created a potential obstacle to early class action settlements in cases filed in New York...more

Third Circuit Revives In-House Attorney’s Whistleblower Claim

Proskauer - Whistleblower Defense on 7/31/2017

On July 25, 2017, the Third Circuit allowed a plaintiff who was an in-house attorney to proceed with a whistleblower retaliation lawsuit under the New Jersey Conscientious Employee Protection Act (CEPA) based on its...more