In Dolphus v. Servis One, Inc., No. GLR-16-1075, 2018 BL 277246 (D. Md. Aug. 02, 2018), Plaintiffs filed suit against Servis One, Inc. D/B/A BSI Financial Services (“Servis One”) on behalf of themselves and similarly situated current and… Read More

In Loconte v. Montgomery County, No. PWG-17-2052, 2018 BL 273880 (D. Md. Aug. 01, 2018), Defendant Montgomery County, Maryland (the “County”) hired Plaintiff Anthony Loconte as a Hazmat Permitting Program Manager in July 2005 and terminat… Read More

In litigation, opposing parties can sometimes get carried away with the quantity and quality of the information requested in discovery, raising doubts about the relevancy and necessity of the requested information. In Terrell v. Memphis Zoo, Inc., No… Read More

The “Disclosing Sexual Harassment in the Workplace Act of 2018″ goes into effect on October 1, 2018. The Act first concerns a provision in an employment contract, policy or agreement that waives any substantive or procedural right or remedy t… Read More

On July 1, 2018, the minimum wage rate for Maryland increases to $10.10 and the minimum wage rates for Montgomery County increases to $12.25 for employers with 51 or more employees and $12.00 for employers with 50 or fewer employees. Read More

On August 27, 2015, in Browning-Ferris Industries of California, Inc. d/b/a BFI Newby Island Recyclery (Browning-Ferris), 362 NLRB No. 186 (2015), the National Labor Relations Board established a new legal standard for determining whether two employe… Read More

On June 6, 2018, the National Labor Relations Board General Counsel issued a Memorandum to its field offices with guidance on how to interpret whether employers’ workplace rules violate workers’ labor rights. The Memorandum directs the applicatio… Read More

A Federal Court has ruled that an employee cannot sue under federal law for discrimination based on her pregnancy, because pregnancy alone isn’t a “disability” under the law. In Arozarena v. Carpenter Co., 2018 BL 184934, E.D. Pa., No. 5:17… Read More