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Employment - February, 2012
315 articles
- 'Desperate Housewives' Exec Hid Sheridan Slap, Jury Hears
- Gristede's CEO Says He's Not An 'Employer' Under FLSA
- Pret A Manger Gets Green Light To Settle Trainee OT Suit
- Ex-Massey Security Chief Gets 3 Years In Prison
- Contractors Ask 2nd Circ. To Reopen $5B NYC Projects Suit
- Class Cert Denied In Sunrise Meal Break Suit
- Morgan Lewis Wins Appeal In Secretary's Retaliation Case
- 3rd Circ. Says Transferred Workers Not Always Owed Benefits
- Contractor Says It Suffered Retribution After Winning Bid
- High Court Says Railroad Law Bars State Asbestos Claims
- La Quinta To Pay $1.5M To Settle Housekeepers' Wage Suit
- LLC Members Aren't Always Employers, 5th Circ. Says
- Duane Reade Can't Take Back Accidentally Produced Email
- Moody's Can't Shake SOX Claim Over CDO Rating Methods
- Modernization For Aviation And Railway Industries
- Pizza Hut Drivers Win Conditional Cert. In Wage Suit
- Ex-Exec Can't Support FCA Claims, Pfizer Tells 1st Circ.
- Calif. Appeals Court Won't Rehear Volt Discrimination Dispute
- Union Says AMR Wants To Alter Pilots' Pay Without New CBA
- Calif. Creates Criminal Unit To Enforce Wage Theft Act
- Proof Of Title VII Ignorance Needed To Nix Punitives: 8th Circ.
- 'Desperate Housewives' Battle Kicks Off With Jury Selection
- GOP Lawmakers Lash Out At Employer Contraception Rule
- Audit Watchdog Proposes New Exec Pay Regulation
- Insurance Broker Resolves $4M ERISA Feud With Comerica
- Oregon House OKs Ban On Job Ads Excluding Unemployed
- 2nd Circ. Nixes Ex-Credit Agricole Worker's 2nd Trial
- Retired NFL Lineman Is Latest To Sue Over Concussions
- EEOC Updates ADA Guidance For 1 Million Returning Vets
- Gap Execs Spared Deposition In L-7, Old Navy Row
- Preserving The Fruits Of E-Discovery At All Costs
- Caesars Snuffs Action Over Secondhand Smoke Death
- E-Discovery Order Could Boost Automated Doc Review
- Burden-Shifting Test Alive And Well Despite 7th Circ. Slam
- High Court Mulls Forum For Selective Service Firing Suit
- Ex-BP Worker Canned For Reporting Bribes: Suit
- Kodak Seeks To Slash Benefits For Some Retirees
- Mayer Brown Snags Employment Veteran From Reed Smith
- EEOC's Subpoena In ADA Probe Too Broad: 10th Circ.
- AIG Settles Whistleblower Suit Over Ex-CFO's Trades
- Ex-NBC Exec To Testify In 'Desperate Housewives' Row
- Alliant Receives No Fine For Emailing Rival's Clients
- Ex-Massey Security Chief Can't Shake Conviction
- High Court Again Denies Bid To Argue For Kagan Recusal
- Limiting The Scope Of EEA: US V. Aleynikov
- Bankrupting Employment Class Action Claims
- Tyson Workers Urge 8th Circ. To Revive Don, Doff Suit
- Judge Misread Noncompete In Wi-Lan Case, 2nd Circ. Told
- Max Brenner Founder Sued Over New Chocolate Cafe Chain
- WellCare's $137M Medicaid Fraud Payout Clears Last Hurdle
- 6th Circ. Scraps SuperValu Race Bias Case
- House Group Takes Gay Spouse Benefits Ruling To 9th Circ.
- Diebold Settles Calif. Technicians' Wage Action
- Baker & McKenzie Nabs Winston & Strawn ERISA Guru
- 7th Circ. Revives Merrill Brokers' Cert. Bid In Bias Suit
- Flawed Timekeeping Caused US To Overpay Lockheed: Suit
- Kraft Settles ERISA Class Action For $9.5M
- McDonald's Cites Dukes In Bid To Nix Racial Bias Action
- Protecting Confidentiality In The Era Of Social Media
- 7 States Try To Take Down Obama Contraception Rule
- Allstate Sex Bias Plaintiffs Push For Class In 7th Circ.
- Starbucks Tells 2nd Circ. Assistant Managers Don't Merit Tips
- Ga. Senate OKs Bill Allowing Riskier Pension Investments
- Ex-Unilab Atty Can Pursue FCA Claims, 2nd Circ. Hears
- Calif. Court Boots Judge From 99 Cents Only Seating Suit
- New Haven Seeks High Court Review Of Fireman's Bias Suit
- Berkshire Dodges Former Exec's Whistleblower Suit
- E-Trade To Pay $1.5M To Settle OT Suit
- DOL Partners With La. To Target Worker Misclassification
- Plaintiffs Win Cert. In Butterball Don, Doff Class Action
- DOD Whistleblower Investigations Get Short Shrift: GAO
- Destroyed Data Earns Sanctions For Alleged Secrets Thief
- Duran V. US Bank: Aftershocks Of Wal-Mart V. Dukes
- Advisers' Pay Suit Against Morgan Stanley, Citi Nixed
- The Pitfalls Of Paperless Discovery
- US Trustee Slams $5M Pay Package For Hostess CEO
- DOMA Unconstitutionally Denies Gay Spouse Benefits: Judge
- FLSA Collective Action Rights Can Be Waived: Citigroup
- 8th Circ. Mostly OKs Toss Of EEOC's Trucker Sex Bias Suit
- Mining Co. Indicted Over Coal Mine Roof Collapse
- Union Sues Ind. Gov. Daniels Over Right-To-Work Law
- AMR Says Retiree Committee Would Slow Down Labor Talks
- 9th Circ. Chucks $1M Verdict Against FedEx In Bias Case
- Former WaMu Execs Balk At Plan For D&O Claims
- 6th Circ. Revives GM Workers' ERISA Suit Against State Street
- Fed. Circ. Nixes Judicial Pay Raise Again
- Burr & Forman Adds Lowndes Drosdick Labor Pro In Fla.
- Ariz. Law Firm Can't Be Dragged Into Ill. Court: Judge
- NYPD Faces Setback In Suit Over Pensions For Veteran Cops
- EEOC To Attack Systemic Bias Under New Plan
- Insurer Aims To Duck Coverage Of Omeros FCA Suit
- Workers' Comp Insurance: The Most Important Tool
- 2nd Massey Boss Charged In Fatal Mine Explosion
- Fla. Catholic University Sues Over Contraception Rule
- Ex-Freed & Weiss Atty Says Former Partner Betrayed Firm
- Dukes Dooms Class Claims In Race Bias Suit, Walgreen Says
- SNR Denton Defamation Claims Revived In Secrets Row
- Ex-BGC Financial Employee Says Firm Lets Sex Bias Slide
- Deepwater Rig Worker Settles Injury Claims Against BP, Others
- NLRB Union Election Invalid, Hard Rock Tells DC Circ.
- Federal Needn't Cover IBM's ERISA Settlement: NY Court
- 13 States Back Medicaid Expansion In High Court Brief
- High Court Won't Weigh In On FLSA Anti-Retaliation Case
- Panda Express Faces Seating Class Action
- Edwards Wildman Adds Employment Defense Pro
- Adviser Took AllianceBernstein Secrets To JPMorgan: Suit
- CBS Ditches Model's 'Price Is Right' Pregnancy Bias Suit
- Schering-Plough Strikes $12.5M Deal In ERISA Suit
- Justices Want US View On Supervisor Liability Under Title VII
- Accidentally Misleading Employers With The 'Facts'
- Ind. Workers' $18M Award Slashed In Wage-And-Hour Case
- Texas High Court To Rehear Workers' Comp Insurer Dispute
- Trade Groups, ConAgra Lambast Hostess' Bid To Dump Pensions
- Amgen Employees Press 9th Circ. To Revive ERISA Action
- Chemical Co. Brings Retiree Premium Fight To Supreme Court
- Judge Won't Recertify DirectSat Technicians In OT Suit
- Aetna Pays $1.1M To Resolve Meal Break Class Action
- Canadian Pacific Wants Gov't Mediator For Pension Talks
- Calif. Court Sets High Bar For Arbitrating Unconscionability
- Migraine Case Sheds Light On Employers' ADA Headaches
- Wachovia Owes Ex-Workers $1M In Raiding Fight: 4th Circ.
- Ex-Goldman Coder's Acquittal Threatens Wall Street's IP
- A Troublesome Twist In Texas Workers' Comp Decision
- Law School, Meet Litigation PR ...
- NLRB Wrong On Union Ruling, Grocery Chain Tells DC Circ.
- MacAndrews & Forbes Irons Out Contract Dispute With Ex-Exec
- Texas County Settles EEOC Age Discrimination Suit
- Whistleblower Group Urges 3rd Circ. To Scrap Tyco SOX Ruling
- GOP Lawmakers Challenge NLRB 'Ambush Election' Rule
- Kraft Retirees Win Class Cert. In Health Insurance Suit
- Catholic Group Sues White House Over Contraception Rule
- UBS Advisers Took Trade Secrets To Wells Fargo: Suit
- Erie Indemnity Can't Kill Claims Adjusters' OT Action
- EEOC Sues Over Revoked Job Offer For Pregnant Atty
- Employers Fear Calif. Wage Theft Law May Spur Suits
- Borders Reaches Accord With Ex-Worker Class Over Layoffs
- WTC Panel To Back Cancer Coverage For 9/11 Victims: CDC
- IGT Wants 9th Circ. To Reverse IP Attys' Whistleblower Award
- Avoiding Union Ire With Consistent Policy Enforcement
- Ex-Olympus Chief, 6 Others Arrested Over Accounting Scheme
- Judge Guts Forced-Retirement Suit Against Booz Allen Execs
- Brink's Workers Denied Cert. Over Bulletproof Vest Claims
- No New Trial For Worker Class In AT&T OT Action
- BP's Deepwater Well Site Leader Needn't Testify For Now
- Solyndra, US Slam Ex-Workers' Bid To Nix Lender Protections
- Ogletree Deakins Nabs 2 Coats Rose Employment Litigators
- One-Armed Man Accuses Starbucks Of Job Bias
- US Steel Needn't Pay Workers For Travel, 7th Circ. Hears
- Lawmakers Pan Obama's CFPB, NLRB Recess Appointments
- Probe Into FDA Monitoring Of Whistleblower Emails Expands
- 3rd Circ. Trims Injunction In Stryker Employee Poaching Suit
- No Deal In 'Desperate Housewives' Star's Firing Dispute
- Agencies Must Toughen Up Banker Pay Rules, Senate Panel Hears
- Ex-McAfee GC Will Pay Fees To End Backdating Battle
- Pregnancy Bias In Workplace Still Widespread: EEOC Panel
- Chili's Owner Can't Modify Arbitration Deal For OT Suit
- Calif. Court Won't Force Arbitration In Hooters Wage Suit
- Deposition Is Not The Best Solution To Denial
- Termination Or Retirement: Just Semantics?
- U.S. Seeks 25 Years For Massey Official In Blast Case
- Connaught Workers Say They Weren't Warned Of Layoffs
- ASBCA Puts Auditor's Exec Pay Calculation Methods In Peril
- Ryla Call Center Workers Win Class Status In Wage Action
- Halliburton Asks 2nd Circ. To Kill ERISA Action
- UBS Pays $1.4M To End OT Dispute With Technicians
- Trucking Trade Group Challenges 70-Hour Workweek Rule
- Morgan Stanley Advisers Seek Class Cert. In Pay Suit
- Littler Gets Labor Boost With New LA Atty
- Truckers' Calif. Meal Break Action Preempted By Fed. Law
- Auto Parts Co. Retirees Win Class Cert. In Benefits Dispute
- Tracking The Implications Of US V. Jones
- Gulfstream Trustee Says Execs Shouldn't Get D&O Cash
- Class Certified In Coyote Ugly Tip Pooling Suit
- Questions Linger Over NLRB's Social Media Guidance
- SunPower Says Ex-Employees Gave Stolen Info To Rival
- Hostess Teamsters May Strike If Unions Burned In Ch. 11
- Ernst & Young Asks 9th Circ. To Back OT Arbitration
- DOL To Stay Strong With Proposed $12B Budget
- Ex-Elliott Greenleaf Atty Stole Docs Before He Split: Suit
- Mass. Settles Corrections Dept. Sex Bias Claims
- Morgan Lewis Picks Up Dodd-Frank Pro, ERISA Partners
- GlobalAxxess Trustees Sue Arrowood Over $4M D&O Payout
- Sen. Wants Answers On Exec Bonuses At Bankrupt Cos.
- DOL, Thelen Trustee Near Deal On Pension Administrator
- Vets Seek Class Cert. Over Alleged Chemical Experiments
- The Rise Of '2nd Generation' Dukes Issues
- Inability To Work OT Not A Disability: 4th Circ.
- Littler Mendelson Lands Top Spot In Employment Ranking
- CUNA Retirees Ask High Court To Review Benefits Suit
- Citibank Workers Win Class Status In OT Suit
- Judge Says MediSys Wage Suit Should Be Tossed
- Jackson Lewis Gets New Partners In Boston, NYC
- Peace Corps Hit With Genetic Bias Lawsuit
- Law360 Ranks Largest Employment Practice Groups
- Constangy Expands Austin Office With Employment Vet
- Calif. Teams With DOL To Fight Worker Misclassification
- Ex-Kasowitz Atty With 'Superior Legal Mind' Appeals Dismissal
- Obama Announces Compromise On Birth Control Rule
- Whistleblower Settles Blackstone FCA Kickback Claims
- Bimbo Balks At Hostess Bid To Avoid $2B Pension Payments
- KB Home Resists Sales Workers' Class Bid In Wage Suit
- A Green Light For Repetitive Class Action Litigation
- Revised Removal Statutes — Possibilities, Pitfalls: Part 2
- IRS Settles With Worker Suspended Over Contractor Claim
- Hostility To Other Groups Not Enough For Race Bias: 5th Circ.
- 9th Circ. Queries Northrop ERISA Fight In Light Of Amara
- Hoffman Kelley Hits Unfaithful Ex-Atty With $2M Suit
- Lorillard Sales Reps Fail To Meet Class Cert. Bar
- Procopio Lands 3 Employment Pros From Luce Forward
- Ex-Leo Pharma Sales Reps Launch OT Class Action
- Smithfield Workers Win Class Cert. In Prep-Time Suit
- NJ Cops Slam Settlement In Exam Race Bias Case
- Ex-Scientologists Ask 9th Circ. To Revive Forced Labor Case
- Ex-Allergan President Escapes Investor Suit Over Exec Pay
- Laid-Off Photogs Accuse NY Daily News Of Bias
- Catholic TV Network Sues US Over Birth Control Mandate
- Case Study: Fisher V. Halliburton
- MF Global Trustee Denies Funds Went To Pay D&O Insurance
- Contractors Oppose DOL's 7% Disabled Work Force Rule
- MMA Fighters Battle Production Co.'s Trade Secrets Suit
- Protecting Employee IP In A Global Environment
- Production Company, Others Fined For Deadly Stage Collapse
- No Quick Win For Ex-KV Pharma CEO On Criminal Costs
- SuperShuttle Resolves FLSA Fight With NY Drivers
- House GOPs Train Fire On Unions' Political Contributions
- Mixed-Motive Analysis OK For Mass. Age Bias Claims: 1st Circ.
- Mine Safety Regulator Centralizes Oversight Functions
- Kasowitz Ducks Negligence Suit Over SOX Whistleblower Claim
- Title VII Doesn't Protect Breastfeeding Women: Judge
- Ex-Worker Sues Shuttered WJB Capital Over Mass Layoff
- Halliburton, KBR Want Firefighter Wage Suit Thrown Out
- Citigroup Analyst Accuses Co. Of Shirking OT Pay
- Hostess CEO Could Get $2M Perk Under Employment Deal
- Ex-Motorola Engineer Convicted Of IP Theft
- Ga. Laws Don't Apply In Calif. Wage Class Action: 9th Circ.
- Marriott Owner BF Saul Socked With OT Class Action
- Bank of America Faces New Loan Officer Wage Suit
- Groups Blast NLRB's 'Rushed' Union Election Rulemaking
- Cashiers Don't Need Seats, CVS Tells Court
- Stonegate Loan Officers Win Class Status In Wage Suit
- Raytheon's Trade Secret Claims Not Too Late, Fed. Circ. Hears
- JPMorgan, Performers' Union Fund Settle ERISA Action
- Qui Tam Trends In 2011, Predictions For 2012
- FTC Warns App Marketers Of Potential FCRA Violations
- Goldman, Morgan Stanley Set Clawback Policy Standard
- Cumulus Strikes Deal With Account Execs in OT Case
- Abercrombie Fights Saleswoman's Seating Demands
- 1st Circ. Revives Big Dig Relator's Retaliation Suit
- 9th Circ. Rules Calif. Gay Marriage Ban Unconstitutional
- Ex-GE Exec Says His Iraq Bribery Claims Led To Firing
- Ex-Ocean Tomo Exec Can't Share Confidential Info: Judge
- DOL Tells High Court Drug Sales Reps Deserve OT Pay
- A Real Headache Of A Disability Claim
- US Bank Workers' $15M Win In OT Pay Case Overturned
- Health Mandate Violates Constitution, Critics Tell High Court
- Chinese Court Nixes AMSC's IP Theft Suit
- Automaker Continental To Shell Out $24M In ERISA Settlement
- UBS Can't Claw Back $1M From Ex-Broker's Loan Bonus
- Creekstone Meat Packers Win Early Class Cert. In Wage Suit
- Citing Dukes, 2nd Circ. Nixes Plan Trustee Class
- KPMG Told To Keep Ex-Workers' Hard Drives In OT Fight
- USDA Won't Impose New Labor Provisions On Contractors
- H&M Made Employees Work Through Breaks Without Pay: Suit
- Tyson Foods, EEOC Settle Seizure Sufferer's Bias Claim
- Lane Bryant Hit With Wage-And-Hour Class Action
- Who's A Federal Contractor? You Just Might Be
- Attys' Fees Sink Proposed Adventist FLSA Settlement
- Groups Look For Fast Win In NLRB Election Rule Case
- Quest Asks 2nd Circ. To Bar Ex-Atty From Kickback Suit
- Lowe's Wrongly Dropped Employees' Health Plans: Suit
- Express Services Founder Can't Dodge Looting Battle
- 1st Circ. Puts Limits On Whistleblowers Shielded By SOX
- Ex-Toyota Atty Must Pay $2.6M In Leak Case: 9th Circ.
- Amara Ruling Should Kill Pension Plan's Kickback Suit: ING
- EEOC Says Cos. Must Retain Records To Comply With GINA
- 7th Circ. Shuts Down Abbott Workers' Benefit Appeal
- Judge Reverses Self, Says State Wage Claim Not Preempted
- NLRB Wrongly Awarded Nurses Back Pay, DC Circ. Hears
- Nebraska Beef To Pay $4M To Settle Don, Doff Class Action
- Expanding The Protections Of The 4th Amendment
- Revised Removal Statutes — Possibilities, Pitfalls: Part 1
- 4th Circ. Backs Rejection Of Circuit City Class Claims
- Home Depot Settles Deaf Worker Case With Interpreter Deal
- Clawback Suit Against Ex-Morgan & Finnegan Attys Survives
- 11th Circ. Reopens Suit Claiming HIV Kept Man Off Force
- Homebuilder Ryland Can't Duck Salespeople's FLSA Action
- LA Sues Northern Trust Over $95M Pension Fund Losses
- DynCorp Asks High Court To Settle Disability Pay Dispute
- Grassley Grills FDA Over Whistleblower Treatment
- Texas Tort Firm Accuses Ex-Worker Of Stealing Trade Secrets
- Reinhart Lures Employee Benefits Pro From Deloitte
- White House Rules Aim To Widen Retiree Benefit Options
- Mortgage Officers Sue Compass Bank For Overtime Pay
- Wells Fargo Bankers Lose Class Cert. Bid In FLSA Suit
- Judge Curbs Archie Comics Co-CEO's Duties
- Minn. GOP Sets Out New Right-To-Work Bill
- 500 Female Wal-Mart Workers Take Sex Bias Claims To EEOC
- Jury Trial Restrictions Cut From Mo. Discrimination Bill
- Addressing Bad Faith Claims Risk In Trade Secrets Cases
- Fill For The Funding Dip: EB-5 Visas
- Suppliers Not Liable For Welder's Disease: Calif. Court
- Steakhouse Chain Says EEOC Age Bias Suit Too Vague
- Ex-Solyndra Workers Blast Releases For Secured Creditors
- Prevailing Parties Can Recover Expert Fees: Calif. Court
- Indiana Senate, Gov. OK Right-To-Work Law
- Ex-Hearst Intern Says Unpaid Work Violates Labor Laws
- DOL To Re-Propose Child Farm Work Exemption
- Suit Over CBS Pension Benefits Time-Barred: 2nd Circ.
- American Airlines Wants To End Pension Plans
- In-House Attys Reveal Topflight Employment Lawyers
- Lawmakers Blast Obama's CFPB, NLRB Recess Appointments
- ERISA Class Action Survives Honeywell's Dismissal Bid
- Push To Split Chairman, CEO Roles Gains Traction
- The Importance Of Legal Audits
- Territory Managers Hit Quest With Wage Class Action