Ed Sullivan speaks before the Houston Bar Association on the "Top 10 Fifth Circuit Cases Of The Past Twelve Months."
Mark Oberti and Ed Sullivan each win a "Standing Ovation" award from the State Bar of Texas for "extraordinary energy, commitment of time, and leadership" in the presentation of multiple webcasts for Texas attorneys.
Mark Oberti writes a blog post entitled "Employee Loses Retaliation Claim Based On Coworker's Use Of The Phrase Heil Hitler."
Mark Oberti gives a presentation for the National Employment Law Institute at its Thirty-Fifth Annual Employment Law Briefing on Trends in Retaliation and Whistleblowing at the JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Resort & Spa in Phoenix, Arizona.
Mark Oberti writes a blog post entitled "EEOC Takes Aggressive Positions On Homosexual Rights In The Workplace Under Title VII"
Mark Oberti and Ed Sullivan give a presentation before the State Bar of Texas entitled "In House Counsel Employment Law Primer: 10 Tips For Identifying Risk, Minimizing Liability, and Creating Clarity and Calm out of Confusion and Chaos."
Mark Oberti publishes a blog post entitled: "Fifth Circuit Holds That A Manager’s Threat To Reduce An Employee’s Pay In Retaliation For the Employee’s Hiring Of A Transgendered Employee Was Not An Adverse Employment Action That The Threatened Employee Could Sue Over"
Oberti Sullivan wins a disability discrimination, failure to accommodate, and retaliation case in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit for its client, Safety Vision, LLC. Jurach v. Safety Vision, No. 15-20018 (5th Cir. Mar. 15, 2016).