New England Biz Law Update

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has recently taken significant actions to enforce federal protections against pregnancy discrimination.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services released a revised Form I-9 on April 2, 2025, reflecting minor yet significant updates that employers should promptly integrate into their hiring processes.

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.

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.

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.