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DOJ Civil Rights Fraud Initiative Signals Expansive Enforcement Threat For Employers Receiving Federal Funds

On May 19, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) launched its Civil Rights Fraud Initiative.

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

Minneapolis Expands Workplace Civil Rights Protections And Reasonable Accommodation Obligations

On May 1, 2025, Minneapolis, Minnesota's city council passed several amendments to its civil rights ordinance (the "Ordinance"), which prohibits discriminatory practices in employment...

United States Employment

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Proskauer Rose LLP

Supreme Court Allows For Recission Of Temporary Protected Status For Venezuelans

On May 19, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court effectively granted the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) the ability to rescind Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and its related employment benefits for Venezuelan nationals granted protection under the 2023 designation of the country, pending appeal of the matter before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

United States Employment

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Littler Mendelson

Justice Department Launches Initiative Targeting Contractors' And Grantees' DEI Programs, Anti-Semitism, And Transgender Policies

On May 19, 2025, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche issued a memorandum (the "Memorandum") establishing the Department of Justice's "Civil Rights Fraud Initiative" (the "Initiative").

United States Employment

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Proskauer Rose LLP

MHPAEA Non-Enforcement Policy: Limited Impact?

United States Employment

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Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c.

Commentary: Dignity In Pay Act Is A Step In The Right Direction To Address The Needs Of Adults With Disabilities

United States Employment

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Littler Mendelson

Sweating The Details: Cal/OSHA Proposes Changes To Heat Regulations

United States Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Noncompete Bans Proliferate In States

United States Employment

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Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP

California Court Oks Prospective Meal Waivers

United States Employment

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Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP

EEOC Guidance On DEI/DEI Executive Orders (Video)

United States Employment

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Lerch, Early & Brewer, Chtd

Live From Workplace Horizons 2025: From ADA To Title VII — Trending Issues In Accommodating Employees (Video)

United States Employment

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

Employers Are Obligated To Comply With Tax Law Despite Increase In Frivolous Tax Arguments

United States Employment

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Littler Mendelson

Second Circuit Adopts Broad Reading Of ADA

United States Employment

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Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP

Cal/OSHA's Latest On Lead Exposure: Clarification For The Construction Industry

United States Employment

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

Surviving The 2025 Tariff Wave: A Strategic Guide For U.S. Importers

United States International

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Tentative List Of Countries For Potential Travel Ban And Travel Restrictions

Worldwide Immigration

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Pryor Cashman LLP

Discovery Special Masters And Referees: A View From Both Sides

United States Litigation

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JAMS

I Attended Liberation Day And All I Got Was These Lousy Tariffs. Is This Liberation? Liberation Day Hangover

United States International

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Chaebols May Wabble But They Don't Fall Down How Samsung Became 23% Of South Korea's GDP

United States International

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Contract of Employment

Virginia's New Non-Compete Law And Updates On The DMV Non-Compete Landscape (Video)

Employment attorney Jessie Summers presented updates on non-compete laws in Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia during Lerch...

United States Employment

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Lerch, Early & Brewer, Chtd

Florida Legislature Passes Expansive New Noncompete Bill, Awaiting Governor's Signature

On April 24, 2025, the Florida Legislature passed the Florida Contracts Honoring Opportunity, Investment, Confidentiality, and Economic Growth (CHOICE) Act, significantly expanding the enforceability...

United States Employment

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Ford & Harrison LLP

Ohio Senate Deliberates Ban On Noncompete Agreements For All Employees

Bipartisan legislation was recently introduced in the Ohio Senate that would ban employee noncompete agreements in Ohio.

United States Employment

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Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP

Florida Makes A CHOICE To Toughen Noncompete Enforcement

United States Employment

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Harris Sliwoski

Restrictive Covenants In Private Equity Transactions

United States Commercial

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Mintz

Coalition For A Democratic Workplace Urges US Attorney General To Unilaterally Override Biden-Era NLRB Decisions

United States Employment

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Ballard Spahr LLP

Texas May Soon Reshape Non-Competes For Healthcare Workers: What Employers Need To Know

United States Employment

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Dykema

Four More Years? Examining The Push For Extended Non-Competes In Florida

United States Employment

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Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Trump Issues Executive Order Cancelling Most Federal Collective Bargaining Agreements

United States Employment

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Hall Benefits Law

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Discrimination, Disability & Sexual Harassment

DOJ Civil Rights Fraud Initiative Signals Expansive Enforcement Threat For Employers Receiving Federal Funds

On May 19, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) launched its Civil Rights Fraud Initiative.

United States Employment

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

Launch Of The Civil Rights Fraud Initiative

Shortly after taking office, President Trump signed the executive order titled, Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity. As discussed previously...

United States Commercial

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

DOJ Announces Civil Rights Fraud Initiative: Department Will Seek To Use The False Claims Act To Enforce Civil Rights Laws Against Universities And Government Contractors

On May 19, 2025, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche announced a new Civil Rights Fraud Initiative within the Department of Justice to "utilize the False Claims Act to investigate and, as appropriate, pursue claims against any recipient of federal funds that knowingly violates federal civil rights laws."

United States Government

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WilmerHale

Minneapolis Expands Workplace Civil Rights Protections And Reasonable Accommodation Obligations

United States Employment

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Proskauer Rose LLP

Justice Department Launches Initiative Targeting Contractors' And Grantees' DEI Programs, Anti-Semitism, And Transgender Policies

United States Employment

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Proskauer Rose LLP

Commentary: Dignity In Pay Act Is A Step In The Right Direction To Address The Needs Of Adults With Disabilities

United States Employment

LM

Littler Mendelson

EEOC Guidance On DEI/DEI Executive Orders (Video)

United States Employment

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Lerch, Early & Brewer, Chtd

Live From Workplace Horizons 2025: From ADA To Title VII — Trending Issues In Accommodating Employees (Video)

United States Employment

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

Second Circuit Adopts Broad Reading Of ADA

United States Employment

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Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP

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Retirement, Superannuation & Pensions

Anthem Settles Mental Health Class Action Lawsuit

Anthem has settled a class action lawsuit brought by participants in employee health plans it administers, following negotiations and private mediation.

United States Employment

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Hall Benefits Law

Republican Legislators Push Ahead With Agenda (Beltway Buzz, May 16, 2025)

This week, the U.S. House of Representatives' Committee on Ways and Means advanced—on a party-line 26–19 vote—a tax reform package that included Republicans' top fiscal priorities.

Worldwide Employment

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

A Bit Of Mental Health Parity Relief For Employers Sponsoring Group Health Plans

Even though we have the promise of a non-enforcement policy applying to the 2025 and 2026 deadlines of at least some provisions of the 2024 Final Regulations...

United States Employment

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

Federal Court Refuses To Dismiss Challenge To Plan Administrator's Use Of Automated Algorithm For Benefit Decisions

United States Employment

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Hall Benefits Law

District Court Holds Pension Fund Misapplied Prior Partial Withdrawal Liability Credit

United States Employment

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Proskauer Rose LLP

"ToMAYto, ToMAHto": District Court Holds That Differences In State Law Determine Whether Unpaid Annual Pension Contributions Establish "Insolvency" For Chapter 9 Eligibility Purposes

United States Employment

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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Giant Eagle Settles ERISA Class Action Suit Alleging Failure To Control 401(k) Plan Costs

United States Employment

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Hall Benefits Law

Withdrawal Liability: Third Circuit Paves New Path For Pension Funds To Collect From Affiliated Employers

United States Employment

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

Trump Issues Executive Order Cancelling Most Federal Collective Bargaining Agreements

United States Employment

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Hall Benefits Law

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Unfair/ Wrongful Dismissal

Workplace Strategies Watercooler 2025: NLRB Update—What To Expect In 2025 And Beyond (Podcast)

In this installment of our Workplace Strategies Watercooler 2025 podcast series, Tom Davis (shareholder, Nashville) and Tom Stanek (shareholder, Phoenix)—both of whom are chairs of the firm's...

United States Employment

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

California Court Turns Up The Heat: PG&E Case Requires Employees Claiming Defamation To Prove Damages Beyond Their Termination

Employees may believe they can premise a defamation case on their employment termination. However, Hearn v. Pac. Gas & Elec. Co., 108 Cal. App. 5th 301 (2025), holds otherwise.

United States Employment

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Increased Workplace Protections For Volunteer Emergency Service Providers In Montana

On April 16, 2025, Montana Governor signed into effect HB 128: An Act Protecting Volunteer Emergency Service Providers From Termination by a Public or Private Employer Under Certain Conditions...

United States Employment

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

Managing Labour Cost: Insights And Lessons For The Resource And Other Sectors For 2025

United States Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Legal Protections For Employees During Security Clearance Investigations

United States Employment

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Tully Rinckey

ALJ Backs Hospital's Right To Delay Returning Strikers To Work

United States Employment

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Littler Mendelson

Early Signs Point To Pullback On Prior Administration's Moves To Curtail Noncompetes Per Se

United States Employment

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Duane Morris LLP

Federal Judge Refuses To Dismiss Retaliation Claims Over Sephora's Hiring Practices

United States Employment

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Hall Benefits Law

California Employment Law Notes

United States Employment

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Proskauer Rose LLP

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Latest Videos

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Lerch Early Hosts Dr. Alan Gregerman For A Discussion On 'Innovating In An Uncertain World' (Video)

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Lerch, Early & Brewer, Chtd

April 2025 Employer Regulatory And Legislative Update (Video)

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Marcum

Decoding Appeals, Episode 4: Clerks' Perspectives, Part 2 (Video)

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Legal Minute: Permanent Total Disability (Video)

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Ford Richardson

Navigating The Office: What Does "Cause" Mean? (Video)

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McCarthy, Lebit, Crystal & Liffman

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