The last several months of 2020 marked a new highwater mark for enforcement and reform of whistleblower protection laws. Not only were there record-breaking whistleblower awards in 2020, but Congress ended the year by passing … Read more
The District of Columbia Council voted 12-0 to approve the Ban on Non-Compete Agreements Amendment Act of 2020 (B23-0494) on December 15, 2020, and Mayor Bowser signed the bill on January 11, 2021. The bill, … Read more
The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA, 2021) was signed into law on December 27, 2020. The CAA, a $2.3 trillion spending bill for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, has important implications for employees … Read more
Women are losing or quitting their jobs disproportionately as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Although the pandemic is throwing whole households into chaos, women are bearing the brunt of it, losing the most jobs. … Read more
Correia & Puth, PLLC is pleased to announce that five lawyers have been included in the 2021 Edition of The Best Lawyers in Washington, D.C. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. … Read more
On September 15, 2020, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia reversed the D.C. district court’s motion to dismiss the Plaintiff Cassandra Menoken’s Title VII and disability discrimination claims against the Equal … Read more
On August 17, 2020, Judge Frederick Block of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York blocked the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from implementing a rule that allowed health-care … Read more
As many schools decide to resume in-person classes this fall, teachers may worry not only about the health implications of a possibly pre-mature opening for their students, but also for themselves. Teachers recognize the student … Read more
With the August 14 deadline approaching for colleges and universities to implement Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’s new campus sexual assault regulations, education groups, women’s rights groups, and 18 states are suing the Department of Education … Read more
