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Congratulations to O’Hagan Meyer’s 2021 Best Lawyers® Employment Law!
Partners Charles G. Meyer III, Vijay K. Mago, Kelvin L. Newsome (Richmond) and Wood W. Lay (Charlotte) are named 2021 Best Lawyers® in Employment Law.
Congratulations to O’Hagan Meyer’s 2021 Super Lawyers!
We are proud to announce the O’Hagan Meyer attorneys recognized as 2021 Super Lawyers® and Rising Stars across Illinois, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Southern California.
O’Hagan Meyer Adds Team of 12 Attorneys to Financial Services Practice
O’Hagan Meyer is elated to announce the addition of veteran team David Baugh and John Dalton to the Chicago office. Baugh and Dalton join the firm with a combined 40+ years of legal experience, focusing mainly in the Errors & Omissions, Financial Services and Coverage practice areas.
May An Employer in New Jersey Require That An Employee Receive the COVID-19 Vaccine in Order to Return to Work?
The New Jersey Department of Health has mandated, and the NJ Division on Civil Rights will enforce, employers’ rights to require its employees to receive the COVID-19 vaccine before returning to the workplace.
Third Circuit Enforces Plaintiff’s Obligation to Prove Fitness for Duty
On March 24, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Williams v. Pinnacle Health Family Care Middletown, upheld the dismissal on summary judgment of claims for discriminatory termination where the Plaintiff failed to provide a physician’s fitness-for-duty certification following her cancer treatment.
EEOC Releases Latest Charges Statistics
On February 26, 2021, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission released the Fiscal Year 2020 Enforcement and Litigation Data. Surprisingly, the numbers were lower than preceding years, and 2020 marked the lowest number of charges filed in over 20 years.
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Defines Plaintiffs’ Affirmative Duty to Timely Effectuate Service of Process
On March 25, 2021, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court delivered a landmark 4-3 decision that clarifies plaintiffs’ obligations to effectuate original service of process or risk having the case dismissed, Gussom v. Teagle, 2021 WL 1134548 (Pa. March 25, 2021) (Maj. Op. by Baer, J.) (Wecht, J., Dissenting).
The Summer of Overtime Wages: VA Passes New Overtime Act
On March 30, 2021, Governor Northam signed into law the Virginia Overtime Wage Act, creating significantly greater liabilities for Virginia employers beginning July 1, 2021.
Ill. Judge Says Precedent Hinders Worker’s Finger Scan Suit
An Illinois federal judge signaled Tuesday that a former maintenance company employee is likely fighting an uphill battle to advance his biometric privacy suit, considering Seventh Circuit case law suggesting his claims are preempted by the Labor Management Relations Act.
O’Hagan Meyer Sponsoring Women Owned Law’s 2021 Virtual Symposium
We are excited to announce that O’Hagan Meyer is sponsoring Women Owned Law’s (“WOL”) March 18, 2021 Virtual Symposium, entitled: Pivoting Forward Together: Women Entrepreneurs at the Cutting Edge of Law.