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A new podcast episode is up! In our latest episode, attorney Jeff Rogers discusses the challenges presented to Cred… https://t.co/v7KvuxqNFq
Congratulations to attorney Bettie Sousa! Bettie was named to North Carolina Super Lawyers for her work in business… https://t.co/9qjVpVSHVL
Congratulations to attorney John Narron! John was named to North Carolina Super Lawyers for his work in family law. https://t.co/PkKjy2onml
Let’s assume that you have an employee who breaks his leg. His consulting physician tells him that he won’t walk normally for a… Read More
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) introduced the Equal Employment for All Act in December, which would prohibit the use of consumer credit checks in… Read More
A recent US Court of Appeals decision reinstated a school janitor’s discrimination claim based in part on principles taken from an old French… Read More
Federal courts recently confirmed that FMLA leave status is not a shield from termination for an employee when legitimate performance issues are uncovered. Read More
On May 7, 2013, the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit struck down the National Labor Relations Board’s August 2011… Read More
A recent Federal ruling impacting North Carolina upheld the right of an employer to require a minimum of full-day increments for unpaid personal… Read More
On August 9, 2013, a federal district court judge in Maryland dismissed a Title VII suit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission… Read More
On July 10, 2013, the United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions approved and sent to the Senate for consideration… Read More
In April 2013, I reported that the United States Supreme Court had agreed to hear arguments in a case in which a Texas… Read More
On March 18, 2013, the United States Supreme Court agreed to determine whether state and local government workers may file constitutional claims of… Read More
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