Employment Archive » October, 2010

Employment - October, 2010

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• Claims Pared In Franchisee Contract Fight With IHOP
• Calif. Court Affirms Denial Of Chipotle Staff Class Cert.
• Initial Cert. Granted In Home Shopping Network OT Case
• Ready Mix Settles Driver FLSA Actions
• Ex-Pfizer Exec Takes Genotropin Suit To 1st Circ.
• MicroAire, Arthrex Put Trade Secrets Row To Rest
• Getting Out The Vote
• McDonald's Must Pay Ex-Manager Who Gained Weight
• 3P To Cough Up $2.25M To End Disputes With Drivers
• Dick's Sporting Goods Faces Class Action Over Pay
• Ex-Marsh Execs Sue For Severance, Bonuses
• Ex-Holland & Knight Atty Escapes Sanction In Bias Suit
• US Wants Partial Seal In SocGen Trade Secrets Trial
• Ford & Harrison Adds Employment Litigator In LA
• Ex-KB Home CEO Fights Proposed 14-Year Sentence
• Potential Pitfalls Of Applicant Background Checks
• Judge Lets Fired Rural/Metro Exec Move To New Job
• NYU Grad Students Get Another Chance To Unionize
• Station Casinos Gets OK For $1.2M OT Settlement
• NYC Strippers Win Initial Cert. In Collective Action
• Suit To Reinstate Tennessee Commerce Exec Nixed
• Ogletree Deakins Adds Labor Pro From McGuireWoods
• 10th Circ. Overturns FCA Award Against ConAgra
• US Wants Partial Seal In Goldman Trade Secrets Trial
• Case Study: Diebold V. Northern Trust Investments
• OFCCP Jurisdiction And The Health Care Industry
• GSK To Pay Record $750M Whistleblower Settlement
• Pa. Gas Producer Fined Over Deadly Tank Explosion
• Pregnancy Bias Case Against Bloomberg Trimmed
• Verizon Unit Faces OT Action By Former Manager
• 2nd Circ. Quashes Philips Atty's Wrongful Firing Suit
• Disney Hit With WARN Suit Over Baltimore ESPN Zone
• Calif. Grocery Workers Win Cert. In Lockout Actions
• King Pharma Drug Reps Sue For Overtime Pay
• Labor Spending Set To Break Record In 2011
• Lockheed Can't Shake FCA Wrongful Termination Suit
• Raytheon Inks $2M Settlement In Overtime Action
• NH Ammunition Maker Fined $1.2M After Deadly Blast
• Talking Points — Tips For Hiring An Interpreter
• Amedisys Hit With ERISA Suit Over Medicare Issues
• Toll Brothers Hit With Wage-And-Hour Action
• Ex-Chrysler Workers Sue Cerberus Over Trust Benefits
• Tesoro Fights $2.4M Fine Over Fatal Refinery Blast
• Ayco Wins Injunction Against Analyst Who Left For UBS
• CSC ERISA Plaintiffs Seek En Banc Review In 9th Circ.
• Tyson Settles Case Alleging Race Bias In Hiring
• Prince Telecom Will Settle FLSA Suit With Technicians
• Walsh Off Hook Over $20M Fee In Tyco Suit
• Union Brief Allowed In Butterball Don, Doff Case
• Account Reps Win Cert. In Comcast Wage Action
• Wintrust Faces Collective Action From Underwriters
• Meet The New Boss — Same As The Old Boss?
• Blackwater Successor Hit With Another FLSA Action
• UAW Claims Auto Parts Maker Breached ERISA Plan
• Class Certified In Calif. Overtime Action Against Oracle
• Iowa Archer Daniels Workers Sue For Overtime
• DOL Sues Investment Cos. For Ignoring Madoff Fraud
• Wal-Mart Falsely Points To Circuit Split, Class Atty Says
• Atty's Loss In Suit Over Williams Wyckoff Split Upheld
• MoneyGram's $4.5M ERISA Settlement Gets Judge's OK
• Ex-DuPont Chemist Gets 14 Months For Secrets Theft
• Weighing Unilateral Termination Of A Deposition
• DOL Aims To Expand Scope Of ERISA Fiduciaries
• WHX Settles ERISA, Contract Suit Against Citibank
• Ex-HR Exec Hits MasterCard With Whistleblower Suit
• 8th Circ. Affirms City's Win In Suit By Fired Official
• BofA Loses Bid To Toss Wage-And-Hour MDL
• Sept. Mine Safety Inspections Yield Over 550 Violations
• 9th Circ. Stays 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Ban For Now
• GameStop, Managers End Reimbursement Dispute
• Loan Officers Slap Prospect Mortgage With Wage Suit
• Mets Pitcher Forfeits $3.1M To End Contract Battle
• Ogletree Lures Litigation Pro From Holland & Knight
• FedEx To Pay Montana $2.3M Over Driver Dispute
• Tracking Women In Management
• Retail Clerk Hits Interstate Brands With OT Action
• Judge OKs New Claims In Tyson FLSA Class Action
• Wal-Mart Cashiers' Fight Over Seats Moves Forward
• Judge Greenlights DADT Ban Amid Appeal
• Book Closed On Ark. City Police Don, Doff Suit
• Fired Ex-Baker Atty's Psych Records Shielded In Suit
• TJ Maxx Slapped With OT Class Action
• BofA Sues Ex-Employee For Defection To Wells Fargo
• Ex-Zurich Exec Wins Dismissal In Noncompete Spat
• Baxter Settles Lab Tech OT Action For $2.6M
• FCPA Compliance: Tone At The Top, Train At The Bottom
• Ex-DuPont Chemist Says Hubris Drove Secrets Theft
• Horizon To Pay $22M To End NJ Ambulatory Care Suits
• Q&A With Baker & Daniels' Craig Borowski
• SEC Unveils New Say-On-Pay, Golden Parachute Rules
• Wal-Mart Slapped With RICO Suit Over Illegal Janitors
• Visteon Retirees Lose Bid For Committee Status
• 2nd Circ. Mulls Clerk's Retaliation Suit Against Judge
• AEI Settles With Satellite Techs For $2M
• Hundreds Tossed From Hospital FLSA Suits
• Merge Healthcare's Suit Over Execs' Legal Fees Nixed
• Firm Secretary Injured By High Heels Claims Sex Bias
• Union Loses Bid To Arbitrate ConocoPhillips Disputes
• Lessons From Hewlett-Packard V. Mark Hurd
• Orrick, Ex-Thornburg Execs Fail To Stop Fraud Suit
• Lichten Wins Admission To NJ Robert Half OT Action
• AWA Pilots Lose Bid For Relief In Seniority Fight
• Boeing Seeks FCA Relators' Contacts With Media
• 11th Circ. Reverses Itself On Class Action Threshold
• Union Wins Two Rulings Against Wal-Mart Canada
• Ex-MoFo Partner, Prudential Ordered To Settlement Table
• US To Investigate China's Aid To Green Tech Sector
• DOL Moves To Limit Mine Coal Dust Exposure
• Prosecutors Want 14 Years For Ex-KB Home CEO
• Conditional Cert. OK'd In Lopez Foods Don, Doff Suit
• Teamsters Local Sues Over Wash. Job, Program Cuts
• 5 Tricks For Deposing A Class Certification Expert
• DOL Unveils Rule Increasing Disclosure Of 401(k) Fees
• Store Managers Hit Couche-Tard With Overtime Action
• Retiree Benefits And Bankruptcy Code Compliance
• Bechtel To Pay $18.5M To Settle ERISA Suit
• Ex-Merrill Lynch Brokers Win $1M In Withheld Bonuses
• DOJ To Appeal DADT Enforcement Ban, Seeks Stay
• WaMu Reorganization Plan Comes Under Fire
• AARP Joins Whistleblower Suit Against Stent Makers
• BP ERISA Suits To Join Securities Actions In Houston
• Credit Agricole Can't Nix Jury Verdict For Axed Analyst
• Judge OKs $1.7M Settlement In Starwood Tips Suit
• A Cold, Cold World: Nixing 'No Cold-Call' Agreements
• Citigroup Used Layoffs To Cull Women: Suit
• NY Hospital To Pay $4.5M Over Nurses' Antitrust Claims
• Bashas' Litigants Drop Objection To Chapter 11 Plan
• Justices Weigh FLSA Coverage For Oral Complaints
• St. Jude Tries To Block BSC's Poached Worker Suit
• Lloyd's Off Hook For Stanford's Legal Costs
• Q&A With Proskauer's Elise Bloom
• 11th Circ. Upholds Toss Of Boeing Whistleblower Suit
• 2nd Circ. Queries Coty On Options Grant For Ex-CFO
• White House Vows DADT Will Soon Be History
• Batali's Del Posto Latest To Face Suit Over Tips
• Westgate FLSA Plaintiffs Likely To Face Sanctions
• Charter One Workers Score Class Cert. In OT Suit
• How To Prepare For Workplace Violence
• Settlement Near In Duke Energy ERISA Class Action
• Employment Still Tops In-House Attys' Worry List
• Corp. Counsel Expect Rise In Whistleblower Claims
• Class Action Filings Remain Steady, Corp. Counsel Say
• Leonard Carder Can Sue Firm Over $12M Fee Dispute
• Supreme Court To Hear Gov't Worker Retaliation Suit
• GrayRobinson Atty Jumps To Holland & Knight
• NASA Contractors Want Retraction From DOJ
• Judge Orders Permanent Halt To DADT Enforcement
• Supreme Court Won't Hear Sonnenschein Contract Spat
• Social Media In Civil Litigation
• Take-Two $20M Backdating Settlement Approved
• Ind. Court Cuts $42M Award For State Workers
• FDIC Seeks To Recover $1B From Execs Of Failed Banks
• Gov't Background Checks Should Be More Secure: GAO
• Life Insurers Face 3rd Complaint In Tax Shelter Case
• Bias Suits Rise As Employment Litigation Levels Off
• 2nd Circ. Revives Claim By Fired MSNBC Reporter
• Defense Attys Take The Offense In Class Cert. Battles
• Movie Gallery Seeks Probe Into Ex-Worker's Conduct
• Case Study: Cooney V. Bob Evans Farms
• Best Buy Settles Wage Action Over Security Checks
• Avandia ERISA Class Actions Consolidated
• Fed. Circ. Nixes Alleged Patent Troll's Suit V. Cisco
• Judge Rules Ex-Raytheon Worker's Suit Can Proceed
• Sens. Seek Progress On SOX Whistleblower Rules
• Raytheon Smacked With Calif. Wage Action
• NLRB Decisions Rose By 20% In Fiscal 2010
• Avoiding Bad Moves — Lessons From U-Haul
• Coca-Cola Bottler Settles DOL Hiring Bias Case
• Surprise Inspection Uncovers Violations At Massey Mine
• Temp Agency Manpower Beats Vacation Benefits Suit
• DHS Touts Record-Breaking Immigration Enforcement
• Hard Rock Waiters Can't Send Class Notice, Judge Says
• Cable Guys Hit BroadBand With Wage Action
• Amici Give Consumers Boost In AT&T Contract Spat
• Big E-Mail Attachment Sparks BofA Trade Secrets Suit
• FLSA Suit Against Airport Shop Chain Moved To Fla.
• Goldman Fights Claims That Suit Sparked Bonus Cuts
• UPS Loses Bid To Vacate Union's Arbitration Award
• Home Appraisers Slap JPMorgan With FLSA Action
• Loan Underwriters Hit MetLife With OT Suit
• Littler Sues Japonais Operator To Get Paid
• Massey Unit Accuses US Of FOIA Violations In Probe
• Pittsburgh Casino Shorted Security Guards On OT: Suit
• Ex-Crispo Servers Win Initial Cert. On FLSA Claims
• Another Serious Split On New Process Steel
• Scientific Image FLSA Lawsuit Will Stay In Calif.
• Percent Approach Outstrips Lodestar In Class Actions
• VIP Wireless Trims But Can't Nix OT Collective Suit
• GAO Launches Probe Of Massive Delphi Pension Cuts
• Dick's Wage Case Removed To Federal Court
• Unitek, DirectSat Face OT Action By DC Workers
• American Apparel Fired Cancer-Stricken Worker: EEOC
• Longtime Denny's Employee Files OT Suit
• The Basics Of Dodd-Frank's Diversity Provision
• AK Steel Challenges DOL Record-Keeping Penalty
• OSHA Fines Lyondell Unit Over Ill. Plant Blast
• 4 Keys To Handling Whistleblower Claims
• Chase Says Ex-Adviser Took Clients To Morgan Stanley
• Interstate Bakeries' Insurers Dodge $56M Payout
• Wash. Fines Tesoro $2.4M Over Fatal Refinery Blast
• EEOC Finds Disability Bias In Foreign Service Hiring
• Judge Retains Most Claims Against Ivy In ERISA Suit
• H2B Workers Needn't Be Paid Back Under FLSA: 5th Circ.
• US Asks High Court To Keep Background Checks Broad
• WellCare Whistleblower Wants AG Out Of $137M Deal
• Chicago Erred In Teacher Layoffs, Court Rules
• Cos. With Labor Violations Got Gov't Contracts: GAO
• Insurer Triumphs In Employees' ERISA Benefits Action
• EEOC Hits US Steel with ADA Suit
• Lufkin, Andrews Kurth Accused Of Oil Well Patent Plot
• Dis And Tell: Changes To Mass. Personnel Record Law
• Q&A With Morgan Lewis' Michael Burkhardt
• NFL Player Cops To Cardinals' $2.8M Arbitration Award
• Ex-Swiss Re Exec Keeps Age Bias Suit Alive
• 97 Firms Score Perfect On LGBT Workplace Survey
• Cert Bid Dies But Torture Plaintiffs' Atty Vows Fight
• Class Action Over Towers-Watson Merger Can Proceed
• NLRB Fast-Tracks Injunction Bids In Discharge Cases
• Aldus, Investors End Fight Over Pay-To-Play Claims
• Class Cert. Granted In Health Temp Agency FLSA Suit
• Fremont Settles Securities Class Action
• Alliance HealthCare Loses Bid To Toss Overtime Suit
• $20 Parking Fee Blocked Union Access To Resort: NLRB
• Class Cert. Rulings A Boon To Expert Witness Industry
• Is The Stray Remarks Doctrine Now 'Too Old To Matter?'
• Williams Mullen Settles Legal Secretary's Age Bias Suit
• 3rd Circ. Says Ledbetter Won't Cover Promotion Claims
• 9th Circ. Nixes ERISA Backdating Suit Against CSC
• Wage Claims Proceed In Four Seasons Tip Action
• Bid To Make National Union Defend Benzene Suit Nixed
• Skycaps Lose Class Cert. Bid In JetBlue Tip Dispute
• EEOC Accuses Wal-Mart, Altec Of Religious Bias
• Lead Plaintiff In Eli Lilly FLSA Suit Still Out
• EEOC Sues Towing Co. Over Medical Leave Policy
• Port Authority Short Changes Female Attys: EEOC
• Calif. Court Could Reinstate Union Trespass Law
• DirecTech Can't Secure Judgment In OT Suit
• Senate Restarts Immigration Debate With New Bills
• UAW Class Hits Ford In Visteon Retiree ERISA Suit
• Legal Hold May Keep You Out Of Jail Over E-Discovery