Where an employee of the York County Sheriff’s Office was terminated after he disclosed confidential information about an ongoing investigation into an inmate’s death to his wife, who worked at a local news station and then lied to internal investigators ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Employment Judge G. Steven Agee

Although the plaintiff suing for unlawful termination produced two documents eight days after discovery closed and two days before the dispositive motions’ deadline, the defendants’ motion to exclude the documents was denied because they were on notice as to their ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge M. Hannah Lauck U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where financial advisers likely misappropriated trade secrets from their former employer, allegedly causing the life insurance company to suffer loss of goodwill, customer trust and damage to its reputation, the advisers were enjoined from continuing to benefit from the misappropriation ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge M. Hannah Lauck U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a special education teacher alleged a sexually hostile work environment based on unwelcome touching by an intellectually challenged second grade student, because the child was incapable of distinguishing based on sex, the touching was not severe or pervasive and ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge Henry E. Hudson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the bankruptcy code prohibits a private employer from terminating an employee “solely because” that individual has filed for bankruptcy, and the employee alleged he was terminated after his employer decided his bankruptcy made him a liability, the claim survived ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge Thomas T. Cullen U.S. District Court - Western District

The Supreme Court of Virginia has reversed the early dismissal of a lawsuit against two church bodies accused of negligent hiring and retention of a pastor who – after his official retirement – allegedly molested a 13-year-old girl. The lawsuit ...

Tagged with: Employment Justice Stephen R. McCullough Negligence Negligent hiring Supreme Court of Virginia

If a messenger slips and falls on the sidewalk while delivering a business document to a person working at home, is the subsequent claim covered by the person’s homeowners insurance policy? With the COVID-19 pandemic causing more people to work ...

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The seeds of this article were planted during a discussion about the overwhelming number of meetings via videoconferencing. To be fair, it has been impressive what businesses have done to rapidly pivot during this pandemic. For the remote worker, we’ve ...

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Where the former Virginia Tech employee’s hostile work environment claim ultimately relied on a single instance where her male supervisor “pinched and played with his nipple in a suggestive manner” during a meeting, the alleged incident was not sufficiently severe ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Employment Judge Thomas T. Cullen U.S. District Court - Western District

When insurgents stormed the U.S. Capitol building Jan. 6, many posted about the experience on their social media channels with some even livestreaming the event. The fallout from their actions, however, was swift. Not only were some arrested on federal ...

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