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Elizabeth Torphy-Donzella’s March 10, 2023 blog post, “Say What? NLRB Rules Employees May Tape Record Others in Violation of State Law” was reprinted in the Illinois State Bar Association’s monthly newsletter for July 2023.

On July 11, 2023, Parker Thoeni and Paul Burgin presented “Understanding Wage and Hour Laws” for the National Creditors Bar Association’s (NCBA) “Three-Part Legal Learning Series with Shawe Rosenthal,” which has been focused on employment laws and regulations.

Parker Thoeni was a guest speaker for the July 26, 2023 installment of the Employment Law Alliance’s podcast series, Episode 512: SCOTUS Addresses Workplace Religious Accommodations: Title VII Compliance in the US. The podcast can be accessed on the ELA website or on your favorite podcast streaming service.

In a case before the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, Lindsey White, Veronica Yu Welsh, and Jamie Salazer received a favorable ruling partially granting a media company’s Motion for Summary Judgment, which resulted in dismissal of the former employee’s race, national origin, sex, religion, and disability discrimination claims […]

Chad Horton won an arbitration on behalf of a hospital. The arbitrator agreed that the employer had just cause to terminate an employee whose falsified time records were disproven by video showing her actual time of arrival at the hospital.

Teresa Teare and Courtney Amelung won a complete defense verdict for SavaSeniorCare Administrative Services, LLC and one of its prior long-term care facilities, Patuxent River Center, following a four-day jury trial in federal court. The lawsuit was brought by a former employee of the Center who asserted claims of race […]

Fiona W. Ong was quoted in a July 12, 2023 Law360 article by Anne Cullen, “What Employers Should Know When Customers Harass.” (Subscription required for access). Fiona offered comments on an employer’s obligation to protect employees from third-party harassment.

On July 26, 2023, Courtney Amelung and Jamie Salazer presented “An Overview of Employment Discrimination and Harassment Laws” for the National Creditors Bar Association’s (NCBA) “Three-Part Legal Learning Series with Shawe Rosenthal,” which has been focused on employment laws and regulations.

Fiona W. Ong was quoted in a July 6, 2023 Bloomberg Law article by Annelise Gilbert, “After the Addiction, Opioid Users Struggle to Get Back to Work.” Fiona provided insights on employers’ obligations to engage in the reasonable accommodations process for applicants and employees in methadone treatment for opioid use […]

On July 17, 2023, Fiona Ong and Parker Thoeni presented a complimentary webinar on the Supreme Court’s cases Groff v. DeJoy, Postmaster General (religious accommodation in the workplace), Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College (affirmative action), and 303 Creative LLC, et al. v. Elenis, […]