In EEOC v. Mach Mining LLC, the Seventh Circuit answered this question in the negative.  Finding that the EEOC’s failure to adequately conciliate was not a valid defense as courts do…

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Category: EEO,

If you thought the California Department of Fair Employment (“DFEH”) was not busy monitoring compliance with employers’ sexual harassment prevention training obligations, think again.  The DFEH recently entered into a…

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Category: Sexual Harassment,

As we previously reported to you, while the federal government remains officially shut down as Congress continues its budget negotiations, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) has put into place…

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Category: Government Shutdown,

Paula Deen, a celebrity chef known for her extreme Southern cooking and excesses, has been embroiled in scandal for the last several months, bringing together an odd mix of legal…

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Category: EEO,

Right now, the answer to that question just depends on your appetite for risk.  If you are risk adverse and do not want to have to update your arbitration agreement…

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Category: Arbitration,