http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Jackson Lewis Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/134560 Employment law firm Jackson Lewis LLP is expanding to the Midwest, opening an office in Cincinnati and bringing on three new partners to help run the new outpost. http://www.law360.com/articles/134560 http://www.law360.com/articles/134235 A federal judge denied bids from a Sprint Nextel Corp. employee for conditional collective and class certification Friday in a suit that claimed the wireless phone retailer encouraged its sales force to work overtime without paying them for their extra hours. http://www.law360.com/articles/134235 http://www.law360.com/articles/133073 A group of assistant store managers suing CVS Caremark Corp. for allegedly failing to properly pay overtime has moved for collective action certification, and asked the court to order the drugstore chain to turn over its employment records so the plaintiffs can begin contacting potential class members. http://www.law360.com/articles/133073 http://www.law360.com/articles/132161 A federal judge has nixed a female shareholder's sex bias suit against Dickie McCamey & Chilcote PC, finding that she isn't an employee entitled to protection under anti-discrimination laws. http://www.law360.com/articles/132161 http://www.law360.com/articles/132297 The federal judge overseeing the Fair Labor Standards Act suit brought by a group of Butterball LLC workers has shot down a request to force the poultry giant to implement new measures that would allow the company to track time spent donning and doffing. http://www.law360.com/articles/132297 http://www.law360.com/articles/130192 The Halloween office party can be a great way to boost employee morale without breaking the bank in these financially ghoulish times, but employers should beware the many pitfalls that can quickly turn the howling good fun into a legal nightmare, lawyers say. http://www.law360.com/articles/130192 http://www.law360.com/articles/130358 The city of New York has won a partial summary judgment in a suit brought by nearly 1,500 emergency medical technicians and paramedics who claim several city overtime practices violate the Fair Labor Standards Act. http://www.law360.com/articles/130358 http://www.law360.com/articles/129771 A federal judge has stayed Auto-Owners Insurance Co.’s suit asserting it has no duty to indemnify or defend EchoStar Satellite LLC, Dish Network Service LLC and others in a state suit stemming from a Dish-affiliated technician's sexual advances on a customer's child while on the job. http://www.law360.com/articles/129771 http://www.law360.com/articles/129756 Fresh off a win in Missouri federal court, Butterball LLC is seeking to dismiss several allegations from a similar employment case pending in North Carolina that accuses the poultry producer of violating the federal Fair Labor Standards Act by not accounting for workers' time donning and doffing equipment. http://www.law360.com/articles/129756 http://www.law360.com/articles/126171 When asked about data privacy and security programs for their companies, risk managers, company officers or general counsel commonly respond, “The IT department handles it” or “We have a policy in our handbook” or “Our client information is secure.” There is no mention of employee personal information. Unfortunately, too often these are the wrong responses, says Joseph J. Lazzarotti of Jackson Lewis LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/126171 http://www.law360.com/articles/128624 The judge overseeing a proposed “donning and doffing” class action against Butterball LLC has sided against one of the production line workers, dismissing a Missouri case that accused the poultry producer of violating the Fair Labor Standards Act. http://www.law360.com/articles/128624 http://www.law360.com/articles/126192 Members of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday expressed concern about several recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions that they say are chipping away at employees’ rights in discrimination claims against employers. http://www.law360.com/articles/126192 http://www.law360.com/articles/124713 The judge overseeing multidistrict Employee Retirement Income Security Act litigation against bankrupt Nortel Networks Inc. has cleared up a dispute by confirming that the MDL was stayed with respect to the individual as well as the corporate defendants, but denied Nortel's request to rescind a report and recommendation that said a class should be certified. http://www.law360.com/articles/124713 http://www.law360.com/articles/124441 Servers at the upscale Manhattan sushi eatery Masa have won class certification in a lawsuit accusing the Michelin three-star-rated restaurant of misappropriating tips. http://www.law360.com/articles/124441 http://www.law360.com/articles/124367 A putative class of turkey production line workers in North Carolina has filed a motion seeking to force Butterball LLC to turn over time motion studies from its facilities in other states, arguing such documents shed light on what the company knows about donning and doffing time at all its plants. http://www.law360.com/articles/124367 http://www.law360.com/articles/123902 Jackson Lewis LLP on Wednesday announced the arrival of two new attorneys, including new partner Randy Limbeck, as part of the expansion of its employee benefits practice group in the Midwest. http://www.law360.com/articles/123902 http://www.law360.com/articles/111501 Defining who is an “applicant” is probably the biggest hot button issue now for the employer community and most in need of another look, particularly in the fast-paced age of social networking Web sites, says Mickey Silberman, chair of Jackson Lewis LLP's national affirmative action practice group. http://www.law360.com/articles/111501 http://www.law360.com/articles/118450 Employers across the country are closely monitoring debate about the so-called Employee Free Choice Act. Regardless of what transpires on Capitol Hill, employers should pay as close attention to what is taking shape at the National Labor Relations Board, say Michael J. Lotito and Martin F. Payson of Jackson Lewis LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/118450 http://www.law360.com/articles/121721 Sports law expert Robert Lloyd Clayton has left Littler Mendelson PC to join workplace law firm Jackson Lewis LLP as a partner in its Washington office, where he'll focus on Title IX compliance for universities as well as traditional employment law. http://www.law360.com/articles/121721 http://www.law360.com/articles/111504 We need more statutes like the Florida noncompete statute that protect employers and provide presumptive guidelines regarding the enforceability of noncompetes, says Shawn Kee, leader in Jackson Lewis LLP's trade secret, noncompete and workplace technology practice group. http://www.law360.com/articles/111504