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Late last year, President Biden signed into law the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA). The bipartisan legislation applies to employers with 15 or more employees. It requires covered employers to provide reasonable accommodations to a qualified emp…
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INFORM Act attacks sale of hot goods online. In June, the Integrity, Notification, and Fairness in Online Retail Marketplaces for Consumers Act (the “INFORM” Consumers Act) took effect. Passed late last year as part of an omnibus spending bill, t…
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Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), covered employers must engage in an interactive process with disabled employees seeking accommodations allowing them to perform their necessary job functions. Depending on her health conditions, a preg…
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When President Biden made a surprise visit to Ukraine in February, Wall Street Journal reporter Sabrina Siddiqui drew one of two coveted spots for journalists to accompany the president on the trip. As she explained in her March 8, 2023, WSJ article,…
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Years ago, when both state and federal law outlawed the use or possession of marijuana, most employers maintained a zero tolerance policy for employees testing positive for drugs or alcohol. As states like Michigan began to legalize marijuana … fir…
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When negotiating the sale of a business, one of the first decisions the buyer and seller must agree upon is whether to structure the deal as a stock sale or an asset sale. Assuming the business is incorporated, it has shareholders who own stock (or,…
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Hamilton … Lin Manuel Miranda’s celebrated musical retelling of the life of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton … enjoyed a sold-out run at Detroit’s Fisher Theater last month. Having been lucky enough to see the original production on Broadwa…
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In a July 2022 opinion, Rouch World v. Michigan Department of Civil Rights, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled (5-2) that the Elliot-Larsen Civil Rights Act of 1976, which among other things prohibits discrimination in places of public accommodation …
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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) is the body charged with enforcing federal anti-discrimination laws. Through much of the coronavirus pandemic, the EEOC took the position that employers could uniformly adopt and implement vira…
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Last month, as the United States Supreme Court completed its 2021-2022 term, it issued several significant decisions that largely (or entirely) reversed prior decisions on hot button social issues including abortion and school prayer. Next fall, the…
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