Employment Cases to Keep an Eye on in 2020

By Michael J. Sheehan on January 2, 2020

This year, the US Supreme Court will get a chance to say whether federal civil rights law protects gay and transgender employees from discrimination, and California courts will grapple with recent changes making it harder for Golden State businesses to label workers as independent contractors. McDermott’s Michael Sheehan looked at these and other cases to watch in 2020 in a recent article for Law360.

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Originally published by Law360, January 2020

Tags: Altitude Express Inc. v. Zarda, Bigger et al. v. Facebook Inc., Bostock v. Clayton County, California, class action waivers, Communications Workers of America v. T-Mobile US Inc. et al., discrimination, Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, gay, gay workers, independent contractors, LGBTQ, R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes v. EEOC, SCOTUS, Title VII, transgender, transgender workers

Michael J. Sheehan
Michael J. Sheehan concentrates his practice on employment litigation with a focus on prosecuting and defending unfair competition litigation involving large scale raiding, inevitable disclosure of trade secrets, breach of fiduciary duty and non-compete agreements. A nationally recognized litigator, Michael has extensive courtroom experience, having tried dozens of cases to verdict across the United States. He has acted as lead counsel and successfully defended private and public companies against age, gender, race, retaliation, sexual harassment and trade secret/raiding cases. He has also litigated numerous large scale wage and hour class actions in state and federal court. Read Michael Sheehan's full bio.

Employment Cases to Keep an Eye on in 2020

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