As we wrap up a week with, go figure, more rain, we’re starting to get deep into the important part of the year: The Yankees-Red Sox rivalry.
In the meantime, here are a few odds and ends you might have missed or you might be
Over the weekend, the General Assembly passed House Bill 6599, which adds “gender identity or expression” as a new protected category under employment law. Governor Malloy has indicated that he will sign the bill. Assuming he signs the bill, here’s what you need to know as an employer in Connecticut. (For more background, you
Last week, a federal district court in Connecticut held that the Department of Corrections violated federal law in instituting a discriminatory physical fitness test that created a disparate impact on women. It also found tha
t the test was not job-related or necessary.
In doing so, the court granted summary judgment to the employee
You’ve seen a lot on this blog about how the ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA) may have a significant impact on how employment discrimination cases proceed.
We haven’t had many cases yet to judge that on because the Act was not retroactive, but a case recently decided in Connecticut District Court gives us some insight into
The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, yesterday held that the Federal Arbitration Act preempts state laws that discuss or limit arbitration agreements on the availability of class action arbitration procedures. 
The case, AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion (download here) isn’t an employment law case (it concerns whether AT&T should have charged consumers sales tax
As I mentioned Monday, I had the opportunity to attend ABA Techshow, one of the premier technology and the law conferences around.
E-Discovery (or "Electronic Discovery") continues to be a hot topic at such conferences.
(Discovery is the process by which parties to a lawsuit exchange and receive information before a trial. The most common
Back in October, Facebook came out with a little-discussed feature that allowed users to download their entire content with the click of a button. Back then, before the legal impact was even considered, I noted that this could have a major impact on discovery issues.
Flash forward six months. This prediction is becoming a
As I’ve done for other holidays (see prior posts here and here) , I was fully prepared today to warn of the dangers for employers of April Fools Day. Google, for example, has an announcement on a new way to communicate today.
But alas, in all of Westlaw, I could only find two cases
The EEOC will be releasing the final regulations implementing the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act (ADAAA) officially tomorrow, but the final version has been provided by the agency this afternoon.
You can download the regulations here.
The EEOC has also issued a press release that declares that the regulations do the following:
For anyone who has been following the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decisions interpreting wage & hour, discrimination and retaliation claims, yesterday’s decision in Kasten v. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics (download here), can hardly come as a surprise.
Indeed, in a 6-2 decision, the Supreme Court concluded that to "file" a complaint, an employee need only provide