Last Friday, FSU posted an “An open letter to the Florida State University community” on its website in response to what it called “misinformation.” In its Open Letter, FSU acknowledges that FSU Campus Police knew of the sexual...
Just 12 hours after a video tape of Ravens Ray Rice beating his now wife on February 15, 2014 in a hotel in Atlantic City was published by TMZ , the Ravens had terminated his contract and the NFL had indefinitely suspended him from playing for any NFL...
A recent decision by the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) has complicated even further the already challenging world of conducting investigations into allegations of workplace harassment. In light of this new ruling, it’s ever...
Effective immediately, companies who want to bid on federal contracts valued at $1M+ can no longer require their employees or independent contractors to waive their right to a jury trial for discrimination, harassment or sexual assault claims. On July...
What happened to the Establishment Clause? Much will be written in the coming days about the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Hobby Lobby case [ an enhanced version of this opinion is available to lexis.com subscribers ]. Here’s my two...
A decision issued on March 6 by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia serves as a stark reminder that internal investigations must be carefully structured and executed to garner the protection of the attorney-client privilege and attorney...
The most recent study of the nonprofit Ethics Resource Center concluded that an investigation process viewed as procedurally fair “substantially increases the chances that reporting employees will accept the [company’s] outcome.” ...