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In partnership with the Maryland Chamber of Commerce, we will be holding a complimentary webinar on Thursday, May 2, 2024, at noon Eastern to review the employment laws that were passed by the Maryland General Assembly during the 2024 session. Chamber Senior Vice President of Government Affairs Andrew Griffin, and […]

Parker E. Thoeni was a guest speaker for the Maryland Manufacturing Extension Partnership’s Human Resources Peer Group on March 13, 2024.  Parker offered the group guidance on Family and Medical Leave Act issues.

Parker E. Thoeni and Evan Conder won a partial motion to dismiss in federal court on behalf of a senior living facility. The court agreed that the employee had failed to file the required charge of discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission as to her claims of discrimination on […]

Parker E. Thoeni and Paul D. Burgin won a partial motion to dismiss in federal court. Parker and Paul were able to establish that the customer and employee non-solicitation provisions in an employee’s restrictive covenants agreement with her former employer were overbroad and therefore unenforceable.

Click here to view entire E-Update as a PDF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS The COVID-19 Isolation Guidelines Have Changed Again… It’s been a long pandemic (and for those of you who are interested, the World Health Organization says that the pandemic is still ongoing, although it no longer constitutes a global public […]

On March 6, 2024, Fiona Ong and Chad Horton, along with the Maryland Chamber of Commerce presented 2024 Handbook Updates and covered the latest employment law changes and how they will impact your handbooks, including: • The National Labor Relations Board’s changing rules on handbook policies, which impact all employers, […]

Click here to view entire E-Update as a PDF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS Supreme Court Clarifies and Expands Statutory Whistleblower Protections In a case under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act but applicable to certain other federal whistleblower laws, the U.S. Supreme Court held that, in order to establish a retaliation claim, a whistleblower must […]

Parker E. Thoeni was appointed to a three-year term to serve as the attorney member of a Hearing Committee for the District of Columbia Board on Professional Responsibility. The Hearing Committee reviews and decides disciplinary cases brought by the D.C. Bar Association against attorneys.

Jordan Dunham was a speaker for a Maryland State Bar Association Section of Labor & Employment Law webinar, “Independent Contractor Misclassification,” on February 26, 2024. Jordan discussed the issue from the employer’s perspective, reviewing the differing standards for independent contractor v. employee status under various statutes, the U.S. Department of […]

J. Michael McGuire and Lindsey A. White spoke to the Baltimore chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel on February 27, 2024. They discussed recent developments from the National Labor Relations Board, the U.S. Department of Labor and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission of significance to employers.