United States: Discrimination, Disability & Sexual Harassment

When workplace disputes move from behind the scenes to the front page, the script doesn't change as much as one might expect.

A federal court's March 30, 2026 ruling in Farlow v. L3 Communications Integrated Systems LP offers a sharp lesson for employers and their counsel: a plaintiff who refuses to produce...

On March 26, 2026, President Trump signed Executive Order 14398 (the Order), which is titled “Addressing DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors”.

On March 26, 2026, President Trump issued a new Executive Order entitled “Addressing DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors” (the “March 2026 EO”) which requires federal contractors...

A manager calls you to report that a sexually explicit picture of a co-worker is circulating around the company’s internal messaging platform. Everyone is talking about it. What do you do? The answer is more complicated than it might seem, especially if the image was never real to begin with. Deepfakes, or AI-generated images and videos that depict real people in fabricated scenarios, are no longer a distant technological curiosity. They have arrived in the workplace, and HR teams need to be ready.

On March 19, 2026, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that Planned Parenthood of Illinois...

The New Jersey Senate recently introduced Bill S1631 to expand the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD). This bill seeks to add height and weight as protected characteristics under the LAD, which generally prohibits discrimination in employment, places of public accommodation, and housing.

The rapid evolution of technology, regulation and workforce expectations in 2025 has fundamentally reshaped board oversight priorities. Artificial intelligence (“AI”) adoption, hybrid work models and shifting diversity, equity and inclusion (“DEI”) standards now intersect with environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) imperatives, requiring boards to proactively manage talent, culture and human capital risks.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a disability discrimination lawsuit against Schneider National on March 4th.