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Sexual Harassment - General
In this episode of our Defensible Decisions podcast, Scott Kelly (shareholder, Birmingham) and Nonnie Shivers (office managing shareholder, Phoenix) discuss the EEOC’s January 2025 vote to rescind the Biden-era anti-harassment guidance, which had addressed gender identity issues including pronouns,
Multinational Employers
In this episode of our Cross-Border Catch-Up podcast series, Patty Shapiro (San Diego) and Goli Rahimi (Chicago) discuss key changes under New Zealand’s Employment Relations Amendment Bill. The speakers cover four significant reforms: a new gateway test for determining independent contractor status,
Immigration - Visas
The U.S. Department of State’s April 2026 Visa Bulletin shows significant advancement for most countries and preference categories. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will continue to accept employment-based adjustment of status filings based on the Dates for Filing chart in April 202
New Jersey - General
On March 6, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued a ruling reviving a white male police officer’s racial and religious discrimination lawsuit that alleged he was denied the role of police chief in favor of a lower-ranked candidate, and said it expects that New Jersey
HR - General
In this episode of our Defensible Decisions podcast, Scott Kelly (Birmingham/Washington, D.C.), who is chair of the firm’s Workforce Analytics and Compliance Practice Group, is joined by Kiosha Dickey (Columbia) and Jay Patton (Birmingham) to discuss the increasingly complex landscape of workforce r
ADA - Reasonable Accommodation
In this episode of our Litigation Lens podcast series, Shareholders Michael Nail (Greenville) and Sarah Zucco (New York) analyze Dudnauth v. A.B.C. Carpet & Home Inc., a case from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York involving disability discrimination and wage and hour clai
Washington State - Wage & Hour
On March 17, 2026, Washington State Governor Bob Ferguson signed legislation ( Engrossed Senate Bill (ESB) 6106 ) that amends the state’s analogue of the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act by changing the definition of “employer” and adjusting the notice requirements to
California - Cal/OSHA
In this podcast, Kevin Bland (shareholder, Orange County) sits down with Karen Tynan (shareholder, Sacramento), who is chair of the firm’s Workplace Safety and Health Practice Group, to discuss Cal/OSHA’s February 2026 proposed rulemaking on walkaround inspections, which would significantly expand w
California - General
On January 13, 2026, the California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, issued a published decision in Tuufuli v. West Coast Dental Administrative Services, LLC , affirming a trial court’s order compelling arbitration of an employee’s individual claims and dismissing her class claims against
Title VII - General
Employers may not use private agreements with employees to shorten the statutory filing periods for claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 or the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), according to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
HR - Education Industry
On March 11, 2026, a coalition of seventeen states, led by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, filed a lawsuit, Massachusetts v. U.S. Department of Education , in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, alleging that the U.S. Department of Education’s new Integrated Postsecondary E
HR - Artificial Intelligence (AI)
In part one of this episode of our Defensible Decisions podcast, Scott Kelly (shareholder, Birmingham) sits down with Lauren Hicks (shareholder, Indianapolis/Atlanta) to unpack how AI is actually used across the talent lifecycle—and why “human in the loop” isn’t a compliance shield. The speakers bre
Federal Gov't - General
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New Jersey - Law Against Discrimination
In a recent ruling, a federal court in New Jersey granted an employer’s request to transfer a remote employee’s suit alleging age discrimination and unlawful failure to grant medical accommodation under both federal and New Jersey state law to a federal district court in the employer’s home state of
Washington State - General
Washington State is close to banning all employment-based and independent-contractor-based noncompete agreements after the state legislature passed a bill declaring that “noncompetition covenants” are “void and unenforceable” and that employers are prohibited from enforcing them. The legislation, wh
Federal Gov't - General
Federal procurement is in a period of significant change that will reshape both how agencies buy goods and services and how contractors manage compliance.
Labor Law - NLRB
Ogletree Deakins’ Traditional Labor Relations Practice Group is pleased to announce the publication of the Winter 2026 issue of the Practical NLRB Advisor . This issue discusses the host of problems the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is facing this year.
Immigration - Visas
The U.S. Diversity Visa (DV) program, established by the Immigration Act of 1990 and known as the “ Diversity Lottery ,” aims to increase immigrant diversity by selecting individuals from countries with historically low U.S. immigration rates. Annually, 55,000 immigrant visas are distributed through
Sexual Harassment - General
On February 25, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled in Bruce v. Adams and Reese, LLP that employers cannot compel arbitration of a case under a mandatory pre-dispute arbitration agreement when an employee or former employee sues on multiple claims and at least one of
Massachusetts - General
In its recent decision, Galvin v. Roxbury Community College , No. SJC-13754 (January 27, 2026), the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) unanimously affirmed that the Massachusetts Whistleblower Act (MWA) affords protection to employees, even when they are involved in the wrongdoing to which t