Outten & Golden LLP

Today, our clients Xavier, Emmanuel and Alvin stand on our shoulders, as we support them in speaking up about their experience on American Airlines. Our attorneys Susan Huhta and Lindsay Goldbrum, and all of us at Outten & Golden are proud to co-counsel with Public Citizen on today's filing. Like so many of our public interest cases, we hope to generate important conversations and make a positive impact on the world around us. Please join us in spreading the word.

Almost 2/3 of adults between the ages 45 and 59 believe their age puts them at a disadvantage when looking for work. And nearly half of all American workers believe there's age discrimination in the workplace. That's one of the reasons our attorneys Chauniqua Young and Adam Klein are proud to be co-counseling with AARP on this age discrimination class action against RTX (Raytheon), the country's second largest federal contractor.

Every year we provide a $20,000 grant to a nonprofit that advances the rights of workers, especially in situations where a significant imbalance of power exists. This year, we're proud to support TechEquity Collaborative, which thoughtfully uses advocacy, research, legislation, policy, and other means to pursue social and economic justice for tech workers. Thank you Catherine Bracy and everyone at TechEquity for a wonderful evening -- we enjoyed getting to know you and your mission!

Today's FTC rule on non-compete agreements is a hard-fought victory for workers’ rights. While corporate interests will almost certainly delay this important rule, the message is crystal clear: non-competes have no place in the American workplace.

Please join us in congratulating Dave Jochnowitz, on his promotion to Partner and Co-Chair of our Whistleblower & Retaliation Practice Group! This promotion reflects our longstanding commitment to advancing the rights of whistleblowers nationwide. #Whistleblowers #EmploymentLaw #FalseClaimsAct #Compliance #AntiCorruption

There are nearly 600,000 DACA recipients in the U.S., and each of them is entitled to fair consideration when they apply for a student or home loan, or any type of consumer credit. Over the past four years, we stepped outside of the employment law arena to advance this larger civil rights issue with our co-counsel MALDEF - Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund. Kudos to our attorneys Ossai Miazad, Chauniqua Young and Rebecca Pattiz for making this positive impact on the consumer lending industry.

In her latest blog post, our Lindsay Goldbrum unpacks how the New York City Human Rights Law has evolved to protect the LGBTQ+ community, which often faces discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression.

Accepting a new job may feel like an odd time to plan for the worst-case scenario, but it’s the wisest time to consider how things could play out if you and the company part ways, our Cody Yorke told Marketwatch. Click through for her tips on negotiating severance, noncompetes, potential compensation clawbacks, and more.

You're invited to join our #whistleblower attorney Dave Jochnowitz, for an interactive discussion about whistleblower protections in the UK, US, Switzerland and Italy, and cross-border concerns that can arise when reporting violations and dealing with government agencies.

We’re pleased to share another favorable decision in Mandala v. NTT, one of the most important racial and criminal justice cases in the country today. O&G and NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. filed this proposed class action in 2018, challenging NTT's use of criminal history records to deny jobs to otherwise qualified applicants (a policy that our clients, two Black IT workers, alleged violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964). This week, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals rejected NTT’s en banc petition to further review the case – another decision that helps ensure our clients will have their day in court. w/ Ossai Miazad, Christopher McNerney, Samuel Spital, Rachel Kleinman and Tiffani Burgess.