http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Littler Mendelson Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/135117 A federal judge has preliminarily approved a $6 million settlement that would resolve claims in three Fair Labor Standards Act overtime lawsuits against pest control and sanitation company Ecolab Inc. http://www.law360.com/articles/135117 http://www.law360.com/articles/134597 The National Labor Relations Board is appealing a federal judge's decision to deny its bid to stop trucking giant Swift Transportation Co. Inc. from threatening to fire its employees if they engage in union activities. http://www.law360.com/articles/134597 http://www.law360.com/articles/133785 The plaintiffs in a hybrid collective and class action against Smith & Wollensky Restaurant Group Inc. are seeking class certification of New York law claims alleging the defendants illegally retained portions of tips and failed to pay the required overtime rate. http://www.law360.com/articles/133785 http://www.law360.com/articles/133205 Labor and employment lawyer Ryan W. Green has joined the Cincinnati office of Dinsmore & Shohl LLP from Littler Mendelson PC. http://www.law360.com/articles/133205 http://www.law360.com/articles/133301 A federal judge has granted three motions for conditional class certification — from teachers, lieutenants and case managers — in a lawsuit alleging prison company The GEO Group Inc. failed to compensate overtime at its correctional facilities. http://www.law360.com/articles/133301 http://www.law360.com/articles/131800 Employment lawyers have diagnosed the health care industry — and in particular, large hospitals in major metropolitan areas — as the latest area of focus for plaintiffs attorneys looking to lodge collective and class action wage-and-hour claims. http://www.law360.com/articles/131800 http://www.law360.com/articles/133111 A federal appeals court has affirmed a judge's decision not to overturn a jury's award of $1.24 million to an American Airlines Inc. flight attendant who sued the company for discrimination. http://www.law360.com/articles/133111 http://www.law360.com/articles/131373 Whether it be “sexting” with a co-worker or getting “poked” by the boss on Facebook, so-called textual harassment in the workplace is a reality, experts say, and companies that don't keep pace with new technology can quickly find themselves in legal hot water. http://www.law360.com/articles/131373 http://www.law360.com/articles/132751 Pilot Travel Centers LLC has agreed to pay $4.25 million to settle an opt-in class action accusing the truck stop chain of failing to pay overtime wages to a group of co-managers. http://www.law360.com/articles/132751 http://www.law360.com/articles/131956 Former top congressional staffer and policy adviser Ilyse Schuman has joined employment and labor firm Littler Mendelson PC as a shareholder in its Washington office. http://www.law360.com/articles/131956 http://www.law360.com/articles/130786 The former vice president of labor relations law at FedEx Corp. has joined Littler Mendelson PC in the firm's Atlanta office. http://www.law360.com/articles/130786 http://www.law360.com/articles/130575 A federal judge has granted conditional collective certification to a billing analyst at Level 3 Communications LLC who has accused the company of misclassifying its analysts as exempt from federal overtime pay regulations. http://www.law360.com/articles/130575 http://www.law360.com/articles/129513 Employment firm Littler Mendelson PC has tapped Employee Retirement Income Security Act litigator Margaret Clemens to head its new office in Rochester, N.Y. http://www.law360.com/articles/129513 http://www.law360.com/articles/123974 The U.S. Supreme Court has already heard or is poised to hear five labor and employment cases this term, including two labor cases involving arbitration issues, a Title VII case with echoes of the controversial Ledbetter decision and a case over how much deference courts should give to Employee Retirement Income Security Act plan administrators. http://www.law360.com/articles/123974 http://www.law360.com/articles/127892 In a harshly worded opinion, a California appeals court has reversed summary judgment for United Airlines Inc. on a number of claims in a suit filed by an airline mechanic alleging religious and racial discrimination. http://www.law360.com/articles/127892 http://www.law360.com/articles/126551 The high court in Massachusetts has reinstated a jury's $1 million punitive damages award to a former Wal-Mart Stores Inc. pharmacist who claimed she was underpaid because of her sex and fired for seeking better wages. http://www.law360.com/articles/126551 http://www.law360.com/articles/124147 A federal judge has granted conditional certification to a group of restaurant servers in a collective action accusing Geisha NYC LLC, the company that operates New York restaurant Japonais, of paying less than minimum wage by withholding tips. http://www.law360.com/articles/124147 http://www.law360.com/articles/123786 A federal appeals court has denied outsourcing firm eTelecare Global Solutions-US Inc.'s challenge of a trial court's refusal to compel arbitration in its dispute with a former employee, citing the company's failure to produce the full arbitration agreement. http://www.law360.com/articles/123786 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/122078 A number of law firms earned high marks in a Human Rights Campaign Foundation survey that rated more than 590 businesses on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender workplace benefits and policies, with 43 percent of the 200 largest firms in the U.S. receiving a perfect score for their LGBT-friendly practices. http://www.law360.com/articles/122078