Employment Archive » February, 2009

Employment - February, 2009

156 articles

• 240 Ex-Thelen Workers May Join WARN Class Action
• 2nd Circ. Denies Attys Cut Of Kodak Pension Funds
• Execs Blame Auditor In Comverse Backdating Suit
• Pros And Cons Of Furloughs, Shutdowns
• NY Starbucks Baristas Want Class Cert. In Tips Spat
• Ex-Fannie Execs Want OFHEO To Produce Docs
• ERISA Class Action Against Alliant Nixed
• Union's ERISA Claims Waiver Upheld In Arkema Suit
• Calif. High Court Greenlights Whistleblower Suit
• State Separation Of Unions And Politics
• Terrorist Payouts Were To Protect Workers: Chiquita
• NC Judge Strikes Deal With Reservist Over Job Loss
• AIG Fraud Claims Survive In Workers' Comp Spat
• NFL Team Seeks $2.8M From Former Player
• Obama Ups Civil Rights Enforcement Funds By 18%
• Mo. High Court Upholds Tweaked Workers' Comp Law
• Texaco Retirees Prevail In 9-Year Battle For Benefits
• EEOC Offers Rules To Enforce Anti-Genetic-Bias Law
• Irell Chastised Over Ethics In Broadcom Work
• Transamerica Seeks Re-Exam Of Benefit Rider Patent
• CFAA: Sharpened Sword Or Extra Baggage?
• Citigroup Faces Charges Of Sex Bias In Mass Layoffs
• Obama's Budget Boosts DOL Funding To $13B
• Supreme Court Hears Immigrant ID Theft Case
• Workers' Suit Against Dallas Transit, DOL Dismissed
• 10th Circ. Reinstates Nacchio Conviction
• OSHA Tells Airline To Pay Fired Whistleblower $400K
• Covington & Burling Smacked With Race Bias Suit
• Hotel Workers Win Collective Status In OT Suit
• COBRA Subsidy Under ARRA
• Logger Overtime Suit Certified As Collective Action
• Bimbo Bakeries Drivers Seek Class Cert. In OT Suit
• 3rd Circ. Upholds OSHA Chromium Limit
• D&O Insurance Rates Spike For Financial Firms
• Conductors Union Suit V. CSX Sent To Arbitration
• Caesars Settles Sex, Age Bias Suit Over Hiring Plan
• High Court Upholds Ban On Union Payroll Deductions
• 6th Circ. Revives Unlawful Firing Suit V. Court, Judge
• Greenberg Traurig Scores Veteran Labor Litigator
• House Ups EEOC Budget By $15M, NLRB By $6M
• Staples Ordered To Pay $2.5M In FLSA Suit
• Sales Rep Class OK'd In OT Suit V. Time Share Co.
• Cuomo Pushes For More Answers On Merrill Bonuses
• Wal-Mart, Drivers Settle Race Bias Suit For $17.5M
• High Court To Review Union Pacific Arbitration Case
• Calif. Court Kills $31M Malpractice Award V. Seyfarth
• Class Status Nixed In FLSA Case V. Erie Indemnity
• Lawyers Keep Close Eye On New Ledbetter Rulings
• Reducing Liability When Reducing Work Force
• Iowa Concrete Co. Settles ERISA Suit
• 7th Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of 401(k) Case V. Deere
• Justices' Retaliation Ruling Leaves Lawyers Guessing
• Lawyer In USPS Bias Suit Sent To Disciplinary Panel
• EEOC Cases V. Albertson's Stayed For Settlement
• Lawyers Say Visa Workers Not Recession Fall Guys
• Magistrate Backs Collective Status For AT&T Workers
• The New Mass. Data Protection Law
• The 409A Deadline Has Passed — Or Has It?
• Trash Co. Gets Claims Dumped From Age Bias Suit
• Twombly Leads To More Title VII Dismissals: Study
• Uproar Over Exec Pay Unlikely To Spur Many Suits
• An Empathetic Approach To Layoffs
• Okla. Guns-At-Work Law Not Preempted: 10th Circ.
• Backdating Suit V. Ex-Embarcadero Execs Lives
• FMLA Rights During A Work Force Reduction
• Surviving Stock Option Repricing
• Judge OKs Class In FLSA Action Against Citigroup
• Class OK'd In Race Bias Suit V. NJ Fire Department
• DOJ Joins Qui Tam Suits Over Off-Label Natrecor Use
• Best Practices For Multistate Employers
• ARRA Expected To Cause Whistleblower Claims Spike
• The EU Working Time Directive
• Tellers Bring FLSA Action Against BofA
• Utah High Court OKs Worker's Injury Suit V. Chevron
• Ind. Court Nixes Ex-Shareholders' Claims V. Biomet
• RIM, Top Brass Settle SEC Backdating Case
• Most Tech Cos. Say No To Say On Pay: Survey
• Delivery Driver Ships OT Action To DHL
• Wal-Mart Wins En Banc Hearing In Sex Bias Suit
• CFRA: What Every Calif. Employer Should Know
• Stimulus Fund Safeguards For Whistleblowers
• 1st Circ. Revives Libel Suit Against Staples
• 6th Circ. Reverses Ruling For GE In Age Bias Case
• Oracle, Class Seek Final OK Of $1.1M Deal In OT Suit
• Corrections Corp. Of America Settles FLSA Suit
• Mattel 'Interested' In Resolving Bratz Spat: Attorney
• NovaStar Fails In Bid To Nix ERISA Action
• Ex-Clippers Exec Hits NBA, Others With Bias Suit
• Judge Tosses ERISA Claims Against HSBC
• Class Certified In Donning, Doffing Suit V. Tyson
• ESI: You Have It, But Can You Use It?
• Class Certified In Alliant ERISA Suit
• Perkins Coie Files Suit Against IP Associate
• H2B Workers Not Entitled To Reimbursement: 5th Circ.
• Wal-Mart Worker Life Insurance Claims Can Proceed
• AT&T Workers Invoke Ledbetter In High Court Fight
• Judge Keeps FLSA Claims Against McDonald's Alive
• Westgate Resorts Hit With Overtime Class Actions
• Sales Reps Accuse Canon Of Race Bias
• Class Status Denied In BellSouth FLSA Suit
• GOP Reps Revisit Comp Time Amendment To FLSA
• Judge OKs Partial Class Status In ERISA Suit V. Merck
• Merrill Paid $3.6B In Bonuses Before Merger: Cuomo
• House Passes FMLA Flight Crew Amendment
• Miners Union Gets Partial Win Over MSHA Rule
• Troubled DRAM Maker Qimonda Hit With WARN Suit
• Texas Bill Aims To Open Door For Guns At Work
• Sales Associate Slaps A&F With FLSA Class Suit
• Fried Frank Won't Promote Gays: Ex-Associate
• Broadcom Co-Founder Off Hook In Shareholder Suit
• AMA Hits Aetna, Cigna With Payment Fraud Suits
• An Ill-Advised Bailout For Organized Labor
• Class Claims Cut From OT Suit Against Ameriprise
• Judge Tosses Donning, Doffing Action Against Tyson
• 1st Circ. Sets Criteria For SOX Whistleblower Claims
• AXA, Sales Reps Near $6.5M Deal In OT Class Suit
• Obama Promotes Unions On Govt. Construction Jobs
• Diacetyl And The OSHA Regulatory Agenda
• LSAT Prep Co. Breached Noncompete Contract: Jury
• Preventive Strategies For Ledbetter
• D&O Liability For Wages, WARN Act Violations
• BofA Hit With ERISA Suits Over Merrill, Countrywide
• Mitsui Discriminates Against Non-Asians: Suit
• Obama Executive Orders — 'Paying His Union Dues'
• DOL Urges Pension Managers To Probe Madoff Risks
• Obama Names Volcker-Led Economic Advisory Board
• Delphi Tries To Dump Retiree Health Benefits
• Class Certified In RadioShack Mileage Suit
• EU 'Very Much Welcomes' US-Style Cap On Bank Pay
• Ex-BASF Workers Win Class Status In Age Bias Suit
• 9th Circ. Revives Postal Inspectors' Fight For OT Pay
• RIM, Canadian Agency Reach $75M Backdating Deal
• DOJ Snags Jenner & Block Litigator For ADAG Post
• US Settles Religious Bias Suit Against DC Transit
• 3rd Circ. Backs Tax Offset In Worker Bias Awards
• Title VII Investigators Beware: 'Silent Opposition'
• Obama Caps Pay For TARP Execs At $500K
• Lawyers Eye Seeds Of Litigation Wave In Layoffs
• Investors' Backdating Suit Against Broadcom Survives
• Brocade, Ex-CEO Pursue Deal In Backdating Suit
• 7th Circ. Rejects En Banc Rehearing In EEOC HIV Case
• Insurance Spat Over IP Firm Gender Bias Suit Tossed
• Liability Fight Breaks Out In KidsPeace $1M Bias Case
• EEOC General Counsel Cooper Returns To Steptoe
• Pro-Union Bias Claims Against Pa. Officials Survive
• Thomson Reuters T-Shirt Spat Leads To NLRB Charges
• Venable Snags Labor Veteran From Parker Milliken
• Waitstaff FLSA Suit Against Star Chef Advances
• Calls To Curb Executive Compensation Echo Widely
• Clarity For Plan Administrators
• Workers' EEOC Claim Not Protected Speech: 5th Circ.
• Mass. High Court OKs Citigroup Stock Plan
• Employment Cos. Face €94M In French Antitrust Fines
• Ogletree Deakins Launches Boston Office
• Sushi Chain Nobu Shells Out $2M To Settle FLSA Suit
• CVS Assistant Managers Sue For Overtime Pay