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You Can’t Dress Up Harassment as a Fiduciary-Duty Claim

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After employment claims ran their course, a stockholder tried a new angle: dressing up workplace harassment as a fiduciary-duty lawsuit. The court wasn’t persuaded. TL;DR: A court dismissed with prejudice a stockholder derivative lawsuit that tried to reframe a director’s and former officer’s workplace harassment as a breach of the

If Workplaces Had a 2025 Spotify Wrapped

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    Before the champagne pops and the Slack notifications finally stop, it’s worth pausing to reflect on what actually defined the workplace this year. Not the initiatives. Not the slogans. The refrains. Some of these are healthy habits. Others are the phrases that tend to show up right before

When a Blanket Medical Policy Becomes a $25 Million ADA Problem

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Safety policies should protect workplaces, not produce eight-figure ADA exposure. This case shows how a rigid medical rule, applied without individualized assessment, can turn a routine injury into a litigation disaster. TL;DR: A jury found that an employer violated the Americans with Disabilities Act and Oregon disability law by enforcing