Last week Pennsylvania joined 18 other states (including its eight neighbors in the Northeastern United States) that recognize gay and lesbian couples’ right to marry. In Whitewood v. Wolf, federal judge John Jones III invalidated a 1996 Pennsylvan… Read More

On March 13, 2014, President Barack Obama issued a memorandum to the Secretary of Labor, Tom Perez, directing him to research and “propose revisions to modernize and streamline the existing overtime regulations.” Despite the news coverage of this… Read More

Earlier this month in Lawson v. FMR LLC, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (“SOX”) protects employees of private companies who blow the whistle on wrongdoing at publicly held companies. This means that if your employer does… Read More

During his recent State of the Union Address, President Obama announced that he will raise the minimum wage for federal contractors to $10.10 per hour and asked Congress to pass a law to “give America a raise” as well. The federal minimum wage, w… Read More

Lawsuits under the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (“GINA”) based on family medical history discrimination have been rare. Because of this lack of attention, many people still do not know that this law exists and what it actuall… Read More

Despite the upcoming midterm elections, the launch of Obamacare on January 1, and significant changes to marriage and marijuana laws, one of the biggest news story out of Washington this month has been Congress’ failure to extend Emergency Unemploy… Read More

This past year developments in employment law kept lawyers, judges, employers, and employees on their toes. Both sides of the employment bar scored victories in 2013. Thus, the question of “What did we learn this year?” is an especially interesti… Read More

Most people know that discriminating against people with disabilities is illegal. Few know that the law also protects those who associate with someone who has a disability. A provision of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) protects people who… Read More