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Mihalik v. Credit Agricole Cheuvreux: Second Circuit Clarifies Standard of Review of New York City Human Rights Law Claims
Nathaniel M. Glasser,Keisha-Ann G. Gray,Steven D. Hurd, May 24, 2013
On April 26, 2013, the Second Circuit held that New York City Human Rights Law ("NYCHRL") claims must be analyzed separately from federal and state discrimination claims and that the severe or pervasive standard of liability no longer applies to NYCHRL claims. Mihalik v. Credit Agricole...

Minnesota Joins a Handful of Other States and Cities to "Ban the Box" for Private Employment
Katharine H. Parker,Daniel L. Saperstein,Leslie E. Silverman, May 22, 2013
On May 13, 2013, Minnesota's governor signed S.F. 523 to preclude private employers from asking job applicants about their criminal history on the initial job application and from making such inquiries until the applicant has been selected for an interview or has received a conditional offer of...

U.S. Supreme Court to Decide Whether SOX’s Whistleblower Provision Protects Employees of Publicly Traded Company’s Contractors
Noa M. Baddish,Lloyd B. Chinn,Harris Michael Mufson, May 22, 2013
On May 20, 2013, the United States Supreme Court granted a petition for a writ of certiorari to review the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit’s decision holding that SOX’s whistleblower protection does not extend to employees of a publicly traded company’s...

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