Employment Archive » September, 2010

Employment - September, 2010

238 articles

• Iowa Gov't Workers Win Class Cert. In Race Bias Case
• Fox Hit With Retaliation Suit Over Age, Sex Bias Claims
• CNB Gets Another Would-Be ERISA Suit Dropped
• Consumers Urge High Court To Uphold AT&T Ruling
• Kodak Loses Bid To Boot Ex-Employee From Competitor
• Class Cert. Denied For Now In Rick Bus FLSA Suit
• Officers Class Decertified In FLSA Suit Against HSBC
• Army Role-Playing Trainers Win FLSA Class Cert.
• Summary Bids Nixed In ThyssenKrupp Don, Doff Suit
• Ex-Takeda Sales Rep Files OT Collective Action
• How To Explain Salaried Vs. Exempt In 5 Minutes Flat
• Aerotek Sues Rival, Ex-Employee Over Defection
• Apple Settles Options Backdating Litigation For $14M
• Health Care Exemptions Survive Senate GOP Onslaught
• House Passes 9/11 Victims' Bill
• Union Opposes Wal-Mart's Bid To Buy S. African Chain
• Comcast Wins Exit From Technicians' FLSA Suit
• 9th Circ. Says Dollar Tree Isn't Successor In FMLA Suit
• SEC Backdating Suit Against Mercury Execs Pared
• Enzi Blocks Mine Safety Bill From Senate Floor
• Ex-Raytheon Workers Demand Medical Monitoring
• EEOC Accuses Piggly Wiggly Owner Of Anti-Male Bias
• Is There A 'Loose Cannon' Employee In Your Midst?
• Ex-AIG Real Estate Chief's Contract Suit Survives
• 2nd Circ. Wrestles With Citi, S&P Stock Drop Suits
• 9th Circ. Affirms $7.7M FLSA Award V. Chinese Paper
• EEOC Sues Care Provider Over Client's Sex Harassment
• FCA Qui Tam Suit Heads To High Court
• Sears Settles Sales Commissions Class Action
• Ariz. Hospitals Settle Nurses' Antitrust Suit For $22M
• Hospital Network Gets OT Class Action Tossed
• Smithfield Don, Doff Action Keeps Collective Status
• Paycheck Fairness Act Takes Center Stage At Hearing
• Bill To Keep Jobs In US Hits Snag In Senate
• Former Service Manager Hits Goodyear With OT Action
• Case Study: HP V. Hurd
• How To Structure An Airtight Class Action Deal
• 6th Circ. Affirms Toss Of Owens Corning ERISA Suit
• A 'Curious Case' Revisited
• Age Bias Suit Against Hillary Clinton Tossed
• Fortress Settles Gambling-Cruise Workers' WARN Suit
• Morgan Stanley Removes Advisers' Commission Suit
• Kirkland Applicant Seeks To Revive Race Bias Suit
• AK Steel's $175M Payout In ERISA Case Approved
• Laid Off Workers Hit Excel Storage With WARN Action
• Judge Closes Door On Waldorf Tip-Skimming Action
• Apple, Others Settle DOJ Probe Over Hiring Deals
• Xcel Energy Can't Muzzle Expert In Fatal Fire Case
• Morgan Stanley Seeks TRO Against Ex-Advisers
• Senate Bill Seeks More Work-Hour Flexibility
• UPS Hit With ERISA Suit Over Health Benefits
• WaMu Creditors Sue Bank Brass Over Pay
• US Chamber Backs Wal-Mart In Bias Action
• Verizon, Account Managers Settle OT Suit
• Judge Tells Air Force To Reinstate Gay Nurse
• The Legality Of Profit-Sharing Assistance In Labor Spats
• EEOC Accuses DHL Of Racial Segregation
• Fred Meyer Workers Win Initial Class Cert. In OT Suit
• Ex-Staffer Accuses Patton Boggs Of Sex Bias
• Massey Energy Managers Sue To Quash Subpoenas
• EEOC Hits Ill. Restaurant With Sex Harassment Suit
• $414M Army Translator Contract Complaint Tossed
• EEOC Loses Appeal In Theft Convict's Race Bias Suit
• Circuit City Workers Want Class Status On WARN Claim
• US Stays On Sidelines In Chiquita FCA Suit
• UFW, Stephen Colbert Push For Migrant Labor Reform
• Compensation Reform To Target Structure: Regulators
• GOP Senators Oppose High-Road Contract Rules
• Citigroup Strikes Deal In Worker Misclassification Suit
• United Rentals Manager Wins Initial Cert. In OT Action
• Group Sues DOL For Info On Wage Program
• Contractors Brace For Fight Over High-Road Rules
• Senate Rejects Challenge To New Labor Rule
• US Fire On Hook For Denying Coverage In FLSA Action
• Lincoln National Faces ERISA Suit Over Death Benefits
• 5th Circ. Keeps Insurer On Hook In Workers' Comp Case
• ABM Security Guards Lose Class Status In OT Suit
• Dancers Sue La. Strip Club Over Lost Wages, Tips
• CVS Workers' OT Class Action Slimmed
• NJ Fire Dept. Ordered To Expand Residency Rule
• Dems Push For End To Credit Checks In Hiring
• NY Post Fails In Bid To Nix Retaliation Claims
• Planned Sentencing Changes Reward Better Compliance
• Judge Allows Extra Discovery In Starbucks Class Action
• Severance Case Ends In Defeat For Beloit Workers
• Accenture Age Bias Class Action Trimmed
• Hiring Race Bias Claim Against Covington Tossed
• CVS Loses Fight Over Collective Status In OT Suit
• Saleswomen Lose Class Bid In Toolmaker Bias Suit
• Defining 'Employee' Under Anti-Discrimination Laws
• 7 Tips For Deposing A Class Rep
• 11th Circ. Rules Shuttle Drivers Exempt From OT Wages
• Safety-Kleen Wins Decertification Bid In OT Case
• Highland Tank's Patent Claim Nixed In Rival Spat
• Disney Secretary Admits To Insider Trading Scheme
• Calif. Court Rejects Meal Breaks For State Employees
• 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Repeal Effort Stalls In Senate
• Monster Exec's Appeal Could Affect Reporter Privilege
• Nationwide Employees File FLSA Suit Over Training OT
• Border Battle: The Debate Over H-1B and L-1 Visas
• Judge Orders BofA To Disclose Report in ERISA Suit
• Mattel's Discovery Request Killed In MGA Bratz Spat
• 7 Tips For Maximizing Your Time Before The JPML
• Tyco Worker Drops Vacation Claim From Wage Action
• EEOC's Bias Suits Against Cintas Dismissed
• Ameriprise Workers Win Cert. In Login, Logout Suit
• HP Settles Trade Secrets Suit With Ex-CEO
• R&L Carriers Hit With OT Class Action
• Lululemon Employees Want Class Cert. In OT Suit
• MGA Tries To Block Mattel Deposition In Bratz Case
• Wells Fargo OT Suit Bounced Back To State Court
• The Value Of A Hotline In The Post-Dodd-Frank World
• Chemtura Settles Union, Environmental Claims
• Insurer Should Cover $20M Employee Theft, BEI Says
• Vozzcom, Insurer Resolve FLSA Coverage Suit
• Apple, Others In Talks To End Wage-Suppression Probe
• Whistleblower Program Needs More Oversight: GAO
• ConMed Targets Ex-Employee In Trade Secrets Suit
• RGIS Settles FLSA Collective Action For $27M
• Visteon Settles Retiree Spat With Union For $11.5M
• Kellogg Workers' Donning, Doffing Ruled Nonpayable
• Medical Marijuana And The Workplace
• Morgan Stanley Execs Fight Suit Over $45B In Firm Pay
• Ex-Mercury CFO Pleads Guilty In Backdating Scheme
• AB InBev Faces Fresh ERISA Suit Over Pension Plan
• Lawyers Sue Accounting Firm Over Underpaid Taxes
• EEOC Targets Security Firm Over Head Scarf Policy
• Export Packaging Workers Lose WARN Class Cert. Bid
• McDermott Labor Co-Chair Leaps To Proskauer
• Lentek Execs Seek D&O Coverage For Trustee Claims
• Staying Compliant With Justice's New ADA Changes
• House Panel OKs Bankruptcy Code Reform Bill
• DOL Hits Tyson With Gender Discrimination Suit
• White House Backs Worker Misclassification Bill
• MetLife Whistleblower Wins $2.5M In FINRA Suit
• 9th Circ. Limits Electronic Search In MLB Steroid Case
• Technician Hits Broadband Express With FLSA Suit
• Suit Claims Widespread Sex Bias At Goldman Sachs
• Cox Can't Shake FLSA Claim In Technician OT Spat
• Unum Wins Dismissal Of Disability Claims Suit
• Arbitrator Ruling On Printing Press CBA Breach Stands
• YRC Agrees To Pay $10M To Settle Race Bias Claims
• The Curious Case Of Pharma Sales Reps And The FLSA
• Bankrupt Penn Traffic Nears Deal On Pensions
• Wage Ruling Paves Way For Seyfarth FLSA Deal
• Minn. High Court Favors Fitness Chain In FLSA Case
• Group Health Takes Bite Out Of Medicare Qui Tam Suit
• AT&T Settles Analysts' OT Class Action For $17M
• EEOC Hits FedEx With Sex Bias Class Action
• EEOC Vows To Flesh Out UPS Medical Leave Suit
• SAG Settles With Actors Over Foreign Royalties
• SKF Hits Ex-Exec With Breach Of Contract Suit
• Class Seeks Sanctions In $1.2B HP Sales Contract Suit
• When Cloud Computing Meets E-Discovery Obligations
• 7th Circ. Revives Bemis Retirees' ERISA Class Action
• Insurers On Hook For Defense Of Writers' Age Bias Suit
• DirectSat Avoids Sanctions In OT Class Action
• BofA's $4.7M Pay Stub Settlement Halted
• Safeway Insurance Adjuster Launches OT Action
• Ex-EpsteinBecker Partner's Suit Heads To Arbitration
• How To Make ITAR Amendments Work In Canada
• Schwab Hits Ex-Broker With Trade Secrets Lawsuit
• 10th Circ. Upholds Solvay Win In Age Discrimination Suit
• Raytheon On Hook For Retiree Benefits: 9th Circ.
• 9th Circ. Upholds Chevron Win In Protester Killing Case
• RR Worker's Asbestos Claims Preempted: 3rd Circ.
• Employment Testing In A Recovering Job Market
• Gemstar Exec Loses Bid To Revive Stock Fraud Suit
• FedEx Drivers Take Employment MDL To 7th Circ.
• ACS, SEC Settle $51M Options Backdating Suit
• Cox Loses Bid To Toss Calif. Worker Class Action
• Ga. Call Center Reps Hit Verizon With Overtime Suit
• Ex-Covington Atty's Race Bias Claim Earns 2nd Look
• Ex-Mercury CFO To Plead Guilty In Backdating Case
• Judge Boots Verizon Workers' Privacy Suit Over GPS
• 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Ruled Unconstitutional
• EEOC Nails Rite Aid, Others Using Broader ADA Law
• Kleen Energy Faces More Suits Over Fatal Plant Blast
• Skycaps' Claims Revived In United, US Airways Suits
• Managers Sue Valspar Over OT Exemption
• Ariz. E-Verify Law Is Illegal, Lawmakers Tell High Court
• Briefs Pile Up In Cat's Paw Case As Kagan Recuses
• 'Beauty Bias' In The Workplace Is Not Illegal
• Major Lindsey Drops RICO Suit Against Recruiter
• Mayer Brown Race Bias Suits Consolidated
• Deloitte Can't Appeal Discovery Order In Ex-Atty's Suit
• Ex-Exec Hits GE Capital With $10M Retaliation Suit
• Retirees Want Committee Status In Visteon Ch. 11
• Refco Insurer Drops D&O Spat After Settlement OK'd
• NY's Domestic Workers Bill Of Rights
• DC Circ. Rejects DOI's Reading Of Title VII
• Wells Fargo Settles Consultant FLSA Suit For $6.9M
• 3rd Circ. Shoots Down NutriSystem Commission Suit
• BNY Mellon Back On Hook Over Lehman Losses
• 3rd Circ. Expands EEOC Subpoena In Kronos Bias Probe
• Synthes Slams Biomet Over Top Consultant, Clients
• BP Spreads Blame For Deepwater Horizon Disaster
• Simpson Thacher Fails To Nix PrediWave Suit
• HP Tries To Block Former CEO's Move To Oracle
• Loan Officers Win Cert. In First Option FLSA Suit
• IBM Sues Ex-VP To Recoup Sign-On Bonus
• In-House Counsel Rank Jackson Lewis No. 1
• Sales Rep Hits Astellas With Overtime Action
• Minimizing OT Damages For Misclassified Employees
• Seyfarth Labor Atty Joins McGuireWoods In LA
• 5th Circ. Strikes Down Truckers' FLSA Appeal
• Honeywell Wage Seniority Suit Preempted: Judge
• General Growth Reaches $5.8M ERISA Settlement
• DOL Agrees To Review Medical Residents' Work Hours
• Prospects For Labor Law Reforms In 2010 And Beyond
• Ex-Chevron Employee's Slander Suit Endures
• Trainees Sue Merrill For Sex Bias, Retaliation
• Citizens Bank Workers Win Class Cert. In OT Fight
• Chemtura, United Steelworkers Ink Deal On Benefit Cuts
• Graco's Secrets Suit Against Rival Sent To Mediation
• Corp. Counsel See Slowdown In Employment Spending
• Ex-Exec Hits Diddy With $12M Age Bias Suit
• SEC Ends Probe Of KB Home Accounting, Disclosures
• Enterprise Products Fined Over Fatal Explosion
• ABM To Pay $5.8M To End Sexual Harassment Action
• CableView Workers Win Conditional Cert. In OT Suit
• 6th Circ. Says Gannett Unit Wrongly Fired Receptionist
• Hospital Slaps Back In High Court Cat's Paw Case
• Staffer Sues Polsinelli Over Premerger Paid Leave
• Cigna Faces FLSA Class Action From Case Managers
• 3rd Circ. Shoots Down Mellon ERISA 'Snapshot' Appeal
• Ex-Valspar Chemist Admits To Taking Paint Secrets
• Seyfarth Attys Form Cost-Conscious Labor Boutique
• Class Action Says RadioShack Misclassified Managers
• Using Consumer Reports In Employment Decisions
• PBGC Drops $214M Claim Against Tronox
• Alcatel Eludes Ciena's Trade Secrets Claim
• Pension Fund Wins 'Pay Now, Dispute Later' Appeal
• Technicians Win Cert. In OT Suit Against Siemens Unit
• Prudential Triumphs Over Agents On FLSA Claims
• Cipriani Settles Waiters' Suit Over Service Charges
• Oil Regulators Face Crackdown On Conflicts Of Interest
• What You Can Learn From A Bimbo In A Bakery