The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has declined to abandon the longstanding McDonnell Douglas framework used to evaluate many employment discrimination claims, even as two judges on the panel openly questioned whether the test remains sound.
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Federal appeals court applies longstanding discrimination test despite criticism
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NLRB says manager’s comments to union worker were lawful
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DOL explains when remote-work travel must be paid
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Employee says FMLA leave-tracking errors led to termination
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EEOC moves to end EEO-1 demographic reporting
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Federal appellate court strikes down NLRB’s successor bar
Legal News
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DOJ fires salvo in battle over disparate impact liability
Lawyers see a legal opinion recently issued by the U.S. Department of Justice as setting the stage for future battles over constitutional limitations on holding employers liable for facially neutral employment policies that are alleged to have a disparate impact on groups protected under civil rights laws.
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Empowering employees to use AI requires leadership, not technological expertise
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Work product privilege doesn’t protect AI docs created by girlfriend
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Beware of overlooking legal requirements for remote workers
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2023 Largest Law Firms in Massachusetts
To our readers: Welcome to Lawyers Weekly’s annual review of the state’s Largest Law Firms. We have been surveying the largest firms in Massachusetts for ...
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2023 Directory of Massachusetts Lobbyists
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Massachusetts Go To Lawyers: Business 2022
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Massachusetts Go To Lawyers: Intellectual Property
New England Biz Law Update
