--- title: "July 2018" description: "" url: "https://wimlaw.com/publications/newsletters/july-2018" date: "2026-06-11T02:25:50+00:00" language: "en-US" --- # July 2018 ## [GAY BIAS CLAIM AGAINST WEDDING CAKE MAKER ADDRESSED](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=521:gay-bias-claim-against-wedding-cake-maker-addressed&catid=169) March 31, 2020 | [July 2018](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=169) Another long-awaited Supreme Court ruling dealt with whether a baker who wouldn’t make a wedding cake to celebrate a same-sex wedding violated the civil rights of the gay couple. Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, No. 16-111 (U.S., 6/4/18). The baker told the couple he didn’t make cakes for same-sex weddings, and contended… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=521:gay-bias-claim-against-wedding-cake-maker-addressed&catid=169) ## [SUPREME COURT RULING ON ARBITRATION POLICIES LIMITING CLASS ACTIONS FURTHER SHOWS MORE LIMITED APPLICATION OF PROTECTED CONCERTED ACTIVITY DOCTRINE](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=520:supreme-court-ruling-on-arbitration-policies-limiting-class-actions-further-shows-more-limited-application-of-protected-concerted-activity-doctrine&catid=169) March 31, 2020 | [July 2018](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=169) In Epic Systems v. Lewis, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that employers could require mandatory individual employment agreements with employees that require individual arbitrations rather than any type of class or collective actions. Plaintiffs had contended that such limits on class and collective actions interfered with their protected concerted activ… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=520:supreme-court-ruling-on-arbitration-policies-limiting-class-actions-further-shows-more-limited-application-of-protected-concerted-activity-doctrine&catid=169) ## [NLRB SETS EASIER STANDARDS FOR EMPLOYER RULES](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=519:nlrb-sets-easier-standards-for-employer-rules&catid=169) March 31, 2020 | [July 2018](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=169) During the Obama Administration particularly, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) had become very restrictive of employer work rules that might be interpreted by someone to "chill" legitimate union or concerted protected activities. 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