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On June 5th, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision making it easier for employees to prove claims of so-called “reverse” discrimination (i.e., suits brought by a member of a majority group alleging to have been treated adversely because of their majority status). The ruling in Ames v. Ohio...
Saul Ewing LLP, a full-service national law firm, today announced that 67 attorneys from the firm received the distinguished honor of being recognized for legal excellence and client service by Chambers USA 2025. Several of the firm’s practice areas also earned high rankings. Chambers is one of the...
Saul Ewing LLP, a full-service national law firm, is proud to announce that Partner Harriet Cooperman was selected for The Daily Record’s 2025 Employment Law Power List. This group is composed of the most influential and respected practitioners in the employment law sector in Maryland. To view the...
Out With The Old, In With the New: A Flurry of Recent Executive Orders May Greatly Affect the Construction Industry New presidential administrations inevitably bring change. But the scale of change brought about by the flurry of Executive Orders issued by the Trump administration in its first days...
Esports and the Law is a quarterly publication featuring news, case summaries, articles and strategies concerning esports and the law. This issue features the following articles: Building Trust Through Process: How New Arbitration Models May Signal Legal Maturation in Esports WIPO’s Oscar Suarez...
In 2025, the General Assembly of Maryland made its boldest move ever to advance energy storage, as part of a legislative package responding to the resource adequacy challenges that are now emerging for the Free State. Late last year, those challenges were described as “dire” by PJM, the regional...
What is the EEO-1? The EEO-1 Component 1 report is a mandatory summary of an employer’s workforce demographic data, including race/ethnicity, gender, and job category information, that must be submitted to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) annually. Submission of this report and the...
As a national leader in life sciences innovation, Philadelphia has seen significant expansion in research and development infrastructure. The city’s transformation is driven by substantial investments in life sciences construction, particularly in the areas of University City and Center City, where...
New Jersey’s wage transparency law that was signed by Governor Phil Murphy on November 18, 2024, will take effect on June 1, 2025. For a more fulsome discussion of the ins and outs of New Jersey’s pay transparency law, check out our prior blog here . As the effective date approaches, employers...
On April 24, 2025, the Florida House and Senate passed legislation introducing large-scale changes to Florida’s non-compete landscape. The Florida Contracts Honoring Opportunity, Investment, Confidentiality, and Economic Growth Act (the “CHOICE Act”) is expected to be signed into law by Governor...
Although not prohibited by federal law, employment discrimination based on marital status is illegal in several states. However, the exact contours of “marital status” discrimination have been somewhat unclear, leading to a recent decision by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals that interpreted New...
On March 26, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau filed a motion, jointly with Townstone Financial Inc., to vacate the judgment and settlement in the enforcement action it settled with Townstone in November. The motion is remarkable on its own, given the intense scrutiny of the action and the...
New presidential administrations always need to pick and choose their priorities. It will be very interesting and enlightening to see whether and if so, how, the Trump administration will focus resources related to Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act settlements and civil money...
Following a recent decision by the Seventh Circuit, employers who violate the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by requiring medical examinations of an employee without a business necessity may now be liable for back pay even if the employee is not disabled. The ADA prohibits employers from...
(Philadelphia) April 30, 2025 - Saul Ewing LLP announced that it has named Kelly P. Enache as its first-ever Chief Strategic Operations Officer, effective today. In this newly-created role, Kelly will oversee strategic initiatives across business units, identify new growth opportunities and work...
Between Biden’s “most pro-union president ever” term and Trump’s recent federal policy changes done more by chainsaw than scalpel, Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) have endured a tumultuous path recently. Used primarily on construction projects, PLAs refer to pre-hire contractor collective bargaining...
Earlier this year, the American Institute of Architects (“ AIA”) released updated form contract documents for traditional design-build (“ Traditional DB”) construction projects and introduced a new set of progressive design-build (“ Progressive DB”) forms. In a design-build project, the owner...
On April 23, 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order instructing federal agencies to “deprioritize” enforcement of disparate-impact discrimination claims (the “EO”). Titled “Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy,” the EO states it is intended to combat a “pernicious movement” by...