Employment Archive » March, 2011

Employment - March, 2011

323 articles

• Texas County Accused Of Retaliation For Age Bias Suit
• Calif. Regulators Fine Hustler For Not Using Condoms
• Coventry Shareholder, ERISA Suits Trimmed
• Accenture IT Workers Win Initial Cert. In Age Bias Suit
• Ex-Whistleblower Counsel Gets 1 Month For Contempt
• AIG Can't Ditch Pension Plan Action
• US Joins Rural/Metro Ambulance Services FCA Suit
• DHL To Pay Up To $10.5M In Workers' Vacation Suit
• Ex-Marc Jacobs Exec Sues Over 'Offensive' Workplace
• Brokers Lose Bid To Block Fed's Pay Rule Change
• Tyson Workers Win Class Cert. In Neb. Don, Doff Suit
• Fired For Being A Warlock Outside Of Work?
• Ex-Yelp Sales Worker Launches OT Class Action
• Frank Seeks More Support To Reintroduce ENDA
• Calif. Nuke Worker Fired For Blowing Whistle: Suit
• Ex-DC Contract Czar's Termination Suit Kept Alive
• JPMorgan Whistleblower Fights Bid To Toss Suit
• Win For Dow, Monsanto Upheld In $3M Indemnity Suit
• 7th Circ. Denies Cert. In Rolls-Royce Sex Bias Suit
• Eaton Vance Beats Investor's Broker Pay Suit
• Tesoro Workers Win Class Cert. In Meal Break Suit
• Merrill Brokers' Race Bias Suit Over Bonuses Tossed
• Sills Cummis Nabs Littler Employment Vet
• NLRB Weighs Suit Over SC Secret Ballot Union Law
• SEC OKs Risk Retention, Compensation Rules
• 7th Circ. Lets Class Stand In DirectSat OT Action
• Northrop Workers Win Class Cert. In ERISA Action
• 2012 Dem Convention May Boost Union Numbers In NC
• AT&T Faces OT Suit By At-Home Call Center Workers
• Managing Employees During Political Unrest
• Ohio Labor Bill Clears Legislative Hurdle
• Immigration Status Irrelevant In FLSA Suit: Judge
• Northrop Dodges Bid To Revive Boat Fraud Claims
• 7th Circ. Sides With Chicago Teachers In Layoff Fight
• High Court Eyes Class Cert. Merits At Dukes Hearing
• Opus Slaps Ex-Trader With Trade Secrets Suit
• Mattel's Loyalty Claim Struck Down In Bratz Fight
• Levi Strauss To Pay Workers $1M In Back Wages
• Wis. Court Denies AG's Bid To Pull Labor Law Appeal
• 3rd Circ. Backs Software Co. In Commission Suit
• Pizza Hut Drivers Win Conditional Cert. In Wage Suit
• Union Trespass Law In The Hands Of Calif. High Court
• Oppenheimer To Settle Stockbrokers' OT Suit For $2M
• An Ounce Of Prevention For Problems With No Cure
• NLRB's Shakeup Of Health Care Bargaining Units
• 7th Circ. Revives Police Officers' Race Bias Suit
• Ex-NFLers Hit League With Antitrust Action
• Beazer CEO To Repay $6.4M Bonus To Settle Fraud Suit
• TAK Cable Techs Win Class Cert. In OT Action
• Class Action Mechanism Hangs In Balance With Dukes
• 4th Circ. Upholds FCA's Whistleblower Secrecy
• CSX Asks High Court To Tighten Employer Liability Rules
• Jackson Lewis Lands Employment Atty From Dykema
• Contractor's Workers Can Give Out Handbills: NLRB
• Judge Tosses Ex-Galleon Marketing Exec's Wage Suit
• Ind. Democrats End Labor Bill Walkout
• Ex-Boeing Workers Fail To Resurrect Age Bias Action
• Supreme Court To Hear Ministerial Exception Case
• HP Investor Denied Law Firm Report On CEO's Exit
• Convicted Goldman Techie Denied Bail Amid Appeal
• Are You Guilty Of Job Title Inflation?
• UBS Escapes ERISA Stock Drop Action
• Lobbying Questions Prompted Amtrak IG's Exit: Report
• Lockheed Slapped With 2nd Sex Bias Action
• Public Workers Sue Wis. Over Labor Law
• Judge Upholds Wal-Mart Fine For Stampede Death
• 11th Circ. Won't Enforce $97M Award Against Dole
• OT, Wage Action Against Franklin First Moves Forward
• Bankrupt Aircraft Co. Targets Union Pact
• MGA Wants Conversion Claims Tossed In Bratz Suit
• UPS Workers Eye Final Approval Of $2.5M Meal Class
• Court Denies Judgment In OfficeMax Employee Suit
• Borders Seeks To Pay Execs, Managers $8M In Bonuses
• Browns Ticket Holder Sues Team, NFL Over Lockout
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Suntrust Win In Defamation Suit
• Ex-Partner Accuses Ropes & Gray Of Age, Sex Bias
• Drug Sales Rep Sues Eisai Over OT Pay
• Oral Complaints Get Retaliation Protection
• Combating Junior Lawyer Fallout — Part I
• Black Auburn Employees File Race Bias Suit
• Whistleblower Challenges Privilege In Oracle FCA Suit
• General Dynamics Survives FCA, Retaliation Appeals
• Ex-Goldman Programmer Appeals 8-Year Sentence
• Wis. Union Fight Heads To State Supreme Court
• Wis. Court Revives Milwaukee Sick Leave Program
• Segregation Claims Nixed In Edifecs Trade Secrets Row
• Rising Star: Akin Gump's Nathan Oleson
• AIG, Farmers Face Call Center Rep FLSA Action
• EEOC Expands Disability Definition In New Regs
• Calif. Worker Seating Cases A Pain In Butt For Cos.
• CORRECTED: Broadcom Execs Reach $79M Derivative Settlement
• Senior SEC Atty Accuses Agency Of Race Bias
• 10 Steps To Avoid Retaliation Claims
• American Apparel CEO Faces 2nd Sex Assault Suit
• 1st Circ. Puts An End To Longest NYSE Arbitration
• Wis. Prosecutor Adds Legislature To Union Limits Suit
• L'Oreal Can't Escape Wage Penalty Action
• Ex-HP CEO Fights To Keep Ouster Letter Private
• Sheen Fails To Win Injunction Against Arbitration
• Houston Settles Black Firefighters' Bias Suit
• Ex-Toyota Atty Can't Shake $2.6M Arbitration Ruling
• 9th Circ. Won't Allow Gay Marriage During Appeal
• Apple Tech Workers Seek Cert. In Rest Break Action
• Toys R Us Strikes New Deal In Manager Class Action
• Tenn. Lawmakers Say Guns At Work Are Safe
• Rising Star: Fisher & Phillips' Richard Meneghello
• Massey Mine Inspector Charged Over Deadly Blast
• 4th Circ. Nixes Lead Plaintiff In Family Dollar OT Action
• Dorsey & Whitney Lures Howrey White Collar Star
• EEOC Slaps Tomato Co. With Sexual Harassment Action
• Claims Workers Slap American Zurich With OT Action
• Calif.'s Canary In The Employment Mine Shaft
• Hostile Workplace Claim Null Under USERRA: 5th Circ.
• High Court Weighs Gov't Worker Retaliation Protection
• Howard Stern Associates Sue Sirius For Bonuses
• Saint-Gobain Ruling Leaves Uncertainty For Employers
• Rising Star: Sanford Wittels' Katherine Kimpel
• L-3 Wins Revival Of $15M IP Suit Against Ex-Workers
• 3rd Circ. Finds Del. Contractor Law Unconstitutional
• Brokers Fail To Split Suits Over Fed Pay Rule Change
• EEOC Sues Va. Heating Co. Over Racial Pay Gap
• 9th Circ. Mulls Quick-Look In Grocery Profit-Sharing Suit
• Pacific Sunwear Asst. Manager Sues Over Breaks
• KPMG Auditors' Overtime Action To Remain In NY
• Removin' On Up
• Black & Veatch FLSA Class Wins Initial Cert.
• NFL Blasts Players' Injunction Bid In Antitrust Case
• Wis. AG Fights Judge's Order Blocking Union Limits
• Female Bayer Workers Launch $100M Sex Bias Suit
• Lichten Can Rep Workers In Robert Half OT Suit: Judge
• Rising Star: Munger Tolles' Malcolm Heinicke
• 5 Marketing Lessons From Howrey's Graveside
• High Court Rebuffs Monsanto Benefits Accrual Case
• Bring It Home: Telecommuting The Right Way
• Starbucks Supervisors Can't Share In Tips, Judge Says
• Judge Grants TRO In Power Co.'s Trade Secrets Suit
• Calif. Joins Relator's Kickback Suit V. Bristol-Myers
• Funds Sue Beazer Brass Over Executive Pay Raises
• Ex-Comverse CFO Gets Time Served In Backdating Case
• 3M To Pay $12M To Settle Age Bias Action
• Morgan Stanley Hit With ERISA Class Action
• Rising Star: Jenner's Amanda Amert
• Employer Bears Burden On FMLA Rehiring: 9th Circ.
• The Danger Of Fiduciary Status For Valuation Firms
• Shell Drops Fraud Suit Against Convicted Drilling Boss
• Defining The Essential Health Benefits Package
• Judge Blocks Wis. Law To Limit Public Unions
• TripAdvisor Strikes Deal In Editors' Classification Action
• SEIU Sued Over Tactics To Unionize Sodexo Workers
• NY Court Revives Veritas Claims V. Ex-Stakeholder
• Feds Lose Bid To Stay Calif. Same-Sex Benefits Suit
• Suit Over Gay Spouse Benefits Tossed In Calif.
• Quicken Triumphs In Loan Officers' Overtime Action
• Fed. Circ. Upholds Agency Firing Over Use Of Funds
• Jury Sides With Tyson Workers In FLSA Class Action
• Issa, DHS Spar Over FOIA Whistleblower
• Yellow Pages Publisher Idearc Ducks ERISA Suit
• Sheen Fails To Block Arbitration In $100M WB Suit
• The ABCDEFs Of Building Client Loyalty
• NFL Fights Players' Bid To Unseal $4B Contract Suit
• Introducing An Ad Hoc National Identity System
• Ex-Chase Worker Seeks Class Cert. In Wage Suit
• Ex-Goldman Programmer Loses Bid For New Trial
• EA Can't Shake $400M Activision Countersuit
• Baxter Pockets Partial Costs In ERISA Win
• Police Captains Ask High Court To Review Bias Suit
• IRS Hands Enron Tax Shelter Whistleblower $1.1M
• Ex-Worker Sues Wells Fargo Over NY Check Deductions
• Employees Say Family Video Skimped On OT Pay
• Class Wins Initial Cert. In Consulting Firm FLSA Suit
• 4th Circ. Revives Decision Insight Trade Secrets Suit
• Ex-Firearms Worker Wants Aid For Jobs Lost To Imports
• Nonunion Contractors Blast Project Labor Agreements
• John Deere Hit With Sex Discrimination Class Action
• Senate Bill Would Protect Legislative Whistleblowers
• Contractor Says Lockheed Was Hostile To Black Worker
• Trendsetting: NYC's Human Rights Law
• Census Bureau Dodges Class Action Over Race Bias
• Security Guards Win Initial Cert. In Texas FLSA Suit
• FirstGroup Settles Background Check Case For $5.9M
• 7th Circ. Revives Auxiant ERISA Action
• 9/11 Plaintiffs' Firm Must Work With Other Atty: Judge
• Massey Official Pleads Not Guilty To Obstruction
• Dole Pesticide Suit Doomed By Atty Fraud
• Bus Co. Tries To Stop Dispatcher FLSA Action
• What Employers Owe Staff In Foreign Hot Spots
• Talk Radio Host's Contract Suit Heads To Arbitration
• Construction Co. Sued For OT On Public Projects
• AIG Seeks Quick Win In Ex-Real Estate Head's Suit
• BP Settles Suit Over Deepwater Horizon Death
• Latino Class Tossed From UM Discrimination Suit
• Rite Aid Managers Take OT Actions To 3rd Circ.
• Another Bench Change Possible In NFL Antitrust Suit
• US Seeks Prison Term For Ex-Goldman Code Thief
• Brownstein Hyatt Snags Stettner Miller Labor Pro
• Renault Security Chief Charged In Espionage Case
• Class Cert. Denied In Lockheed OT Suit
• Starbucks Tries To Trim Claims In Fla. OT Action
• 7th Circ. Revives Elan Motorsports Contract Dispute
• Chase Arbitration Bid Fails In Appraiser OT Action
• Troubleshooting Calif.'s Health Benefit Exchange
• FDIC Appeals $1.3M Ruling In WaMu Severance Suit
• Family Dollar Can't Shake OT Class Action Claims
• Judge Denies Motion To Block Wis. Union Limits Bill
• Collective Action Gets Initial OK In Goodyear OT Suit
• CORRECTED: Medline To Pay $91M Over Medicare Kickback Suit
• Alcatel-Lucent Needn't Arbitrate Union Claims: Judge
• NFLers Sue League, Get Locked Out
• American Apparel Sex Slave Suit May Get Arbitration
• 4th Circ. Revives Kevlar Antitrust Claim V. DuPont
• Heater Co. Fired Worker For Raising Issues, DOL Says
• Protecting Trade Secrets Under The EEA
• Baker Wins TRO In Secrets Suit Against Ex-Manager
• Caesar's Workers Fired Up Over Secondhand Smoke
• The Vulnerability Of State Laws Favoring Unions
• Ex-Whistleblower Counsel Stuck With Guilty Plea
• Wis. Passes Limits On Public Unions
• Black & Decker Workers Try To Revive OT Claims
• Charlie Sheen Springs $100M Contract Suit On WB
• Vista Dodges Bulk Of Ex-Worker's Medicaid FCA Suit
• Service Corp. Workers Lose Cert. Bid In Wage Actions
• House GOP Introduces Anti-Card Check Bill
• Sanctions Denied In Graco, Gama Trade Secrets Suit
• Crowell Snags Davis & Harman Employee Benefits Atty
• Jury Awards $1.3M In Ivy Hill Age Bias Case
• Macy's Retirement Plan Class Gets Conditional OK
• Say When: Ga.'s New Noncompete Law
• Not So Sweet 16
• Brokers Challenge Fed's Commission Pay Rule Change
• Wis. Senate Passes Union Limits Despite Absent Dems
• 7th Circ. Tosses Qui Tam Suit Over Wordy Brief
• NY Judge Stays Ex-BDO CEO's Arbitration
• NY Hospital Workers Win Class Cert. Over Meal Breaks
• Tort Reform Group Sees Conflict In Cuomo Panel
• Pryor Cashman Can't Shake $42M Malpractice Suit
• BSC, St. Jude Reach Deal Over Sales Exec Noncompete
• ExxonMobil Sued Over Baytown Plant Explosion
• Miss. Court Backs Local Noncompete Limits
• Ex-Best Medical Workers Slip Cancer Therapy IP Suit
• 2nd Circ. Upholds Monster Exec's Conviction
• Alston & Bird Adds ERISA Expert To DC Office
• Honda Plan Wrong To Deny Disability Benefits: 9th Circ.
• Ex-Kinder Morgan Workers Seek Class Cert. In OT Suit
• Reflecting On NLRB's Notice Requirement
• American Apparel CEO Hit With $260M Sex Suit
• GM, DOJ Fight Subpoena In Trade Secrets Suit
• GreatBanc Faces Another Setback In Tribune ERISA Suit
• Bankruptcy Judge Stays Ambac Employees' ERISA Suit
• Kaiser Unit To Settle OT Class Action For $1.1M
• Littler Adds Discrimination Litigator In Ohio
• NM Joins False Claims Suit Against PVC Pipe Maker
• Ex-Goldman Worker Pleads For Mercy In IP Theft Case
• GOP Sens. Introduce National Right-To-Work Bill
• OSHA Cites Ga. Cotton Plant After Worker Death
• GSK Sales Reps Seek 9th Circ. Rehearing On OT Status
• Calif. Court Employees Win Appeal Over Layoffs
• Are Agencies Heeding Obama's Executive Order?
• Kelley Drye Wins Transfer Of Merger, Contract Suit
• Class Certified In Tribune Takeover ERISA Suit
• Ex-Arkansas College Prez Cops To Wire Fraud Scheme
• Ex-Aide Sues Fla. Congressman For Sexual Harassment
• No Ethics Breach In SEC Staffer's Job Change: Report
• Supreme Court Won't Hear CSC Race, Gender Bias Case
• Supreme Court Spurns Investigation Retaliation Case
• It's Who You Know, Not What You Did
• High Court Won't Hear ERISA Whistleblower Case
• Ambac ERISA Claimants Win OK For Limited Discovery
• Punitive Damages Stripped From Suit Against Orrick
• OSHA Cites Spiderman Musical Violations
• 2nd Circ. Says Coty CFO Owed $5M Over Stock Options
• Ex-Cyberonics CEO Defies Options Reports In 2nd Circ.
• Ford & Harrison Adds Gonzales Saggio Atty In Chicago
• Bell Micro Settles Investor Suit Over $594M Avnet Deal
• Of Export Controls And Foreign Workers
• How Bankruptcy Can Affect Employment Prospects
• Execs May Not Have Executed Spy Plot, Renault Says
• Merck Must Face Unjust Firing Suit, 1st Circ. Rules
• UnitedHealth Hit With ERISA Class Action
• Chase Faces OT Action From Calif. Bank Workers
• Va. Assembly Passes E-Verify Contractor Law
• 4th Circ. Says Food Co. Must Face Gay Bias Trial
• Wis. Senate Tells State Police To Arrest Absent Dems
• Miss. HR Manager Avoids Prison Over Immigration Raid
• DuPont Sues Ex-Employee To Protect Trade Secrets
• Cigna Worker Launches $100M Sex Bias Action
• Ex-E&Y Employee Can Bring OT Action, Judge Says
• Staub V. Proctor Hospital: Cat's Paw Has Claws
• LA Mall's Picket Rule Violates Free Speech, Court Says
• Grappling With Retained Asset Accounts
• CIT, NJ Telecom Settle Billing Fraud Suit For $16.5M
• EBG Adds McDermott Occupational Safety Atty In DC
• Foley Partner Slaps Firm With Bias, Contract Claims
• Texas Court Revives Tire Pump Trade Secrets Suit
• Ex-Secretary Seeks Honigman E-Mails In Bias Suit
• Acosta Merchandisers Sue Over Off-The-Clock Work
• Ohio Senate Narrowly Passes Labor Reform Package
• Delta Stiffs Flight Attendants Over Union Row: Suit
• Mo. Labor Department Wins Contractor Wage Dispute
• Ex-Sonnenschein Atty Wins Verdict In Contract Suit
• Nationwide Relocation OT Class Wins Initial Cert.
• Ex-Mercury CFO Gets 4 Months For Tax Evasion
• One-Strike Drug Rule Not An ADA Breach: 9th Circ.
• Fulbright Picks Up 2 Litigators For LA Office
• Willkie Adds Wachtell Atty To Employee Benefits Group
• Employers, Meet GINA
• Ex-Boston Market Workers Seek Class Cert. In OT Suit
• Former Agent Targets New York Life In Wage Action
• Gov't Not Immune From Back Pay Interest: 9th Circ.
• NFL Violated Union CBA With $4B TV Contracts: Judge
• Calif. AG Asks 9th Circ. To Lift Prop 8 Amid Appeals
• Genentech Nears $2.6M Deal In IT Workers' OT Suit
• Labor Groups Urge Justices To Uphold Wal-Mart Class
• High Court Debates FOIA Role In Whistleblower Suits
• Fed. Circ. Won't Hear Raytheon Pension Case En Banc
• Meter Techs Hit Wellington Power Unit With OT Suit
• KemPharm Hits Shire With Antitrust Counterclaims
• Wis. Ordered To Reopen Capitol Amid Labor Fight
• Sidley Nabs Paul Hastings Employment Vet
• PG&E Defends Gas Explosion Procedures To NTSB
• Ala. Teacher Group Attacks New State Law On Dues
• Cat's Paw Ruling Leaves Employers Scratching Heads
• Facebook Case Shows NLRB's Hard Line On Social Media
• A Look At State Court Trade Secret Stats