January 10, 2014
Should the EEOC’s Decision to Put the Cart First Subject the Agency to Judicial Scrutiny and Its Lawsuits to Dismissal?
In EEOC v. Mach Mining LLC, the Seventh Circuit answered this question in the negative. Finding that the EEOC’s failure to adequately conciliate was not a valid defense as courts do…
Read More ›January 3, 2014
What Can You Learn from San Diego’s Recent Sexual Harassment Problems: The DFEH is Serious about AB 1825 Sexual Harassment Prevention Training
If you thought the California Department of Fair Employment (“DFEH”) was not busy monitoring compliance with employers’ sexual harassment prevention training obligations, think again. The DFEH recently entered into a…
Read More ›October 15, 2013
How The Shutdown Affects You: The EEOC’s Plan
As we previously reported to you, while the federal government remains officially shut down as Congress continues its budget negotiations, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) has put into place…
Read More ›August 14, 2013
Angry and Abusive Chefs on Celebrity Cooking Shows Are Normal, But It is a Different Story When the Abuse is Allegedly Race-Based
Paula Deen, a celebrity chef known for her extreme Southern cooking and excesses, has been embroiled in scandal for the last several months, bringing together an odd mix of legal…
Read More ›Right now, the answer to that question just depends on your appetite for risk. If you are risk adverse and do not want to have to update your arbitration agreement…
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