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As Three Recent Settlements Demonstrate, Whistleblowers Are the Key to Enforcement of Section 301 Tariffs - The National Law Review
The Section 301 tariffs on Chinese-made goods—at the time, known as the Trump Tariffs, although President Biden has embraced them as well—were put in place in 2018. Only recently, more than five y...
Read moreSupreme Court Reconsidering Adverse Employment Action Standard - The National Law Review
On December 6, 2023, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Muldrow v. City of St. Louis, Missouri, a case involving a St. Louis Police Department officer’s claim that she was sub...
Read moreMonterey County: Whistleblower lawsuit accuses current sheriff, former undersheriff of official misconduct - King City Rustler
MONTEREY COUNTY — A 23-year veteran of the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office has filed a whistleblower lawsuit against his former employer alleging he was illegally fired after helping to form a uni...
Read moreWashington, D.C.: Another Player in the Pay Transparency Trend - Foley & Lardner LLP
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Read moreSupreme Court Reconsiders Decades-Old “Adverse Employment Action” Standard for Discriminatory Transfers Under ... - Foley & Lardner LLP
Supreme Court Reconsiders Decades-Old “Adverse Employment Action” Standard for Discriminatory Transfers Under ...
Read moreDeciphered Insights: Labor and Employment Legal Considerations | Ward and Smith, P.A. - JDSupra - JD Supra
Five Ward and Smith attorneys provided updates related to employment law, including non-compete agreements, unionization efforts, pregnancy laws, and overtime rules for exempt employees, during th...
Read morePrison May Have to Accommodate Officer's Preferred Firearm - SHRM
Takeaway: Employers can generally set essential requirements for a job. In this case, however, the employee claimed difficulty in holding the mandated firearm due to his physical disability. The 1...
Read moreFalse Claims
Antisemitic Hantavirus Conspiracy Theories Are Spreading—and the Platforms Are Hands Off - Mother Jones
A popular social media conspiracy theory about a recent cluster of hantavirus cases claims that the word “hanta” means “scam,” “fraud,” or “nonsense” in “Hebrew slang.” That’s more or less where t...
