A hospital and university didn’t just demote an employee over his criticism of a race-based practice. They went on social media to trash him, and that’s the bigger legal problem. TL;DR: A federal appeals court revived a demoted academic’s retaliation claims against his employer, holding that a public campaign denouncing

A supervisor joked about selling an employee in the red-light district. When the case reached a federal appeals court, the employer’s defense was almost as bold: don’t blame us for the emotional distress bill, she should have gotten therapy. TL;DR: A federal appeals court affirmed a jury verdict awarding an

If you’ve never requested a second FMLA medical opinion, you’re not alone. Most employers haven’t. A Seventh Circuit case decided last month is a useful illustration of how that process works and why the details matter. This is the second post from that case — yesterday’s covered the FMLA falsification