Congressional leaders are in heated arguments over a proposed bill that would protect religious freedom, but could also allow members of the LGBT community to suffer legal discrimination. The proposed bill titled, The First Amendment Defense Act, would prohibit anyone from bringing legal action against a person exercising their religious...
Under the False Claims Act, a qui tam lawsuit enables whistleblowers that expose fraud against the federal government to receive a portion of recovered funds if their claims result in a successful settlement or verdict. Six former employees of Marinello Schools of Beauty will receive 25 to 30 percent of...
The Federal Judicial Center has collected recent wage and hour lawsuit data, and the findings are startling. Over the past decade, the number of FLSA lawsuits has substantially increased. Over the past year alone, there has been a 10 percent increase in the number of lawsuits filed over wage and...
Bridgewater Associates, a Connecticut based company and the world’s largest hedge fund, recently reported that it has settled a sexual harassment claim filed by a former employee. As part of the settlement agreement, the plaintiff agreed to drop his sexual harassment claim, and Bridgewater released him from the non-compete clause...
Phrases such as “maximum of seven years’ experience,” “recent college graduates,” and “able to fit in with a young team” have become rampant in job postings across the country. Age discrimination in the workforce has flourished largely unchecked as baby boomers are being supplanted by millennials. Ageism is often more...
Several weeks ago, Dr. Hai-Lung Dai was removed from his position as provost of Temple University. This followed an announcement from Temple that it had over-allocated $22 million for merit scholarship funding for the 2016-2017 school year. Many assumed that Temple’s President Neil D. Theobald fired Dai because the university...