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Federal enforcement agencies crack down on employer use of artificial intelligence
November 11th, 2022
The General Counsel for the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) recently issued a directive that employers cease illegal automated management practices and electronic surveillance. This is an important development because the COVID-19 pandemi…
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Supreme Court and Congress act in the same week to undercut the rule of law
June 1st, 2018
In Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, the United States Supreme Court recently declared that employees can be forced to give up their rights to participate in class actions or collective actions when they face wage theft, retaliation, discrimination, haras…
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Supreme Court unites to side with corporations over whistleblowers
March 5th, 2018
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank”), 12 U.S.C. §§ 5301, et seq., prohibits an employer from retaliating against a person who provides information to the Securities and Exchange Commission (“…
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Minnesota Supreme Court delivers another victory for employees
November 1st, 2017
In Burt v. Rackner, Inc., the Minnesota Supreme Court affirmed the Minnesota Court of Appeals and ruled that employers cannot fire employees who refuse to share the tips they earned. The employer told the plaintiff, who was a bartender, that he must…
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The law continues to reward whistleblowers who fight fraud
June 5th, 2017
The courts have long recognized the vital role that whistleblowers play in the nation’s system of justice. Without the assistance of whistleblowers, significant and costly legal violations would happen without any meaningful accountability for the…
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