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Legal Bulletins |September 30, 2002

Court of Appeals Extends Wrongful Discharge Tort

In an unusual plurality decision, the Court of Appeals extended the wrongful dis...

Mid-Atlantic Health Law TOPICS |September 21, 2002

HIPAA Highlights Fall 2002

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) contains adminis...

Legal Bulletins |August 31, 2002

Court of Appeals Narrows Telephone Exemption Under Maryland Wiretap Act

The Maryland Court of Appeals ruled that equipment which the Injured Workers' In...

Legal Bulletins |August 31, 2002

Swearing Is No Big Deal At Least When Filing An EEOC Complaint

It is okay to file now and swear later. The Supreme Court said as much recently ...

Legal Bulletins |August 31, 2002

Supreme Court Strikes Down NLRB's Imposition of Liability Against Employer Who Filed Unsuccessful Lawsuit

BE&K Construction Company, a general contractor, was engaged to modernize a ...

Legal Bulletins |July 31, 2002

Is There Such A Thing As Reverse Age Discrimination?

Employees over the age of 40 may sue under the Age Discrimination in Employment ...

Legal Bulletins |July 31, 2002

A Threat To One's Self Is Enough

The Americans with Disability Act of 1990 (the "ADA") prohibits employers from u...

Legal Bulletins |July 31, 2002

Continuing Violation Theory Extended

In order to file a discrimination lawsuit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Ac...

Mid-Atlantic Health Law TOPICS |June 22, 2002

HIPAA Highlights Summer 2002

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) contains adminis...

Legal Bulletins |May 31, 2002

D.C. Employers Beware! Employee Handbooks May Create Unintended Contracts --

For years employment lawyers have repeated the warning that every employee handb...