Employment Archive » February, 2012

Employment - February, 2012

315 articles

• 'Desperate Housewives' Exec Hid Sheridan Slap, Jury Hears
• Gristede's CEO Says He's Not An 'Employer' Under FLSA
• Pret A Manger Gets Green Light To Settle Trainee OT Suit
• Ex-Massey Security Chief Gets 3 Years In Prison
• Contractors Ask 2nd Circ. To Reopen $5B NYC Projects Suit
• Class Cert Denied In Sunrise Meal Break Suit
• Morgan Lewis Wins Appeal In Secretary's Retaliation Case
• 3rd Circ. Says Transferred Workers Not Always Owed Benefits
• Contractor Says It Suffered Retribution After Winning Bid
• High Court Says Railroad Law Bars State Asbestos Claims
• La Quinta To Pay $1.5M To Settle Housekeepers' Wage Suit
• LLC Members Aren't Always Employers, 5th Circ. Says
• Duane Reade Can't Take Back Accidentally Produced Email
• Moody's Can't Shake SOX Claim Over CDO Rating Methods
• Modernization For Aviation And Railway Industries
• Pizza Hut Drivers Win Conditional Cert. In Wage Suit
• Ex-Exec Can't Support FCA Claims, Pfizer Tells 1st Circ.
• Calif. Appeals Court Won't Rehear Volt Discrimination Dispute
• Union Says AMR Wants To Alter Pilots' Pay Without New CBA
• Calif. Creates Criminal Unit To Enforce Wage Theft Act
• Proof Of Title VII Ignorance Needed To Nix Punitives: 8th Circ.
• 'Desperate Housewives' Battle Kicks Off With Jury Selection
• GOP Lawmakers Lash Out At Employer Contraception Rule
• Audit Watchdog Proposes New Exec Pay Regulation
• Insurance Broker Resolves $4M ERISA Feud With Comerica
• Oregon House OKs Ban On Job Ads Excluding Unemployed
• 2nd Circ. Nixes Ex-Credit Agricole Worker's 2nd Trial
• Retired NFL Lineman Is Latest To Sue Over Concussions
• EEOC Updates ADA Guidance For 1 Million Returning Vets
• Gap Execs Spared Deposition In L-7, Old Navy Row
• Preserving The Fruits Of E-Discovery At All Costs
• Caesars Snuffs Action Over Secondhand Smoke Death
• E-Discovery Order Could Boost Automated Doc Review
• Burden-Shifting Test Alive And Well Despite 7th Circ. Slam
• High Court Mulls Forum For Selective Service Firing Suit
• Ex-BP Worker Canned For Reporting Bribes: Suit
• Kodak Seeks To Slash Benefits For Some Retirees
• Mayer Brown Snags Employment Veteran From Reed Smith
• EEOC's Subpoena In ADA Probe Too Broad: 10th Circ.
• AIG Settles Whistleblower Suit Over Ex-CFO's Trades
• Ex-NBC Exec To Testify In 'Desperate Housewives' Row
• Alliant Receives No Fine For Emailing Rival's Clients
• Ex-Massey Security Chief Can't Shake Conviction
• High Court Again Denies Bid To Argue For Kagan Recusal
• Limiting The Scope Of EEA: US V. Aleynikov
• Bankrupting Employment Class Action Claims
• Tyson Workers Urge 8th Circ. To Revive Don, Doff Suit
• Judge Misread Noncompete In Wi-Lan Case, 2nd Circ. Told
• Max Brenner Founder Sued Over New Chocolate Cafe Chain
• WellCare's $137M Medicaid Fraud Payout Clears Last Hurdle
• 6th Circ. Scraps SuperValu Race Bias Case
• House Group Takes Gay Spouse Benefits Ruling To 9th Circ.
• Diebold Settles Calif. Technicians' Wage Action
• Baker & McKenzie Nabs Winston & Strawn ERISA Guru
• 7th Circ. Revives Merrill Brokers' Cert. Bid In Bias Suit
• Flawed Timekeeping Caused US To Overpay Lockheed: Suit
• Kraft Settles ERISA Class Action For $9.5M
• McDonald's Cites Dukes In Bid To Nix Racial Bias Action
• Protecting Confidentiality In The Era Of Social Media
• 7 States Try To Take Down Obama Contraception Rule
• Allstate Sex Bias Plaintiffs Push For Class In 7th Circ.
• Starbucks Tells 2nd Circ. Assistant Managers Don't Merit Tips
• Ga. Senate OKs Bill Allowing Riskier Pension Investments
• Ex-Unilab Atty Can Pursue FCA Claims, 2nd Circ. Hears
• Calif. Court Boots Judge From 99 Cents Only Seating Suit
• New Haven Seeks High Court Review Of Fireman's Bias Suit
• Berkshire Dodges Former Exec's Whistleblower Suit
• E-Trade To Pay $1.5M To Settle OT Suit
• DOL Partners With La. To Target Worker Misclassification
• Plaintiffs Win Cert. In Butterball Don, Doff Class Action
• DOD Whistleblower Investigations Get Short Shrift: GAO
• Destroyed Data Earns Sanctions For Alleged Secrets Thief
• Duran V. US Bank: Aftershocks Of Wal-Mart V. Dukes
• Advisers' Pay Suit Against Morgan Stanley, Citi Nixed
• The Pitfalls Of Paperless Discovery
• US Trustee Slams $5M Pay Package For Hostess CEO
• DOMA Unconstitutionally Denies Gay Spouse Benefits: Judge
• FLSA Collective Action Rights Can Be Waived: Citigroup
• 8th Circ. Mostly OKs Toss Of EEOC's Trucker Sex Bias Suit
• Mining Co. Indicted Over Coal Mine Roof Collapse
• Union Sues Ind. Gov. Daniels Over Right-To-Work Law
• AMR Says Retiree Committee Would Slow Down Labor Talks
• 9th Circ. Chucks $1M Verdict Against FedEx In Bias Case
• Former WaMu Execs Balk At Plan For D&O Claims
• 6th Circ. Revives GM Workers' ERISA Suit Against State Street
• Fed. Circ. Nixes Judicial Pay Raise Again
• Burr & Forman Adds Lowndes Drosdick Labor Pro In Fla.
• Ariz. Law Firm Can't Be Dragged Into Ill. Court: Judge
• NYPD Faces Setback In Suit Over Pensions For Veteran Cops
• EEOC To Attack Systemic Bias Under New Plan
• Insurer Aims To Duck Coverage Of Omeros FCA Suit
• Workers' Comp Insurance: The Most Important Tool
• 2nd Massey Boss Charged In Fatal Mine Explosion
• Fla. Catholic University Sues Over Contraception Rule
• Ex-Freed & Weiss Atty Says Former Partner Betrayed Firm
• Dukes Dooms Class Claims In Race Bias Suit, Walgreen Says
• SNR Denton Defamation Claims Revived In Secrets Row
• Ex-BGC Financial Employee Says Firm Lets Sex Bias Slide
• Deepwater Rig Worker Settles Injury Claims Against BP, Others
• NLRB Union Election Invalid, Hard Rock Tells DC Circ.
• Federal Needn't Cover IBM's ERISA Settlement: NY Court
• 13 States Back Medicaid Expansion In High Court Brief
• High Court Won't Weigh In On FLSA Anti-Retaliation Case
• Panda Express Faces Seating Class Action
• Edwards Wildman Adds Employment Defense Pro
• Adviser Took AllianceBernstein Secrets To JPMorgan: Suit
• CBS Ditches Model's 'Price Is Right' Pregnancy Bias Suit
• Schering-Plough Strikes $12.5M Deal In ERISA Suit
• Justices Want US View On Supervisor Liability Under Title VII
• Accidentally Misleading Employers With The 'Facts'
• Ind. Workers' $18M Award Slashed In Wage-And-Hour Case
• Texas High Court To Rehear Workers' Comp Insurer Dispute
• Trade Groups, ConAgra Lambast Hostess' Bid To Dump Pensions
• Amgen Employees Press 9th Circ. To Revive ERISA Action
• Chemical Co. Brings Retiree Premium Fight To Supreme Court
• Judge Won't Recertify DirectSat Technicians In OT Suit
• Aetna Pays $1.1M To Resolve Meal Break Class Action
• Canadian Pacific Wants Gov't Mediator For Pension Talks
• Calif. Court Sets High Bar For Arbitrating Unconscionability
• Migraine Case Sheds Light On Employers' ADA Headaches
• Wachovia Owes Ex-Workers $1M In Raiding Fight: 4th Circ.
• Ex-Goldman Coder's Acquittal Threatens Wall Street's IP
• A Troublesome Twist In Texas Workers' Comp Decision
• Law School, Meet Litigation PR ...
• NLRB Wrong On Union Ruling, Grocery Chain Tells DC Circ.
• MacAndrews & Forbes Irons Out Contract Dispute With Ex-Exec
• Texas County Settles EEOC Age Discrimination Suit
• Whistleblower Group Urges 3rd Circ. To Scrap Tyco SOX Ruling
• GOP Lawmakers Challenge NLRB 'Ambush Election' Rule
• Kraft Retirees Win Class Cert. In Health Insurance Suit
• Catholic Group Sues White House Over Contraception Rule
• UBS Advisers Took Trade Secrets To Wells Fargo: Suit
• Erie Indemnity Can't Kill Claims Adjusters' OT Action
• EEOC Sues Over Revoked Job Offer For Pregnant Atty
• Employers Fear Calif. Wage Theft Law May Spur Suits
• Borders Reaches Accord With Ex-Worker Class Over Layoffs
• WTC Panel To Back Cancer Coverage For 9/11 Victims: CDC
• IGT Wants 9th Circ. To Reverse IP Attys' Whistleblower Award
• Avoiding Union Ire With Consistent Policy Enforcement
• Ex-Olympus Chief, 6 Others Arrested Over Accounting Scheme
• Judge Guts Forced-Retirement Suit Against Booz Allen Execs
• Brink's Workers Denied Cert. Over Bulletproof Vest Claims
• No New Trial For Worker Class In AT&T OT Action
• BP's Deepwater Well Site Leader Needn't Testify For Now
• Solyndra, US Slam Ex-Workers' Bid To Nix Lender Protections
• Ogletree Deakins Nabs 2 Coats Rose Employment Litigators
• One-Armed Man Accuses Starbucks Of Job Bias
• US Steel Needn't Pay Workers For Travel, 7th Circ. Hears
• Lawmakers Pan Obama's CFPB, NLRB Recess Appointments
• Probe Into FDA Monitoring Of Whistleblower Emails Expands
• 3rd Circ. Trims Injunction In Stryker Employee Poaching Suit
• No Deal In 'Desperate Housewives' Star's Firing Dispute
• Agencies Must Toughen Up Banker Pay Rules, Senate Panel Hears
• Ex-McAfee GC Will Pay Fees To End Backdating Battle
• Pregnancy Bias In Workplace Still Widespread: EEOC Panel
• Chili's Owner Can't Modify Arbitration Deal For OT Suit
• Calif. Court Won't Force Arbitration In Hooters Wage Suit
• Deposition Is Not The Best Solution To Denial
• Termination Or Retirement: Just Semantics?
• U.S. Seeks 25 Years For Massey Official In Blast Case
• Connaught Workers Say They Weren't Warned Of Layoffs
• ASBCA Puts Auditor's Exec Pay Calculation Methods In Peril
• Ryla Call Center Workers Win Class Status In Wage Action
• Halliburton Asks 2nd Circ. To Kill ERISA Action
• UBS Pays $1.4M To End OT Dispute With Technicians
• Trucking Trade Group Challenges 70-Hour Workweek Rule
• Morgan Stanley Advisers Seek Class Cert. In Pay Suit
• Littler Gets Labor Boost With New LA Atty
• Truckers' Calif. Meal Break Action Preempted By Fed. Law
• Auto Parts Co. Retirees Win Class Cert. In Benefits Dispute
• Tracking The Implications Of US V. Jones
• Gulfstream Trustee Says Execs Shouldn't Get D&O Cash
• Class Certified In Coyote Ugly Tip Pooling Suit
• Questions Linger Over NLRB's Social Media Guidance
• SunPower Says Ex-Employees Gave Stolen Info To Rival
• Hostess Teamsters May Strike If Unions Burned In Ch. 11
• Ernst & Young Asks 9th Circ. To Back OT Arbitration
• DOL To Stay Strong With Proposed $12B Budget
• Ex-Elliott Greenleaf Atty Stole Docs Before He Split: Suit
• Mass. Settles Corrections Dept. Sex Bias Claims
• Morgan Lewis Picks Up Dodd-Frank Pro, ERISA Partners
• GlobalAxxess Trustees Sue Arrowood Over $4M D&O Payout
• Sen. Wants Answers On Exec Bonuses At Bankrupt Cos.
• DOL, Thelen Trustee Near Deal On Pension Administrator
• Vets Seek Class Cert. Over Alleged Chemical Experiments
• The Rise Of '2nd Generation' Dukes Issues
• Inability To Work OT Not A Disability: 4th Circ.
• Littler Mendelson Lands Top Spot In Employment Ranking
• CUNA Retirees Ask High Court To Review Benefits Suit
• Citibank Workers Win Class Status In OT Suit
• Judge Says MediSys Wage Suit Should Be Tossed
• Jackson Lewis Gets New Partners In Boston, NYC
• Peace Corps Hit With Genetic Bias Lawsuit
• Law360 Ranks Largest Employment Practice Groups
• Constangy Expands Austin Office With Employment Vet
• Calif. Teams With DOL To Fight Worker Misclassification
• Ex-Kasowitz Atty With 'Superior Legal Mind' Appeals Dismissal
• Obama Announces Compromise On Birth Control Rule
• Whistleblower Settles Blackstone FCA Kickback Claims
• Bimbo Balks At Hostess Bid To Avoid $2B Pension Payments
• KB Home Resists Sales Workers' Class Bid In Wage Suit
• A Green Light For Repetitive Class Action Litigation
• Revised Removal Statutes — Possibilities, Pitfalls: Part 2
• IRS Settles With Worker Suspended Over Contractor Claim
• Hostility To Other Groups Not Enough For Race Bias: 5th Circ.
• 9th Circ. Queries Northrop ERISA Fight In Light Of Amara
• Hoffman Kelley Hits Unfaithful Ex-Atty With $2M Suit
• Lorillard Sales Reps Fail To Meet Class Cert. Bar
• Procopio Lands 3 Employment Pros From Luce Forward
• Ex-Leo Pharma Sales Reps Launch OT Class Action
• Smithfield Workers Win Class Cert. In Prep-Time Suit
• NJ Cops Slam Settlement In Exam Race Bias Case
• Ex-Scientologists Ask 9th Circ. To Revive Forced Labor Case
• Ex-Allergan President Escapes Investor Suit Over Exec Pay
• Laid-Off Photogs Accuse NY Daily News Of Bias
• Catholic TV Network Sues US Over Birth Control Mandate
• Case Study: Fisher V. Halliburton
• MF Global Trustee Denies Funds Went To Pay D&O Insurance
• Contractors Oppose DOL's 7% Disabled Work Force Rule
• MMA Fighters Battle Production Co.'s Trade Secrets Suit
• Protecting Employee IP In A Global Environment
• Production Company, Others Fined For Deadly Stage Collapse
• No Quick Win For Ex-KV Pharma CEO On Criminal Costs
• SuperShuttle Resolves FLSA Fight With NY Drivers
• House GOPs Train Fire On Unions' Political Contributions
• Mixed-Motive Analysis OK For Mass. Age Bias Claims: 1st Circ.
• Mine Safety Regulator Centralizes Oversight Functions
• Kasowitz Ducks Negligence Suit Over SOX Whistleblower Claim
• Title VII Doesn't Protect Breastfeeding Women: Judge
• Ex-Worker Sues Shuttered WJB Capital Over Mass Layoff
• Halliburton, KBR Want Firefighter Wage Suit Thrown Out
• Citigroup Analyst Accuses Co. Of Shirking OT Pay
• Hostess CEO Could Get $2M Perk Under Employment Deal
• Ex-Motorola Engineer Convicted Of IP Theft
• Ga. Laws Don't Apply In Calif. Wage Class Action: 9th Circ.
• Marriott Owner BF Saul Socked With OT Class Action
• Bank of America Faces New Loan Officer Wage Suit
• Groups Blast NLRB's 'Rushed' Union Election Rulemaking
• Cashiers Don't Need Seats, CVS Tells Court
• Stonegate Loan Officers Win Class Status In Wage Suit
• Raytheon's Trade Secret Claims Not Too Late, Fed. Circ. Hears
• JPMorgan, Performers' Union Fund Settle ERISA Action
• Qui Tam Trends In 2011, Predictions For 2012
• FTC Warns App Marketers Of Potential FCRA Violations
• Goldman, Morgan Stanley Set Clawback Policy Standard
• Cumulus Strikes Deal With Account Execs in OT Case
• Abercrombie Fights Saleswoman's Seating Demands
• 1st Circ. Revives Big Dig Relator's Retaliation Suit
• 9th Circ. Rules Calif. Gay Marriage Ban Unconstitutional
• Ex-GE Exec Says His Iraq Bribery Claims Led To Firing
• Ex-Ocean Tomo Exec Can't Share Confidential Info: Judge
• DOL Tells High Court Drug Sales Reps Deserve OT Pay
• A Real Headache Of A Disability Claim
• US Bank Workers' $15M Win In OT Pay Case Overturned
• Health Mandate Violates Constitution, Critics Tell High Court
• Chinese Court Nixes AMSC's IP Theft Suit
• Automaker Continental To Shell Out $24M In ERISA Settlement
• UBS Can't Claw Back $1M From Ex-Broker's Loan Bonus
• Creekstone Meat Packers Win Early Class Cert. In Wage Suit
• Citing Dukes, 2nd Circ. Nixes Plan Trustee Class
• KPMG Told To Keep Ex-Workers' Hard Drives In OT Fight
• USDA Won't Impose New Labor Provisions On Contractors
• H&M Made Employees Work Through Breaks Without Pay: Suit
• Tyson Foods, EEOC Settle Seizure Sufferer's Bias Claim
• Lane Bryant Hit With Wage-And-Hour Class Action
• Who's A Federal Contractor? You Just Might Be
• Attys' Fees Sink Proposed Adventist FLSA Settlement
• Groups Look For Fast Win In NLRB Election Rule Case
• Quest Asks 2nd Circ. To Bar Ex-Atty From Kickback Suit
• Lowe's Wrongly Dropped Employees' Health Plans: Suit
• Express Services Founder Can't Dodge Looting Battle
• 1st Circ. Puts Limits On Whistleblowers Shielded By SOX
• Ex-Toyota Atty Must Pay $2.6M In Leak Case: 9th Circ.
• Amara Ruling Should Kill Pension Plan's Kickback Suit: ING
• EEOC Says Cos. Must Retain Records To Comply With GINA
• 7th Circ. Shuts Down Abbott Workers' Benefit Appeal
• Judge Reverses Self, Says State Wage Claim Not Preempted
• NLRB Wrongly Awarded Nurses Back Pay, DC Circ. Hears
• Nebraska Beef To Pay $4M To Settle Don, Doff Class Action
• Expanding The Protections Of The 4th Amendment
• Revised Removal Statutes — Possibilities, Pitfalls: Part 1
• 4th Circ. Backs Rejection Of Circuit City Class Claims
• Home Depot Settles Deaf Worker Case With Interpreter Deal
• Clawback Suit Against Ex-Morgan & Finnegan Attys Survives
• 11th Circ. Reopens Suit Claiming HIV Kept Man Off Force
• Homebuilder Ryland Can't Duck Salespeople's FLSA Action
• LA Sues Northern Trust Over $95M Pension Fund Losses
• DynCorp Asks High Court To Settle Disability Pay Dispute
• Grassley Grills FDA Over Whistleblower Treatment
• Texas Tort Firm Accuses Ex-Worker Of Stealing Trade Secrets
• Reinhart Lures Employee Benefits Pro From Deloitte
• White House Rules Aim To Widen Retiree Benefit Options
• Mortgage Officers Sue Compass Bank For Overtime Pay
• Wells Fargo Bankers Lose Class Cert. Bid In FLSA Suit
• Judge Curbs Archie Comics Co-CEO's Duties
• Minn. GOP Sets Out New Right-To-Work Bill
• 500 Female Wal-Mart Workers Take Sex Bias Claims To EEOC
• Jury Trial Restrictions Cut From Mo. Discrimination Bill
• Addressing Bad Faith Claims Risk In Trade Secrets Cases
• Fill For The Funding Dip: EB-5 Visas
• Suppliers Not Liable For Welder's Disease: Calif. Court
• Steakhouse Chain Says EEOC Age Bias Suit Too Vague
• Ex-Solyndra Workers Blast Releases For Secured Creditors
• Prevailing Parties Can Recover Expert Fees: Calif. Court
• Indiana Senate, Gov. OK Right-To-Work Law
• Ex-Hearst Intern Says Unpaid Work Violates Labor Laws
• DOL To Re-Propose Child Farm Work Exemption
• Suit Over CBS Pension Benefits Time-Barred: 2nd Circ.
• American Airlines Wants To End Pension Plans
• In-House Attys Reveal Topflight Employment Lawyers
• Lawmakers Blast Obama's CFPB, NLRB Recess Appointments
• ERISA Class Action Survives Honeywell's Dismissal Bid
• Push To Split Chairman, CEO Roles Gains Traction
• The Importance Of Legal Audits
• Territory Managers Hit Quest With Wage Class Action