Employment Archive » November, 2007

Employment - November, 2007

161 articles

• Fifth Circuit Revives Suit By Kimberly-Clark Workers
• The Wage-And-Hour Class Action Epidemic
• Tips For Avoiding Trade Secret Claims When Hiring
• Dick Clark Restaurant Makes Illegal Hires: Complaint
• Court Limits Consent In Poultry Workers' Class Action
• USAA Denies FLSA Allegations
• Opinion 7-10: A Panacea For The On-Call Conundrum?
• Pilgrim's Pride Monopolizes Farms, Wages: Farmers
• Court Limits Evidence In ERISA Suit
• Court Says Petition Cannot Decertify Hospital Union
• Top Court Mulls Me-Too Evidence In Age Bias Suit
• Merrill Says FLSA Suit Should Be In Arbitration
• Judge Scolds Dorsey Partners, Decries Civility Decline
• Statutory Duties Do Not End With Workers' Comp
• High Court Throws New Query Into Arbitration Case
• Union Bargains To Ease N.Y. Times Cuts
• Teleco's Pension Rule Exemptions Under Fire
• ALPA Scores $1.6M For Role In Northwest Ch. 11
• California's High Court Refuses To Hear FedEx Appeal
• Appeals Court Affirms DOD Discrimination Decision
• Judge OKs Settlement In EDS Shareholder Suit
• Jackson Lewis Swoops Into Phoenix
• Lump-Sum Payment For Employee Expenses
• Secretary's Case Against Fordham Revived
• Navigating The Transgender Gauntlet
• BDO Seidman Hit With Overtime Class Action
• Ex-Broadcom Exec To Plead Guilty: Report
• Regulators Drop CSC Backdating Probe
• NLRB Orders Massey Energy To Hire Union Workers
• Supplement Cos. Clash On Alleged Trade Secret Theft
• Monitor Says Ex-Chairman's Suit Led To Ch. 11
• Second Judge Recuses Self From BP Explosion Case
• Ousted Director Says Novartis Inflated Famvir's Value
• DOJ Asks To Stay "No-Match" Suit
• Drinker Biddle To Acquire Connelly Sheehan Harris
• Judge Denies Parting Of Seagate Age Bias Claims
• Debevoise Scores Fried Frank Employment Partner
• TRO Granted In Energy Company's Trade Secrets Case
• Supreme Court Hears Arguments In ERISA Case
• Jury Sides Against Former CNN Anchor In Bias Suit
• Medical Staff Standard Revisions Need Scrutiny
• Shareholders Seek To Sharpen Claims Against Apple
• Sycamore Hit With Wells Notice From SEC
• U.S. Postal Service Asks To Toss Arbitration Award
• Securing Judicial Review of Arbitral Class Awards
• Winston & Strawn, Partner Settle Salary Suit
• DOL Proposes Changes To ERISA Settlement Rules
• High Court To Hear Appeal Over California Labor Law
• Court Sides With NLRB In Fifth Amendment Dispute
• AP Age Bias Suit Tossed For Too Little Evidence
• Win Your Cases By Polishing Your Speaking Style
• Applied's Discovery Plea Denied In Trade Secrets Suit
• Skadden Wants ERISA Suit Gutted
• Attorney, Firm Sued For Missing EEOC Filing Deadline
• Christian Guidance Counselor Loses Appeal
• Investors Sue Morgan Stanley Over Banned Broker
• Foxwoods Asks Labor Board To Stay Union Elections
• $8.8M Radio Shack Settlement Becomes Effective
• Attorney Fired For Bad Judgment, Not Gender: Cozen
• Calpine Wants To Pay $66.6M In Emergence Awards
• Thelen Draws Employment Team From Mintz Levin
• No TRO For Tropicana Casino Workers' Union
• CBS Says Rather's Claims "Far-Fetched"
• Sara Lee Handed Mixed Ruling In Uniform Pay Case
• Class Action Waiver Strike Upheld In DRC Suit
• A Little Less Red Ink For The PBGC In '07
• Italian Senate Votes To Open Door To Class Actions
• Union Labor Life Pays $20M To Settle ERISA Claims
• Employees' Religious Beliefs In Health Care Settings
• Court Says Nay To Quaker Oats ERISA Suit
• Countrywide Consultants Lose Bid For Class Status
• Ex-Monster CEO's Backdating Suit To Go Forward
• Merrill Lynch Will Pay $3M Arbitration Award
• Senate Panel Considers Expanding ADA Protections
• Navigant Workers Lose Appeal In Trade Secret Case
• Q&A With Ogletree Deakins' Homer L. Deakins Jr.
• Judge Tosses Shareholder Suit Against Apple
• Stryker Pays $16.6M To Quell Qui Tam Allegations
• Q&A With Morgan And Morgan's Richard Celler
• Another Mortgage Lender Targeted By FLSA Suit
• Lawyer Sues Firm For Bonus After Wal-Mart Win
• After Nine Years, OSHA Sets Rule On Worker Gear
• CEO Blunders Spur Whole Foods To Revamp Policy
• Verizon Fights ERISA Claims By 9/11 Worker
• Morgan Stanley's $16M Detente Triggers Protests
• K&L Gates Does Away With Mandatory Retirement
• NRC Revises Employee Protection Rules, Enforcement
• Judith Regan Sues News Corp. For "Smear Campaign"
• Judge Hands Down Mixed Decision In NFL Dispute
• Ex-Bloomberg Employee Joins EEOC's Pregnancy Suit
• Q&A With Seyfarth Shaw's Gerald L. Maatman Jr.
• More Woes For Wal-Mart In Pennsylvania Wage Case
• Q&A With Ogletree Deakins' Donald S. Prophete
• Buffalo Firefighters Bias Case Inches Towards Trial
• Stable-Value Funds And The Pension Protection Act
• Muslims Hit Exxon With $12M Civil Rights Suit
• Banks Settle WARN Act Class Action Over Firings
• Court Says Lab Cleanup Violated Due Process Rights
• AMD Sued By Former Worker Over Birth Defects
• "Pay Or Play" Laws Will Lead To Layoffs: Study
• Rare Employment Agreement Order Ousts Patent Suit
• Employer Obligations In The Wake Of Wildfires
• Wal-Mart CEO To Be Deposed In Doc-Shredding Case
• Goodyear Must Fork Over $4.4M To Fired Lesbian
• AT&T Wins Dismissal Of Putative ERISA Class Action
• KFC Case Stayed Pending JPML Ruling
• Morgan Stanley Prevails In Title VII Suit
• Ex-WestLB Employee Wins $2.54M Jury Verdict
• Transit Workers Union Still Can't Collect Dues
• Staph Infections In The Workplace
• Alaska Governor Immune To EEOC Lawsuit: Court
• Banana Farmers To Get Punitive Damages From Dole
• Seventh Circuit Orders Compensation For Strikers
• House Votes For Gay Employee Rights Bill
• Union Says San-West Owes Benefits Contributions
• Firefighters Target Sacramento With Overtime Suit
• Brokers Target Advocate Mortgage Group In FLSA Suit
• Supreme Court Considers Arbitration Case
• Heller Ehrman Hires New Benefits Partner
• Burger King Outlet Skimped On Procedures: Court
• Present Your Evidence Without Technology
• Judge Nixes Settlement In Trump Employment Spat
• FedEx Pays To Quell Union-Busting Claims
• Supreme Court To Tackle Federal Arbitration Act
• Q&A With Davis & Gilbert's Gregg Gilman
• Citigroup Faces ERISA Suit On Subprime Write-Down
• Jury Awards $3.3M To Banana Farm Workers
• High Court Hears Arguments In FedEx Age Bias Case
• E-Communications Policies And Litigation
• OSHA To Investigate Wal-Mart Whistleblower's Claims
• Court Upholds NLRB Ruling On Smithfield Union Claims
• Calif. Employers Gain Reimbursement Flexibility
• Axed Wal-Mart Marketing Exec Drops Claims
• Staples Pays $38M To Settle FLSA Suit
• W-H Energy Services Faces FLSA Class Action
• SEC Staff On Executive Compensation Disclosure
• J&J Overtime Suit To Remain In Federal Court: Judge
• Ogletree Deakins Continues To Grow, Adds 8 Lawyers
• Writers Guild Goes On Strike
• Plaintiffs Say M.L. Stern Trying To Coerce Settlement
• Tenured Professors' Retirement Payments Taxable
• Ex-EDS General Counsel One Day Short On Appeal
• Key OIG Opinion For Compensation Programs
• Fired Patent Lawyer Loses Appeal Of Age Bias Claims
• Q&A With Ogletree Deakins' Kim F. Ebert
• Burkle, Bimbo And Teamsters Vie For Interstate
• Dockworkers Union Gets RICO Mob Suit Thrown Out
• Ex-NBC Producer Who Raised Ethics Flag Loses Suit
• Suit Says Sojitz Discriminates Against Non-Asians
• Delphi Amends Settlement With ERISA Plaintiffs
• Wackenhut Files RICO Suit Against Union
• Semiconductor Testing Cos. Clash Over Trade Secrets
• Openwave Options Backdating Case To Move Forward
• Additional Transition Relief Under Section 409A
• Jackson Lewis Nabs Litigator From DLA Piper
• NAACP Joins Race Bias Action Against Eli Lilly
• Smithfield Foods Slapped With FLSA Suit
• Tower Welders File Donning, Doffing FLSA Suit
• Suit Targets Dentsu CEO's Alleged Sexual Shenanigans
• Government Whistleblowers Got $177M In FY07
• Merrill Lynch Sues Mystery Racist E-Mailer