By Linda Schoonmaker and John P. Phillips
Seyfarth Synopsis: Employers in Austin, Dallas, and San Antonio expected the Texas Legislature to overturn their cities’ recent foray into city-specific paid sick leave laws. However, the Texas Legislature recently wrapped-up its legislative session without passing a law curtailing city-specific paid sick leave laws—and the Legislature will not meet again until 2021.
Continue Reading Paid Sick Leave in Texas Survives the Texas Legislature
By Minh N. Vu
Seyfarth Synopsis: Domino’s Likely to File Petition for Certiorari from Ninth Circuit’s Ruling in Robles v. Domino’s.
As we reported, the Ninth Circuit held in January that a blind plaintiff could move forward with his ADA Title III lawsuit against Domino’s Pizza for having an allegedly inaccessible website and mobile app. The court determined that
Continue Reading Domino’s To Ask Supreme Court To Consider Whether ADA Website/Mobile App Accessibility Lawsuits Violate Due Process
Last week, the EEOC issued new guidance on how it will review and enforce claims of retaliation. Our colleagues at the Workplace Class Action blog have provided a great overview. Check it out HERE.
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By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Pamela Q. Devata, Robert T. Szyba, and Ephraim J. Pierre
Seyfarth Synopsis: In deciding Spokeo v. Robins, the U.S. Supreme Court reaffirmed that plaintiffs seeking to establish that they have standing to sue must show “an invasion of a legally protected interest” that is particularized and concrete — that is, the injury “must
Continue Reading Spokeo v. Robins: The U.S. Supreme Court Finds Concrete Injury Is Required Under Article III But Remands Back To The Ninth Circuit
In our third installment of articles looking at the employment law cases being heard by the US Supreme Court this fall term, Tyson Foods Inc. v. Bouaphakeo will have importance in both the wage & hour and class action litigation worlds. “Donning and Doffing “ – who knew!
Another Watershed Moment for Class Actions? SCOTUS to
Address Limits on Statistical
Continue Reading ELL SCOTUS Series # 3 – Tyson Foods Inc. v. Bouaphakeo
When you check into a hotel, do you assume that the clerk asks for your license plate number to avoid accidentally towing your car? Or that guest services wants to know how many people are in your group to make sure that they’ve stocked the bathroom with enough towels? Guess again. These, and other requirements, are mandated
Continue Reading You Can Check Out Any Time You Like… But Your Information Might Never Leave
By Pamela Q. Devata, Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., and Robert T. Szyba
Yesterday the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition for writ of certiorari filed in Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins, No. 13-1339 (U.S. Apr. 27, 2015).
As we previously reported, the Spokeo petition poses a question with a significant impact on the future scope of consumer
Continue Reading The Supreme Court Grants Certiorari In Spokeo – No Harm, No Standing?
By: Camille A. Olson and Lawrence Z. Lorber
In what has become one of the most highly anticipated employment law cases of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2014 October Term, today the Court heard oral argument in Young v. United Parcel Service over whether “light duty” work assignments must be provided to employees for non-work related conditions if the light duty
Continue Reading Supreme Court Debates Reach of Pregnancy Law
By Giselle Donado and Sara Eber
Continuing the trend of courts closely scrutinizing the classification of workers in discrete industries, the Supreme Court of Nevada recently reversed summary judgment in favor of a gentlemen’s club and found that the Club’s performers were employees entitled to be compensated at a minimum wage.
In Terry et al. v. Sapphire Gentlemen’s Club,
Continue Reading You Can’t Do That In The Champagne Room! The Supreme Court of Nevada Decides Workplace Rules And Restrictions Render Exotic Dancers Employees Owed Minimum Wages
By: Giselle Donado, Kevin A. Fritz, and Jason J. Englund
An Illinois state law directed at preventing the misclassification of construction employees as independent contractors remains intact after the US Supreme Court declined to consider a roofing company’s challenge to the 2008 law.
Illinois Employee Classification Act
The Illinois Employee Classification Act imposes substantial penalties for the misclassification
Continue Reading U.S. Supreme Court Passes on Review of Illinois Employee Classification Act, Leaving Statute Intact as “Constructed”