June 05, 2025
The Ninth Circuit on Thursday reversed a finding that releases signed by two former microchip manufacturer employees bar them from leading a class action over claims the company illegally revoked its severance program, finding that the court should consider whether the company breached its fiduciary duty in obtaining the releases.
August 25, 2023
Two former employees of a microchip manufacturer can't lead a class action alleging the company illegally revoked its severance program after a merger, a California federal court ruled, finding that releases the former employees signed blocked them from suing the company.
January 31, 2023
A microchip manufacturer settled a case brought by nine ex-workers who said they got shorted on severance pay after a merger, but a class action that also accuses the company of failing to make good on severance is headed to trial.
February 25, 2020
A federal judge has given the green light to a class action brought by Atmel Corp. workers who claim Microchip Technology Inc. stiffed them on severance after it bought Atmel and fired them, unswayed by the argument that class treatment wasn't appropriate because some employees had senior-level severance agreements.
April 22, 2019
A group of ex-Atmel Corp. employees have asked a California federal judge to let them move forward as a class in an Employee Retirement Income Security Act suit alleging Microchip Technology Inc. cheated them out of severance benefits after it acquired the semiconductor maker and ended their employment.