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Regulatory Reform Update: New Trump Executive Orders Call on Agencies To Prepare Reorganization Plans; House Approves Three More Regulatory Reform Bills

On March 13, 2017, President Trump signed new Executive Order (E.O.) 13781, titled Comprehensive Plan for Reorganizing the Executive Branch. 

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Senate Sends Repeal of “Blacklisting” Regulations to President Trump for His Expected Signature

The Senate has joined the House of Representatives in passing a resolution under the rarely invoked Congressional Review Act (CRA)

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OFCCP Settlement Update: Recently Announced Agreements Involve Several Compensation Discrimination Cases

NT Lakis staff recently conducted a review of financial settlements involving enforcement actions brought by the Labor Department’s Office of

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Despite Substantial Investment of Time and Resources, EEOC Fails To Convince Massachusetts Jury That Texas Roadhouse Committed Age Discrimination

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently suffered a major setback in a high-profile lawsuit accusing restaurant chain Texas Roadhouse

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Eleventh Circuit Issues Favorable CFAA/SCA Ruling, Orders Former Employee Who Improperly Accessed Email Accounts To Pay $80,000 in Damages

In a favorable decision for employers, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit recently upheld a lower court

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OFCCP Submits Formal Request to OMB for Approval of Proposed Changes to Form (CC-4) for Accepting Discrimination Complaints

The Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has made a formal request to the White House Office

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High-Profile Tech Industry “No Poaching” Settlement Serves as a Reminder of Potential Workplace Antitrust Risks

Parties to a long-running case accusing company defendants of colluding to suppress competition by pledging not to “poach” each other’s

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Ruling by Ninth Finds Willful FCRA Violation Where Required Employer Disclosure Contains Extraneous Waiver Language

In a case of first impression, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has ruled that an employer

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Labor Department Reports FMLA Complaint Resolutions Fell to All-Time Low Last Year, Even as FMLA Lawsuits Continued To Increase

Enforcement statistics covering fiscal year (FY) 2016 published recently by the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) show

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