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GENDER DYSPHORIA NOW PROTECTED UNDER ADA
Newsletter Articles, Business Litigation
October 15, 2022
While the issue of accommodating transgender people is not a new topic – think Orange is the New Black – on August 16, 2022, the Fourth Circuit became the first federal appellate court to consider whether gender dysphoria constitutes a disabi...
KEEPING UP WITH OCR’S RIGHT OF ACCESS INITIATIVE
Healthcare, Newsletter Articles
October 1, 2022
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) is cracking down on HIPAA Right of Access violations. After OCR announced the completion of three investigations in its HIPAA Right of Access Initiative,...
HUMAN RESOURCE CONSULTING FROM GARDNER SKELTON
Employment, Newsletter Articles
September 9, 2022
Speaking of our employment team, Gardner Skelton is excited to announce a new service that we believe will be extraordinarily helpful to our employer clients, while also much more moderately priced than attorney advice. Please meet our new team membe...
THE PITFALLS OF IGNORING A SEXUAL HARASSMENT COMPLAINT
Employment, Newsletter Articles
September 2, 2022
Step lively when an employee complains of sexual harassment, especially when your own policies require it. Less than urgent action could strip an employer of the very important “Faragher-Ellerth” defense, an essential component of which is that t...