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Where There’s Smoke, You Can’t Always Fire

October 17, 2017

Compliance, Employment, Workplace

Massachusetts’ highest court has recently determined that employees who lawfully use marijuana under a state’s medical marijuana law may have claims when they are terminated by their employer for testing positive for marijuana. In Barbuto…More

Non-Competes are Making a Comeback

September 19, 2017

Business, Employment, Workplace

Non-compete agreements in the United States (sometimes called “non-competes”) are making a comeback, and they’re no longer just for top executives or salespersons. Just a few years ago, legal and employment experts predicted the demise…More

Employers Beware – One Incident Can Create A Hostile Work Environment

August 8, 2017

Employment, Workplace

In recent weeks, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, which has jurisdiction over cases from federal district courts in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, clarified the standard that governs whether a hostile…More

Does Title VII Prohibit Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation? The Supreme Court Might Decide…

June 6, 2017

Employment, Workplace

Last month a federal appeals court became the first federal appellate court in the country to rule that Title VII, the federal workplace antidiscrimination law, expressly prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation. In Hively v….More

Employers – Do your Contracts Comply with the Defend Trade Secrets Act?

March 1, 2017

Business, Compliance, Employment, Workplace

Employers were provided with another weapon to protect their confidential trade secrets when the Defend Trade Secrets Act (“DTSA”) became federal law on May 11, 2016.  The DTSA created a federal civil cause of action…More