Employment Archive » November, 2008

Employment - November, 2008

175 articles

• NationsHealth Workers Launch Unpaid Wage Action
• Ex-Thelen Employees Sue Firm Over Pay, Benefits
• Complaints On Wyeth Outsourcing Led To Firing: Suit
• Star Tribune, EEOC Enter Into Consent Decree
• Transportation-To-Work Case Rightly Nixed: 10th Circ.
• What To Do With Underwater Stock Options
• Reforms Part Of $925M UnitedHealth Deal
• Travis Loses Bid To Stop Class Cert. In OT Suit
• Paper To Pay $22M To Settle Carrier Class Action
• Ex-Ballard Spahr Worker Takes Bias Suit To DC Circ.
• Security Guards' Pay Suit Against DHS Survives
• High Court Ponders Rights In Collective Bargaining
• Union Sues Delta Over Flight Attendant Integration
• Class Certified In Sprint Nextel Commission Case
• 'Exact' Match Not Needed To Show Age Bias: 6th Circ.
• US Liable For Air Marshals' Overtime Pay: Court
• Bear Stearns MDL Lawyers Spar Over Consolidation
• Obama Could Raise Cap On H-1B Skilled Workers
• Union Drumming May Not Be Protected: NY Court
• Judge Squashes Caterpillar Motion In ERISA Suit
• Skadden Tops List Of 2007 Litigation Revenue Makers
• Judge Tosses Pilots' Contract Suit V. US Airways
• Midwest Generation To Pay $16.1M For '01 Lockout
• NLRB Decisions From 2008 Could Be Nullified
• Rogue Workers Don't Make Corps. Liable: Prosecutor
• CVS, Longs Face Class Action Over Pharmacist Wages
• Ex-Mervyn's Workers Bring WARN Class Action
• Court Keeps ADA Drug Test Suit V. Bank In Play
• Ex-Circuit City Workers Seek Automatic Stay Relief
• Valuing Injunctive Relief In Trade Secret Disputes
• Bellsouth Hit With Call Center Class Action
• Settlement Fund Approved In KFC Overtime Pay MDL
• Thousands Of Plaintiffs Drop Allstate FLSA Claims
• New Law Extends Unemployment Benefits
• Steve & Barry's Workers Sue After Mass Layoff
• Adjusting To Change In The ADA And FMLA
• Tort Costs Climbed $5.1B In '07: Report
• Senators Pose New Pension Rules Amid Crisis
• ERISA Doesn't Preempt Contract Dispute: 9th Circ.
• SOX Won't Shield Fired Accts. Receivable VP: 7th Circ.
• Chesapeake Energy Hit With Age, Sex Bias Suit
• Judge Leery Of Antitrust Claims Against Fragomen
• EEOC Bias Filing Counts As A 'Charge': 10th Circ.
• Novartis Spars With Sales Reps Over FLSA Exemptions
• USW Claims Arbitrator In KeySpan Spat Biased
• Marriott Timeshare Salesman Sues For Overtime Pay
• Class Action Rise Paints Complex Picture
• Tyson Sluggish On Discovery In MDL: Plaintiffs
• What Can Employee Evaluations Do For Employers?
• Illegal Aliens Can Sue Employers: NY Appeals Court
• Dismissal Of ADA Case Over Morbid Obesity Affirmed
• Reed Smith Lures More Thelen Talent
• Employment Suits Still Rock The Docket
• Judge Tosses CVS Suit Over Change To Win Web Site
• Brink's Security Staff Sues For Overtime Wages
• Another Delay In Effort To Extradite Comverse CEO
• Avoiding The Hazards Of Economy-Driven Decisions
• McAfee Hit With FLSA Suit By Sales Representative
• 3rd-Party Funding Fuels European Litigation Growth
• United Wins Injunction Against Union, Pilots
• San Francisco Cops Fire Off Age Bias Class Action
• 6th Circ. Orders Biscuit Co. To Allow Union Election
• Fired Morgan Stanley Manager Sues For Age Bias
• Library Of Congress Police Union Fights Merger
• Ex-Busboy Sues Justin Timberlake's NYC BBQ Joint
• Deloitte 'Pruned' Staff Of Older Employees: Suit
• 3rd Circ. Upholds Dismissal Of Avaya ERISA Suit
• Jury Slaps NY Police Dept. $1M Verdict Over Sex Bias
• Citrix Settles Derivative Suits Over Backdating
• Smithfield Faces Yet Another Class Action
• Managers Sue McDonald's Over Training Pay
• 10th Circ. To Hear Case On Guns At Work
• DOI Official Sentenced In Conflict Of Interest Case
• DOL Expands Family Leave, Adds Worker Limits
• Judge Keeps One Claim Alive In DOL Info Suit
• Plaintiffs Fail To Prove Standing In Asyst Stock Suit
• Labor Dept. Updates Family Leave Law
• Mining Co. Penalized For Repeat Safety Violations
• Robinson & Cole Gains About 30 Ex-Thelen Attorneys
• Grow Co. Gets OK To Pursue Trade Secrets Suit
• Judge OKs Collective Action By Tyson Workers
• DOL Slaps Calif. Company With ERISA Suit
• Wage Class Action Against Kelly Services Tossed
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Severance For IAM In Varig Suit
• Citi Sues Former Employee For Client Scam
• Ogletree Deakins Adds Veteran Litigator
• Ousted Chairman Considers Suing Cohen Milstein
• Houston Fails To Extinguish Firefighters' Suit
• Mall Owner Faces ERISA Probe Amid Credit Strife
• E-Verify Rule For Fed. Contractors Goes On The Books
• After Holding Steady, ERISA Litigation On The Rise
• Deal In Juniper Backdating Case Gets Judge's Nod
• US Attorneys' Offices' Resources Mismanaged: Audit
• Cuomo Digs Further Into BofA's Exec Bonuses
• Discrimination Suits On The Rise Amid Recession
• Hotbed Of FLSA Claims To Continue In Low Economy
• Retirees, UAW Sue Mack Trucks To Protect Benefits
• Foiling Employee Financial Misconduct In Tough Times
• EEOC Settles Religious Bias Suits Over Pork Forms
• Former Blue Coat CFO Settles Backdating Suit
• Lumber Co. Workers Lose Bid For WARN Act Relief
• Man Wins Nearly $1M In EEOC Suit
• American Apparel Worker Told To Cook Books: Suit
• Ex-Employees Stole Trade Secrets, St.-Gobain Claims
• Employment Practice: Sidley Austin
• ADA Amendments: Prepare And Proceed With Caution
• Call Center Worker Dials Up AmEx With Overtime Suit
• Dickstein Hires Former DuPont Counsel Mobley
• Pregnancy Title VII Claims On The Rise: Study
• Ex-Marsh Exec Can't Solicit Clients For 1 Year: Judge
• Employment Law's Future Under Obama
• Looming Changes For Employers In 2009
• Honda, Merrill Lynch Hit With ERISA Suit
• Clarifying 'Fluctuating Workweek' In OT Calculations
• More Homework For High Court In ERISA Case
• Implications Of Crawford And A Broader Title VII
• Overtime Issues In The Digital Age
• Lessons Learned From Worker Classification Cases
• APA Seeks Right To Conduct No-Overtime Campaign
• Jury Orders NFL Union To Pay $28M To Former Players
• The Window Of Risk In Weighing Severance Proposals
• Broadcom Co-Founder's Ex-Lawyer Pleads Guilty
• Noble Smacked With Race Discrimination Suit
• Nucletron To Settle EEOC Age Bias Claim For $295K
• 6th Circ. Upholds NLRB Fineberg Ruling
• Ex-OSHA Head Finds New Home At Fisher & Phillips
• 9th Circ. Revives Oracle Wage Claims
• Fla. Workers Sue City For Race Discrimination
• Univ. Of Phoenix To Pay $2M In Religious Bias Suit
• Judge Bars Former IBM VP From Apple Job
• Axed Cohen Milstein Partner Starts Hausfeld LLP
• Changes Expected At EEOC, But Nothing Too Radical
• Improper Classification Can Have Huge Consequences
• Engineer Charged With Stealing Intel Trade Secrets
• BofA Signs On To Broker Recruitment Protocol
• Constellation Faces Another ERISA Class Action
• NLRB To Begin Process Of Overturning Prior Board
• Overtime Suit Against US Mint To Stay In Play
• ClearOne Scores Over $10M In Trade Secret Suit
• Calif. Gay Marriage Ban Brings Workplace Confusion
• AT&T Violated Title VII: Employees To High Court
• Teamwork, Turf Wars For State AGs Under Obama
• Best Practices For A Reduction In Force
• Rather Makes Play For CBS Panel Documents
• Appeals Ct. Nixes Worker Death Case V. GE Unit
• Workers Sue AT&T, Contractor Over Pay Spat
• 5th Circ. Finds Texas Worker's Noncompete Valid
• Court Reporter For Convicted Judge Settles Suit
• Waiters Sue Hoteliers Over Tips
• Shell Call Center Workers File FLSA Suit
• Salvation Army, EEOC Settle English-Only Suit
• Judge Says New Immigrant Work Rules Are Legal
• Layoffs Ahead? Do It Right
• Neb. Voters Ban Affirmative Action
• CSX Workers Fight Medical Subpoenas In FMLA Suit
• Benefit Payments Don't End When CBA Does: 2nd Circ.
• ALPA Seeks To Get Age Discrimination Claims Tossed
• Code Writer Boots Up WARN Act Suit V. Lehman
• 4th Circ. OKs Former TPI Executive Joining Rival
• Treasury Taps Two Firms For Bailout Work
• Meal Period Limbo: Waiting On Brinker
• White Fla. Firefighters Sue For Race Bias
• 6th Circ. Sends Union Case Back To District
• American Apparel Harassment Cover-Up Revealed
• Ford Faces Age Discrimination Class Action
• Judge Paves Way For Outsourcing At Frontier
• High Court Rejects CSX Appeal Of FELA Case
• Swaths Of Bechtel ERISA Suit Stripped Away
• High Court To Hear Seaman's Punitive Damages Suit
• WaMu To Face FLSA Lawsuit By Underwriters
• Virgin Sacks 13 Crew Members Over Facebook Posts
• Rotech Healthcare Sues Rival For Wooing Employees
• IBM Sues Exec Who Wants To Work For Apple
• IT Whistleblower Hits Boeing With Retaliation Suit
• Conservative Professor's Free Speech Suit Gets Nod