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Carlton Fields labor and employment attorney Rae T. Vann was quoted in a Bloomberg Daily Labor Report article about Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s record in labor and employment law. Barrett’s past rulings show a textualist approach similar to that of Justice Antonin Scalia, with some outcomes in favor of employers and others in favor of workers, Vann said. “I expect she will be similar to him. He wasn’t 100% with the employer in all employment cases,” Vann told the publication. “Nothing struck me in her record as outlandish. She didn’t upend precedent and seemed to cite text and precedent.” READ: Bloomberg Daily Labor

Core Triangle Consulting Vice President and Carlton Fields labor and employment attorney Rae Vann was quoted in a Construction Dive article, “What Contractors Need to Know About Supreme Court Ruling on LGBTQ Rights,” about how the Supreme Court’s recent ruling impacts construction contractors. Federal contractors or federally assisted contractors already had to comply with LGBTQ protection policies, but the recent ruling stretches these safeguards. “Smaller contractors that are located in a state that doesn’t already have those protections need to really take note of this now almost-universal applicability of Title VII rights,” Vann said. Vann recommended that those construction contractors