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
There’s no doubt that over the last couple of years, technology has been a huge driver of changes in the workplace. We’re now beginning to see lots of presentations and seminars discussing those changes and the interplay that such changes is having on the law.
Here are some of the upcoming conferences and meetings I’ll
Last month, it was the EEOC that released new regulations on the ADA. This week, it’s the Wage & Hour Division of the Department of Labor, that has released new regulations on the Fair Labor Standards Act. The new regulations will go into effect in early May 2011.
While some of these revisions are more
Since I’m a lifelong Connecticut resident (and big UConn basketball fan), it seems almost a requirement that I dedicate a post today to the Huskies’ NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament championship last night.
And of course, this being an employment law blog, I’ve spent some time thinking that there must be a way to translate that victory
The Connecticut General Assembly is heating up and a number of employment-related bills are still alive this legislative session.
The Labor & Public Employee Committee has voted a number of bills out, meaning that they’re up for consideration by either the House or Senate, or another committee. These include:
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
Nearly everyone has chimed in over the oral argument in Wal-mart v. Dukes over the last 36 hours up at the Supreme Court. And nearly everyone seems to be predicting an outright victory to Wal-mart.
Because we don’t even have a decision yet, I’ll leave it to others to prognosticate (read: guess) what
Over the years, I’ve had the opportunity to conduct "voir dire" — an outdated Latin phrase meaning "to speak the truth" — which is the process in which we select jurors for a possible trial.
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(Why we are all still forced to use the phrase "voir dire" instead of "juror questioning" is perhaps a
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: