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November 12, 2008
Employment Practice: Sidley Austin
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has been steadily pursuing its mandate to go after systemic discrimination, which likely will continue to be a priority, according to labor, employment and immigration lawyers at Sidley Austin LLP.
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November 12, 2008
Lumber Co. Workers Lose Bid For WARN Act Relief
A group of employees laid off from Ainsworth Engineered USA LLC has lost a bid to win back wages under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act after a federal judge ruled that the employees' brief return to work restarted the six-month clock for relief.
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November 12, 2008
Man Wins Nearly $1M In EEOC Suit
An Ohio preparatory school unlawfully fired a male employee in retaliation for voicing concerns about allegedly unequal pay for his female colleagues, a federal court jury has found.
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November 12, 2008
Ex-Employees Stole Trade Secrets, St.-Gobain Claims
Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics Inc. has slapped two former employees and their new employer with a lawsuit for allegedly stealing trade secrets and property related to the manufacture of high temperature gas tubes, known as Geiger Mueller tubes, that are used to detect radiation.
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November 12, 2008
EEOC Settles Religious Bias Suits Over Pork Forms
A poultry processing company and an employment agency accused of forcing Muslim job seekers to sign statements agreeing to handle pork products have agreed to settle claims of religious discrimination with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
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November 11, 2008
Broadcom Co-Founder's Ex-Lawyer Pleads Guilty
A lawyer who advised Henry T. Nicholas III, the co-founder and former chief executive of Broadcom Corp. who has been indicted in connection with an alleged stock options backdating scheme, has reportedly pled guilty to evading banking rules.
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November 11, 2008
More Homework For High Court In ERISA Case
The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court received additional briefs on Monday as they gave top-level judicial scrutiny to a retirement benefits case in which the divorced wife of a deceased DuPont Co. employee argues she is entitled to his retirement benefits.
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November 11, 2008
APA Seeks Right To Conduct No-Overtime Campaign
The Allied Pilots Association, which represents pilots for American Airlines Inc., has asked a court for a judgment that it may try to persuade its members not to accept voluntary overtime in order to mitigate furloughs.
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November 12, 2008
Pregnancy Title VII Claims On The Rise: Study
The number of pregnancy discrimination claims made to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission jumped 65 percent between 1992 and 2007, a study has found.
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November 11, 2008
Jury Orders NFL Union To Pay $28M To Former Players
A federal jury in San Francisco has ordered the National Football League Players Association to pay $28.1 million to a class of more than 2,000 former NFL players, finding that the union did not properly market the players' images or pay out licensing revenue.
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November 11, 2008
Dickstein Hires Former DuPont Counsel Mobley
Nationally known former general counsel for DuPont Co. Stacey J. Mobley has joined Dickstein Shapiro LLP to work with its state attorneys general practice and advance the firm's diversity programs.
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November 11, 2008
Call Center Worker Dials Up AmEx With Overtime Suit
Financial services giant American Express Co. is facing a proposed collective action alleging that it failed to pay proper overtime to its customer service representatives and other call center employees.
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November 11, 2008
Honda, Merrill Lynch Hit With ERISA Suit
A proposed class action has been filed accusing Honda of America Manufacturing Inc. and Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. of charging excessive fees to participants in Honda's retirement plan in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
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November 11, 2008
Ex-Marsh Exec Can't Solicit Clients For 1 Year: Judge
In a boost to Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc., a federal judge has slapped an injunction on a former insurance brokerage executive who jumped ship to become a consultant with major competitor Aon Risk Services Inc., prompting Marsh to sue him for breaching nonsolicitation and confidentiality agreements.
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November 10, 2008
Nucletron To Settle EEOC Age Bias Claim For $295K
Medical device maker Nucletron Corp. has agreed to pay nearly $300,000 to settle allegations of age bias brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of a 61-year-old sales director who claimed he was fired because of his age.
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November 10, 2008
6th Circ. Upholds NLRB Fineberg Ruling
An appeals court has upheld a National Labor Relations Board decision, overturning an administrative law judge’s finding that the management at Fineberg Packing Co. Inc. wrongfully terminated workers after condoning a strike.
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November 10, 2008
9th Circ. Revives Oracle Wage Claims
A federal appeals court has reversed a lower court's decision to toss some claims in a proposed class action against Oracle Corp. that alleges the company misclassified hundreds of workers and failed to properly compensate them for overtime work.
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November 11, 2008
Axed Cohen Milstein Partner Starts Hausfeld LLP
Michael D. Hausfeld has opened Hausfeld LLP, a Washington, D.C.-based “global claimants” law firm, after being fired from plaintiffs firm Cohen Milstein Hausfeld & Toll PLLC, where he headed the antitrust and international practice groups.
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November 10, 2008
Ex-OSHA Head Finds New Home At Fisher & Phillips
National labor and employment firm Fisher & Phillips LLP has snagged occupational health and safety expert Edwin G. Foulke Jr. fresh out of his government post.
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November 10, 2008
Fla. Workers Sue City For Race Discrimination
Seven black employees of the city of Leesburg, Fla., are suing the city, alleging they were the victims of systemic race discrimination and harassment.