Four years ago, in Wal-Mart v. Dukes , the U.S. Supreme Court held that it was inappropriate to certify a nationwide class of 1.5 million ...

In Litton v. Talawanda Sch. Dist. (6th Cir. 6/26/12) [pdf] , a demoted and transferred custodian sued his employer for age and race discrim...

In the movie Groundhog Day , Bill Murray repeats February 2—over, and over, and over again—until he gets it right. In Sollitt v. Keycorp (6t...

If you are an employer, or an attorney representing employers (and if you’re reading this blog I’d bet dollars to donuts you fall into one o...

What caused the court in Freeland v. Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Co. (6th Cir. 2/4/11) [pdf] to write so eloquently about the fate of th...

One of the anomalies of Ohio’s employment discrimination statute is that it provides for individual liability for managers’ and superviso...

Sometimes, employers are blindsided by a lawsuit. The first you might learn that an ex-employee is suing you is when you are served the comp...

Employers like to be in federal court. According to a recent study by the American Constitution Society , plaintiffs only win 15% of the tim...

Today, I am going to get a little academic, but I promise I’ll bring it back around at the end with some practical information for employers...

In addition to providing a good summary of the history of the public policy wrongful discharge tort in Ohio, Klopfenstein v. NK Parts Indust...

Did you know that a company cannot represent itself in an Ohio small claims court? An employee is free to go to small claims court and file...

Edwards v. Ohio Inst. of Cardiac Care is not earth shattering for what it says, but I write because of the novel argument made by the emplo...

I have a confession to make. I am a procedure nerd. Civil Procedure was my favorite class in law school, and cases that raise interesting pr...