Employment Archive » October, 2011

Employment - October, 2011

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• Brokerage Sues Ex-Employee, Others Over Stolen Data
• KBR Named In Alleged Rape Victim's Assault Suit
• Hospital Must Bargain With Nurses' Union: 9th Circ.
• Ex-Quinn Emanuel Atty Accuses Firm Of Race Bias
• Citing Concepcion, High Court Remands Worker's Wage Suit
• Contractor Can't Revive $23M Award In Trade Secrets Suit
• High Court Won't Revive FCA Case Against IT Contractor
• Ex-Macy's Worker Can't Get PAGA Claims Back On Track
• 7th Circ. Orders Rehearing In Rumsfeld Torture Case
• Kelley Drye Can't Shake Capital City's Malpractice Suit
• Bimbo Bakeries Settles Calif. Action Over Rest Breaks
• Cranfill Sumner Lands Hedrick Gardner Labor Partner
• High Court Won't Hear Boeing Workers' Media Leak Case
• Globus Says Sales Rep Was Double Agent For Rival
• Think Before You Delete: Spoliation And E-Discovery
• Female Ex-Workers Sue Wal-Mart Again Over Sex Bias
• Apple, Others Must Produce DOJ Docs In Pay-Fixing Suit
• Locke Lord Settles For $1.3M In Morgan & Finnegan Suit
• 6th Circ. Orders Promotion Of Black Officers In Bias Case
• Dollar General To Pay $19M To End Gender Bias Action
• Liberty Mutual Investigator Sues For Overtime Pay
• MetLife Ends Poaching Suit Against Ex-Workers, Rival
• 9th Circ. To Review CFAA Counts In Worker Data Theft Case
• 1st Circ. Keeps USPS Employees' Test Scores Private
• Q&A With Constangy Brooks' Nancy Leonard
• Waste Co. Stericycle Says Ex-Sales Reps Stole Secrets
• AT&T Store Managers Denied Class Cert. In OT Suit
• Putting Teeth Into Falcon
• Gentex Cuts Deal With Rival Over Trade Secrets
• Bristol-Myers Can't Shake Suit Over Kickbacks Scheme
• DeWolff Consulting Firm Gets OT Suit Booted
• Disability Pay Must Depend On Time Of Award: 11th Circ.
• Gay Military Members Sue US For Equal Spouse Benefits
• Wal-Mart Workers Limit Sex Bias Case To Calif. Claims
• Kaplan Wins TRO Against Ex-Directors In Trade Secrets Row
• AARP Backs Dallas News Workers In 5th Circ. Age Bias Suit
• Kraft Workers Lose Bid For Class Cert. In ERISA Row
• Astellas Drug Reps Get Initial Class Cert. In OT Case
• Space Contractor Fights DOL Gender Pay Doc Request
• Searching For Social Media Evidence
• House Panel Passes Bill To Stem NLRB Union Election Regs
• Levy Stern Can't Shake Ex-Union Workers' Malpractice Suit
• Massey Security Head Lied To FBI After Explosion: Jury
• Groups Ask Court To Nix NLRB Union Rights Posting Rule
• PR Services Cos. Square Off Over Workers, Trade Secrets
• Pryor Cashman Wants Off Hook For $42M Fraud At Union
• Judge OKs Celebrity Atty Allred In Casino Age Bias Case
• DOL Scales Back Disclosure Rules For Union Officials
• Jewish Youth Director Files Wage Action Over Israel Trips
• Diesel Managers Win Class Cert. In OT Suit
• Williams Mullen Snags Ex-Keller & Heckman Labor Pro
• Antitrust Whistleblower Gets 2 Years For Falsified Doc
• Home Shopping Network Reaches Deal In OT Action
• Case Study: Texas Mutual Insurance V. Ruttiger
• Blowing The Whistle On Private Cos.?
• Ogletree Must Turn Over Billing Docs In Ariz. County Suit
• Sara Lee Donning, Doffing Class Gets Conditional Cert.
• Bloomberg Sacked Ex-Director For Being Gay: Suit
• FDIC Seeks $127M From Mutual Bank's Ex-Directors
• Kaplan Says Ex-Directors Stole Student Recruiting Data
• Miners Union Calls Massey Blast 'Industrial Homicide'
• AT&T Settles EEOC Age Bias Suit Over Refusal To Rehire
• TCW Expert Says Gundlach Owes $82M In Royalties
• Ex-Sara Lee Boss' New Gig Risks Trade Secrets: Suit
• SkyWest Ticket Agents Denied Class Cert. In OT Suit
• 5th Circ. Affirms Gaming Pioneer's $28M Stock Option Win
• Ogletree Adds 2 Employment Pros From Steptoe
• SOX Whistleblower Rights Post-Menendez
• Amgen To Pay $780M To Settle Drug Sales Suits
• Groupon Accuses Ex-Workers Of Stealing Trade Secrets
• Imaging Co. Loses Sanctions, Dismissal Bid In FCA Suit
• 10th Circ. Says Juries Should Decide Punitive Damages
• Sandhogs Benefits Admin Admits Embezzling Millions
• Investment Pros Can Guide Retirement Plan Members: DOL
• Retaliatory Speech Must Involve Threats: 7th Circ.
• Calif. Worker Misclassification Law Will Spur Suits: Attys
• Hofstra, Student Workers Close Book On Wage Action
• Merrill Brokers Urge 7th Circ. To Revive Bonus Bias Action
• SunTrust Ends Secrets Suit Against Ex-Workers, Rival
• Questioning The Limits Of The Ministerial Exception
• White Atty Sues Health Agency Over Minority GC Hire
• Applebee's Asks High Court To Clarify FLSA Tip Credit
• Jury Sides With AT&T Unit In OT Class Action
• Ernst & Young To Try Again To Halt Ex-Workers' OT Suit
• Dr Pepper Hit With Wage Suit Over OT, Lunch Breaks
• Firms Want Fee Dispute Transferred To Federal Court
• Halliburton Fights Tenacious Whistleblower's Latest Suit
• United, Pilots Settle ERISA Suit Over Pension Plan Cuts
• Disney Resorts Accused Of Shorting Workers On OT
• Calif. Court Sends Forever 21 OT Suit To Arbitration
• Sun Healthcare Didn't Pay Nursing Home Workers OT: Suit
• Calif. Truckers' Wage Case Preempted By US Law: Judge
• Madoff Victim Takes $1M Coverage Row To Supreme Court
• Ex-Brokers Say E1 Retaliated Over OT Class Action
• Plant Liquidator Says Worker Stole Secrets For New Co.
• Ex-Irell Partner's Sex Bias Suit Goes To Arbitration
• Systemic Discrimination? Let The Statistics Talk
• MGA's Bratz Antitrust Suit Nixed In Mattel Battle
• Ex-Dechert Atty Ordered To Detail Damages In Bias Suit
• Ill. Court Upholds Pekin Win In Pharmasyn Coverage Row
• Ex-Con Ed Workers Sentenced For Kickback Schemes
• EEOC Asks 7th Circ. To Revive United Airlines ADA Suit
• Pfizer Pays $14.5M To End Whistleblowers' FCA Suit
• JetBlue Loses Round In Arbitration Row With Pilots
• Revival Of SOX Case Stokes Confidentiality Concerns
• USDA Contractor Pays Up Over Race, Sex Bias Claims
• Players' Union Wants NBA's Antitrust Suit Benched
• Investment Co. Says Workers Took Trade Secrets To Rival
• Is Your Vendor Blowing The Whistle?
• Prestage Settles Don, Doff Suit For $1.8M
• IBM Beats IT Worker's Class Cert. Bid In OT Suit
• Sutherland Global Settles OT Class Action For $4M
• Mass Mutual Took Kickbacks In Pay-To-Play Scheme: Suit
• JPMorgan Strikes $9M Deal In Wage-And-Hour Action
• Farmers Insurance Exchange Settles OT Claims
• 2nd Circ. Upholds Citigroup, McGraw-Hill ERISA Wins
• Kmart Reaches Deal To Pay Workers For Unused PTO
• Kmart Employment Background Checks Violate FCRA: Suit
• Ex-IBM Exec Urges 2nd Circ. To Let Him Stay At HP
• Avis Workers Win Class Cert. In FLSA Wage Action
• PR Firm Travers Collins Says Ex-Execs Stole Clients
• Graphics Co. PGC Says Ex-Boss' Abuses Cost It $4M
• Bankruptcy Judge OKs $32M Deal In Tribune's ERISA Suit
• Ex-Orrick Atty Denied Punitive Damages In Promotion Row
• Calif. Court Clears Warner Bros. In Boat Injury Suit
• 'The Hills' Staffer Slams MTV In Sexual Harassment Suit
• Restricting Credit Report Use For Employment Purposes
• Moving Toward A 'Single Injunction Rule'?
• UniFirst Resolves OT Class Action With $2.6M Deal
• Customer Service Rep Says U-Haul Shorted Workers On Pay
• Ex-Thelen Partners Object To Ch. 7 Trustee's $5M Deals
• Weather Channel Wants Ex-Forecaster's Case Arbitrated
• NLRB Erred In Union Dispute Ruling: Chevron To DC Circ.
• Convicted Con Ed Workers Told To Repay Bribes
• Worries Over Whistleblower Claims On Rise, Report Says
• How They Won It: McGuireWoods, Crowell Score For DuPont
• Grubb & Ellis Drops Poaching Suit Against Ex-Execs
• Abbott, Lilly Fight Sales Reps' OT Claims In 7th Circ.
• 24 Hour Fitness Workers Must Arbitrate OT Claims: Judge
• Geico Can't Block Collective Cert. In OT Suit
• Avis Budget Agency Operators Sue Over Pay Practices
• Blueprint For Work Force Reductions Outside US: Part 2
• Abercrombie & Fitch Hit With Seating Class Action
• Ex-Ascent Exec. Accuses Co. Of Forcing Him To Quit
• Employee Fired For Working Through Break Sues Target
• Judge To Nix Whole Foods Seating Suit Over PAGA Doubts
• Ex-Alfacell Exec's Securities Suit Gets The Boot
• Countrywide Wants Competition Claims Cut From OT Suit
• Halliburton Gets Discovery Narrowed In Ex-Atty's Case
• Johnston Barton Faces Another Sex Bias Suit
• La-Z-Boy Rocked By Managers' OT Action
• Twombly Bars Engineers' Wage-Fixing Suit: Apple, Others
• Texas Arbitration Rules Challenge Stays Out Of High Court
• Judge OKs $1.2M Deal In Hartford Wage Class Action
• 2nd Circ. Urged To Revive Northwest Age Bias Suit
• Selective Service Firing Suit To Go Before High Court
• Background Check: Social Media And Job Candidates
• No Quick End For Dallas In Ex-Auditor's Retaliation Suit
• Hard Rock Cafe Settles Servers' Action Over Withheld Tips
• National Enquirer Publisher Hit With Action Over Late Pay
• Ex-Orion CEO Wants Surviving ERISA Claims Tossed
• Log Cabin Republicans Urge 9th Circ. To Revisit DADT
• Judge Denies Boeing Discovery In ERISA Class Cert. Fight
• Considering Contingency Fees In Jury Deliberations
• Red Zone Rush: EEOC Year-End Filings
• Chemical Co. Can't Raise Retiree Premiums: 5th Circ.
• Atty Owes Fees To Nimkoff In Compensation Suit: Referee
• NLRB Suit Over Ariz. Secret Ballot Amendment Survives
• FLSA Action Against Airport Security Co. Takes Off
• 9th Circ. Upholds Ex-Brocade CEO's Backdating Conviction
• PBGC Vows To Fight For Friendly's Pension Plan
• Judge Pares Solvay Drug Marketing Scheme Suit
• Call Center Workers Hit Stream Global With OT Action
• Fox Rothschild Profited From Ex-Firm's Cases: Atty
• O'Melveny Cuts Deal With MGA In $10M Fee Dispute
• Religion In The Post-9/11 Workplace
• Ex-Citadel Engineer Stole Trade Systems Data: Feds
• Ameriprise Wage Action Taken Down By Concepcion
• Papa John's Drivers Win Reversal Of Class Notification Bar
• Solvay Beats Class Action Over Pension Plan Changes
• Employers Suing Workers Shouldn't Pay Costs: Calif. Court
• Morgan Stanley Adviser OT Suits Consolidated In NJ
• 3rd Circ. Sends Cop's Shower Privacy Suit To Jury Trial
• Burger Chain Burned Workers On OT, Meal Breaks: Suit
• Goldman Escapes Investor Suit Over High Pay Rates
• Essex Equity Fights Lehman Bid To Release D&O Insurers
• Coca-Cola Pay Stubs Left Out OT Records, Workers Say
• JPML Won't Unite UBS Wage-And-Hour Class Actions
• Insurance Firm Bilked Claims Examiners Of OT Pay: Suit
• New NLRB Actions Stunt Businesses, Republicans Say
• Rig Workers Hurt On Land Can Get Comp, High Court Told
• USPS Must Face Inspectors' OT Class Claims: Judge
• Dissing Boss Online May Be OK, If Coworkers Join In
• Ex-Costco Managers' Class Cert. Bid Denied In OT Suit
• Hercules Battles Investor Suit Over Exec Pay Hikes
• Strippers Hit LA Club With Class Action Over Pay
• GCs Say Labor Legal Market To Stay Steady — For Now
• Judge Won't Let KPMG Toss Hard Drives In OT Fight
• Doctors Take ERISA Suit Against UMB To High Court
• MGA Fights To Keep Bratz Antitrust Case Alive
• Ex-Gibson Worker Makes Play For FLSA Certification
• Former Juniper GC Settles SEC Backdating Case
• High Court Rebuffs RSGI Bankers' Bid For More Cash
• Blueprint For Workforce Reductions Outside US: Part 1
• Ex-Icon Employee Says Gender Discrimination Led To Firing
• Citing Concepcion, Judge Lets Robert Half Arbitrate OT Row
• Ameriprise Settles Login, Logout OT Suit
• Nationwide Agents Out Of Luck In Employment Suit
• Ex-Waste Management Execs Dodge ERISA Claims
• Ex-Hostess Tackles Colts In FLSA Minimum Wage Suit
• Boeing Settles Ex-Flight Attendant's Toxic Fumes Suit
• EpsteinBeckerGreen Adds 3 Partners From Snell, Seyfarth
• Kasowitz Says Contract Bars Boastful Atty's $78M Suit
• Exotic Dancer's FLSA Suit Tentatively Denied Class Cert.
• Ex-Banco Santander VP Poached Talent, Clients: Suit
• Corporate Counsel Beware: Limits Of 'No Contact Rule'
• Attorneys At Work: A Flexible Notion Of Plagiarism
• Fed. Circ. Nixes Arms Maker's $2M Trade Secrets Award
• Boat Owners Sue BP For Pay Over Deepwater Cleanup
• Dechert Takes DLA Piper Lateral Hire Dispute To Court
• Prohibiting Genetic Discrimination In Calif.
• Oracle To Pay Record $200M To End Software FCA Suit
• Burger King Managers Denied Class Cert. In OT Fight
• Xe Whistleblowers' Bid For New Trial Denied
• Papa John's Drivers Assail Class Notification Roadblock
• Kohler Lured Employees For Trade Secrets: Generator Co.
• NUHW President, Others Must Cover SEIU Legal Fees
• DOJ Can't Block Ala. Immigrant Worker Law
• High Court Grills US Over Challenge To Clergy Exemption
• Skycaps Can Coordinate Cases Over Airlines' Fees
• New Claims Can't Save Lehman ERISA Suit: Judge
• Former Anheuser Exec's Sex Bias Suit Heads To Trial
• Monitor Needed To Supervise FDNY Hiring: Judge
• Facing Suits, NLRB Delays Employee Rights Posting Rule
• GOP Fights To Slow Down Union Votes
• Banks Should Base Worker Bonuses On Risk-Taking: Fed
• Ford & Harrison Adds Antitrust Pro In Denver
• Goldman Sex Bias Suit Shouldn't Lose Class Claims: Judge
• Hilton Gets Green Light For $2.5M Wage Action Settlement
• Jackson Lewis Adds Greenberg Trio To New Austin Office
• Former Proskauer CFO Seeks $10M In Sex Bias Suit
• Guitar Center Invaded Fired Worker's Privacy: Atty
• Judge Won't Revisit Cert. Ruling In Securitas FLSA Suit
• Ex-MG Workers' Age Bias Suit Gets The Boot
• Cable Installers Sue Charter Contractor For OT Pay
• Texas Law Firm Can't Shake OT, Retaliation Action
• High Court To Mull Churches' Employment Suit Immunity
• Family Dollar Managers Get Class Cert. In OT Row
• Ex-CME Programmer Denies Source Code Theft
• Judge OKs $32M In Exec Bonuses At Bankrupt Tribune
• Refining E-Delivery Of Retirement Plan Disclosure
• Ogletree Adds Ex-Duane Morris Atty In Philly
• Jewish Ex-FINRA Atty's $15M Bias Suit Gets The Boot
• 'Girls Gone Wild' Boss Can't Force Arbitration In Pay Row
• Hampton Franchise Fired Non-Hispanic Maids: EEOC
• USPS Tries To Duck Inspectors' OT Class Action
• Citing Dukes, Supreme Court Vacates $7.7M FLSA Award
• Obama Seeks Speedy Passage Of Stalled Trade Deals
• Supreme Court Won't Take Up WARN Suit Against DHL
• EEOC Says Steakhouse Chain Snubs Older Job Applicants
• Kirkland & Ellis Ducks Race Bias Suit In High Court
• Black Merrill Brokers Rebuffed By High Court
• High Court Declines Review Of Religious Bias Exemption
• Marcellus Maladies: Preparing For Worker Injury Claims
• Clash Of The Class Action Law Firms