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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.

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, […]

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.

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.

Mark J. Swerdlin assisted a major food manufacturer to win an initial union election that was then challenged before the National Labor Relations Board. The parties eventually agreed to re-run the election. The union, however, withdrew from the election on the eve of the vote, meaning that the facility will […]

Veronica Yu Welsh, Lindsey A. White and Jamie L. Salazer obtained significant sanctions against a plaintiff and her attorney in a case in the D.C. Superior Court. They discovered that the plaintiff had fabricated evidence to support her wage claim, but the plaintiff and her counsel (in the words of […]

Parker E. Thoeni and Veronica Yu Welsh won a motion to dismiss in federal district court on behalf of a healthcare employer. The judge found that the plaintiff had failed to allege facts that established a plausible claim for hostile work environment or unlawful retaliation.