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“Am I being discriminated against at work?” This is one of our law firm’s most frequently-asked questions — and the answer is not always a clear cut “yes” or “no.” Everyone should be aware that sexual harassment and physical violence at work are illegal. It is important to note [...]

Attorneys representing companies or individual perpetrators of sexual harassment or sexual assault routinely rely on arbitration agreements to silence survivors. Arbitration supporters tout the process as providing an efficient, cost-effective alternative for parties to resolve disputed legal matters. In reality, employers force their employees to agree to arbitration in [...]

As the ball dropped Thursday night to a largely empty Times Square, the sun set on the Families First Coronavirus Response Act’s paid leave provisions. While 2020 may be in our rearview mirror, the pandemic has never been worse. Yet, Congress has just told America’s workforce to ignore the [...]

In February 2018, Kevin Murphy and Sean Herrmann helped win a $750,000 jury verdict. Their client, Justin Driskell, was illegally terminated for reporting his boss for drinking on the job. The $681,000 in punitive damages awarded by the jury to our client is the largest amount ever issued in [...]

One of our national shames has finally been put to bed. In a June 15, 2020, 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court held that Title VII’s prohibition against workplace discrimination because of sex includes discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. The case is Bostock v. Clayton County, [...]

Nothing changes if you don’t change anything. And change is badly needed. We relish our work as employment discrimination lawyers. But the system is broken. Our employment laws are woefully insufficient. They do next-to-nothing to address the systemic racism that permeates the workplace. It’s glaring when it boils over. [...]

May 1 is International Workers’ Day. Though it is overlooked in the United States, this day, also referred to as May Day, is a public holiday in many countries around the world. It’s a day to celebrate workers and a day for workers to demonstrate and demand more rights [...]

The COVID-19 pandemic poses a dire public health emergency for the world. The unprecedented worldwide efforts to slow the spread of the disease are causing a deep economic crisis that threatens to be with us even longer than the coronavirus itself. We are all—worldwide—very much in this together. But [...]

On Friday, February 7, 2020, President Donald Trump fired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, Ambassador Gordon Sondland, and—as an added bonus—Lt. Col. Vindman’s twin brother, Lt. Col. Yevgeny Vindman. The three were clearly fired because Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman and Ambassador Sondland testified in the U.S. House of Representatives’ impeachment [...]

Each year, Congress is called upon to provide for the nation’s military spending through a National Defense Authorization Act. Since it is viewed as a must-pass piece of legislation, Congress is often willing to include unrelated programs and expenditures to ensure its passage. This year’s law included a significant [...]

Retaliation undermines the goals of anti-discrimination laws including:Fair pay requirementsSafety protectionsAccounting regulationsEnvironmental safeguardsHow can employees invoke the rights provided by these laws if they know they will be retaliated against for reporting misconduct?How can they speak up without fear of repercussions to help the government stamp out fraud?They can’t.Retaliation is [...]

“Seeking justice often involves enduring tedium.” It’s fitting that North Carolina’s first big legal decision on electronically stored information (“ESI”) begins with this observation. Employment lawyers often lament the tediousness of discovering ESI. But the world of paper discovery has long passed, and the fight is now firmly in [...]