The Paley Rothman Blog
Paley Rothman shares this library of resources with clients and friends of the firm to help them stay ahead of legal and business developments and trends. Here, you will find helpful tips and tools written by our attorneys. The information in the blogs and articles is not a substitute for legal advice and should not be relied on as such. Should you have any questions or want legal advice, please contact the attorney who wrote the blog or article.
July 16, 2013
In one of a handful of recent Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) cases brought challenging employers’ use of background checks, the EEOC has been squarely defeated (at least prior to any appellate review). Judge Roger W. Titus of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland granted summary judgment in favor of the employer, Freeman, dismissing the EEOC’s claims that Freeman’s use of criminal and credit histories in hiring had an unlawful disparate impact on African-American, Hispanic, and male applicants.
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July 10, 2013
An employer’s legal obligation to reasonably accommodate religious practices is not limited to a single religion or a particular time of year. But, with Ramadan having begun, and running for approximately one month, this is a good time for employers to remember their legal obligations to reasonably accommodate religious practices.
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July 9, 2013
By
Michelle Chapin on July 9, 2013
By now you have almost certainly heard that the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the federal definition of marriage as “marriage only between a man and a woman” in United States v. Windsor, 570 U.S. ___ (2013). As a result, same-sex spouses can now enjoy many federal benefits that were previously unavailable to them.
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July 3, 2013
By
Jessica Summers on July 3, 2013
On July 2, 2013, the Obama administration announced that it will be delaying the implementation of the Affordable Care Act’s mandate that “large” employers either provide health coverage for their employees or pay penalties (commonly known as “the employer mandate”). These requirements, which are a central part of the ACA and which were previously scheduled to go into effect on January 1, 2014, will now be delayed until 2015.
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July 3, 2013
For certain businesses looking to refinance, fireworks weren’t the only thing on their minds this past July 4th.
On May 16, the Maryland Governor signed into law House Bill 0372 (Chapter 0453)/Senate Bill 0202 (Chapter 0452) that took effect July 1 and is applicable to all instruments of writing recorded on or after that date.
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