March isn’t over yet, but the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has awarded seven whistleblowers approximately $12,125,000 for providing information supporting the CFTC’s enforcement efforts. ...

This month, the Ninth Circuit’s decision in DePuy Synthes Sales v. Howmedica Osteonics held that a U.S. district court in California properly invalidated a foreign choice-of-law and forum select...

Bucking the standard that has existed under federal law and in most states for decades, tipped employees in Pennsylvania soon will have to earn more than four times as much in tips before their e...

The purpose behind the creation of U visas is to provide immigrant workers with relief and protection when exposed to criminal activity. Many individuals around the world want to come to the Uni...

$18 million deal settles claims of harassment, unequal pay Judge rejected California agency's renewed bid to intervene State agency separately sued Activision for sex discrimination The company...

employees earned were illegally taken by managers and not distributed to the hourly workers. Morgan Heller, who worked at a Curleaf dispensary in Northbrook, Illinois, filed her complaint in Illi...

Introduction On March 24, 2022, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (“SJC”) issued a much-anticipated decision in Patel, et al. v. 7-Eleven, Inc., et al. answering a certified question from ...

The Supreme Court sounded ready Tuesday to back the power of Congress to recruit and retain armed forces, in an oral argument that touched on the current conflict in Ukraine as an example of the ...

HR leaders, employment lawyer weigh in on the controversy between Will Smith and Chris Rock WrestleMania came one week early, as tensions flared during the 94th Academy Awards. After comedian Chr...

On March 24, 2022, Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed into law Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1795 also known as the “Silenced No More Act” (“the Act”). The Act prohibits agreements containin...