By David S. Fried and Joseph A. White In response to a new IRS rule which takes effect on January 6, 2014, some major restaurant chains...

Employees are filing unlawful retaliation claims with increasing frequency. The number of retaliation claims filed with the EEOC doubled...

– Developing Law Around Social Media and the Workplace By David S. Fried Over the last year, we have written, blogged and linked many of...

By Joseph A. White In January 2011, President Obama signed into law the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FMSA). The FSMA protects...

By Joseph A. White In an earlier post—“Title VII Covers Male Employee Harassed for Being ‘Unmanly’”—we discussed a Fifth Circuit case in...

By Joseph A. White If after investigation, the Commission determines there is reasonable cause to believe that the charge [of...

By David S. Fried On March 25, 2014, the Supreme Court ruled that severance payments to laid-off workers are subject to Social Security...

By David S. Fried I’ve written before about social media and how these platforms can impact litigation strategies and outcomes. E-mail,...

Starbucks shift managers can participate in store “tip pools,” the Second Circuit Court of Appeals held on Thursday, November 21, 2013....

In the wake of the recent Miami Dolphins controversy, workplace bullying has become a hot topic. Twenty-five states (not including...

By Joseph A. White What happens at the mediation stays at the mediation. That’s the gist of a typical mediation agreement. The parties...

The U.S. Supreme Court will decide in the upcoming term whether the I.R.S. can tax severance payments to laid-off workers. The Supreme...

A recent case presented the Eleventh Circuit with this novel question: if an employer grants FMLA leave to an employee who is not FMLA...

By David S. Fried Last month, we wrote about the Supreme Court decision to expand whistleblower protection under the Sarbanes Oxley-Act...

By Joseph A. White In 2013, the pendulum swung in favor of employers seeking to enforce class action waivers in arbitration agreements. A...

By Joseph A. White A topic we’ve given a lot of attention in recent months is the use of social media in litigation—usually to a...

By David S. Fried The World Health Organization has declared Ebola a public health emergency. Fears of an Ebola epidemic in the U.S. are...

By Scott L. Bonder Why is expert testimony critical in premises liability cases? Because, as a recent Georgia appellate court decision...

In a significant victory for businesses, the United States Supreme Court recently held that a contractual waiver of class arbitration can...

Following well-publicized and costly data breaches at big box retailers Target and Neiman Marcus, Congress has begun debating possible...