Dorsey Labor & Employment Partner Nisha Verma and Associate Hannah Green cowrote an article in Law360 analyzing 4 novel issues arising from the Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni lawsuits.
"The novel issues arising from this legal controversy are: whether harm to separate ventures and professional image count as adverse action under traditional employment law, the scope of prelitigation discovery, whether publicists can be held liable for employment violations, and the applicability of an anti-SLAPP motion, or strategic lawsuit against public participation, following suit arising from the reporting on the subject of the complaint.
The novel issues arising from this legal controversy are: whether harm to separate ventures and professional image count as adverse action under traditional employment law, the scope of prelitigation discovery, whether publicists can be held liable for employment violations, and the applicability of an anti-SLAPP motion, or strategic lawsuit against public participation, following suit arising from the reporting on the subject of the complaint."
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