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On March 22, 2022, the New York City Commission on Human Rights released its long-anticipated guidance related to a January 2022 NYC law calling for pay transparency in job listings that is set to take effect on May 15, 2022. Although a recently introduced bill proposes to amend the pay transparency law to, among other things, push back its effective date, NYC employers should start preparing...

In the State of Vermont, the “Automatic Renewal Provisions in Consumer Contracts” law (“Vermont Auto-Renewal Law”) governs agreements entered into between a consumer and a seller that have the following attributes: 1) an initial term of one year or longer; and 2) a term that renews for a subsequent period of time that is longer than one month. As of July 2019, any such contract may not automa...

Supreme Court Justice Kentaji Brown Jackson courtesy of the Committee on the Judiciary. History was made when Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed to the highest court in the United States, not only being the first African American woman but also shattering the glass ceiling of the white male majority on the court that has existed for 233 years. Through the appointment process, Jackson had bee...

Settlement of prior bias suit didn’t cover claims over removal Pact included carve-out; scope of union grievance still at issue A Taiwanese former employee benefits law specialist with the Department of Labor was right that her settlement of an earlier job discrimination case didn’t bar her subsequent lawsuit over her termination, the D.C. Circuit ruled Friday. A lower court misinterpreted ...

To the Editor: Before the legislature in Hartford is HB 5204, also known as the “Fair Share” law. This bill provides that the Office of Policy Management assess the need for affordable housing in different parts of the state and then assign numeral objectives to each town and city to create affordable housing to meet very specific municipal targets. Ultimately, however, this bill represents a...

Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. San Antonio must pay $300,000 to settle a pair of lawsuits brought by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton alleging the city violated the state’s controversial ban on so-called sanctuary cities in 2017 and prevented federal authorities from enforcing immigration law. Paxton had sued the c...

International Women’s Day, which draws attention to women’s rights and gender equality worldwide, has been celebrated since 1911. In order to counteract any inequalities that women may face in the workforce, the German government enacted a number of important employment laws and amendments in recent years. The Second Leadership Positions Act (FüPoG II) Women are particularly underrepresented ...

Two men accused of employees and cozying up to Secret Service agents had amassed an arsenal of firearms and ammunition, police gear, surveillance equipment and forged identity cards, prosecutors said Friday in a memo arguing the men should remain detained. “The Defendants were not merely playing dress-up,” according to a memorandum filed in U.S. District Court in D.C. and alleging the men "en...

Italy A. Italian Competition Authority (ICA) 1. ICA sends requests for information about fuel price increases. On March 18, 2022, following the increase in petrol and diesel prices recorded in recent days as well as numerous complaints received, the Italian Competition Authority (ICA) notified detailed requests for information to major oil companies. The purpose of the request is to verify t...

(Mass Appeal) – This is a great time of year…we’re all out walking our dogs and seeing neighbors we haven’t seen all winter. However, some people’s dogs can get a little aggressive around people and other dogs, whether you be out for a walk or even visiting someone’s home who owns a dog. Attorney Robert DiTusa from the Springfield law firm, Alekman Ditusa, is with us now to talk about the iss...