White Woman Can't Sue Employer for Bias against African-American Employees 26 Aug 2013 | 06:39 pm

A white employee does not have standing to sue celebrity chef Paula Deen under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act based on allegations that Deen injured her by discriminating against African-American e...

Failure to Wipe Data on Photocopier Leads to HIPAA Breach 22 Aug 2013 | 09:44 pm

A health plan recently received a costly reminder that protected health information (PHI) may lurk in the hard drives of photocopiers and other office equipment. Earlier this month, Affinity Health Pl...

AMA Resolution Will Increase ADA Claims 22 Aug 2013 | 07:22 pm

Commentators expect that the American Medical Association's (AMA) recent passage of Resolution 420, Recognition of Obesity as a Disease, will increase the number of obese people who are entitled to re...

Beware the Stray Remark 22 Aug 2013 | 12:40 am

Silicon Valley's greatest innovators were men in their early twenties, usually wearing T-shirts and jeans, who zestfully worked marathon hours in obscure places for little or no money to achieve great...

Employer Not Automatically Liable for Supervisor’s Safety Violations 21 Aug 2013 | 05:55 pm

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit recently held that employers are not automatically liable for health and safety violations committed by a single supervisor. In order to hold an employer...

CA Governor OKs Amendment to Sexual Harassment Law 20 Aug 2013 | 05:44 pm

California Governor Jerry Brown last week signed into law Senate Bill 292, which amends California's Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) to make it clear that a plaintiff suing for sexual harassmen...

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ED and DOJ Broaden Definition of Title IX Sexual Harassment 9 Aug 2013 | 08:49 pm

The Obama administration's recent blueprint for Title IX compliance for colleges and universities has created a stir among conservative, libertarian and academic groups who claim the blueprint's defin...

Fear of Retaliation May Explain Decline in Reported Workplace Injuries 9 Aug 2013 | 08:32 pm

The number of workplace injuries recorded by the federal government dropped 31% over the last decade. In the private sector, the number of non-fatal injuries dropped to 5.0 per 100 full-time workers i...

Five Men Indicted for Largest Worldwide Hack Ever 7 Aug 2013 | 10:59 pm

In July 2013, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) indicted five men in the largest data breach conspiracy ever. The DOJ accused the men — four Russians and a Ukrainian — of targeting payment processo...