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Supreme Court Endorses Yet Another Means of Proving Intentional Discrimination
Proving bias in employment discrimination cases has been described as akin to assembling a mosaic from tiny tiles none of which is significant in and of itself but pieced together with enough other...
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RPLU Game Day
This is the first piece in a series of entries chronicling my journey through the RPLU program. Follow my blog as I write about my thoughts and experiences while going through the program. Drew Brees’...
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Scope of Coverage, Not Wingspan, Governs Duty to Settle a Non-covered Claim
This is the first guest blog post from Carrie E. Cope, Shareholder at Schuyler, Roche & Crisham, P.C. Ms. Cope is one of Chicago’s most respected authorities on insurance coverage, claims and...
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Why are Obese Individuals Faring Better in Disability Discrimination Lawsuits?
This is the first guest blog post from Robert Chadwick, shareholder at Campbell & Chadwick, P.C.His areas of practice are labor and employment, occupational safety and health, employee benefits and...
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Appellate Court Finds Coverage for Data Breach under Crime Policy
Reblogged from cyberpeg: According to the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, in 2005, DSW Shoe Warehouse suffered a data breach affecting over 1.4 million customers, across 25 states. Between February 1...
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Two Steps Forward, One Step “Wayback”: Managing Information for Future Success
A guest blog by Carrie Cope of Schuyler, Roche & Crisham, P.C.: There are times when the unwelcome discovery of a regulatory violation, such as the inadvertent issuance of an insurance policy in a...
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Workplace Issues in the Aftermath of Sandy
A guest blog post by Robert Chadwick of Campbell Chadwick: Hurricane Sandy has already had a significant impact upon American workplaces. Employees have been mobilized either by their employers or...
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Class Action Suit Filed Against Barnes & Noble Over PIN, Credit Card Theft
Reblogged from cyberpeg: Barnes & Noble gets sued over PIN “skimming” scam On October 27, 2012, plaintiff Elizabeth Nowak filed a putative class action against Barnes & Noble (“B&N”)...
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Stanford’s Michael Klausner on Securities Class Actions (Part 1)
The April issue of PLUS Journal featured a study, “When Are Securities Class Actions Dismissed, When Do They Settle, and For How Much?—An Update,” authored by professor Michael Klausner, director of...
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Stanford’s Michael Klausner on Securities Class Actions (Part 2)
The April issue of PLUS Journal featured a study, “When Are Securities Class Actions Dismissed, When Do They Settle, and For How Much?—An Update,” authored by professor Michael Klausner, director of...
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Stanford’s Michael Klausner on Securities Class Actions (Part 3)
The April issue of PLUS Journal featured a study, “When Are Securities Class Actions Dismissed, When Do They Settle, and For How Much?—An Update,” authored by professor Michael Klausner, director of...
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2013 Conference Sponsorships Available
Planning for the 2013 PLUS International Conference is well underway. This year’s theme, Uncharted Waters of Emerging Risk: Knowledge is Power focuses on the vital and critical information that...
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Workplace Investigations by Outside Counsel – Make Sure They’re Done Right
Reblogged from Sara Rickover, Behind the Corporate Veil: In a June 18, 2013, post on Win-Win HR, entitled Workplace Investigations: $300,000 in Sanctions Highlights Risks of Using Employer’s Regular...
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Price Discrimination? Racial Discrimination?
An interesting question posed by our friends at the Freakonomics blog – is offering discounts by name (in this case names that would likely be more common with Caucasians) represent racial...
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William Cohen on Syria
The news headlines of late have been dominated by the conflict in Syria. Former Secretary of Defense William Cohen sat down with Bloomberg Television’s ”Political Capital with Al Hunt” to share his...
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Jeb Bush on Education
Former Florida Governor and 2013 International Conference Speaker Jeb Bush recently sat down with ABC News “This Week”. Here is the link to the full interview. In it he states: “If you measure it by...
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A Call for Action and Education on a Sound Cyber Liability Policy
This is a guest blog post by Jesse Lyon, Associate Broker with AmWINS Insurance Brokerage of California. Jesse Lyon, who grew to maturity in northern California, was educated at Saint Mary’s College...
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Viability of Sexual Orientation Discrimination Claims: Venue Driven?
This is the first post by PLUS Blog contributor Jonathan Evan Goldberg, a litigation and employment law partner at FisherBroyles, LLP. An experienced trial lawyer and frequent public speaker, he has...
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Breaking EPL News!
In Hively v. Ivy Tech Cmty. Coll., 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 13746, **54-56 (7th Cir. July 28, 2016), the Seventh Circuit affirmed the district court’s decision granting defendant’s motion to dismiss the...
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Diversity & Inclusion Institute conference to feature Second City
A branch of the comedy empire that helped shape American theater for nearly 50 years will use the power of improv to demonstrate the benefits of greater workplace diversity and inclusion during the...
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