11th Circuit holds Title IX does not provide plaintiffs with a private right of action for employment-based sex discrimination, explains that Title VII governs such claims, and clarifies scope of protected activity under Title IX.
Voters in several states will decide whether marijuana or, in one case, psychedelic substances should be legal in the upcoming November 5, 2024 general election.
On August 14, 2024, a federal court in Florida in Properties of the Villages, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission entered a limited injunction prohibiting the FTC from enforcing its non-compete rule against the named plaintiff.
As federal regulators, states and cities continue to pass new workplace regulations through the calendar year, we summarize each state’s notable labor and employment law updates.
While some across the U.S. are working on their tans, many employers are working on managing their labor budgets so they don’t get burned by increases in minimum pay standards for non-exempt, tipped, and certain overtime-exempt employees.
On March 4, 2024, a unanimous three-judge panel not only upheld and continued the preliminary injunction against Florida’s “Stop WOKE” law, but also went further, determining it is unconstitutional.
With the governor’s signing of New Jersey’s privacy law on January 16, 2024, New Jersey became the 14th U.S. state to pass a comprehensive data protection law.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has spoken, and employers that once relied exclusively on McDonnell Douglas might need to rethink their litigation strategy in employment-discrimination cases.
Over a year after Florida’s so-called “Stop W.O.K.E.” went into effect, and about one year after a court partially enjoined it, a three-judge panel for the 11th Circuit heard argument in Florida’s attempt to dissolve the injunction.
