Employment Lawyer in NYC & NJ, Laurie E. Morrison

08/27/2026

https://www.newsweek.com/supreme-court-faces-pushback-from-federal-judge-citing-justice-jackson-12371908

The order came one day after the Supreme Court stayed a separate injunction in a related case.

08/26/2026

“The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission voted 2-1 today to proceed with publication of proposed changes to the federal EEO process. The 150-page notice of proposed rulemaking will be published soon for 30 days of public comment.

The proposed changes would, among other things, eliminate the opportunity for employees to try to settle discrimination issues early through the pre-complaint counseling process, revoke the right for employees to have their case heard by an EEOC administrative judge, and eliminate the ability for employees facing similar issues to have their cases grouped together as an administrative class-action complaint.

“The changes being proposed by the EEOC will result in discrimination cases taking longer to resolve at greater cost to taxpayers, which is a disservice both to federal employees and the American public,” AFGE National Vice President for Women and Fair Practices Kendrick Roberson said. “The Trump administration is assigning the fox to guard the hen house. Under these proposed changes, when federal workers allege that an agency has discriminated against them, they will no longer have the right to have their case reviewed by a neutral judge. Instead, the agency will decide if the agency engaged in discrimination, and that is a crystal-clear conflict of interest and a denial of justice.””

AFGE says resolving workplace bias will be harder for employees and more costly for taxpayers under EEOC’s proposed changes.

07/19/2026

https://www.technologynetworks.com/drug-discovery/news/long-covid-disrupts-brain-dopamine-414757

Researchers used PET imaging to assess dopamine neuron markers in 24 adults with long COVID. They found reduced VMAT2 levels in key brain regions linked to memory, movement, and motivation, supporting a biological basis for neurological symptoms.

07/19/2026

“A study, published in eBioMedicine, from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), suggests that the condition is a physical disorder of the brain's dopamine system.

Using specialized positron emission tomography (PET) scans, researchers found that patients with long COVID have a reduction in dopamine nerve terminals, explaining their struggles with memory, movement, and motivation.”

Researchers used PET imaging to assess dopamine neuron markers in 24 adults with long COVID. They found reduced VMAT2 levels in key brain regions linked to memory, movement, and motivation, supporting a biological basis for neurological symptoms.

06/28/2026

Lawyer who headed Missouri Department of Revenue’s legal department faces child enticement charge. https://ow.ly/AiEf50ZhBgk

06/28/2026

Legalized Discrimination. Removing Protections from Trans People.

“Act 579, passed during the state’s 2026 legislative session, prohibits employers from disciplining workers who refuse to identify their own pronouns, address other employees by names other than those they were given at birth, or use pronouns that do not align with a person’s gender identity but are consistent with their s*x assigned at birth.”

The controversial act protects employees from being disciplined for using a person's previous name or misgendering them.

06/24/2026

https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/articles/why-men-keep-dropping-out-of-the-labor-force-it-starts-in-childhood-when-kids-see-how-males-around-them-struggle-economists-say-204650339.html

"Our findings suggest that experience effects can turn short-run declines in labor demand into long-run declines in labor supply."

06/21/2026

https://www.forbes.com/sites/janicegassam/2026/06/17/the-doj-just-made-workplace-discrimination-harder-to-prove/

Your workplace discrimination claim just got harder to win. Two experts reveal exactly what to do if you think you have a case.

06/17/2026

https://www.facebook.com/share/1EuRrzVeSk/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Special education and civil rights, once part of the Department of Education, will be moved to the HHS and the DOJ, respectively.

American students will lose valuable resources as these offices are moved into departments without education experts. https://trib.al/7V9IEiZ