Employment Archive » October, 2007

Employment - October, 2007

165 articles

• FedEx Fights Drivers' Class Notification Bid
• Q&A With Ford & Harrison's Helene Wasserman
• OSHA Levies Another Fine Against Cintas
• Bill Gives Relief To Workers Shut Out By Globalization
• Making The Most Out Of Group Voir Dire
• DLA Piper Moves To Toss Lawyer's Discrimination Suit
• Court OKs ERISA, Securities Settlements For Delphi
• Jackson Lewis Launches New Orleans Office
• Q&A With Fox Rothschild's Carolyn D. Richmond
• Wyeth Gets Wage-And-Hour Suit Dropped
• FedEx Launches Defense In Driver Class Action
• NLRB Vindicated By Circuit Over Union Ruling
• Ex-Chevron Engineer Wins $5.6M Jury Verdict
• ERISA Suits Against RadioShack Consolidated
• Q&A With Fisher & Phillips' Anderson Scott
• Nacio Systems Trade Secrets Suit Sent To Arbitration
• High Court Grants Cert To Whistleblower Suit
• Govt. Contractor Slapped With Race Suit
• Attorney Aims To Boot Special Master Off FedEx Case
• MasTec Settles Wage-And-Hour Suit For $12M
• Intermittent Leave A Thorn In Employers' Sides
• Getting The Most Out Of Voir Dire
• Sullivan & Cromwell Settles Discrimination Suit
• Pilots Union Seeks To Ground Pinnacle Incentive Plan
• US Airways Pilots Target Mandatory Retirement Policy
• State Wage Claims Upheld Against Kosher Meatpacker
• Weyerhaeuser Wins Judgment In Worker Firearm Suit
• Jury Research Makes The Difference
• Unions Losing Negotiating Foothold In Auto Industry
• Nobel Laureate's Fall Shows No Tolerance For Racism
• AT&T Ordered To Pay Up In Religious Bias Case
• Judge Lops $5M Off GE Damages, Upholds Verdict
• Broker Fights Cantor Fitzgerald Push For Arbitration
• DOD Looks To Dismiss Age Bias Suit
• EU Inches Toward Workforce Integration
• Q&A With Baker Donelson's Steven H. Trent
• Yale Ordered To Pay $4.5M For Interfering With Union
• Florida Firm Lures Three New Members
• Private Equity's Rise Yields New Dynamic With Unions
• ExxonMobil Suffers Blow Over Worker Penalty
• Maternity Benefits Suit Stayed As AT&T Eyes High Ct.
• BP To Pay $50M Fine For Refinery Blast
• Skilled Labor Shortage Breeds EU Blue Card
• Toxic Tort Settlers Sue Conoco Managers Over Firings
• Countrywide Hit With Another Overtime Suit
• Morgan Stanley Settles Discrimination Suit For $23.5M
• JPMorgan Trader Hits Co. With $3M Inducement Suit
• Willis Group Settles Sex Discrimination Suit For $8.5M
• Appeals Court: Calling Police Not Grounds For Firing
• Q&A With Debevoise & Plimpton's Mary Beth Hogan
• Q&A With Littler Mendelson's Scott McDonald
• Judge Reverses Ruling In Continental Pilot Case
• Chrysler Deal Losing Ground, Needs Worker Approval
• Orrick Catches Two Heller Ehrman Stars
• At Impasse, Labor, Mgmt. Increasingly Look To Courts
• Ex-Weil Gotshal Employee Denied New Trial
• Delphi Creditors Oppose Class Action Settlements
• Subcommittee Seeks Details Of OSHA's Cintas Probe
• Cintas Defamation Suit Against UNITE To Go Forward
• Q&A With King & Spalding's Michael Johnston
• Whirlpool Fights Arbitrator On Smokers Premium
• PBGC Takes Reins Of Werner's Pension Program
• Union Targets USPS' Use Of "Casual" Workers
• Q&A With Duane Morris' Thomas Servodidio
• Professors Say Law School Ousted Them In Retaliation
• Judge Revives N.J. Firefighters' Race Bias Case
• Miners Lose Appeal In Lifetime Benefits Case
• Best Buy Sued Over Unpaid Breaks, Security Searches
• N.Y. Law For Nursing Mothers Vague On Key Points
• Changes In NLRB "Recognition Bar" In Dana Case
• Adult Sites Becoming Workplace Problem
• Potentially Massive Wells Fargo FLSA Class Certified
• Pregnancy, Parenting Bias Cases Rising, Some Say
• Schwarzenegger Vetoes Employee-Friendly Bills
• B&H Photo Pays $4.3M To Settle Discrimination Suit
• Q&A With Locke Lord's Phillip R. Jones
• Eyeing Visa Struggles, Fisher Starts Global Practice
• Jackson Lewis Continues Growth With 2 New Partners
• Preparing For The ICE Storm
• ERISA Driver Class Certified Against FedEx
• Epstein Becker Snags Group From Krupin O'Brien
• Werner Creditors Settle With Steelworkers
• Mandatory Retirement Age Legal, EU Court Rules
• Eviction Co. Must Respond In Homeless Workers Suit
• Q&A With Baker Botts' Dennis Duffy
• Brocade Plaintiffs Win Class Certification Bid
• Duane Reade Employees Want Class Certification
• Thelen Ordered To Pay In Ex-IP Lawyer's Suit
• Mercury Pays $117.5M To Silence Backdating Suit
• FedEx Drivers Add Retaliation Claims To Suit
• Starbucks Settles Union-Busting Claims In Michigan
• Judge Tosses Punitive Damages In Merrill Lynch Suit
• Grasso's Pals Push To Settle Pay Package Suit
• Vitesse Agrees To $10.2M Settlement In Backdating Suit
• Survey Finds Options Backdating Still A Hot Issue
• Retirees Sue Chrysler To Preserve Health Care Benefits
• Ex-Philip Morris IP Counsel Alleges Age Bias
• Employment Disputes Top Corporate Worries: Survey
• NLRB Dana Corp. Decision Marks Change In Doctrine
• Details Emerge In SAC Hormone Harassment Suit
• Counsel Warned After Morgan & Morgan Lapse In MDL
• EEOC Grants Vets Class Status In USPS Suit
• Judge Grants Union's Bid To Toss USIS' Complaint
• DHL Sues Over Union's "Defamatory" Leaflet
• Judge OKs $46M Morgan Stanley Bias Settlement
• Freshfields Defeats Partner In Age Discrimination Suit
• New California Law Gets Leave For Military Spouses
• Chrysler Deal May Herald New Era Of Compromise
• Naughty Nightclub Strips Workers Of Tips: Suit
• SEC Wants Compensation Details From Companies
• Amerigroup Faces Proposed FLSA Class Action
• The Duty Of Loyalty For Employers And Employees
• Former Wal-Mart Employees Seek Class Certification
• Q&A With Kilpatrick Stockton's Richard Hankins
• Union, Contractors Want Antitrust Suit Tossed
• FLSA Case Against American Family To Go On
• Judge Halts DHS "No-Match" Illegal Worker Rule
• Judge Will Not Consider Caterpillar's Sur-Reply
• Supreme Court Rejects ConAgra Whistleblower Suit
• Werner Creditors, PBGC Bury The Hatchet
• Circuit Court Tosses $42.5M Medco Settlement
• Employers Can Use Dues Checkoff As Bargaining Tool
• Motives Don't Matter In "Reasonable" Suits: NLRB
• NLRB Alters Standard In Hiring Bias Suits
• Circuit Ruling Should Kill ERISA Suit: Diebold
• On The Merits Of Private Attorney General Suits
• Labor Frowns On NLRB Ruling In Dana/Metaldyne
• AK Steel Fashions Settlement With Retirees
• Discovery Battle Heats Up In EDS ERISA Suit
• FedEx Fights Injunction Request Over Calif. Drivers
• State Street Objects To Delphi ERISA Settlement
• State Attorney General Class Actions Raise Concerns
• Public Sector Employment Lawyer Joins Jackson Lewis
• Ex-Lawyer Battles Farella Braun's Bid To Dismiss
• Age Bias Suit Against Google Gets A Life Line
• Q&A With Gibson Dunn's Eugene Scalia
• IBM Fends Off ERISA Class Action
• Plaintiffs Look To Amend Caterpillar ERISA Complaint
• Bloomberg Plaintiffs Seek $144M In Damages
• Insurance Agents Win Class Certification Bid
• Lehman Backdating Derivative Suits Consolidated
• Countrywide Told To Hand Over Docs In Options Probe
• FedEx Drivers Want CEO Deposed In FLSA Suit
• What Is International Employment Law?
• AT&T Wins FLSA, Retaliation Suit
• Q&A With Gray Plant's Judith Bevis Langevin
• Male Harassment Cases Present New Challenges
• NFL Players' New Complaint To Be Kept Secret
• NLRB Sets Deadline For Workers To Oppose Union
• Hispanic Workers Suing Port Authority Demand Files
• Wal-Mart Workers' Damages Balloon To $141M
• Judge Tosses Former IBM Workers' Age Bias Claims
• Firm Admits Improper Conduct In Pilgrim's Pride Suit
• Countrywide Comes Under Fire In Overtime Suit
• New Regulation Clarifies No-Match Riddle
• Jury Fingers Garden, Thomas For Harassment
• Judge Trims Discrimination Case Against Law Firm
• EEOC Takes Delphi To Court Over Sick Policy
• Plaintiffs Say Wal-Mart Expert Witness Biased
• FedEx Drivers Protest Plan To End Contractor Model
• NLRB Broadens Striker Replacement Options
• Medical Leave Suit Goes Foward Against Dow
• EEOC Sues Blockbuster, Alleging Harassment
• High Court Seeks U.S. Brief On AT&T ERISA Case
• Ruling Brings An End To Insurance Antitrust Suit