Community Seyfarth raids DWT team in Seattle New hires led by partner Meg Burnham “excellent cultural fit” in Washington state office Disputes EAT upholds race discrimination complaint against Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical giant fails to overturn finding line manager’s report outlining “Nigerian traits” amounted to racial profiling DEI Top firms named in religious discrimination claim against summer internship programme Fresh EEOC charge alleges law student summer work initiative discriminates against white, Christian Americans Trade Secrets WeChat manager sacked after salary details posted online Company said pay package leak contained sensitive corporate information and breached confidentiality requirements Family leave Goldman Sachs ordered to pay male banker £1.5m in parental leave dispute Tribunal ordered bank pay “stigma” damages to reflect ex-employee’s decreased job prospects as a result of the litigation Collective Bargaining UK Court of Appeal rejects TUI pilots’ breach of contract claim Airline’s health insurance swap negotiated with union did not infringe individual agreements, judge finds Harassment eBay agrees to $56m settlement in harassment case Former employees sent couple cockroaches and mask covered in pigs’ blood to stop negative coverage on e-commerce site Disputes Warner Bros files exec poaching suit against Amazon in LA Entertainment giant accuses online retailer of riding on Hollywood’s coattails Disputes Singapore tribunal rules audit manager unfairly dismissed while on probation Firm did not provide a "single word of justification" for poor performance scores Events Global Employment Summit International Employment Lawyer is delighted to announce that the third Global Employment Summit will take place on Thursday 15th October at Convene 117 W 46th Street, New York.The full-day event will bring together leading in-house counsel, HR and ER professionals, and private practitioners from across the world to take a deep dive into the key issues impacting the management of global workforces from the vantage point of US-headquartered multinationals. Research IEL Monitor IEL Monitor is a forward-looking, fully searchable database of upcoming and prospective employment and labour legislation from around the world, designed to alert in-house teams of new laws and regulations, and support timely compliance. In-house interview I was overwhelmed by what I didn’t know after moving in-house Private Practice Leaders Ashurst Perkins Coie goes live. But what can clients expect from the merger? In-house interview There’s never just an employment law answer