Agency Enforcement

SEC Goes After Company For Using Release Language That Allegedly Deprived Employees of Their Right To Claim Dodd-Frank Bounty Hunter Awards

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the federal agency that has primary responsibility for enforcing the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial reform

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USERRA Discrimination Complaints Filed with DOL Dropped to 10-Year Low Last Year

The Department of Labor’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (DOL-VETS) recently released enforcement statistics regarding employment discrimination complaints filed with

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2016 VETS-4212 Report Filing Season Now Underway; Contract Dollar Threshold for Reporting Has Been Increased

The Department of Labor’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (DOL-VETS) officially opened the 2016 filing season on August 1, 2016,

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NT Lakis Brief to Tenth Circuit Argues That Lower Court Ruled Correctly in Denying Enforcement of Overly-Broad EEOC Subpoena

NT Lakis lawyers have filed a “friend-of-the-court” brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in an

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Not So Fast, EEOC: Seventh Circuit Rules That Title VII Does Not Protect Against Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) bars employers from discriminating in the terms, conditions, and

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OFCCP, EEOC Looking at Flat Funding Once Again as Congress Continues To Rebuke Agency Enforcement Tactics

The annual congressional process that will eventually lead to funding the federal government for fiscal year (FY) 2017 (October 1,

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Recent OFCCP Financial Settlements Suggest Agency Is Attempting to “Clear the Books” as End of Obama Administration Approaches

It is not uncommon for federal enforcement agencies to attempt to tie-up loose ends as the term of the Administration

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Listing of Federal Employment-Related Notice Posting Requirements

The Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 requires federal agencies to make annual inflation adjustments to

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