Employment Archive » October, 2009

Employment - October, 2009

261 articles

• Issues Facing Faculty In Outside Consulting Jobs
• Dell Settles Call Center Workers' OT Suit
• Contested $90M State St. Bank, Pension Plan Deal OK'd
• Hayes Lemmerz Reaches Deals With Unions, PBGC
• Insurer Foils Advest Claim For Coverage In Fraud Suit
• EU High Court Warns Luxembourg Over Pregnancy Law
• Gap Worker Loses Cert. Bid In Required Clothing Suit
• Monsanto Retirees Appeal Tossing Of ERISA Action
• Massey Unit Buries Hatchet In Age Bias Suit
• BP Challenges $87M OSHA Fine Over Texas Refinery
• GPX Trustee Balks At Exec Bonuses
• Wal-Mart Insurance Spat Stayed To Sort Out Coverage
• Ex-Sedgwick Atty Says Abuse, Collapse Cost Him Job
• Defense Contractor Cleared In $140M Qui Tam Suit
• Delphi Worker Protests Pension Loss Before Senate
• Home Care Workers Win Conditional Cert. In FLSA Suit
• DOL's Anonymous Workers' Comp Rule Chucked
• Ex-Head Of DOJ Civil Division Returns To Jones Day
• UPS Spared Punitive Damages Bid In Retaliation Suit
• Former FedEx VP Joins Littler Mendelson Labor Group
• Starbucks, Ex-VP End Suit Over Move To Dunkin'
• Don't Let The Halloween Work Party Haunt You
• Computer Fraud Claims In Trade Secrets Case Upheld
• FLSA Claims Tossed In Suit Against American Mortgage
• Interstate Brands Settles Sales Reps' OT Class Action
• Finisar Shareholders Try To Revive Backdating Suit
• Guess Founder's Ex-Workers Put Him Up For Ch. 11
• Waste Management Hit With New FLSA Suit
• Live Nation Files Contract Suit V. Ex-Chairman
• Frequent Flu Season Employment Law Questions
• OK To Nix Insurance Discretionary Clauses: 9th Circ.
• Judge Trims Clifford Chance, S&W Race Bias Suit
• Vascular Solutions Targets Rival Over Employee Jump
• Lyondell Gets Court OK To End Exec Benefits
• Wells Fargo Techies Win Conditional Cert. In FLSA Suit
• Unisys Software Workers' Case Returns To State Court
• Attys Appeal Ruling In Hagens Berman Contract Spat
• Ex-Exec Charges Anheuser-Busch With Sex Bias
• Analyst Wins Conditional Cert. In L-3 FLSA Dispute
• Special Ed Teacher Can Claim Retaliation: 9th Circ.
• Conoco Workers Renew Class Cert. Bid In FMLA Suit
• Pittsburgh Hospital Calls For Sanctions In FLSA Action
• Ex-Thelen Partners' New Firms Acquired Thelen: Suit
• Plaintiffs Attys Seek $14M In Countrywide ERISA Action
• ECC Workers, Bear Stearns Settle OT Action For $1.4M
• Establishing CFAA Violations By Former Employees
• HealthSouth Revises Clawback, Proxy Access Policies
• 3rd Circ. Lets Hartford Off Hook In D&O Coverage Suit
• Judge Tosses ERISA Suit Over MetLife Accounts
• City Gets Partial Win Over FDNY Paramedics, EMTs
• High Court Ready To Rein In Honest Services Fraud
• Obama Taps Longtime EEOC Atty David Lopez As GC
• The Risks Of Increased Reliance On Technology
• Iraqis Must Beef Up Claims Against Blackwater
• Time Warner Worker Wins Bid To Amend FLSA Suit
• Managers Eye Conditional Cert. In Enterprise FLSA Suit
• Hospital Can Lower Nurses' Base Pay Rate: 9th Circ.
• US, UK Unions Back Oneworld Alliance Immunity Bid
• SEC Tweaks Suit Against BofA Over Merrill Bonuses
• 6th Circ. Revives MPPAA Claim V. United Tech Unit
• Age Bias Suit Against Klockner Pentaplast Revived
• Holland & Knight Buries Hatchet With Ex-Partner
• Congress May Affect Arbitration More Than High Court
• Rethinking Restrictive Covenant Enforceability In Ill.
• Dresdner Kleinwort Settles FLSA Class Action
• AT&T Workers Win Conditional Cert. In FLSA Suit
• Insurer's Dish Network Suit Stayed For Sex Assault Case
• 2nd Circ. Rejects IBM Appeal In Noncompete Case
• Feinberg Takes Ax To Exec Pay At Bailed-Out Firms
• 1st Circ. Hands Astro-Med $1M In Trade Secrets Spat
• The Boundaries Of Monitoring Employee E-Mail
• Putative ERISA Class Action Against BP Still In Play
• NC Workers' Claims Are For The Birds: Butterball
• Postal Workers To Appeal Privacy Case To 9th Circ.
• Donning, Doffing Suit Against Koch Foods Decertified
• Bailout Execs To Lose Up To 90 Percent Of Pay
• Proskauer Expands ERISA Practice To Washington
• Textron Faces ERISA Suit Over Retirement Losses
• Littler Opens Rochester Office With Nixon Peabody Atty
• Novartis Fails To Nix Pay Claims In Sex Bias Action
• MCI Workers Seek Final Approval Of $3.5M Settlement
• Dole Off The Hook In $97M Banana Farmers Award
• Effective Management Of UK Employee Exits
• Magistrate Wants Mayer Brown Bias Suit Tossed
• Class-Certified Claims Ditched In JPMorgan ERISA Suit
• Calif. Police Lose Bid For Donning, Doffing Pay
• Bankruptcy Court Greenlights Union Arbitration Fight
• Calif. Sues Bank For $200M Pension Fund Fraud
• 3 State AGs To Sue FedEx Over Driver Classification
• Fallen Miss California USA Broke Contract: Pageant
• Puma Moves To Decertify FLSA Suit Over Late Checks
• Claims Pared From Steelworkers' FLSA Suit
• Continental Seeks Commerce Docs In D&O Spat
• Kodak Technologists Seek Approval Of $4M Settlement
• Judge OKs Settlement In L-3 Recruiters' OT Action
• Judge Says Kelly Services Must Pay For Interviews
• Continental ERISA Suit Over 'Sham Divorces' Tossed
• US Airways Union Says Oneworld Pact Threatens Jobs
• Data Security: A Primer For The Midsize Company
• WaMu Plan Managers Seek Appeal In ERISA Action
• Ex-Skadden Atty Loses AIG Whistleblower Suit
• 2nd Circ. Chucks Citigroup ERISA Suit
• Trustee Objects To TMST Employee Incentive Plan
• US Fights Log Cabin's 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Suit
• 11th Circ. Seeks Input On Wal-Mart Insurance Suit
• Locke Lord Employment Partner Launches Solo Firm
• AIG, National Fire Win Dismissal Of Lifeline Suit
• Senate Builds Support For Same-Sex Partner Benefits
• IBM To Pay $7.5M To Settle Techies' OT Action
• Staples FLSA Plaintiffs Appeal Fee, Costs Award
• Deere & Co. Wins ERISA Class Action
• Lehman Creditors Blast Brokerage Sale To Barclays
• Verizon Dodges Diabetic Technician's ADA Suit
• Domino's Pizza Dismissed From FLSA Class Action
• Ala. Supreme Court Stance On Arbitrability
• Ex-Brookstreet Employee Loses Bid For Coverage
• Novo Nordisk Sues Ex-Employee Who Moved To Sandoz
• How To Craft An Effective FCPA Compliance Program
• Labor Cases Fill High Court's Plate For Current Term
• SEC Tightens Up Backdating Claims V. Mercury Execs
• 7th Circ. Split On FLSA Coverage Of Oral Complaints
• Ill. Union Indemnity Suit Survives 2nd Dismissal Effort
• Ex-Worker Hits WL Homes With WARN Class Action
• Cuomo Hits Construction Cos. With $4M Race Bias Suit
• Court Nixes Buffalo Firefighters Arbitration Award
• Union Fees Infringe Professor's Free Speech: 2nd Circ.
• Outside Counsel And Internal Investigations
• Consultant Sues Merrill Lynch For Annual Bonus
• Plaintiff Stuffed In Butterball Donning & Doffing Suit
• Black Firefighter Sues New Haven Over Promotion Test
• Judge Grants Bankrupt Mall Group $57.5M In Bonuses
• Ditech To Pay $1M Fees In Backdating Settlement
• $21M Verdict In NorthWestern Pension Spat Affirmed
• TEOHC Director Hit With Injunction In ERISA Suit
• DOL Backs Novartis Sales Reps In FLSA Suit Appeal
• Ex-Emerson Exec Temporarily Barred From Tyco Job
• BofA Privilege Waiver Approved In SEC Case
• Stanford Receiver Eyes $11M Employee Payments
• Case Study: SASCO V. Calif. FEHC
• FCPA Enforcement Spike Creates Work For Attorneys
• Employment Woes Keep Corp. Counsel Up At Night
• Heller Settles With Former Employees For $19.7M
• Fossil Shareholders Drop Defendants In Backdating Suit
• AA Skycaps Seek Cert. In 2nd Suit Over Bag Fees
• Paul Weiss Off Hook In Ex-Citi Broker's Suit: 2nd Circ.
• RheTech Knocks Ex-Worker With Trade Secrets Suit
• Wal-Mart Agrees To $11M Settlement In Wage Action
• Bank Workers Fight WaMu Over Retirement Assets
• Refco Insurer Drops Former President From D&O Suit
• EFCA Is Not Going Away — Employers Get Ready
• Boeing Blasts Bid For New FLSA OT Class Notice
• Ex-DLA Piper Atty Granted Discovery In ERISA Suit
• Sears Seeks To Split Claims In ERISA Action
• Parties Seek OK On $1M Deal In Bluegreen FLSA Suit
• ERISA Claims Against Honda, Merrill Lynch Tossed
• BofA Agrees To Waive Privilege In SEC Case
• High Court To Weigh In On Benefits Suit Preemption
• 9th Circ. Reversal In Dukes V. Wal-Mart Unlikely: Attys
• DHL Driver Seeks Class Status In OT Suit
• Furniture Chain Workers Get Class Cert. In Wage Suit
• Ford, UAW Reach Deal On Worker Concessions
• SEC Probes KB Home
• 3rd Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of IP Atty's Age Bias Suit
• Qualified Retirement Plans In A Tough Economy
• Judgment For United Reversed In Mechanic's Bias Case
• Seyfarth Shaw Nabs Morgan Lewis Labor Atty
• Pilot Unions Wary, Critical Of Industry Alliances
• Unions Prepare To Spar With Verizon Over Layoffs
• Post-Katrina Repair Workers Get OT Win In 5th Circ.
• AT&T Employees Can Depose Ex-CEOs: Judge
• WTO Says Informal Jobs Diminish Free Trade Gains
• Health Workers Seek To Stop Mandatory Swine Flu Shot
• Evidence Of Medical Discounting
• Time-Share Sales Reps Seek Class Cert. In OT Suits
• AIG Unit Calls For Arbitration In Massey Fire Dispute
• Citadel Wantz Teza Temporarily Shut Down
• King & Spalding Nabs 2 Partners From DLA Piper
• Tyson Workers Move For Class Cert. In OT Suit
• Indian Harbor Never Breached Contract: 1st Circ.
• Rite Aid Moves To Dismiss 'Redundant' OT Suit
• Judge Tosses Harley-Davidson Stock Suits
• Gauging Sexual Harassment Awareness
• No Case Against Attys For Disgruntled Claimant: Court
• BofA Ruling Puts M&A Lawyers On The Spot
• DHS Rescinds 'No-Match' Illegal Worker Rule
• CitiFinancial Loan Officer Seeks Class Cert. In OT Suit
• IT Maintenance Worker Hits Verizon With FLSA Action
• Visteon's Bid For $8.1M Top Officer Bonuses Rejected
• EEOC Insights Into Severance Agreements
• Judge Bats Down Class Status Bid In Hewitt OT Case
• ERISA Class Action Against Horizon Tossed
• Colo. Drivers Add 80 Plaintiffs To FedEx MDL
• Dan Rather Strikes Out Again With Firing Suit
• Pizza Hut Delivery Drivers' Overtime Suit Tossed
• Starbucks Sues Former Exec Over Jump To Dunkin'
• Enzi Promises Fight Over Labor Solicitor Nominee
• Supreme Court Hears Case On Railroad Arbitration
• SEC Probing Hospital Chain HCA's London Records
• Thornburg Sues Former Execs To Recover Funds
• SEC Asks For Jury Trial In Merrill Bonus Case
• Calif. Ruling Doesn't Slow Starbucks Tips Suits
• United Skycaps Launch FLSA Action Over Tips
• Cigna To Pay For Poor Notice Of Pension Overhaul
• Apple Shareholders Fight To Revive Backdating Suit
• Wash. Dealt Setback In FLSA Suit Over Prison Pay
• Grand Jury To Weigh In On Hilton, Starwood Dispute
• Post Iqbal Pleading Standards In Discrimination Cases
• USIS Seeks Injunction In Trade Secrets Suit
• Circuit City PTO Claims Get Priority Status: Court
• Senate Eyes High Court's Effect On Employee Rights
• Iqbal Ruling Impact Starting To Be Felt
• BofA Personal Bankers Seek Class Cert. In FLSA Suit
• Congress Opens Fire On High Court Age Bias Ruling
• McDermott Will Labor Team Moves To Jones Day
• JPMorgan Escapes WaMu ERISA Action
• SC Johnson ERISA Class Action Trimmed
• DC Wins Dismissal Of 2nd Suit Over Sergeant Pay
• ERISA Suits Fly In Against Slot Machine Maker
• Appeal Of Starbucks Wage Suit Jurisdiction Gets OK
• United Mortgage Workers Take FLSA Suit To 4th Circ.
• Anticipating New Exec Compensation, Disclosure Rules
• A Trap For Unwary Catholic Health Care Providers
• Astra Ex-CEO Must Pay Back $7M: Mass. High Court
• Family Dollar's Cert Bid Fails In $35.5M FLSA Case
• Mass. Court Orders Wal-Mart To Pay $1M In Bias Suit
• Troutman Sanders Adds Ex-LeClairRyan Labor Lawyer
• Albertsons Workers Move For Cert. In Wage Suit
• Motor Carrier Act Lets Recycler Off FLSA Hook: Judge
• Plaintiff Seeks To Revive ERISA Class Action V. AT&T
• Rite Aid Looks To Settle OT Class Action For $6.9M
• Golden Gate ERISA Case Ripe For High Court: Attys
• How To Lawfully Prevent Workplace Violence
• 2nd Circ. Says Meridian Must Arbitrate Labor Dispute
• Boeing Workers Try Again For FLSA Class Cert
• Exelon Security Guards' Contract Spat Shut Down
• Fifth Third Bancorp Wins Dismissal Of ERISA Action
• EEOC Hits CTI Global With Pregnancy Bias Suit
• Judge Tosses Ex-Motorola Attorney's Suit
• Lawyer To Plead Guilty To Trading Away Client Win
• NLRB Sides Against Massey Unit In Union Feud
• Emerson Sues Former Top Exec Over Move To Tyco
• Massey Energy Derivative Action Thrown Out
• Agencies Ready Genetic Anti-Bias Rules For Insurers
• Suit Says Comcast Misclassified Workers
• 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly' Of ESOPs
• Senate Bill Encourages Limits On Insurance Exec Pay
• Insurance Exchange Investigators Win OT Judgment
• Sara Lee Ordered To Pay Pension Fund Contributions
• Ex-Starbucks Baristas Denied Cert. In Tip-Sharing Suit
• Bank Of America Calls Truce With Ex-Merrill Chief
• Merrill, BofA Execs Targeted In Derivative Suit
• Exel Direct Driver's Classification Suit Gets Trimmed
• Discrimination Suit Against Utility Co. Legit: Judge
• Plaintiffs Fight To Keep Siemens ERISA Suit Alive
• Michael Vick Resolves Suit Alleging ERISA Violations
• USPS Contractor Subject To FLSA, Judge Rules
• DC Police Sergeants' FLSA Suit Time-Barred: Judge
• Judge Throws Out Humana ERISA Case
• Speedy Concrete Cutters Win Class Cert. In FLSA Suit
• 2nd Circ. Tosses Credit Lyonnais Pension Case
• Former Merrill Lynch Lawyer Joins Weil Gotshal