Service and emotional support animals are commonly seen in many public places, ranging from stores to restaurants to airports. They are becoming more prevalent in the work place as well. Recently, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida against trucking company CRST Expedited... Read More

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit which covers federal courts in Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin, recently held in Lively v. Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. The Court in Hively reasoned that sexual orientation discrimination... Read More

The Fourth Circuit recently provided clarity to extant joint employer liability under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). Salinas v. Commercial Interiors, Inc., 848 F.3d 125, 141–42 (4th Cir. 2017).   The plaintiffs in the matter, former drywall employees for a subcontractor, brought FLSA, Maryland Wage and Hour, Maryland Wage Payment, and Collection claims against the... Read More

President Trump recently announced that he would leave in place a 2014 executive order expanding protections for federal workers and government contractors for discrimination based on sexual orientation. The 2014 executive order was in line with the EEOC’s recent position that an allegation of sexual orientation discrimination is necessarily an allegation of sex discrimination under... Read More

Although it’s a difficult topic to think about, it can be very important to create a will to protect assets upon an untimely death. If one dies without establishing a will, then the state will decide what happens to the person’s property. The state will decide how assets will be divided, and which ones will... Read More