Monthly Archives: July 2016

NT Lakis Comments to EEOC on Proposed Revised National Origin Discrimination Guidance Urge Agency To Stay Within Title VII’s Boundaries

NT Lakis lawyers have filed written comments with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on the agency’s proposal to revise

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Supreme Court Rules That Labor Department Regulation Is Not Entitled to Deference Where Agency Fails To Provide Adequate Justification

In a case with implications far beyond the subject matter addressed, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that a Department

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OFCCP Proposes Updating Form (CC-4) for Accepting Discrimination Complaints

The Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) is proposing to revise its Form CC-4, the document

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SOX Ruling by Eighth Circuit Says Whistleblower Must Be Able To Show That “Reasonable Person” Would Have Seen a Problem

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has ruled that a whistleblower retaliation case brought under the Sarbanes-Oxley

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Ruling by Fifth Circuit in Bass Pro Gives EEOC More Leverage In Bringing Title VII Class-Based Claims

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has ruled that the Equal Employment Opportunity

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Guide to the Labor Department’s New Overtime Rule’s Nondiscretionary Bonus Provision

The Department of Labor (DOL) recently published its much-anticipated final rule on overtime eligibility for “white collar” salaried workers under

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Deadlocked Supreme Court Blocks President Obama’s Immigration Program To Grant Work Status to Millions of Undocumented Aliens

Deadlocking in a 4–4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has let stand a ruling by the Fifth Circuit Court of

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