By Leonard Sciolla, LLP | Published April 10, 2018 | Posted in employment law | Tagged Tags: confidentiality, disability discrimination, discrimination, EEOC, employment law | Comments Off on Observing Confidentiality in the Workplace
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Observing Confidentiality in the Workplace
Employers should proceed with caution when trying to give employees notice about sensitive matters, including government agency investigations. Late last year, in a case settled out of court, an employer agreed to certain injunctive relief and to pay monetary damages after it was sued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”). This came about after Read More
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Appellate Court Overturns Department of Labor Rule
A federal appellate court vacated the so-called “fiduciary rule” adopted in 2016 by the Department of Labor. The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit determined that the Department of Labor exceeded its authority by issuing the rule, which essentially required financial professionals to put their clients’ needs in front of their own. Read More
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Questions Arise After Fatal Waterpark Incident
Federal authorities arrested one of the designers of a Kansas City water park slide two years after a fatal accident. This comes a week after a grand jury indicted three men connected to the waterslide. The indicted men face a total of 17 charges, including second degree murder. A 10-year-old was decapitated in 2016 when Read More
Read MoreSchultz Celebrates 15 Years at Firm
Leonard Sciolla, LLP congratulates partner Paul H. Schultz, Esquire on his reaching his 15th year with the firm. Mr. Schultz joined the firm as a law clerk in 2003 while he was completing his JD and MBA degrees at Rutgers University. The firm hired Mr. Schultz as an associate in March 2004, and he became Read More
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Trust in Self-Driving Vehicles Following Fatal Crash
The fatal crash involving a pedestrian and one of Uber’s self-driving cars in Tempe, Arizona has brought attention to the debate surrounding the regulation of this technology. Self-driving cars use sensors to detect or see obstacles around the vehicle. Currently, there are no federal standards in place regarding the reliability of these sensors. Proponents for Read More
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Traffic Safety
Think every state is similarly concerned about your safety on its roads? Think again, as some states have adopted very few of the traffic laws considered to be essential to traffic safety. In partner Keith Leonard’s March column for ACtion Magazine, he identifies those states which have done a lot to ensure the safety of Read More
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NY Appeals Court Rules that Civil Rights Act Protects Gay Employees
The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently ruled that the 1964 Civil Rights Act prohibits employers from discriminating against employees on the basis of sexual orientation. It became the second appeals court to rule that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which outlaws discrimination on the on basis of “race, color, Read More
Read MoreSupreme Court Stays Out of DACA Dispute
The Supreme Court has decided not to hear a challenge to a lower court ruling regarding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival program (DACA). The Court refused to bypass the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals by declining to take up the Department of Justice’s appeal of a California federal judge’s January ruling that forced the Read More
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Pennsylvania and New Jersey Bar Admission
As those who take the Pennsylvania and New Jersey Bar Exams are aware, in addition to passing the Exam, all applicants must also establish their good character and fitness before the Pennsylvania Board of Law Examiners or the New Jersey Board of Bar Examiners. It is the applicants’ burden to demonstrate to those Boards that Read More
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Attorneys Obtain Favorable Outcome for Veteran
Attorney Michael Tinari recently obtained a favorable settlement on a pro bono basis for a United States Air Force veteran who was medically retired due to extreme Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, anxiety, and depression. The father of four young children was unable to leave his house, or be employed in any meaningful way due to his Read More
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