New England Biz Law Update

Let’s be honest, we’ve all heard the stories, or maybe even lived them: the manager whose “motivational” tactics feel more like psychological warfare, the micromanager who erodes autonomy, or the one who plays favorites like it’s a competitive sport.

A deaf Indigenous woman has filed a discrimination complaint against Intuit and HireVue, alleging she was denied a promotion due to an automated video interview process that failed to accommodate her disability.

A Cambridge, Massachusetts, tech company’s recent agreement to settle a False Claims Act suit has contractors for the U.S. Department of Defense scrambling to avoid similar fates for failing to abide by the military’s strict cybersecurity standards.

Effective handling of employee complaints is a cornerstone of healthy workplace culture and risk management.

A female doctor’s claims of gender discrimination and retaliation failed to survive summary judgment when she couldn’t demonstrate that workplace tensions stemmed from gender-based animus rather than general interpersonal conflicts, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed a lawsuit against six related entities operating Taco Bell restaurants in Michigan, alleging that they violated federal law by allowing a senior manager to sexually harass female employees, including teenagers, and firing a local assistant manager who reported the misconduct.

In recent weeks, two separate cases have emerged involving business owners accused of harboring illegal aliens and, in one case, failing to pay millions in employment taxes.

Attorney General Pamela Bondi issued a memorandum to all Department of Justice employees in February outlining a shift in the DOJ’s approach to immigration enforcement. Citing illegal immigration as a “historic threat” to the nation, the memo called for an aggressive stance that prioritizes criminal prosecution of immigration-related violations.

A jury can decide whether Texas A&M University-Texarkana discriminated against a White administrator on the basis of race when it forced him to resign after 25 years of employment and replaced him with a younger Black woman, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas has ruled.

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has appealed a Texas federal court’s decision that invalidated its 2024 overtime rule, setting the stage for a review by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.