Employment Archive » July, 2011

Employment - July, 2011

283 articles

• Covidien Can't Evacuate FLSA Collective Action: Judge
• DOI Accused Of Interfering With Scientist's Enviro Work
• Tech Help Class Wins Initial Cert. In Kroll FLSA Suit
• Booz Allen Bars Women From Top Jobs, Ex-Partner Says
• CIA Wants Out Of Vietnam Vet Experiment Suit
• Software Co. Citrix Slapped With Overtime Suit
• PTSD Vets, Military Strike Deal For More Benefits
• 24 Hour Fitness Slammed With OT Actions
• Q&A With Venable's Douglas Emhoff
• LoJack Techs Win Class Cert. In Wage-And-Hour Suit
• Judge Warns MGA To Produce O'Melveny Docs
• Pension Agency To Cover Aircraft Co.'s $59M Shortfall
• Toll Bros. Wins On Contract Law, But Wage Suits Revived
• An Aggressive Insider Trading Case
• Federal Vs. Wisconsin Family And Medical Leave Laws
• Oracle Demands HP Drop Its Suit Against Ex-Exec
• KB Home Ducks Sales Staffers' OT Class Action
• Ex-TCW Investment Chief's Trade Secrets Trial Begins
• Cos. That Pay OT Claims Can Duck Atty Fees: 11th Circ.
• Drinker Biddle Partner Assaulted Rival Attorney: Suit
• BP Claims Adjusters Denied Class In Wage Action
• EEOC Slaps Taco Bell Operator With Religious Bias Suit
• Carmike Didn't Pay Workers While Movies Rolled: Suit
• Labor Official Steps Down Amid Corruption Scandal
• Barge Co. Owed Coverage In Injury Suit: 5th Circ.
• K&L Gates Wants Confidential Info In Teligent Row
• New Haven To Pay Firefighters $2M To End Bias Suit
• Health Co. Sued Over Fraud Says US Destroyed Evidence
• Much To Dukes About Nothing
• Building Your Own Business Development Plan
• Medtronic Escapes Fraud Claims In Whistleblower Suit
• NLRB Denies Congress' Info Request In Boeing-Union Fight
• Union Can't Kill Sodexo's RICO Extortion Suit
• Wal-Mart Misreported Hours To Dodge OT, Suit Says
• Demoted Army Corps Whistleblower Wins $1M Payout
• Verizon Bests Workers' Phone Privacy Suit In 1st Circ.
• 5 Ways To Avoid Employee Misclassification Suits Abroad
• DHL Express Loses Bid To Dismiss WARN Act Suit
• Ex-Littler Employment Partner Rejoins Firm
• Swift Drivers Lose 9th Circ. Arbitration Row
• Ex-Ally Worker Was Atty Stealing Trade Secrets: Suit
• Shifting Focus Of Reasonable Accommodation Analysis
• Kelley Drye Can't Use Perks As Damages In Age Bias Suit
• Sacramento Bee Carriers Win Class Cert. In Wage Suit
• EEOC Asks 7th Circ. To Revive Merrill Brokers' Bias Suit
• Temps Sue Juniper Networks For OT Pay
• Employers Buoyed By BofA Judge's Stand On Seating
• Nurses Registry Says Facebook Posts Should Kill FCA Suit
• 'Housewife' Allowed To Pursue $20M Suit Over Firing
• Lawmakers Demand More Details On ERISA Rule
• Kinder Morgan Settles DOL Suit Over Back Pay
• DaVita Bilked Government For Wasted Kidney Drugs: Suit
• EEOC Mulls Tweaks To Ex-Convict Hiring Rules
• GAO Suggests Whistleblower Protection For Antitrust Law
• Trends In Qui Tam False Claims Cases
• Use A Mediator, Get Disbarred
• CVS Pharmacists Denied Class Cert. In OT Action
• Judge Tosses Boehringer Workers' Wage-And-Hour Suit
• NFL Players' Reps OK Settlement With League
• Ex-Irell Partner Accuses Chu Of Sexual Harassment
• Whirlpool Beats Unions In Retiree Benefits Suit
• Cardinal Drivers Seek OK For $4M Wage Action Deal
• Medical Transporter Irving Settles Drivers' FLSA Action
• Wells Fargo Ducks Suit Over Employee Trading Policy
• US Steel, Workers Resolve Wage Dispute
• Withdrawing From Multiemployer Defined Benefit Claims
• Dukes Doesn't Doom Class In AEX Drivers' OT Suit: Judge
• 1st Amendment Covers Police Officer's Claim: 2nd Circ.
• 1st Circ. Revives FCA Claims In Amgen Kickback Suit
• Kaplan Pays $1.6M To Settle Whistleblower Suit
• Xe Whistleblowers' $123M Damage Estimate Nixed
• 5th Circ. Makes U-Turn On Arbitration In Stanford Suit
• Wal-Mart Women In Limbo After 1st Post-Dukes Hearing
• Workers To Test Limits Of Calif. Overtime Ruling
• Ace Settles With Mets Ballpark Over Injury Suit Coverage
• 8th Circ. Tosses Anheuser-Busch ERISA Action
• Dinsmore Taps 2 Veteran Federal Attys To Open DC Office
• Stiefel ERISA Plaintiffs Lose Class Cert. Bid
• Kolon Sanctioned For Deleting Evidence In DuPont Fight
• Calif. Appeals Court Backs $5M Verizon OT Settlement
• Light Duty Assignments And The Disabled Employee
• NFL Owners Ratify Agreement To End Lockout
• Countrywide Can't Dodge Sales Exec's Race Bias Suit
• Heller, Covington Strike $5M Deal Over Atty Transfers
• Anita Hill Joins Cohen Milstein's Civil Rights Group
• O'Melveny Harassment Claims Sent To Arbitration
• HP, Others Escape FCA Suit Over Asian Tech Imports
• Bill To Curb NLRB Authority Moves Ahead In House
• Boeing Workers' Telecommuter Claim Nixed In OT Action
• 8th Circ. 'Discrimination Exception' Takes A Hit
• EEOC Says Beauty Products Co. Wouldn't Promote Men
• Lehman, Barclays Square Off In $500M Bonus Pay Beef
• Massey Sued By Respirator Co. In Black Lung Fight
• Ex-Associate Hits Chicago Firm With Sex Bias Claims
• Jury Awards Hijab Wearer $20K In Abercrombie Hiring Suit
• Red River Settles FCA Claims Over Air Force Telecom Deal
• Don't Mess With Noncompetes In Texas
• A New Negligence Standard For Compensation Clawback
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive San Diego Police Officer OT Suit
• Best Buy Workers Sue Over Floating Vacation Policy
• Ex-Wis. VA Secretary Hit With 3 Race Bias Suits
• Cargill Settles Wage-And-Hour Action With Workers
• Wolters Kluwer Ruined Employee's Co., Judge Told
• 11th Circ. Backs Schwab's $1.4M Trade Secrets Award
• Caritas Workers' OT Action Doesn't Satisfy FLSA: Judge
• Bill To Curtail NLRB Authority Heads To Committee
• NFL Agent Must Arbitrate Certification Fight: 11th Circ.
• NY Woman Challenges House Attys On DOMA Views
• New Mich. Law Opens Door For Nonunion Contractors
• Q&A With Howard Rice's Gilbert Serota
• Case Study: Sullivan V. Oracle
• Withdrawal Of Landmark Ruling On Metadata Production
• ESSI Exec Not Liable For Backdated Options: 8th Circ.
• NLRB To Keep 'Open Mind' On Election Rule, Chair Says
• Chicago Firefighter Test Had Disparate Impact, Suit Says
• Ex-LandAmerica Execs Fight Tolling Agreement
• Kraft Can't Shake ERISA Class Action
• Breitbart Says Sherrod Video Is Protected Speech
• NLRB Favors Truck Maker Peterbilt In Lockout Fight
• Q&A With Jackson Lewis' James Williams
• AmTrust Unit Settles Ex-Banker's FLSA Suit
• Kaiser Workers Should Redo Calif. Union Vote: Judge
• Hofstra Student Workers Triumph In FLSA Suit
• Merrill Bias Plaintiffs Say Dukes Supports Class Bid
• I Would Walk 500 Miles … But Would I Get Paid For It?
• Bankruptcy Judge OKs Bonus For Blockbuster Exec
• Smithfield Settles With 1,500 Workers Over Donning, Doffing
• H&R Block Says Only 1 Branch Altered Time Cards
• NLRB Election Plan Attacks Employer Rights, Attys Say
• BofA Tellers' Seating Class Action Won't Stand: Judge
• Grubb & Ellis Sues Former Execs For Poaching Brokers
• 5th Circ. Nixes Continental's Sham Divorce Suit
• Judge Chastises Attys Over Lyondell Race Bias Fight
• Calif. High Court Backs LA Grocery Employment Rule
• Xe Seeks To Bar FCA Witness Over Deposition Walkout
• Ex-Rheingold Valet Partner Can Solicit Clients: Judge
• BofA Hit With Financial Adviser Trainee OT Suit
• Same-Sex Couples Win Class In CalPERS Insurance Fight
• Louis Vuitton Managers Bag $1.5M Payout In OT Action
• Pizza Hut Can't Toss Drivers' FLSA Action
• Labor's Time For A Bailout?
• Sick Says Fake Noncompete Sank $5.8M USPS Deal
• Blackwater Successor Faces New Whistleblower Suit
• EEOC Hits Chicago Hospital With Bias Action
• Workers Slam Lyondell's Bid To Toss $10M Race Claims
• US Denied Quick Win In FCA Suit Over Lockheed Pact
• Waltrip Racing Sues Ex-Designer Over F1 Departure
• Arch Employees Lose Bonus Claims In Hartford Raid Suit
• DC Circ. Gives Pilots Pension Win In 11-Year Case
• Capital One Sues Ex-Banking Chief Over Expansion
• JPMorgan To Settle Underwriter OT Suit For $42M
• Q&A With Liebert Cassidy's Mary Dowell
• Hospital, Workers Must Address Union Status: 1st Circ.
• Case Study: Trenwick American Reinsurance V. IRC
• FDNY Exams Must Include Demographic Data, Judge Rules
• Sheppard Mullin Axed From J-M Sewer Pipe Suit
• NLRB General Counsel Can File For Injunctions: 9th Circ.
• Senate Bill Stresses Job Creation In Contract Awards
• Corrections Dept. Invokes Dukes After Bias Suit Loss
• Texas Anti-SLAPP Law: Possible Unintended Results
• Ex-Massey Security Chief Can't Dodge Lying Charges
• Using Financial Information In Settlement Negotiations
• How They Won It: Quinn Emanuel Airs Tiny Lies For Big Win
• DOL Delays New ERISA Fee Disclosure Rules
• Littler Adds Allegheny In-House Atty In Pittsburgh
• FLSA Critics Converge On Capitol Hill
• Q&A With Ogletree Deakins' David Powell
• Stockbroker Slaps Bishop Rosen With Overtime Action
• Novartis Sales Reps File Suit Over Unpaid OT
• BofA Dodges Loan Officer FLSA Suit
• Schiff Hardin Scores Ex-Katten Employee Benefits Chair
• Judge Denies Ex-Brooks Kushman Atty's Sanctions Bid
• Merrill Says Court Has No Jurisdiction Over Denied Class
• 1st Circ. Upholds Citigroup Win In Deferred Comp MDL
• House Bill Seeks To Halt Discrimination Against Jobless
• 8th Circ. Tells Schwan's To Comply With EEOC Subpoena
• Wealth Management Co. Accused Of $300M Tax Shelter
• PAGA Suits Immune From Concepcion Ruling: Calif. Court
• Q&A With Ogletree Deakins' Thomas Deer
• Boehringer Sales Rep Not Exempt From OT, Judge Says
• Citing Dukes, Courier Tries To Nix Class In OT Suit
• The Scope Of Questioning For A 30(b)(6) Deposition
• Quest Escapes FCA Suit Over Medicare Kickbacks
• Pastry Chef Sues Ex-Boss Claiming Harassment
• 9th Circ. Reverses Ruling On Grocers' Profit-Sharing
• DirecTV Can't Beat Installers' FLSA Action
• Q&A With Ogletree Deakins' Gray Geddie
• NYC Ordered To Keep Firefighter Exam Fees Low
• Volvo Can't Change Retiree Health Benefits: 4th Circ.
• Faegre & Benson Nabs Perkins Coie Employment Partner
• Labaton Sucharow Nabs SEC Atty For Whistleblower Group
• Judge Won't Slim Down Weight Watchers Wage Action
• Vitamin Shoppe Won't Face Nationwide OT Claims
• Insights From Ongoing Labor Economics Research
• Costco Claims OT Class Action Blocked By Earlier Case
• Nothing Brewing For Starbucks Baristas In Tip Action
• White House Must Voice DADT Defense Plans: 9th Circ.
• 7th Circ. Scraps Child Labor Suit Against Firestone
• Formosa Tentatively Freed From Defective PVC Case
• Title VII Caps Are Per Party, Not Per Claim: 5th Circ.
• E&Y Wins Stay Of Ex-Worker's NY Overtime Action
• Dukes Won't Bar Cert. In FDNY Bias Suit: Judge
• Vertis Wants Ex-CEO's $5.8M Pay Claim Reduced
• Archie Comic Co-CEO Accused Of Foul Mouth, Bullying
• Obama Directs Independent Agencies To Overhaul Rules
• LSU Prof's Retaliation Suit Over Katrina Claims Survives
• 8th Circ. Upholds Health Agency Officer's Firing
• 2nd Circ. Tosses Dow Jones Age Bias Suit
• Goldman Can't Force Arbitration In Sex Bias Action: Judge
• Q&A With Ogletree Deakins' Timothy Palmer
• Citing Dukes, Qwest Seeks To Nix FLSA Class Action
• Employers' Liability For Employee Negligence
• Judge Grants Cond. Cert. In Scholastic Wage Suit
• Ex-McDermott Sales Rep Sues Firm Over Age Bias
• Texas Jury Says Halliburton Worker Not Raped
• Mattel Protests $108M Fee Award Recommendation
• Bus Co. Workers Try To Boot Jackson Lewis From OT Suit
• Dollar Tree Manager Class Decertified After Dukes
• Q&A With Vorys' Mary Ellen Fairfield
• Continental Off Hook In Trade Secrets Suit: 5th Circ.
• Bonus For GSC Head Approved Over Trustee Objection
• Organon, Others Want $421M Medicaid FCA Suit Tossed
• Federal Worker Discrimination Claims Rose In 2010: EEOC
• Sears Says It Owns Worker's OT Suit, Wants It Tossed
• Ex-Sedgwick Adjuster Can't Beat Trade Secrets Suit
• Wells Fargo To Pay $7M In Ex-Worker's Defamation Suit
• 2nd Circ. Remands Remaining Claims In Schindler FCA Suit
• Fla. Restaurant Let Cop Harass Waitresses: EEOC
• 8th Circ. Backs NFL Player Lockout
• Suite Success For Hospitality Industry
• Shell Wants Ex-Worker Sanctioned Over Discovery Fight
• 8th Circ. Revives Wrongful Termination Suit Against ISU
• Advanced Equities Seeks Injunction Against Felix
• Sheppard Mullin Can Stay In PVC Qui Tam Suit: Judge
• US Intervenes In FEMA Trailers FCA Suit
• Q&A With Ogletree Deakins' Jeffrey Londa
• Ex-Bloomingdale's Clerk Sues Over Incentive Policy
• Blackwater Successor Settles Instructors' OT Suit
• Beyond The Class Ramifications Of Dukes
• Chemical Watchdog Blames DuPont For Deadly Gas Leak
• GOP Lawmakers Decry NLRB Plan To Hasten Union Votes
• ArmorGroup Settles Whistleblower Suit For $7.5M
• Judge Keeps Claims In TCW Suit V. Ex-Investment Head
• Technicians' FLSA Case Survives Unitek Dismissal Bid
• Starbucks Asks Judge To Revisit Wage Statement Claim
• Employers Get Tool To Limit Facebook Liability
• 9th Circ. Tells US To Stop Enforcing 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
• Chase Fails To Limit EEOC Sex Bias Action
• Q&A With Schiff Hardin's Eric Barnum
• Fossil, Shareholders Settle Backdating Suit For $8.6M
• Ex-Manager Slaps U-Store-It With Overtime Action
• Tracking Noncompete Enforcement In Texas
• Sales Workers Sue Yellow Pages Publisher Over OT
• Verizon Settles ADA Suit Over Absence Policy For $20M
• Philips Defends Bonus Payouts In $172M Discus Deal
• Activision Blizzard Slapped With Overtime Action
• Cincinnati Bell Shareholders Sue Over Execs' Raises
• Trustee Objects To Bonus Plan In Blockbuster Ch. 11
• Lawsuit Claims Starbucks Shorted Baristas' Training Pay
• Universal Health Seeks Va. Docs In Medicaid FCA Suit
• Conn. Paid Sick Leave Mandate Signed Into Law
• Axiom Says Ex-Workers Stole Secrets, Trademarks
• High Court Curbs Class Actions But Broadens Retaliation
• Rolls-Royce Fights Discovery Motion In FCA Suit
• NFL Retirees Seek To Halt Lockout Negotiations
• Idaho Union Contracting Law Temporarily Blocked
• 10th Circ. Affirms Butterball Don, Doff Win
• Victoria's Secret Pressured Class Members: Plaintiff
• Wilson Elser Settles Ex-Employee's Bias Suit
• Larry Flynt's Daughter Faces Sexual Harassment Suit
• Supervalu Strikes $1.3M Deal In Wage Suit
• Authenticating Electronic Evidence
• 7 Calif. Laws That Catch Employers Off Guard
• Ex-Fund Manager Sues Alger Over Trading Policy
• Ex-T-3 Exec Sues Over Title After Robbins Buyout
• 6th Circ. Strikes Down Mich. Anti-Affirmative Action Law
• Hollywood PR Firm Denied Workers After-Hours Pay: Suit
• Fisher & Phillips Adds Greenberg Labor Vet In LA
• Ex-Dewey Atty Fails To Trim SEC Insider Trading Claims
• Judge Nixes Jury Verdict For Female Va. Tech Workers
• 2nd Circ. Upholds Sterling Sex Bias Arbitration Award
• Time Warner Can't Shake Cable Installers' OT Action
• Examining The Purpose Of Sarbanes-Oxley