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Colorado Federal Court Allows Employer To Seek Attorneys’ Fees Against EEOC After Deeming Long COVID Claims Frivolous

A federal court in Colorado ruled that the EEOC's ADA claims against an employer were frivolous and without foundation, entitling the defendant to full attorney's fees.

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Duane Morris LLP

Littler Lightbulb – February 2026 Employment Appellate Roundup

Following a jury verdict finding the plaintiff in Merritt v. Tex. Farm Bureau, __F.4th __ (5th Cir. Feb. 6, 2026) was not entitled...

Worldwide Employment

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Littler Mendelson

Northern District Of Illinois Jury Verdict Reminds Employers To Be Cognizant Of Vaccine Exemption Requests

While March 2020 may seem like a distant memory, courts across the country are still busy hearing cases related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Foley & Lardner

July Tip Of The Month: New York COVID Sick Leave Law Finally Sunsets

Enacted in the early days of the pandemic, the law required employers to provide a separate allotment of paid sick leave to employees who were subject to mandatory or precautionary quarantine...

United States Employment

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Perkins Coie LLP

New York COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave Expires

United States Employment

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Mintz

Classified Workplace Changes: DCSA Deadlines And Transitions Applicants And Holders Need To Know

United States Technology

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Tully Rinckey

New York State's COVID-19 Sick Leave Law Will Sunset On July 31, 2025

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Dismissal Affirmed In Discrimination Challenge To COVID-19 Policy

United States Employment

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Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP

OSHA Proposes Changes To Reporting And Recordkeeping Requirements

United States Employment

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Littler Mendelson

The Changing Workplace: The Outcomes And Challenges Of Return-To-Office Mandates In 2025

United States Employment

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Littler Mendelson

The Class Action Weekly Wire – Episode 102: Key Developments In Labor Class Actions (Video)

United States Litigation

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Duane Morris LLP

We Are Almost Back To Normal Post-COVID, Except When It Comes To Nurse Staffing

United States Coronavirus

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Fennemore

That's It, Folks! Cal/OSHA's COVID Rule Has (Mostly) Expired

United States Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Sunsetting Of COVID-19 Paid Emergency Leave Law

United States Employment

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Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

The Trump Administration’s Security-for-Minerals Model Faces Test In The DRC

Worldwide Government

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Steptoe LLP

Tennessee Limits Non-Compete Agreements With Lower Compensated Employees While Presuming That Restrictive Covenants Of Up To Two Years Are Reasonable In Duration

United States Employment

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Carter Ledyard & Milburn

Minnesota’s New Cannabis And Hemp Laws

United States Government

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Harris Sliwoski

Raising Or Resolving Importers’ Questions – Effects Of Section 122 Tariff Litigation

United States International

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Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

We Were Both Wrong About Legal AI. Here’s What Changed Our Minds.

United States Technology

Axiom

The Future Of Work: An Update From The Campaign Trail And The Hill (Spoiler Alert: COVID-19 Is Taking Center Stage)

In our fifth installment on the presidential candidates' stances on future of work issues, we provide an update from the campaign trail and Capitol Hill.

United States Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

DOJ Withdraws Eleven ADA Guidance Documents For Public Accommodations

Seyfarth synopsis: The Trump DOJ rescinded five COVID-19 related documents and six older guidance documents designed to educate businesses on the requirements of the ADA, claiming that the recission will reduce the burden on businesses to review them.

United States Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Tennessee Supreme Court Holds That Petitioning The State Government Is Not Conduct Protected By The Common Law Tort Of Retaliatory Discharge Against A Private Employer

A recent Tennessee Supreme Court decision has addressed a matter of first impression after years of contentious debate regarding employer COVID-19 vaccination policies...

United States Employment

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Bass, Berry & Sims

DOJ Withdraws 11 Pieces Of Americans With Disabilities Act Title III Guidance: What Covered Businesses Need To Know

The Department of Justice (DOJ) withdrew 11 documents providing guidance to businesses on compliance with Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (Title III).

United States Employment

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

End Of An Era: Cal/OSHA's COVID Non-Emergency Standard Sunsets

United States Employment

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

Three Things Employers Should Know Now

United States Employment

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Greenberg Glusker LLP

First In, Last Out: California's First-In-Nation COVID-19 Regulation Finally Rides Off Into The Sunset (Mostly…)

United States Employment

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Littler Mendelson

New York To Require Paid Prenatal Care Leave Among Other Updates In Budget Legislation

United States Employment

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

The CDC Issues New COVID-Related Guidance: What This Means For Employers

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Mintz

CDC Changes COVID Guidance

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Fairfield and Woods

If Pain, Yes Gain – Part 120: CDC Shortens COVID-19 Isolation Guidelines; Potential Impact On New York COVID-19 Paid Leave

United States Coronavirus

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

CDC Trims COVID-19 Isolation Guidance: COVID-Positive Individuals Need Only Isolate For 24 Hours After Being Fever-Free

United States Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

CDC Ends 5-Day Isolation Guideline For COVID-19, Impacting New York State COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave Requirements

United States Coronavirus

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Proskauer Rose LLP

No Vaccine, No Employment? Know Your State Law

United States Employment

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Dickinson Wright PLLC

If Pain, Yes Gain – Part 120: CDC Shortens COVID-19 Isolation Guidelines; Potential Impact On New York COVID-19 Paid Leave

On March 1, 2024, the CDC scaled back its guidance regarding COVID-19, most notably ending its recommendation of a five-day quarantine following a positive COVID-19 diagnosis.

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

CDC Trims COVID-19 Isolation Guidance: COVID-Positive Individuals Need Only Isolate For 24 Hours After Being Fever-Free

The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is shifting its COVID-19 isolation guidance, advising that COVID-positive individuals no longer need to isolate once they have been fever-free for 24 hours and their symptoms are mild or improving.

United States Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

CDC Ends 5-Day Isolation Guideline For COVID-19, Impacting New York State COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave Requirements

On March 1, 2024, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ("CDC") repealed its previous guidance advising a 5-day isolation period for individuals testing positive for COVID-19...

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Proskauer Rose LLP

No Vaccine, No Employment? Know Your State Law

COVID-19 vaccination mandates have been the subject of litigation and the target of state legislation since the vaccines became readily available.

United States Employment

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Dickinson Wright PLLC

Where We Are Now: COVID-19 Testing And Treatment Under High Deductible Health Plans

United States Employment

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Kutak Rock LLP

Hyatt Regency Long Beach Fined $4.7 Million For Violating COVID-19 Right To Recall Law

When the hotel began staffing back up after COVID-19, it was supposed to offer laid off workers jobs but didn't.

United States Coronavirus

Epps & Coulson

California Department Of Public Health Issues New Order Revising COVID-19 Definitions And Procedures

On January 9, 2024, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) issued an order addressing COVID-19 disease control and prevention.

United States Coronavirus

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

COVID Screening Time Not Compensable, Says Illinois District Court

In an opinion issued on December 7, 2023, a federal district court in the Northern District of Illinois held that time spent in COVID screening activities was not compensable under federal or Illinois law.

United States Employment

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Proskauer Rose LLP

Private Sector Employers Face $50,000 Fine For Vaccine Mandates, New Texas Law Says

Texas has joined a number of other states in prohibiting employers, including healthcare providers, from requiring their workforces to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

United States Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Texas Bans COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates For Employees And Contractors

United States Employment

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Proskauer Rose LLP

California Employers Must Pay COVID Work-From-Home Expenses

United States Employment

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Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP

IRS Finalizes Rules To Collect Taxes On Erroneously Claimed Employee Retention Credits And Other COVID-19 Tax Credits

United States Employment

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

Employer Not Liable For Employee's Spouse's COVID-19

United States Employment

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Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP

Remote I-9 Verification Here To Stay For Eligible Employers

United States Immigration

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Phelps Dunbar LLP

Revised I-9 Form Published August 1

United States Immigration

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Klasko

DHS Introduces Alternative Remote I-9 Verification Procedure And New Form I-9

United States Immigration

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Perkins Coie LLP

August 1 Marks New Era In Remote Document Verification For Qualified E-Verify Employers As Well As A New Compressed Form I-9

United States Immigration

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Dickinson Wright PLLC

DHS Issues New I-9 And Rolls Out New Alternative For Verifying Remote Employees

United States Employment

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Squire Patton Boggs LLP

I-9 COVID-19 Flexibility And Compliance: The Expected End And New Beginning (Podcast)

United States Coronavirus

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

Insights On Hybrid Work, Changing Regulations And Evolving Arizona Workforce Expectations

United States Employment

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Littler Mendelson

Homeland Security Provides New Flexible Option For Remote Form I-9 Document Inspection

United States Immigration

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McGuireWoods LLP

The End Of The COVID-19 Pandemic Declaration And Impact On EEO Laws

United States Employment

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Cranfill Sumner

Appellate Division Rules COVID Cannot Be A Compensable Injury Without An Identifiable Physical Occurrence

United States Coronavirus

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Drew Eckl & Farnham, LLP

California Supremes Set Bounds On Employer Duty To Non-Workers

United States Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

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The Class Action Weekly Wire – Episode 102: Key Developments In Labor Class Actions (Video)

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Duane Morris LLP

Alphabet Soup Of Leave Laws - OnDemand (Video)

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Lathrop GPM

ELAH VIDEO - COVID Religion Exemption Requests

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Brennan Manna & Diamond

TLDR - Intro Video And Masking Update (Video)

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Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz

Adjusting COVID-19 Protocols Amid The Rise Of The Delta Variant (Video)

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Foley Hoag LLP

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