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Top Five Labor Law Developments for July 2019

August 15, 2019 | Newsletter

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel’s Division of Advice has found an employer did not violate the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) when it fired an employee based on the mistaken belief that she divulged confidential wage information. Centura, 27-CA-234214 (Adv. Mem. June 24, 2019, released July 16, 2019). As... Read More

By Jonathan J. Spitz

Labor and Preventive Practices

Labor Board Proposes Modifications to Union Election Procedures

August 15, 2019 | Legal Update Article

The National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) proposal to amend its union representation procedures regarding blocking charges, voluntary recognition bar, and construction industry collective bargaining relationships was published in the Federal Register on August 12, 2019. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) is the first... Read More

By Jonathan J. Spitz

Labor and Preventive Practices

Circuit Split on Student’s Due Process Right to Cross-Examination in Title IX Matters

August 16, 2019 | Legal Update Article

Constitutional due process does not mean a student accused of assault has the right to directly cross-examine his accuser in adjudications under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 at state institutions of higher education, the federal appeals court in Boston has held. Haidak v. University of Massachusetts-Amherst, No. 18-1248 (... Read More

By Susan D. Friedfel

Collegiate and Professional Sports

New York Expands Harassment Laws, Protections of Religious Attire, Clothing, or Facial Hair

August 13, 2019 | Legal Update Article

New York state has enacted sweeping new workplace harassment protections for employees, including lowering the standard for when harassment is actionable. It also has adopted new law prohibiting employment discrimination based on religious attire, clothing, or facial hair. Workplace Sexual Harassment On August 12, 2019, Governor... Read More

By Richard I. Greenberg

Alternative Dispute Resolution

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The Best Lawyers in America 2020 Honors Jackson Lewis Attorneys

August 15, 2019 | Jackson Lewis

WHITE PLAINS, NY (August 15, 2019) Jackson Lewis P.C., one of the country’s preeminent workplace law firms, is pleased to announce more than 210 attorneys throughout the firm’s locations have been recognized in the 2020 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America, a publication that has become universally regarded as a definitive... Read More

Jackson Lewis Opens 60th Office in Silicon Valley with Addition of Litigator Neda N. Dal Cielo

August 8, 2019 | Jackson Lewis

SAN JOSE, CA (August 8, 2019) Jackson Lewis P.C., one of the country’s preeminent workplace law firms, is pleased to announce litigator Neda N. Dal Cielo has joined the firm to open Jackson Lewis’ 60th office in San Jose, California. Ms. Dal Cielo, who spent more than two decades at Littler, focuses her practice on defending... Read More

Jackson Lewis Celebrates Pride Month with The Trevor Project

July 30, 2019 | Jackson Lewis

NEW YORK, NY (July 30, 2019) Jackson Lewis P.C., one of the country’s preeminent workplace law firms, recently celebrated Pride month through a variety of firm-wide initiatives, including a fundraiser with The Trevor Project, the world’s largest suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for LGBTQ (lesbian, gay,... Read More