http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Ogletree Deakins Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/134968 A federal judge has dismissed claims by two former Lasco Foods Inc. employees that the restaurant supplier abused the legal process by filing a trade secrets suit against them in order to harass them and get them to agree to a noncompete covenant. http://www.law360.com/articles/134968 http://www.law360.com/articles/134091 A federal judge has rejected a bid for conditional collective action certification from a group of workers who accused ADT Security Services Inc. of failing to pay its technicians overtime as required by federal law. http://www.law360.com/articles/134091 http://www.law360.com/articles/131850 The law is always in flux, but the constant seesawing between U.S. Supreme Court decisions and later congressional action on labor matters has spawned unpredictability and unnecessary complexity, and doesn’t serve employers or employees well, says A. Craig Cleland, co-chair of Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC's class action practice group. http://www.law360.com/articles/131850 http://www.law360.com/articles/131626 Dell Inc. has reportedly resolved a collective wage-and-hour action accusing the computer company of making call center employees work off the clock and cheating them out of overtime compensation. http://www.law360.com/articles/131626 http://www.law360.com/articles/130861 A district judge has ruled that even if employees are authorized to access their employer's computer records, that access can become “unauthorized” under federal computer security laws if they use the information for their own interests, allowing Lasco Foods Inc. to go ahead with a trade secrets suit against two former employees. http://www.law360.com/articles/130861 http://www.law360.com/articles/127981 A delivery driver has asked a court for class certification in his suit alleging DHL Express (USA) Inc. wrongly denied drivers overtime pay by classifying them as exempt under state and federal wage laws. http://www.law360.com/articles/127981 http://www.law360.com/articles/125520 A federal judge has ruled that the Motor Carrier Act, which applies to workers involved in interstate commerce, exempts Ray's Trash Service Inc. drivers from the Fair Labor Standards Act even though those drivers don't cross state lines. http://www.law360.com/articles/125520 http://www.law360.com/articles/125994 A federal judge has thrown out a suit by a fired Motorola Inc. commercial attorney who accused the telecommunications company of discriminating against her because she was black, older and had raised ethical concerns about how the company ran its business. http://www.law360.com/articles/125994 http://www.law360.com/articles/124346 Kraft Foods Global Inc. has asked a federal judge to impose sanctions against the lead plaintiffs in a proposed class action accusing the company of overtime wage and record-keeping violations, arguing that it has been led on a nine-month, unlawful “fishing expedition.” http://www.law360.com/articles/124346 http://www.law360.com/articles/123838 A newly reconstituted National Labor Relations Board under President Barack Obama is poised to push for strongly pro-union policies and reverse eight years of Bush-era decisions, according to an analysis prepared for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce by attorneys from Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC. http://www.law360.com/articles/123838 http://www.law360.com/articles/123746 The plaintiff in a suit against Lucent Technologies over an asbestos-related death has accused Lucent and its counsel of deliberately obstructing the suit's progress. http://www.law360.com/articles/123746 http://www.law360.com/articles/120943 A federal judge has opted to certify two classes while rejecting a third in a case brought by a group of older employees that accuses Duke Energy Corp. of implementing a retirement plan that favors younger workers in violation of federal law. http://www.law360.com/articles/120943 http://www.law360.com/articles/120662 Employees of retail giant Sears Holdings Corp. have filed a class action suit against the company for allegedly failing to pay them proper commissions. http://www.law360.com/articles/120662 http://www.law360.com/articles/120610 Retirees who are asking a federal court for a declaration that they are entitled to lifetime health care benefits from vehicle power-train applications systems and components company BorgWarner Inc. won class certification Thursday. http://www.law360.com/articles/120610 http://www.law360.com/articles/120075 Lafayette College is facing allegations that it subjected several female parking and security officers to a hostile work environment by failing to respond to complaints that their male supervisor was making lewd sexual remarks and repeatedly frisking them while at work. http://www.law360.com/articles/120075 http://www.law360.com/articles/118008 Although California’s highest court recently found in favor of an employer that faced privacy invasion claims by two female workers after it installed a hidden camera, companies should proceed with extreme caution before using surveillance measures, lawyers said. http://www.law360.com/articles/118008 http://www.law360.com/articles/119439 CVS Caremark Corp. has reached a confidential settlement with the two remaining plaintiffs in a wage-and-hour suit over the retailer's alleged failure to compensate pharmacy technicians for overtime, missed meal breaks, and duties performed before and after their scheduled shifts. http://www.law360.com/articles/119439 http://www.law360.com/articles/118425 General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products Inc. has accused two former employees of secretly starting up a competing business while at the military defense firm and stealing company trade secrets. http://www.law360.com/articles/118425 http://www.law360.com/articles/118312 Labor and employment firm Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC has boosted its Washington office with the addition of shareholder Robert Niccolini from McGuireWoods LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/118312 http://www.law360.com/articles/116915 Labor and employment attorney Dan Dargene has left Winstead PC to join Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC as a shareholder in its Dallas office, saying he was drawn to Ogletree because of its "nationwide boutique" model. http://www.law360.com/articles/116915