by Jeremy R. Summerlin | Jul 29, 2024 | Non-Compete Litigation
By now, regular readers of this Premiere South Carolina Employment Law Blog™ know that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a rule in April 2024 banning non-compete agreements. The rule is still set to take effect on September 4, 2024. But of course, since... read more
by Jeremy R. Summerlin | Jul 26, 2024 | Pop Culture
A federal judge just denied Disney’s motion to dismiss Star Wars actress Gina Carano’s wrongful termination lawsuit. What does that mean for the case moving forward? First, it might be helpful to recap what’s been going on with the lawsuit so far.... read more
by Jeremy R. Summerlin | Jul 16, 2024 | Discrimination, Pregnancy
South Carolina has its own pregnancy discrimination law on the books–the Pregnancy Accommodations Act (PAA)–which dates back to 2018 and predates the federal discrimination law on pregnancy that went into effect June 2023 (read more about the federal law... read more
by Jeremy R. Summerlin | Jul 12, 2024 | Retaliation, Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment
For South Carolina employees who have been sexually harassed and need to make sexual harassment complaints, the prospect of reporting such harassment to management or HR can be daunting. Retaliation can and does often happen, both by the harasser being reported and by... read more
by Jeremy R. Summerlin | Jul 8, 2024 | Non-Compete Litigation
On Wednesday, July 3, 2024, the federal district court judge in Texas issued her ruling on the FTC’s rule to ban non-competes. At issue before the court was the plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction, which would have placed the non-compete ban on... read more