Mike Muskat Quoted in Law360 Article on Potential Effects of SCOTUS Affirmative Action Decision on Corporate DEI Programs

Muskat Devine partner Mike Muskat has been featured in a Law360 article about the effects the U.S. Supreme Court’s affirmative action decision could have on corporate DEI programs. On June 30, the high court ruled that admissions policies used by Harvard University and the University of North Carolina violated the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause, …read more »

Muskat Devine Partner Corey Devine Quoted in Bloomberg Law Article on Federal Appeals Court Decision on LGBT Worker Rights

Muskat Devine Partner Corey Devine has been featured in a Bloomberg Law article about the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit’s recent decision regarding the rights of LGBT employees. On June 20, the court affirmed a district court order allowing religious for-profit employers an exemption from anti-discrimination protections for LGBT workers first recognized …read more »

Muskat Devine Grows Firm with Addition of Attorney Brittany King

Muskat Devine is pleased to announce it is growing the firm with the addition of attorney Brittany King. The addition of Ms. King will help strengthen the firm’s already powerful labor and employment practice. “We are very pleased to welcome Brittany to our team,” said Mike Muskat, co-founder of Muskat Devine. “We know her previous …read more »

Legal Dive Features Muskat Devine Partner Mike Muskat in Article Exploring How In-House Counsel Can Best Protect the Privilege in Their Written Communications

Muskat Devine Partner Mike Muskat has been featured in a Legal Dive article on the importance of protecting client privilege in communications involving in-house counsel that have a dual legal and business purpose. The article, “Split communications to ensure privilege after SCOTUS nixes ruling,” provides advice for in-house counsel on how best to protect the …read more »

Muskat Devine Partner Mike Muskat Featured in Legal Dive Article on Protecting Attorney Privilege While Conducting Pay Audits

Muskat Devine partner Mike Muskat has been featured in a Legal Dive article analyzing the importance of protecting attorney privilege when companies conduct pay audits. The article, “Protecting Privilege When Conducting a Pay Audit,” provides advice for in-house counsel on avoiding pitfalls that could cause an inadvertent waiver of privilege. Pay audits, which are used …read more »

Muskat Devine Named to Chambers USA Regional Spotlight Texas – Ranked Among Top Texas Firms for Labor and Employment Law

Muskat Devine is pleased to announce that it has been named to the inaugural Chambers USA Regional Spotlight Texas guide, which recognizes the best small-to mid-sized law firms in Texas. Muskat Devine is among just 85 firms statewide to make this elite list, and only one of two in the state recognized for excellence in …read more »

Muskat Devine Named Among the Best Law Firms

Muskat Devine is pleased to announce it has been named to the 2023 list of Best Law Firms by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers in America, one of the most respected peer-reviewed legal guides in the nation.  The firm earned a Tier 1 ranking for Employment Law Management in the Houston metropolitan …read more »

Colorado’s Blizzard of New Obligations for Employers

In recent years there has been a flurry of new laws regulating Colorado workplaces, large and small. This summary covers recent laws relating to: Paid leave Termination notice requirements Non-competition agreements Pay transparency   PAID LEAVE REQUIREMENTS Effective January 1, 2021, the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (“HFWA”) requires Colorado employers to provide two …read more »

End-of-Year Checklist: Update Your EEO Poster

There is one more thing that most employers need to add to their end-of-year checklist. In October 2022, the EEOC updated and replaced its familiar “EEO is the Law” poster. The new poster, entitled “Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal,” was finalized on October 20, 2022 and is the operative EEO posting starting immediately. …read more »

Fourth Circuit Rules that Certain Trans People Are Protected by the ADA

The Americans with Disabilities Act’s definition of “disability” expressly excludes “gender identity disorders not resulting from physical impairments.” Based on this exclusion, courts historically have held that an employee is not entitled to the protections of the ADA based on status as a transgender person. Recently, in Williams v. Kincaid, the U.S. Court of Appeals …read more »