Employment Archive » September, 2007

Employment - September, 2007

173 articles

• American Electric Wins Judgment Bid In ERISA Suit
• DOJ Fights Veterans' Health Care Reform Suit
• Q&A With Miles & Stockbridge's Kathleen Pontone
• Psychiatric Records To Stay Off Table In UBS Suit
• Planned Parenthood Stole Business Method: Suit
• JP Morgan Faces Suit By Call Center Operators
• High Court Rebuffs Challenge To ERISA Case
• House OKs Bill To Protect Popcorn Workers
• Nationwide Mutual Insurance Faces Collective Action
• Q&A With Fisher & Phillips' Christopher Stief
• Calif. Overtime Exemption Sticks To Federal Principles
• Verizon Workers Parry Objections To A Quick Appeal
• Boston Rail Operator Sued For Race Discrimination
• Backdating Suit Against Amkor Dismissed
• Title VII Suit "Without Merit": Bloomberg LP
• Congress Mulls Overtime For Home Workers
• Congress, Courts Wrestle With Contractor Definition
• Oracle Loses Fight Over Trial Date In SAP Suit
• GM, UAW Lay Down Swords, Ending Strike
• EEOC Sues Adelphi U. For Gender Discrimination
• Pilgrim's Pride Accuses Firm Of Foul Play In FLSA Suit
• Director Sued For Advances To Male Workers
• No New Trial For Time Warner In FMLA Suit
• High Court To Take On Race Retaliation Case
• EEOC Sues Logging Co. For Religious Discrimination
• Lawyers See Weather Vanes On High Court's Docket
• House Subpoenas Chao Over Utah Mine Docs
• U.S. Sues Illinois In Battle Over Illegal Workers
• GM Strike To Test Union Mettle: Lawyers
• Tavern On The Green Hit With Race, Sex Suit
• High Court Will Hear EEOC Charges Against Ky.
• Wage-And-Hour Suit Filed Against UPS
• Pilgrim's Pride Plant Workers Unite In FLSA Suit
• Q&A With Littler Mendelson's Allan King
• House Committee Passes Union-Friendly RESPECT Act
• Unite Tries To Shake Organizer's FLSA Suit
• Firefighter Re-Settles Racial Bias Suit For $1.5M
• Judge Rejects Daimler Bid To Toss Suit Over Shooting
• Starbucks Burned Over Class Action Bid
• Prosecutors Calculate Sentence For Ex-Brocade CEO
• Cozen O'Connor Firing Sexist, Retaliatory: Suit
• Verizon Balks At Judgment In Employee Class Action
• RaceTrac Moves To Decertify Class In FLSA Lawsuit
• Appeals Court Dismisses SkyWest Case
• FedEx Overhauls Contractor Model in California
• Court Tosses Transsexual Bus Driver's Title VII Suit
• Group Asks To Tell Workers Of Possible Union Abuses
• N.J. Law Irrelevant In Race Case V. Sears: EEOC
• Former Manager Appeals Ruling For H&R Block
• UPS Fights To Sever Drivers' Age Bias Claims
• Ex-Farella Braun Lawyer Fights For Disability Benefits
• CBS Hit With $70M Suit From Dan Rather
• Workers Say Metlife Forced Them To Pay Expenses
• Defining "Protected Activity" Under SOX
• Good Riddance To Con Ed Discrimination Suit: Judge
• Pentagon Sued For Religious Discrimination
• UAW Objects To $37.6M Bonus For Delphi Execs
• Papers Sealed In Cigna Case Over Eating Disorders
• Q&A With Jackson Lewis' Vincent Cino
• DOJ Fights Injunction Bid In "No-Match" Suit
• Ex-Tenet Attorney Faces False Claims Charges
• AIG Sued For Allegedly Misclassifying Employees
• Q&A With Wiley Rein's Garen Dodge
• Novellus Sued Over Worker's "Racist" Rap Music
• ERISA Dispute Heats Up Insurer Kickbacks Suit
• N.Y. Law Gives Employees Breaks For Breastfeeding
• Q&A With Venable's Maurice Baskin
• Q&A With Venable's Ronald Taylor
• EEOC Blasts Baltimore Over Pension Payments
• USIS Urges Court To Let Antitrust Spat Proceed
• Dynegy Pays $10M To Settle ERISA Suit
• Class Certified In AIMCO Overtime Suit
• Q&A With Arent Fox's Michael Stevens
• Aegis Says Ex-CEO's Suit Will Hurt Chapter 11 Case
• Former Distributors Lose Appeal Against Hearst
• Ill. To Let Employee Suits Go To State Courts
• Q&A With Howard Rice's David Reis
• BP Settles Refinery Blast Suits Before Trial's End
• Trustee Objects To Aegis' Proposed Incentive Plan
• Storm Brews Over Bid To Curb Convict Hire Bias
• General Counsel Returns To Jackson Lewis
• Certified Ortho-McNeil FLSA Class Expected To Swell
• California, Feds Differ On "Exempt" Administrators
• Judge Nixes Fund Payout To WorldCom Board Member
• HomeBanc Officer Bonuses Off-Limits: Trustee
• Employee Class Action Ruling Spurns Legal Concerns
• IP Attorney's Age Bias Suit Is Baseless: Law Firm
• Bankruptcy, Pension Reform Has Limited Effect: GAO
• Company Didn't Have To Sound Layoff Alarm: Court
• Aventis To Face Whistleblower Claims Over Lovenox
• NLRB Strikes Down MediaNews E-Mail Policy
• Class Certification Nixed In Welding Fumes Litigation
• UnitedHealth Fights Probe By Minnesota AG
• Sanofi Plaintiffs Challenge Employee Declarations
• 211 Plaintiffs Will Join Suit Against Merck Over FLSA
• Honeywell To Pay $12M Over Worker's Death
• Donning, Doffing Case Ripe For High Court Weigh-In
• Plaintiff's Fee Objections Nixed In EDS Race Bias Suit
• Former UBS Exec Files Age Discrimination Suit
• Surge In Religious Cases Leaves Employers Uneasy
• BP Refinery Ignored Advice For Years: Blast Reports
• N.Y. Judges' Pay Plateau Unconstitutional: Suit
• Investment Banks Take The Offensive In FLSA Suits
• Illinois Judge Sues State Over Retirement Age
• Countrywide Financial Sued Over 401(k) Plans
• St. Vincent's Must Face Race Bias Claims: Judge
• Union Sues Over Detainment During Swift & Co. Raids
• 9/11 Clean-Up Workers Sue For Overtime
• FedEx Wants Declarations Back, Suit Gone
• Broadcast Software Co. Sues Rival, Former Employee
• Two Sara Lee Claims Fall Flat In Pension Spat
• JetBlue Fired Worker To Ground Union Activity: Suit
• Debevoise Plimpton Battles Age Bias Suit
• Delphi Asks For Green Light On Bonus Plan
• Judge Tosses Some Claims In Merck Race Bias Suit
• U.S. Senate Votes To Save Prevailing Wages
• Best Buy Must Face Age Bias Charges: Judge
• Axed Workers Cite Bankruptcy Code In Wage Battle
• Plaintiffs' Class Grows In FLSA Suit Against McWane
• Reed Smith Adds Employment Partner In Chicago
• Judge Unseals FedEx Motion For Sanctions
• Sprint's $57M Age Bias Settlement Gets Green Light
• Business Coalition Joins AFL-CIO's "No-Match" Suit
• The DHS' No-Match Letter Testing Authority
• Texas City Exec Denies Putting Profit Before Safety
• Nortel Pushes ERISA Stay Pending High Court Ruling
• Workers Sue Taco Bell For Overtime Pay
• Aegis Moves To Change Ex-Workers' Compensation
• Manager's Class Action Against FedEx Kinko's Tossed
• Mine Safety Chief Comes Under Attack At Hearing
• Union Chews Out Interstate Bakeries Over Failed Talks
• Werner Seeks Milder Approach To Benefits Halt
• Judge Tosses Retired Players' NFL Suit
• Judge Says Counsel Can Be Deposed in Tyco Case
• Iraq Weighs Heavily On Employers
• Battle Rages In Wal-Mart Wage-And-Hour Suits
• Senators Urge Action On Microwave Popcorn Flavoring
• Denial of Protective Order Affirmed In Cintas Case
• Coal Co. Claims Executives Stole Trade Secrets
• Ex-DLA Piper Lawyer Warned In Discrimination Suit
• Mortgage Co.'s Retail Exemption Appeal Turned Down
• SEC Merit Pay Statistically Biased: Arbitrator
• Delphi Files Long-Awaited Ch. 11 Plan
• Businesses Want To Join AFL-CIO's "No-Match" Suit
• Court Sides With Tyson Plant Workers In FLSA Suit
• Barnes & Noble Settles Backdating Suits
• Plant Fired Worker Who Raised Safety Concerns: Suit
• EEOC Brings Reverse Sex Discrimination Case
• Jackson Lewis Opens Seventh New Office This Year
• An Unexpected Employer-Friendly Decision In Calif.
• Plaintiffs Reject Citigroup's ERISA Compliance Plan
• Trade Union Calls For Bankruptcy Law Reform
• Title VII Suit Against US Airways Moves Forward
• Judge Nixes Bid To Hasten "No-Match" Case
• Axed FedEx Lawyer Continues Fee Crusade
• Wal-Mart Tries To Keep Documents Off-Limits
• Employment Team Reunites To Launch D.C. Practice
• Latino Meatpackers Sue Feds Over Dawn Raid
• CNET Backdating Probe Dropped By SEC
• Court Affirms Firing Of Policeman Who Ran Porn Site
• Class Certification Bid Nixed In SkyWest Suit
• DuPont Clashes With Workers Over Benefits
• Gender Bias Suit With N.Y. Philharmonic Settled
• Schering, Employees To Face Off Over Benefit Plan
• Judge Stalls Government's "No-Match" Plan
• Union Sues Murphy Oil To Recover Backpay
• Georgia Chosen For Tyson Foods FLSA MDL
• Gender Identity And Expression: The Next Frontier
• Whistleblower Suit To Proceed Against Alterra
• JPMorgan Exec Loses Bid To Rehear Clawback Ruling
• IBM Overtime Claims Belong With Comptroller: Court
• Fisher & Phillips Lands Akerman's Labor Group
• Ameriprise Shorts Financial Advisors On Pay: Suit