Employment Archive » December, 2010

Employment - December, 2010

182 articles

• Labor & Employment Regulation To Watch In 2011
• Down Economy Fueled Employment Settlements In 2010
• Employment Laterals Favored Boutiques In 2010
• Employment Cases To Watch In 2011
• High Court's '10 Employment Rulings To Spur More Suits
• Considering New Expert Disclosure Requirements
• Judge Trims FCA Suit Against Kaplan
• 10 Signs Your Company Has Trade Secrets To Protect
• Hilton Agrees To Monitors In Starwood Secrets Deal
• New Whistleblower Protection Bill Dies In Senate
• Senate Confirms EEOC Chairwoman, General Counsel
• Godiva Strikes $1M Deal In Calif. Overtime Action
• DOL Calls On Coal Mines To Police Safety Violations
• Judge Says Flight Attendants Can Sue Delta
• Team Must Arbitrate Insurance Policy Fight: 2nd Circ.
• Sens. Send Smaller 9/11 Health Bill To Obama
• 8th Circ. To Let DOL Argue In Applebee's Tip Action
• Activision Wants $400M From EA In Designer Fight
• 5th Circ. Backs FLSA Exemption For Claims Adjusters
• 12 Ways OSHA Violations Can Occur
• Sales Reps Hit Daiichi Sankyo With FLSA Action
• 6th Circ. Asked To Rehear Blue Cross ERISA Action
• Obama Officially Takes Down 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
• Ex-Lyondell Employees Seek Class Cert. In Bonus Suit
• Regulator Shouldn't Argue For Blue Cross, Fund Says
• Dish Network Techs Denied Class Cert. In OT Action
• White HR Worker Wins $5.8M In Discrimination Case
• Oppenheimer Can't Shield Internal Docs: Mass. Judge
• Lucasfilm Settles DOJ Probe Into Pixar Hiring Pact
• Kaplan Credit Checks Hurt Black Job Applicants: EEOC
• 9th Circ. Affirms Toss Of ERISA Action Against NEA
• Whistleblower Groups Say SEC Reward Plan Falls Short
• NLRB Aims To Require Right-To-Unionize Notice
• US Balks At Lockheed Bid For Quick Win In Software Suit
• Employers Must Remember Section 7 Rights
• Judge Nixes Mass. Hospital Workers' State Law Claims
• Workers Seek To Revive Pension Suit Against El Paso
• SEC Launches Probe Into Hurd's Exit From HP
• 6th Circ. Revives Tenn. Patrolman's Bias Suit
• Brooks Kushman Head Hit With Sexual Harassment Suit
• 8th Circ. Affirms Insurer's Win In Payroll Theft Suit
• DOL Asks To Argue For Workers In Applebee's Tip Case
• Funeral Co. Faces Another Wage-And-Hour Action
• NYC Settles Jewish Nurse's Bias Claims
• High Court, High Stakes: Cigna Corp. V. Amara
• 6th Circ. Won't Revisit Anheuser Pension Dispute
• Senate Repeals 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
• Staff Atty, OPM Battle Over Same-Sex Spouse Benefits
• Ex-CV Sales Rep Drops Ranexa Marketing Suit
• AT&T Settles Call Center Workers' FLSA Action
• Ford Can't Shake ERISA Suits
• Company Can Decline Hire Over Bankruptcy: 3rd Circ.
• BofA Settles ERISA Action For $21M
• NY Raises Restaurant Minimum Wages, OKs Tip Pooling
• Health Providers' New Compensation Deduction Limit
• 5th Circ. OKs Freeze On Stanford Brokers' Assets
• Attys Dodge Malpractice Suit Over BP Plant Explosion
• IT Workers Win Cert. In Overtime Suit Against HP Unit
• Judge Nixes WaMu Workers' FLSA Action V. JPMorgan
• Monsanto Workers Take Pension Action To High Court
• 5 Strategies For Avoiding Wiki Situations
• Butterball Asks 10th Circ. To Affirm Don, Doff Win
• 6th Circ. Won't Revive Memphis Police Captain Suit
• Respirator Makers Dodge Worker's Asbestos Claims
• Ex-Lehman HR Head Seeks $1.4M For Lost Pay Raise
• House Sends Stand-Alone DADT Repeal To Senate
• Ex-Wal-Mart Exec Faces Trial Over Move To CVS
• Workers Win Class Status In Costco Lockdown Suit
• In-House Lawyers Attack SEC Whistleblower Program
• FedEx Drivers Are Not Employees, Judge Rules
• Liberty Mutual Off Hook In Hearing-Loss Defense
• 11th Circ. Bars Exemption Defense In Jaguar OT Suit
• Cautionary Tales Of Age Discrimination Cases
• Fired Dechert Atty Blasts Firm's 'Macho' Culture
• 5th Circ. Snuffs Assault On Asarco Ch. 11 Plan
• Service Members Fight Discharge Under DADT
• Aerotek Case Set To Redraw Class Cert. Battle Lines
• Manatt, McKool Beat NFL Players' Malpractice Action
• DOJ Fights Virginia Health Care Ruling In 4th Circ.
• 7th Circ. Says Board Must Rule On Frontier Workers
• Agents Accuse FBI Of Age Discrimination
• Morgan Stanley Says Ex-Manager Stole Employees
• After OSHA's Attack On USPS, Who's Next?
• Guards Hit Securitas With Overtime Action
• Calif. Overtime Action Against AT&T Goes Nationwide
• 8th Circ. Shuts Down Medtronic ERISA Action
• 9th Circ. Nixes Class Win In Calif. Union Fee Battle
• Have Yourself A Merry, Lawsuit-Free Holiday Party
• Settlement OK'd In Wachovia Call Center OT Case
• Dow, Terminix Not Liable For Birth Defects: 8th Circ.
• Senate Expands Whistleblower Protections
• Carter DeLuca Fired Atty Over Sex Bias Claims: Suit
• Judge Nixes Shareholder Suit Over Morgan Stanley Pay
• Congress Can't Require Health Insurance, Judge Says
• Case Study: Dukes V. Wal-Mart
• Best Buy Sex Bias Action Stayed Pending Wal-Mart
• Convergys Faces 'Off The Clock' Collective Action
• DoubleLine Cooperates With Probe In TCW Row
• Federal Off Hook For $8.6M Ill. Funeral Fees Dispute
• Settlement OK'd In UPS Retirees' Insurance Rate Action
• Engineers Convicted In Goodyear Trade Secret Theft
• McDermott To Offset Taxes For Gay Domestic Partners
• Jury Convicts Goldman Code Theft Defendant
• Judge Nixes Final Claim In State Street ERISA Suit
• Ex-Massey Foremen Get Probation Over Fatal Mine Fire
• Farmers Pride Donning, Doffing Action Recertified
• Owens Corning Sues Ex-Worker For Trade Secrets Theft
• Mental Health: Fair Game In Disability Cases?
• CSIC Sues Sanford Wittels Over Malpractice Defense
• Goldman IP Defendant's Atty Calls US Case Baseless
• Ex-BofA Workers Took Client Info To Dynasty, Suit Says
• Ex-Valspar Chemist Gets 15 Months For Secrets Theft
• Halliburton Shirked Water Treatment: Whistleblower
• Senate Blocks DADT Repeal With Defense Bill
• Senate Republicans Block 9/11 Health Bill
• Ex-Delta Employee Drops Appeal Of $100M Class Claim
• Port Workers Misclassified As Contractors, Report Says
• Semtech To Pay $20M To Settle Backdating Suit
• Former Exec Says Rolls-Royce Hid Plant Problems
• Obama Labor, Enviro Enforcement Push May Face Peril
• Denver Police Defeat Class Cert. In Race Bias Suit
• H&R Block Workers Gain Class Cert. In Wage Suit
• Where Does The DOL's 'Bridge To Justice' Lead?
• MetLife To Pay $2.3M In Wage Deduction Action
• 6th Circ. Affirms Toss Of Blue Cross ERISA Action
• Mine Safety Bill Fails House Vote
• Tips For Employers To Avoid Suits Over Credit Checks
• Comcast Faces OT Action From Data Analysts
• Justices Ponder Licensing In Ariz. Immigration Law
• Sanctions Sought Against Boies Schiller, Playmakers
• Fluctuating Workweek OT Case Lands In High Court
• Judge OKs Excess Insurer's Suit Against SafeNet
• US Says Goldman IP Defendant Infringed 'Wheel'
• Sales Rep Hits Merck With Overtime Class Action
• Ensuring Wage-And-Hour Settlements Close The Door
• NLRB OKs Dana Prerecognition Pact With UAW
• US Argues For Broadened Scope In Retaliation Cases
• Judge Again Denies Bid To Dismiss Ivy ERISA Suit
• 1st State Immigration Challenge Hits Supreme Court
• Fla. Workers Win Class Cert. In Wellness Program Suit
• US Won't Seek Prison For KB Homes Backdater
• Graco Trade Secrets Suit Against Gama Stays Alive
• Reed Smith Accused Of Mixing Business With Pleasure
• Man Wants $10M From Disney In Sex Harassment Suit
• The End Of Class Actions? Not Likely
• High Court Won't Hear Ex-HP Worker's Benefits Appeal
• Judge Tosses Cigna Case Managers' FLSA Class Action
• Starbucks Baristas Fight Toss Of Tip-Sharing Action
• 9th Circ. Weighs Prop 8 Constitutionality, Standing
• Investors Renew Class Action Against Lehman Directors
• ERISA Whistleblower Seeks Cert Over Circuit Split
• Axed Akin Gump Lawyer Says Firm Lied About Diversity
• Cigna Wins Toss Of Disability Plan Class Action
• Protect Your Business: Define A Social Media Policy
• Hospital Worker Seeks High Court View On Retaliation
• High Court May Overhaul Class Standards In Wal-Mart
• US Says Ex-KB Homes Exec Deserves Harsher Sentence
• Ex-Wal-Mart Exec Must Wait To Join CVS, Judge Says
• Anti-Union Attys Denied Class Counsel Spot Seek Cert
• Obama Taps Prosecutor To Lead DOL Division
• Claims In ConAgra Don, Doff Class Action Trimmed
• DOL Alleges Sex Bias At Nash Finch Plant
• Judge Tosses Part Of Ex-Wyeth Exec's Firing Suit
• Class Certification And The Underpants Gnomes
• Healthways To Settle ERISA Class Action For $1.25M
• 9th Circ. Judge Won't Exit Gay Marriage Appeal
• Army Contractor Settles EEOC Pregnancy Bias Suit
• Courtroom Sealed At Ex-Goldman Programmer's Trial
• TCW Targets DoubleLine Trust In New Trade Secret Suit
• Heller Ehrman Targets More Firms Over Atty Hires
• Tyco Scores Partial Win In Suit Against Ex-CEO
• 'Dora' Actress Drops Wage Dispute With Nickelodeon
• Ex-Workers Hit Foreclosure Atty With WARN Action
• Judge OKs Deal In Hewitt Associates OT Suit
• Whistleblower Protection In The New Food Safety Bill
• Clifford Chance Denies Claims Of Sex, Race Bias
• Hispanic NYPD Detectives' Discrimination Case Pared
• Heller Ehrman Sues 22 Firms Over Business Transfers
• Callaway Accountants Take OT Suit To High Court
• GE Settles Ala. Race Discrimination Suit
• Smurfit-Stone Employees Consolidate ERISA Actions
• Do You Hear What I Hear? Holiday Party Litigation