Employment Archive » August, 2009

Employment - August, 2009

228 articles

• Calif. Ruling Spotlights Risks Of Secret Cameras
• Wyeth Employees' Don, Doff Suit Moves To Trial
• Delta Financial Looks To 3rd Circ. In Coverage Spat
• Wis. Considers Barring Credit Checks In Hiring
• PGA Contractor, Former Employee Settle FLSA Suit
• Calif. Insurance Chief Fights To Bar $1B Asset Sale
• DuPont Kevlar Secrets Suit Survives Bid To Toss
• E&Y OT Plaintiff Ordered To Produce Docs
• Toyota Fights To Seal Ex-Atty's Cover-Up Claims
• Reid Says EFCA Resolution Unlikely This Year
• BGC Hit With $500M Claim Over Tullett Defections
• Rio Fights Exhaustion Order In Human Rights Suit
• Passing The Integrated Employer Test
• Boehringer IP Atty's Forced Retirement Ruled Illegal
• GINA Could Pose Challenges For Wellness Programs
• Gay Man Can Claim Gender Stereotyping: 3rd Circ.
• FedEx Loses Bid To Toss $1.2M Discrimination Suit
• Union Sues DC Mayor Over Canceled Child Program
• Mortgage Sources Loan Officers Win FLSA Class Cert.
• Calif. VF Worker Seeks Class Cert. In FLSA Suit
• UPS Medical Leave Policy Violates ADA: EEOC
• NJ Home Depot Managers Lose Class Cert. Bid
• The Exemption Question In Financial Services
• CVS Settles With Last 2 Pharmacy Techs in FLSA Suit
• Bemis Retiree Benefits Class Action Gets The Boot
• Judge Slices $6.9M Fee Request In NYPD OT Suit
• Religious Bias Suit Against Wis. School District Nixed
• Missing Pants Judge To Appeal Reappointment Claim
• Life Time Fitness Wins Minn. FLSA Action On Appeal
• Judge Upholds E-Verify Rule For Fed. Contractors
• FOREWARN Act Aims To Beef Up WARN Protections
• High Court To Mull Reining In FCA Whistleblowers
• Windstream Can Alter Welfare Plan Benefits: Judge
• Former Lehman President Files $233M Claim
• Colo. Gov. Signs Bill To End Worker Misclassification
• Judge Won't Delay Class Cert. Bid In Embarq FLSA Suit
• Commonsense Strategies In Age Of Uncertainty
• Kaiser, Project Managers Settle FLSA Suit For $1.4M
• 11th Circ. OKs Sanctions Against Shavitz In FLSA Suit
• Maron Atty Alleges Bawdy Behavior By Supervisor
• White NY Firefighter Cites Ricci In Race Bias Suit
• Judge Wants More Answers On Merrill Bonuses Deal
• Latham & Watkins Tax Chair Jumps To Skadden
• Q&A With Jackson Lewis' Michael Jacobster
• Final Claims Booted In Qwest Death Benefits Suit
• A Cautionary Tale: Boucher V. Shaw
• Disabled Man Sues Orrick Herrington For Retaliation
• Ex-Defense Firm Workers Sued Over Rival Business
• Former Monster Exec Pleads For Lenient Sentence
• Texas Appeals Court Upholds Insurer's Noncompete
• Investors Weren't Misled On Merrill Bonuses: BofA
• Mass. Court Favors Employee In Classification Suit
• USA Cab Drivers' Class Cert. Appeal Denied
• Judge Trims Claims In FLSA Action Against RGIS
• McGuireWoods Employment Vet Heads To Ogletree
• Q&A With Drinker Biddle's Cheryl Orr
• Renew Gets OK For Severance Pay, Just In Case
• SOX: A Robust Remedy For Whistleblowers
• SEC Drops Backdating Probe Into Pixar Ex-CFO
• Alameda County Fire Dept. Hit With FLSA Suit
• No Appeals Based On 'Death Knell Doctrine': Court
• 3 Classes OK'd In Cosmetic Clinic Workers' OT Suit
• LM Aims To Nix Roush Suit Over Workers' Comp Fees
• AFSCME Sues Ill. To Block Layoffs Of State Workers
• Atty Relaunches Covington & Burling Race Bias Suit
• Neb. Beef Workers Seek Class Cert. For Don, Doff Suit
• 3rd Circ. Revives Retaliation Claim Against Bloomberg
• Textron Hit With ERISA Suit Over SEC Filings
• Calif.'s Occupational Airborne Disease Standards
• Lowe's Settles Sexual Harassment Suit For $1.7M
• 9th Circ. Mostly Affirms FLSA Ruling For Lojack
• All Claims In Deere ERISA Action To Head To Trial
• Mortgage Lenders Of America Hit With FLSA Suit
• AIG Wins Dismissal Of $1B Workers' Comp Fraud Suit
• Staples, Mass. Product Specialists Settle FLSA Action
• UPS, Drivers Ask Court To OK $6.5M Settlement
• Jasco V. Dana — Back To Bankruptcy
• Raytheon Beryllium Suppliers Must Face Suit: 1st Circ.
• Cintas Offers $24M To Resolve Driver OT Action
• EEOC Slaps AT&T With Age Discrimination Suit
• MortgageIT Settles FLSA Suit With Loan Officers
• Hewitt Workers Seek Class Status In OT Action
• Citigroup Faces Fraud Suit Over Employee Stock Plan
• 7th Circ. Upholds DOL's New Immigrant Work Rules
• Paperless Pay — A Lawful Solution
• DHS Seeks To Rescind No-Match Regulation
• Md. Employee Furlough Plan Unconstitutional: Court
• Class Action Release Bars Collective Action: Judge
• Managers Slap UPS With Putative OT Action
• Railway Act Bars AA Pilots' No-OT Campaign: Judge
• JPML Weighs Transfer Of Insurer, GeoStar Dispute
• Countrywide Workers Seek Class Notice OK
• DDB Owns Rights To Patents In MLB Spat: Judge
• Hotel Workers Seek Class Cert. In Suit Against Hyatt
• Q&A With Buchanan Ingersoll's Gregory Miller
• Crowell & Moring Age Bias Suit Sent To Federal Court
• Communicating Effectively When Bad News Breaks
• PBGC Takes On IndyMac Bank Pension Plan
• Gov't Misconduct Means New Trial For Brocade CEO
• SonicBlue Bondholders Can't Collect Admiral D&O
• Guess Founder Seeks To Stay $370M Libel Judgment
• Pa. High Court To Hear College Labor Dispute
• Say-On-Pay Proposals Lead Regulatory Reform
• Lowe's FLSA Case Gets Conditional Class Cert.
• Q&A With Jackson Lewis' Brad Hammock
• Mixed Ruling In Wal-Mart Sex Discrimination Case
• Workers Target Mama Mexico With $5M FLSA Action
• Suit Alleges Race Bias In Mayer Brown's NC Office
• Obama Announces Chair For Mine Safety Commission
• EDS Workers Move To Combine FLSA Actions
• What Does Same-Sex Marriage Mean For Employers?
• Winstead Employment Vet Jumps To Ogletree
• Ford Will Face Retaliation Claim In Race Bias Suit
• 8th Circ. Upholds Dismissal Of Retaliation Claims
• DOL Sanctioned In FLSA Fight With Wash. State
• Q&A With Ogletree Deakins' Kim Ebert
• Schreiber Foods Faces Donning, Doffing Suit
• Strippers Come Out On Top In Misclassification Action
• Comedy Club V. Improv West: Calif. Noncompetes
• Employers Face Crackdown On Misclassification
• Pillsbury Partner Battles Ex-Firm Darby Over Loan
• Court Rules Firefighter Age Limits Unconstitutional
• Cox Installers Drop Class Claims To Settle FLSA Suit
• Ex-IGT Counsel Are SOX Whistleblowers: 9th Circ.
• Insurer Seeks Coverage Ruling In Whistleblower Case
• Court Limits Claims In JPMorgan ERISA Class Action
• 3rd Circ. Denies Cintas Workers Punitive Damages
• IT Staffer Attacks AT&T Over On-Call Policy
• Jenny Craig Settles Wage-And-Hour Suit For $1.65M
• Hartford Hands Over $48M Fla. Workers' Comp Refund
• Early Wins Denied In San Diego Transit Workers' Suit
• Hernandez V. Hillsides: Evolving Calif. Privacy Law
• Del Monte Torture Claims Shifted To Guatemala
• Class Counsel Gets $6.2M In Wal-Mart Race Bias Suit
• Workers Can't Sue Coke Bottlers For Torture: Court
• Class Cert. For 20K Nurses Sought In Wage Case
• Bally Workers Can't Pursue Class Action: Judge
• US Fails To Quash Broadcom Execs' Subpoenas
• Hayes' Plans Could Taint Negotiations: UAW, USW
• Lowe's Managers Seek Class Cert. In FLSA Suit
• Ex-Maxim Integrated Worker's Options Suit Tossed
• Q&A With Jackson Lewis' Frank Alvarez
• Wage Suit Against Calif. Dairies Not Covered: Judge
• FMLA And Equitable Estoppel
• Ex-Hagens Berman Attys Lose Bid To Expedite Hearing
• WARN, FLSA Classes Certified For Call Center Workers
• CORRECTED: La. FedEx MDL Plaintiffs Add Subclass
• Boeing To Pay $2M To Settle Whistleblower Claims
• Tribune Must Give Union Details On $70M Bonus Plan
• Judge OKs $925M UnitedHealth Deal, Slashes Fees
• Court Seeks Details On $33M SEC, BofA Bonus Deal
• Shook Hardy Snags Partner From Ogletree
• Smithfield Workers Seek Cert. In Donning, Doffing Suit
• SCOTUS 2008: Labor, Employment Law Roundup
• PBGC Takes Over Delphi Pension Plans
• 4th Circ. Orders Cert. In Nucor Workers' Race Bias Suit
• Judge Won't Dismiss Mich. Blue Cross ERISA Suit
• Veteran Litigator Jumps To Ruden McClosky
• Tyco Settles ERISA Class Action for $70.5M
• Mattel Wants More Deposition Time With MGA Execs
• Zinc Workers Win Cert. In Donning, Doffing Action
• Q&A With Robins Kaplan's Roman Silberfeld
• Proskauer Atty Faces Grilling In Clifford Race Bias Suit
• HP Hit With Suit Over Unpaid Commissions
• Valero OT Class Action Plaintiffs Want $100M
• Ariz. Nurses Seek Class Reconsideration In Cartel Suit
• Grand Central Settles Religious Bias Suit With EEOC
• Plaintiffs' Firm Booted From Robert Half OT Suit
• JPMorgan Loan Officers Pitch $2.5M Deal In OT Case
• ML Stern, Ex-Brokers Come To Terms In OT Dispute
• Aldo Store Managers Maintain Cert. In OT Action
• How Boards Can Institute A Risk-Centric Culture
• Mixed Ruling In 6th Circ. McDonald's FLSA Appeal
• Judge Says DirecTV Must Use Plaintiffs' Search Terms
• Class Status Denied In AT&T ERISA Suit
• Exhaustion Not Required In Part Of Rio Tinto Case
• USPS Off Hook In Union Enforcement, Injunction Bid
• AT&T Option Coverage Suit Rightly Tossed: Court
• Hawaii State Workers Sue Over Layoffs, Furloughs
• Bankrupt Frontier, Teamsters Settle Contract Dispute
• 4th Circ. Sides With McGuireWoods In FMLA Spat
• Q&A With Sutherland's Lisa Combs Jern
• GE Settles ERISA Class Action For $40M
• Former Lyondell Execs Blast Proposed Benefits Cuts
• Collective Bargaining Agreements During Recession
• ClearOne Scores TRO In DialHD Trade Secret Suit
• 5th Circ. Nixes Boeing Workers' FLSA Action
• Court Puts Brakes On $33M BofA Settlement With SEC
• SafeNet Securities Class Action Pared Down
• $55M Deal Sought In Countrywide ERISA Action
• Q&A With Jackson Lewis' Vincent Cino
• Lawmakers Renew Support For Stronger OSHA
• Sens. Introduce Companion Gay Worker Rights Bill
• An Eye On Trade Secrets, Noncompetes In NY
• Wells Fargo Attacks Calif. Employees' Discovery Bid
• Riot Cut From Worker's Suit Over Philips Noncompete
• Applebee's Servers Retain Class Cert. In FLSA Suit
• Hartford Insurance Hit With Wage-And-Hour Action
• Dell Sales Reps Win Certification In FLSA Action
• LA Cops Face Pretrial Setback In Don, Doff Suit
• Domino's Drivers' FLSA Suit Gets Green Light
• Retail Employees Hit Apple With OT Suit
• Revamping The False Claims Act
• Q&A With Dickstein Shapiro's Deborah Kelly
• Ogletree Adds Three More Shareholders
• 401(k) Fee Case Against Edison Winnowed
• Workplace Retaliation In Post-Crawford Investigations
• EPlus Derivative Suit Over Backdating Gets The Boot
• Mass. High Court Nixes New Trial In Skycap Tips Case
• Secret Camera Didn't Violate Privacy: Calif. High Court
• Class Cert. Denied In Citibank OT Spat
• 9th Circ. Affirms NLRB Ruling In Hospital OT Spat
• Q&A With Sheppard Mullin's Greg Labate
• Arbitration Award In Favor Of KeySpan Stands
• Rather Wants CBS Execs Back On Hook In $70M Suit
• Take-Two Execs Settle SEC Backdating Claims
• J&J Workers Renew Cert. Bid In Race Bias Action
• AT&T Pays $1.3M In EEOC Religious Bias Suit
• Counselors Hit University Of Phoenix With FLSA Suit
• 2nd Circ. Revives $20M Dana Trade Secrets Suit
• Putting Use Of Employment Tests To The Test
• 3rd Circ. Revives IP Spat Over Electrical Connectors
• CSC Workers Appeal ERISA Action To 9th Circ.
• BofA To Pay $33M To Settle SEC Suit Over Bonuses
• FedEx Unit, Drivers Resolve NY Overtime Action
• Covington Seeks Sanctions In Revived Race Bias Suit
• Q&A With Crowell & Moring's Kris Meade
• 9th Circ. Nixes Tata Bid To Send Worker Suit To India