Earlier today, the General Assembly gave final approval to two significant workplace bills that employers now need to focus on.
In this post, I’ll cover
AI in the Courtroom: Lessons for Employers and Their Counsel from the ABA ERR Conference
As I mentioned on Monday, I had the opportunity to recently attend the ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law’s ERR conference in Nashville. One program that stood out was a panel titled “AI in Action: Discovery and Motion Practice in Employment Law.”
If you’ve been reading this blog over the years, you know I’ve
A Court Just Confirmed What Employers Need to Hear: Your AI Conversations Are Not Privileged
If you’ve been following this blog, you know I’ve been writing about the intersection of generative AI and employment litigation for a while now. I’ve talked about updating litigation hold policies to account for GenAI data, and I’ve urged employers to start requesting plaintiffs’ AI conversation histories in discovery.
Well, a ruling this past
Discovery’s New Frontier: Requesting the Plaintiff’s GenAI Data
Yesterday, I talked about the obligations that employers have to preserve data. But let’s switch gears; in an employment discrimination claim brought against a company, an employee’s AI usage is fair game for discovery.
And by not asking for it in litigation, you just might be missing out.
ChatGPT alone has over 700 million weekly
Updating Litigation Hold Policies for the Age of Generative AI
I recently got back from the American Bar Association Annual Labor & Employment Law Conference — an event I’ve talked about before on this blog.
There were a number of great CLE programs — far too many to list. Not surprisingly, Generative AI remained a hot topic and the sessions caused me to continue to
AI & Hiring – The Laws Are Coming
With a college graduate in the family, I’m hearing first hand of the trials and tribulations of the current job market.
One of the items that I hear and read about, is the rising use of AI tools for screening and hiring.
There’s a big hole right now in regulation of this practice, with just
CBA’s Labor & Employment Symposium is Coming
The Connecticut Bar Association’s Annual Advanced Labor & Employment Symposium is right around the corner. Scheduled for March 27, 2025 at the Grassy Hill Country Club in Orange, Connecticut, this year’s program promises to tackle some of the cutting edge issues that practitioners face.
I’ll be a featured speaker at one of the day’s programs
AI and the Workplace – New Podcast Episode
So yesterday was all about politics. Today’s post is decidedly not about politics. Mostly.
We recently released our latest episode of the popular (at least among a very small group) “From Lawyer to Employer” podcast. I’m continuing to host Season 3.
In this episode, I talk with my colleague Emily McDonough Souza about how
AI, Privacy and the Workplace – Free Upcoming Webinar
October is one of my favorite times of the year. (And no, not just because of the Pumpkin-flavored coffee/donuts/muffins at Dunkin, though that certainly helps). But for the last several years, our firm has been producing our Fall Webinar series.
And this year is no exception.
In our complimentary four-part webinar series (register here
Study Suggests Companies Still Have Work to Do on Hiring Practices
When you’re sick with a cold, you end up having some time to read and I came across a recent study of hiring practices of about 100 of the largest companies nationwide.
Published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, researchers sent 80,000 résumés to 10,000 jobs from 2019 to 2021. Ultimately, the authors found