Employment Archive » January, 2012

Employment - January, 2012

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• Benihana Seeks Sanctions Over Destroyed Files In OT Case
• Restaurant Co. Accused Of Race Bias, Wage Violations
• McKool Launches Whistleblower Practice With 4 New Attys
• Navy Chaplains Appeal Religious Bias Ruling To DC Circ.
• Trade Secrets Suit Over Twitter Followers To Go Forward
• Ill. Can Look To Unions To Set Public Project Wages: 7th Circ.
• Sens. Try To Boot Out Bonuses For Fannie, Freddie Execs
• Public Agency Supervisors Can Face FMLA Liability: 3rd Circ.
• Quicken Unit's Employee Contracts Violate FLSA: Judge
• BNY Mellon Settles OT Class Action
• 5th Circ. Grounds Continental Retirees' ERISA Claims
• Immigration Firm Sues State Farm For Data Security Coverage
• Seyfarth Shaw Not Liable For Ex-Client's Post Deal Suits
• Omnicare Faces OT Class Action By Technicians, Others
• Ex-NFL Players' Concussion Suits Merged Into MDL
• US Files $92M In Liens In American Airlines Bankruptcy
• Blizzard Ices Ex-Worker's Calif. Trade Secrets Appeal
• NLRB Rips Challenge To Obama's Recess Appointments
• Oracle's Fraud Claim Over HP Exec Poaching Settlement Nixed
• Citi Unit Discriminated Against Older Manager: FINRA
• Bloomberg Says Gay Ex-Director's Bias Suit Belongs In UK
• Ex-Mayer Brown Associate's Race Bias Claims Survive
• Stock Drop ERISA Case Develops For Kodak Execs
• Motorola, Software Co. Settle Trade Secrets Row
• How To Lead A Practice Group
• Avoiding Whistleblower Backlash
• Ex-Dewey Atty Settles Insider Trading Fight With SEC
• Wilson Sues Ex-Ball Engineer Over Bounce To Nike
• FMLA Amendments To Expand Coverage For Military Families
• Warner Chilcott Targeted Over Sales Reps' OT Pay
• Allergan, Merz Row Over Botox Secrets Headed To Trial
• Kasowitz Blasts Ex-Atty's Bid To Keep $78M Suit Alive
• Outten Tapped To Rep Class In MF Global Employee Suits
• DOL Enforcement Of Breastfeeding Law Breeds Uncertainty
• Twiqbal Gets Narrow Reading In Morgan Keegan OT Dispute
• Aeropostale Managers Stiffed On OT Pay: Suit
• FDA Accused Of Spying On Employee Scientists' Emails
• Fired Disney Soundtrack Exec Says Studio Broke Contract
• Clarifying 'Show-Up' And Split-Shift Wage Orders
• MetLife Failed To Pay Minimum Wage, OT: Loan Officer
• Judge Hits Brakes On AutoZone Managers' OT Suit
• Ex-Groupon Sales Reps Fire Back At Trade Secrets Claims
• In-House Accounts May Stop Insider Trading, 9th Circ. Hears
• Health Law Can Stand Even Without Mandate: White House
• Ex-MacAndrews & Forbes Exec Wins $16M In Battle With Firm
• Duane Reade Managers Granted Cert. In OT Suit
• EEOC Commissioner Offers Tips For Avoiding ADA Action
• Trident Creditors Object To $55M Sale, $10M Employee Payout
• Edwards Wildman Aims To Kill Suit Over In-House Affair
• Judge Won't Toss Same-Sex Couples' CalPERS Insurance Case
• Iowa Court To Weigh Workers' Privacy In Open Records Suit
• 7th Circ. Affirms Bankers' OT Class Despite Dukes
• Construction Co. Swiped $136M Of Small-Biz Work: Suit
• Employers Brace For NLRB's 'Ambush Election' Rule
• Seagate Closes Out Age Discrimination Action
• Hospital Group Hid Whistleblower Suit: Investors
• Defining The Scope Of The Administrative Exemption
• Deutsche Wins Longer Notice Period In 9/11 Coverage Row
• Google, Apple Anti-Poaching Pact Suit Proceeds
• Fed. Circ. Frees DirectTV From $80M Pension Transfer Claim
• BP Amoco Hit With Sex Bias Class Action
• Stricter Rules Prevail In Attys' Fee Awards: 4th Circ.
• Panda Express Denies Bias Against Non-Asian Workers
• NLRB Arbitration Ruling Doesn't Apply To Bloomingdale's Class
• Pfizer Faces ERISA Stock-Drop Suit By Puerto Rico Workers
• Ex-Store Manager Hits Dress Barn With OT Action
• Legal Support Firm Accused Of Shorting Ex-Employee On Pay
• Lowe's Hammers Out $6.2M Deal In Managers' OT Case
• Magazine Publisher AMI Hit With FLSA Class Action
• A Radical New View Of Restrictive Covenants In Ill.
• Strict Social Media Policies Won't Curry NLRB's Favor
• Indiana House OKs Right-To-Work Bill
• Fitness Chain Can't Compel Worker Arbitration: 5th Circ.
• Saks Managers Say OT Suit Passes Dukes Tests
• Best Buy Beats Class Cert In Calif. Overtime Suit
• Takeda Hid Gout, GERD Drug Interactions: Whistleblower
• Jackson Lewis Lures Pack Of Employment Pros
• Applebee's Workers Say Dukes Doesn't Bar Class Cert.
• Equinox Sues Ex-Exec For Defecting To Rival Fund Manager
• ADA Enforcement Brought In Big Money In FY 2011: EEOC
• FINRA Fines Merrill $1M For Dragging Ex-Brokers To Court
• The Business Of Protecting Customer Relationships
• Novartis To Settle Sales Reps' OT Claims For $99M
• Obama Urges Sweeping Economic Efforts For Trade, Energy
• Staples Settles Wage-And-Hour Action For $5M
• Wal-Mart Escapes ERISA Class Action In Light Of Dukes
• Calif. Court Sides With Employer In Commission OT Appeal
• Ex-Lehman Boss Loses Carter Ledyard Malpractice Suit
• Accused Boeing Secrets Thief Denied Bail For Now
• BP Fired Ex-Cleanup Worker For Not Falsifying Data: Suit
• Canadian Rail Exec Sued Over Terms Of $40M Parachute
• Judge Bans Archie Comics Co-CEO From Offices
• Judge Misread Seating Rule: BofA Tellers To 9th Circ.
• AMR To Thin Management, With More Cuts Possible
• NY Construction Union Favored White Workers: Suit
• Sodexo Says Calif. Wage Action Too Thin To Go Forward
• Judge Cuts Conspiracy Claims Against Cigna, Others
• UK Invites Industry Feedback On Private Fund Bonus Code
• From Smoke-Free To Smoker-Free Workplaces
• Year In Review: Significant Developments Under EEA
• Insider Trading Rules Preempt Broker Appeal, 9th Circ. Hears
• Ex-Capmark CEO Sued For $17M Over Stock Redemption Payments
• Most Pensions Safe Despite Bankruptcy, AA Says
• Ex-McKinsey Exec's $40M Suit Against Fund Tossed
• Judge To Further Mull Supervalu's $1M Labor Deal
• House Will Vote To Extend FAA Funding After Union Deal
• Kagan Recusal Arguments Nixed In High Court Health Fight
• Stroock, Ex-Partner Must Arbitrate Retirement Row: Judge
• FINRA Awards Ex-Citi Advisers $23M In Commission Pay Case
• Wells Fargo A 'Repeat Offender' Of FLSA: Class Action
• High Court Won't Consider LA Grocery Employment Rule
• Mediator's Evidence Can Prove NLRB Wrong, DC Circ. Hears
• Case Study: Kellar V. Summit Seating
• Calif. High Court Revives Appeal Over Timesheet 'Rounding'
• EEOC Aims To Boost Systemic Bias Cases In 4-Year Plan
• IBM Call Center Worker Class Should Be Decertified: Judge
• Mass. Court Must Hear Driver Classification Suit: 1st Circ.
• Littler Merges With Memphis Boutique Kiesewetter Wise
• NYC Asks 2nd Circ. To Yank Judge From FDNY Hiring Case
• Ex-Kaplan Director Forced To Yield Student Data Docs
• GOPs Badger Obama On Solyndra Bonuses
• Starbucks Consents To $7.5M Damages Over Shared Tips
• Diesel Settles Calif. Employees' Wage And Break Claims
• Emails From Apple, Others Show Poaching Pacts: Workers
• Gibbons Lures Jackson Lewis Labor Pro To NY-Area Offices
• Boeing Ends Helicopter Billing Suit For $4.4M
• Lacoste Seller Secures Deal To End Wage Class Action
• Whole Foods Dealt Wage, Bonus Action By Ex-Workers
• Encouraging Whistleblowers To Report Internally
• Nurses Can Pursue Collective, Class Wage Actions: Judge
• Female Workers Add Equal Pay Claims To Wal-Mart Action
• Monster Sues Ex-Employee Over Sales Scheme
• Chrysler Owes Unemployment After Buyouts: Ind. Court
• Employee Training Shouldn't Be Paid, Securitas Says
• Employers Slam DOL's Revised SOX Whistleblower Rules
• Ex-Clark Burnett Workers Abandon Overtime Class Action
• Bakery Union To Lead Charge Against Hostess In Ch. 11
• Pension Plan's ING Kickback Suit Not Too Late: Judge
• Dallas BBQ Boxes Up Servers' OT Pay Suit
• Jackson Lewis Swallows Boutique Simandl & Prentice
• Ohio Road Project Contractors Misled US: Suit
• Another Look At W-2 Reporting Requirements
• Following The Paw Prints Of Staub V. Proctor Hospital
• Calif. Appeals Court Gives Hospital Wage Suit Another Shot
• Chicago Transit Authority Didn't Pay For Training: Workers
• FINRA Awards Ex-Questar Broker $3M In Defamation Case
• Employer's Union Aid Violates Bribery Law: 11th Circ.
• 2nd Circ. Gave Undue FLSA Deference: NYC To High Court
• Indiana Dems Fined For Balking At Right-To-Work Bill
• Archie Comic Exec's Behavior Threatens Company: Suit
• Feds Push For 1st Circ. To Reopen FCA Suit Against Pfizer
• Stiefel Can't Shake ERISA, Fraud Claims Over GSK Buy
• Detectives Claim NYPD Racial Bias Against Black Workers
• NY Appeals Court Rejects Precedent On Coverage Notices
• Forever 21 Denied Employees Full Meal Breaks: Suit
• Burden-Shifting Test Applies To FMLA: 6th Circ.
• Gutting The Companion-Care Exemption
• Dukes Rules Out Family Dollar Sex Bias Class: Judge
• Taking Steps Toward Trade Secret Reform
• NLRB Lacks Quorum To Enforce Posting Rule, Group Says
• IASIS Wins Sanctions Over Privileged Docs In FCA Case
• 7th Circ. Asked To Revive Perkins, Aviall Benefits Case
• E&Y Denied Another Bid To Quash OT Action
• Latest Dukes Complaint Still Fatally Flawed, Wal-Mart Says
• Ex-Solyndra Workers Try To Knock Down Bonus Plan
• Supreme Court Lets 2 New Biz Owners Join Health Fight
• High Court Will Consider Jurisdiction For MSPB Appeals
• High Court Won't Weigh In On Applebee's Tip Pay Case
• Fiat Unit Asks DC Circ. To Nix NLRB's Health Plan Ruling
• SC County To Pay $1.5M To Settle EMS OT Suit
• Making Union Organizing Easier Than Ever
• Olympus Panel Clears KPMG, Ernst & Young In Fraud Probe
• Marshalls Beats 2nd Class Bid In Store Manager's OT Suit
• Case Study: Glenn V. Brumby
• PBGC Demands Info On AMR Pension Plans
• UBS Wins Bid To Arbitrate In Financial Adviser OT Row
• Ex-Dow Scientist Gets 5 Years For Selling Secrets
• People's Choice Trustee, Ex-CFO Settle For $5M
• Lawmaker Unveils Bill Targeting Recess Appointments
• Wash. Gov., AGs Back Health Care Law In Supreme Court
• In-House Affair Forced Out 2 Edwards Wildman Attys: Suit
• Kraft Crumbles Triscuit Workers' Don, Doff Action
• American Apparel Gets Investor Class Action Knocked Out
• Federal Workers Can't Get Free Bottled Water: DC Circ.
• USPS Doesn't Owe Inspectors OT Pay: Judge
• Merrill Lynch Brokers Argue Against Dukes Link In 7th Circ.
• Merrill Lynch OT Action Stays In NY
• Fireplace Co.'s Trade Secret Claims Spark ITC Interest
• NCsoft Accuses Rival Gaming Co. Of Trade Secret Theft
• Fanning 1st Amendment Rights For Religious Groups
• Even The 21st Century Water Cooler Has Rules
• 5th Circ. Snuffs Suit Over Civilian Driver Deaths In Iraq
• DLA Piper, Dechert End Row Over White Collar Pro's Move
• Ex-Chevron Exec Loses Stock Option Appeal In 4th Circ.
• Burden-Shifting Test OK For ADEA Cases: 9th Circ.
• Goldman Loses 2nd Bid to Squelch Sex Bias Claims
• Hostess Ch. 11 Runs Into Confusion Over Union Talks
• Black River Gets $3M Award Tossed In Profit-Sharing Suit
• FedEx Drivers Are Employees, Not Contractors: Atty
• Nike To Pay $1M To Indonesian Workers For OT Claims
• Panera Chain Kept Black Workers Away From Public: Suit
• Umpqua Exec Pay Action Doesn't Pass Muster: Judge
• More Courts Warming To Noncompete Pacts, Attys Say
• Fisher & Phillips Nabs Greenberg Atty For New Boston Digs
• Quest Diagnostics Hit With $100M Sex Bias Suit
• Reaffirming Mandatory Arbitration Of Consumer Claims
• 10 Tips For Conducting An Internal Investigation
• Md. Law Kills Some School Board Immunity Rights: 4th Circ.
• Supreme Court Mulls FMLA Self-Care Immunity For States
• High Court Weighs Language In Sea-Land Payout Case
• Walgreen, Par Schemed To Overcharge For Generics: Suit
• Bechtel Gets URS Worker's Whistleblower Suit Booted
• FINRA Seeks To Avoid Arbitrating Collective Action Claims
• 2nd Circ. Nixes Ruling For Ex-Tyco Exec On Merger Bonus
• OCSLA Covers Onshore Injuries, Supreme Court Says
• Insurers Off Hook For Defective PVC Pipe Coverage
• Handicap Claim Pared From Ex-Dechert Atty's Bias Suit
• High Court Upholds Ministerial Exception In Job Bias Cases
• Loan Officers Slap Citizens Banks With FLSA Suit
• GE Unit Resolves Wage-And-Hour Action For $1M
• Lawmaker Floats Resolution Blasting Recess Appointments
• Pepsi Settles EEOC Race Discrimination Claims For $3M
• Challenging Pro-Business Decisions With Horton
• High Pensions Key Ingredient In Another Hostess Ch. 11
• States Challenge Medicaid Expansion In Supreme Court
• High Court Queries Attys On Unions' Fee Notice Obligations
• Calif. Car Washes To Pay $1M To Rinse Away Wage Suit
• Wolfgang Puck, Caterers Reach Deal In OT Action
• Alpha Settles With Families of Massey Blast Victims
• FMLA Shields Pre-Eligible Leave Requests: 11th Circ.
• Exotic Dancers Sue W.Va Club Over Tips, Wages
• 1st Circ. Mulls Big Dig Relator's Retaliation Suit
• KBR Settles With Former Truck Driver Hurt In Iraq
• High Court Bars Bivens Suit Against Private Prison Workers
• L-3 Wants Whistleblower's Plane Defects Suit Grounded
• Judge Favors Class Cert. In Farmland Don, Doff Suit
• Judge Tosses Ex-Kasowitz Atty's $78M Suit Over Firing
• Judge Demands To See Deal In Lucky Brand OT Case
• Broker Says Execs Stole Celebrity Clients For Rival Lockton
• Smart 2012 Resolution: Draft A Social Media Policy
• Invesco, Deutsche End Money Manager Poaching Suit
• LA Times Gets Ex-Publisher's Wrongful Firing Suit Pared
• NLRB Puts Class Action Waivers' Status Up In The Air
• US Steel's Testimony Ruling Challenge Nixed By High Court
• DOL Limits The Reach Of SOX Whistleblower Protection
• Plaintiffs' Bar Reboots Class Strategy In Wake Of Dukes
• Radio Atty's Remark About Firings Not Defamatory: Court
• Employment Group Of The Year: Sidley Austin
• Northwestern Mutual Faces OT Class Action By Sales Reps
• The Tricky Concept Of Labor Law Successorship
• Blocked $97M Dole Judgment Won't Get High Court Hearing
• Olympus Sues Ex-Chair, 2 Others Over Accounting Scandal
• Fla. AG Office Attys Weren't Fired Politically: Report
• Workers Can't Be Forced To Sign Class Waivers: NLRB
• Supreme Court's Title VII Tests Outdated: 7th Circ.
• Merrill Lynch Brokers Tell 7th Circ. Dukes Doesn't Apply
• DOJ Mounts High Court Defense Of Health Care Reform
• Employment Group Of The Year: Seyfarth Shaw
• Supreme Court Could Shed Light On FCA In 2012: Report
• Barnes & Thornburg Picks Up Film Labor Law Expert In LA
• CVS Pharmacists Dispense Wage Suit Over Travel Pay
• Ogletree's LA Office Snags Squire Employment Partner
• NLRB Members Can Sit Twice On Same Case: 2nd Circ.
• 5th Circ. Revives Dyncorp FCA Retaliation Suit
• What's In A Name: Employee V. Independent Contractor
• Avoiding Charges Of Workers' Comp Retaliation
• Ousted Olympus CEO Sues Over Dismissal
• Employment Group Of The Year: Orrick
• Recess Appointment Feud Could End In High Court
• Metabyte Says Ex-Workers Stole Trade Secrets For Nvidia
• Arnstein Adds Jackson Lewis Team To New Milwaukee Digs
• Phoenix Law Firm Settles Atty's Pregnancy Bias Case
• Nationwide Insurance Investigators Out Of Luck In OT Suit
• Enhancing Economic Espionage And Trade Secret Sentences
• Bipolar Atty Deserved To Be Fired: Appeals Court
• Domino's Drivers' $1.5M Class Settlement Finally Delivers
• Hustler Exec's Sexual Harassment Suit Sent To Arbitration
• 'Reasonable' Regulations Against Age Discrimination
• Dukes Dooms Class In WinCo Meal Break Suit
• Judge Weeds Out Ariz. Gov.'s Medical Marijuana Suit
• Former St. Luke's Phlebotomist Sues Over OT Pay
• Fired Wyeth Employee Spoke Up Too Late: 2nd Circ.
• 3rd Circ. Reverses Evidence Sanction In UPS Bias Suit
• Embattled Foreclosure Atty Sued By Former Co.
• Employment Group Of The Year: Greenberg Traurig
• Cracker Barrel Seeks EEOC Suit Coverage In 6th Circ.
• Mutual Contractors Can't Bring Labor Claims: Calif. Court
• Grant Thornton Can't Force Tax Atty Arbitration: Court
• Workers Urge Retroactive Ruling In Brinker Meal Break Case
• Prudential Pays $1M To End Claims Managers' FLSA Suit
• Jackson Lewis Snags Miles & Stockbridge Labor Atty
• Obama Makes 3 Recess Appointments To NLRB
• Waddell & Reed Advisers Exempt From FLSA: Judge
• Primary Duty Under FLSA A Question Of Fact: 10th Circ.
• Ex-McKesson Worker Files Pay, Seating Class Action
• Case Study: Home Paramount V. Shaffer
• Overhauling The Federal Jurisdictional Statutes
• Calif. Court Quashes AccentCare's Arbitration Mandate
• 9th Circ. Tosses Wal-Mart Managers' Bid For Class Cert.
• Claims Adjusters' Calif. OT Row To Get Another Look
• KPMG Audit Workers Get Conditional Cert. In OT Fight
• Dukes Sinks Verizon Managers' Class Bid In OT Suit
• Union Knocks Inner City Media's Bankruptcy Sale Plans
• Deepwater Horizon Claims Adjusters Bury Wage Action
• Employment Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn
• Ogletree Adds Ex-Microsoft In-House Atty In Philly
• Vitamin Shoppe, Managers Settle OT Pay Dispute
• TCW, DoubleLine Settle Trade Secret Claims
• Employment Law Trends For Financial Cos. In 2012
• FINRA Panel Says Deutsche Unit Owes Ex-Director $3.6M
• Employment Cases To Watch In 2012
• Employment Regulation To Watch In 2012