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Nov 22, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Gregory Keating
For business leaders and in-house counsel, establishing clear investigation protocols is vital for protecting corporate integrity and managing risks related to whistleblowing and retaliation. Epstein Becker Green (EBG) attorney Greg Keating brings over 25 years of experience in litigation and employment law to this compelling one-on-one interview.
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Gregory Keating
In a win for businesses, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (“SJC”) has ruled that individuals in true franchisor-franchisee relationships are independent contractors. In Patel v. 7-Eleven, Inc., the SJC found that defendant franchisor 7-Eleven, Inc. (“7-Eleven”) did not misclassify certain franchisees in violation of the Commonwealth’s independent contractor statute, M.G.L. c.
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Aug 21, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Gregory Keating
Skip to main content August 21, 2024 Volume XIV, Number 234 Legal Analysis. Expertly Written. Quickly Found.
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Jul 28, 2024 | 
onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Gregory Keating
Introduction Sentence processing research in mainstream psycholinguistics aims to identify the kinds of linguistic information that monolinguals recruit during online comprehension and to pinpoint when in the time course of processing monolinguals use different sources of information (e.g., Frazier, 1987; MacDonald et al., 1994).
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Jul 2, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Gregory Keating |Ethan Smith
Recently, in Lewis v. Crochet et al., the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit rejected an attempt by a plaintiff to use the crime-fraud exception to the attorney-client privilege to compel two lawyers’ production of attorney-client privileged documents and information, which they obtained during the course of an investigation they conducted for Louisiana State University in 2013.
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Jul 2, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Gregory Keating
Recently, in Lewis v. Crochet et al., the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit rejected an attempt by a plaintiff to use the crime-fraud exception to the attorney-client privilege to compel two lawyers’ production of attorney-client privileged documents and information, which they obtained during the course of an investigation they conducted for Louisiana State University in 2013.
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Jul 1, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Gregory Keating |Adam Paine
The Massachusetts appellate court decision in Tran v. Jennings Road Management, Corp., et al, gave the green light to an employee to pursue class action claims against her direct employer as well as a separate management company based on a finding that the two entities were “joint” employers.
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Jun 24, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Gregory Keating
The Fourth Circuit recently reaffirmed that not all forms of opposition constitute protected activity. In Bills v. WVNH EMP, LLC, the Fourth Circuit unanimously affirmed the Southern District of West Virginia’s Order granting Defendants WVNH EMP, LLC, and Lanette Kuhnash’s (“Defendants”) motion for summary judgment on plaintiff Dorothy Bills’ (“Bills”) wrongful termination action under the West Virginia Human Rights Act (“WVHRA”).
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Apr 3, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Gregory Keating
In an earlier article (found here), we discussed how a federal district court’s decision that mere 501(c)(3) status can trigger obligations under Title IX created shock waves throughout the private independent school community. A recent ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has reversed that decision, holding that tax-exempt status is not federal financial assistance for Title IX purposes. The plaintiff in Buettner-Hartsoe v. Baltimore Lutheran High Sch.
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Apr 3, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | George Whipple |Paul Musser |Gregory Keating
This week, we’re taking a look at the Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) new white-collar overtime exemption and worker classification rules and the U.S. government’s updated race and ethnicity categorizations. Employers can expect the DOL’s white-collar exemption rule as early as this month. The agency started the clock on March 1, 2024, when it submitted the final rule to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.
