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October 28, 2008
White Would-Be Principal's Race, Sex Claims Survive
A white woman who sued the School Board of Brunswick County, Va., after she was passed over for a position as a high school principal in favor of a black man has had her race and sex discrimination claims upheld, but her retaliation claims dismissed.
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October 27, 2008
Smithfield Settles RICO Suit Over Union Campaign
Smithfield Foods Inc. and a union have struck a deal in a lawsuit related to a bitter, long-running fight to unionize a Smithfield pork processing plant in North Carolina, paving the way for the end of the union's campaign against the company, and the beginning of possible union representation.
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October 27, 2008
Bally Fitness Hit With Fresh Trade Secrets Suit
Bally Total Fitness Holding Corp. and its new CEO have been slapped with a third lawsuit by competitor 24 Hour Fitness USA Inc., accusing them of trade secret misappropriation.
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October 27, 2008
Merrill Lynch Wins Injunction Against Ex-Adviser
The brokerage arm of Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. has won a partial injunction against a former financial adviser accused of stealing clients, with a federal judge ordering a halt to further client solicitation.
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October 27, 2008
8 Thacher Lawyers Defect To Greenberg Traurig
Greenberg Traurig LLP has lured eight attorneys from the struggling structured finance leader Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP — including two longtime partners — to start its new White Plains, N.Y., office.
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October 27, 2008
Lawyer's Race Bias Suit V. Quaker Group To Continue
A Connecticut lawyer can continue his employment discrimination case against a nonprofit social justice group affiliated with the Society of Friends now that a federal judge has shot down the group's bid for summary judgment.
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October 27, 2008
Smithfield Foods Slapped With 2 More FLSA Actions
The packing division of leading pork processor Smithfield Foods Inc. has been hit with two separate putative collective actions alleging that the company does not properly compensate its workers at two North Carolina facilities for time spent donning and doffing their uniforms.
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October 27, 2008
RICO Claims Reinstated In Workers' Comp Case
A federal appeals court has reinstated claims asserted by six men who accuse trucking outfit Cassens Transport Co. of being part of a scheme to fraudulently deny them workers' compensation benefits, just months after the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the appeals court's decision to affirm the suit's dismissal.
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October 27, 2008
Air Traffic Controller Suit Stalls In FAA Stalemate
The national air traffic controllers' union has failed to convince a U.S. judge to force a federal panel to negotiate its labor negotiations stalemate with the Federal Aviation Administration.
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October 27, 2008
Continental Pilots Sue ALPA For Age Discrimination
A group of Continental Airlines pilots has sued the Air Line Pilots Association International, the union that represents them, for allegedly discriminating against them because of their age.
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October 27, 2008
Court Strikes Down Policy Against Political Donations
Cincinnati municipal employees will be allowed to donate to political candidates in the days leading up to this year’s elections, despite a city policy forbidding such contributions, under an order issued in Ohio federal court.
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October 27, 2008
Broadcom Prosecutor Catches Heat For Alleged Leaks
The prosecutor who brought criminal backdating charges against Broadcom Corp.’s former chief financial officer and other company executives has come under fire for allegedly leaking secret grand jury details and documents to the media.
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October 27, 2008
APC Sues Rival For Nabbing Workers, Trade Secrets
American Power Conversion Corp. has filed a lawsuit against rival power producer Powerware and three of its former employees, alleging that the employees violated their APC contracts by disclosing trade secrets after becoming employed by Powerware.
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October 27, 2008
UnitedHealth Suit Filed Over Computer Booting Time
UnitedHealth Group Inc. has been hit with a proposed collective action that accuses it of failing to pay its employees who work from home for time spent booting up their computers, along with other wage and overtime violations.
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October 28, 2008
DOL Orders Schwab To Reinstate 2 Whistleblowers
Two employees axed by The Charles Schwab Corp. for refusing to falsify entries in the investment giant's database will have their old jobs back, plus back pay and damages, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.
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October 24, 2008
Abercrombie & Fitch Hits Snag In FLSA Suit
A judge has rejected Abercrombie & Fitch's bid to dismiss a handful of suits alleging violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act, ruling that the complaints against the popular clothier have passed the first test for being classified as a collective action.
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October 24, 2008
JPMorgan Sues Recruiter For Wooing Execs To Rival
JPMorgan Chase Bank NA has filed a lawsuit accusing New York recruiting firm IDW Group LLC of helping key executives in the company's investment bank find jobs with a competitor.
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October 24, 2008
Colgate-Palmolive ERISA Suits Consolidated In NY
A Manhattan district judge has consolidated three putative class actions brought by employees against Colgate-Palmolive Co. that allege the toothpaste maker and its cash-balance retirement plan miscalculated their pension benefits.
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October 24, 2008
9th Circ. Rejects Granite Rock Suit Against Teamsters
An appellate judge has upheld a lower court's decision dismissing construction company Granite Rock Co.'s suit against the International Brotherhood of Teamsters for allegedly interfering with the company's contract with a local Teamster chapter.
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October 24, 2008
NY Court Remands Liz Claiborne Discrimination Suit
New York state's highest court ruled clothing manufacturer Liz Claiborne Inc.'s motion for summary judgment in a sexual orientation discrimination suit was timely under the state's local rules and sent the case back to the appellate court for further consideration.