Discrimination, Harassment & Retaliation

Employees are becoming increasingly aware of and willing to assert their rights. A proactive strategy and approach to managing Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) issues and minimizing your company’s exposure in discrimination, harassment, and retaliation claims is essential today.
We provide services that help you mitigate your risk, including training your managers and supervisors on EEOC requirements; conducting compliance audits to identify, assess, and, if necessary, correct non-compliant practices; and updating and revising your existing employment policies. If matters progress to litigation, our lawyers have successfully defended companies in across the United States.
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Recent Discrimination, Harassment & Retaliation Insights
07 April 2025
Labor & Employment Law Perspectives
Appeals Court Says Disability Not Required in Order to Recover Back Pay for Violation of ADA’s Medical Inquiry and Examination Provisions
Most employers are aware that, under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), disability-related inquiries and medical examinations of employees may only be required when such inquiries and examinations are “job-related and consistent with business necessity.”
07 April 2025
Labor & Employment Law Perspectives
Another Court Blocks DEI-Related Certification Requirement
On March 27, 2025, U.S. District Judge Matthew Kennelly of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois issued a temporary restraining order prohibiting the Department of Labor (DOL) from enforcing certain provisions of Executive Orders 14173 (Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity) and 14151 against Chicago Women in Trades, a domestic nonprofit that receives federal funding from the DOL.
17 March 2025
Labor & Employment Law Perspectives
DEI Injunction Terminated by Federal Court of Appeals Reinstating DEI Certification Requirement and Civil False Claims Act Risk
As previously reported, one of the first executive orders (EO 14173) issued by President Trump was to rescind Executive Order 11246 issued by President Lyndon B. Johnson, which required federal contractors and subcontractors to engage in affirmative action with respect to women and minorities.