Seyfarth Synopsis: The monetary value of the top workplace class action settlements skyrocketed in 2017. Though all-time highs in this category were reached in each of the past three years, this year’s Report found that 2017 saw decidedly higher settlements. The top ten settlements in employment-related class actions totaled $2.72 billion in 2017, an increase of over $970 million from
Continue Reading 4 Key Trends In Workplace Class Action Litigation For 2017: #1 Class Action Settlements
14th Annual Workplace Class Action Report: Overview Video
Seyfarth Synopsis: As our Annual Workplace Class Action Report discusses, 2017 was an exceptionally busy year in regards to workplace class action litigation. In this video, author Jerry Maatman talks through the genesis of the Report. Jerry provides insight into developments in 2017, as well as a brief overview of this year’s four top trends. Finally, he looks forward and
Continue Reading 14th Annual Workplace Class Action Report: Overview Video
What Employers Should Know About This Week’s “Drama” At The CFPB
Seyfarth Synopsis: A somewhat bizarre event – even by this year’s standard of unusual current events – hit the news stream earlier this week, as two “Acting Directors” showed up to work on Monday morning at the U.S. Government’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, also known as the CFPB. In today’s vlog, Partner Jerry Maatman of Seyfarth Shaw, LLP gives our
Continue Reading What Employers Should Know About This Week’s “Drama” At The CFPB
What Employers Should Know About The EEOC’s New Focus
Seyfarth Synopsis: Blog readers will recall our Vlog in early October recapping the EEOC’s 2017 Fiscal Year. Today, Jerry Maatman of Seyfarth Shaw, LLP discusses recent developments from the EEOC that ought to be “required reading” for employers. Specifically, Jerry analyzes the agency’s new technological initiatives, end-of-year litigation statistics, and the line of high-ranking officials awaiting appointment. Lastly, he gives
Continue Reading What Employers Should Know About The EEOC’s New Focus
The Class Action Jurisprudence Of Judge Richard Posner
Seyfar
th Synopsis: In early September of 2017, Judge Richard Posner announced his retirement from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, a position he had held since his appointment by President Reagan in 1981. Judge Posner served as Chief Judge of the Seventh Circuit from 1993-2000. Scholars and commentators agree that Judge Posner wrote some of the
Continue Reading The Class Action Jurisprudence Of Judge Richard Posner
Ongoing Debate Over Scope Of Workplace Bias Law
Seyfart
h Synopsis: On October 5, 2017, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued an agency memorandum stating that the language contained in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, “does not prohibit discrimination based on gender identity per se, including transgender status.” It represented a head-snapping pivot of the position of the U.S. Department of Justice. In this
Continue Reading Ongoing Debate Over Scope Of Workplace Bias Law
Dealing With Problem Employees and Employee Problems: What Employers Need To Know
Seyfarth Synopsis: Employees are only human — misconduct, theft, harassment, discrimination, and even criminal conduct are a fact of life, even in the workplace. Companies confronted with allegations of workplace misconduct must consider the manner of responding to the allegations and the means by which they will be investigated.
Businesses suffer millions of dollars in losses each year due
Continue Reading Dealing With Problem Employees and Employee Problems: What Employers Need To Know
U.S. Supreme Court Holds That An Abuse-Of-Discretion Standard Applies To Review Of EEOC Subpoenas
Seyfarth Synopsis: Yesterday the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its long-awaited decision in McLane Co. v. EEOC, No. 15-1248, 2017 U.S. LEXIS 2327 (U.S. 2017), a decision that clarifies the scope of review for employers facing EEOC administrative subpoenas. The Supreme Court held that such decisions are reviewable under the abuse-of-discretion standard, which is a relatively high bar of
Continue Reading U.S. Supreme Court Holds That An Abuse-Of-Discretion Standard Applies To Review Of EEOC Subpoenas
Keys To Successor Liability: EEOC Discrimination Suit In Alabama
Seyfarth Synopsis: An Alabama district court granted a temporary staffing company’s motion to dismiss all claims in one of the EEOC’s most high-profile lawsuits asserting hiring discrimination and abuse of vulnerable workers. The ruling illustrates the procedural defenses that employers possess to ensure that pre-lawsuit investigations undertaken by the EEOC accord with its obligations under the law.
***
A recent
Continue Reading Keys To Successor Liability: EEOC Discrimination Suit In Alabama
What The Confirmation Hearing For Judge Gorsuch Means For Employers
Seyfarth Synopsis: After three days of 10 hour hearings, employers are wondering what the big takeaway is for them. In this blog video, we address the major issues in the confirmation process that are pertinent to employers.
Continue Reading What The Confirmation Hearing For Judge Gorsuch Means For Employers