Employment Archive » December, 2012

Employment - December, 2012

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• Cigna Ordered To Reform Pension Plan In Long-Running Suit
• CalPERS Told To Cool Its Heels In San Bernardino Bankruptcy
• 4th Circ. Strikes DOL Changes To Guest Worker Program
• Concepcion Doesn't Doom Limo Driver Class, Calif. Court Told
• Fifth Third Seeks High Court Review Of ERISA Action
• PG&E Can Charge Customers $299M For Pipeline Safety: CPUC
• Brinker Doesn't Kill Truckers' Meal, Rest Break Class Action
• Ex-DHL Drivers Lose Class Cert. Bid In WARN Act Suit
• Criminal Check Co. Can't Appeal Ruling Upholding FCRA
• Nordstrom Boots FLSA Claims In Wage-And-Hour Suits
• UBS Portfolio Manager Loses Severance Bid At 2nd Circ.
• Groups Defend 2-Step FLSA Cert. Process At 5th Circ.
• Gasket Co. Asks Justices To Hear Maritime Asbestos Case
• Employers Must Cover Extra Taxes On Backpay Awards: NLRB
• Morgan Lewis, Nonprofit Sued Over Sham Criminal Charges
• Ex-NJ Township Housing Director Cops To Extortion Scheme
• Forever 21 Harassment Suit Sent To Arbitration
• Judge Ends $2B Benefits Action Against Halliburton, Insurers
• Charlie Rose Settles Unpaid Intern Wage Suit
• For 2013: Preventative Measures For Calif. Employers
• 10th Circ. Won't Let Christian Cos. Duck Contraception Rule
• California Dreaming? CalPERS And San Bernardino's Ch. 9
• NLRB Slams Facebook Firings, Applying Old Laws To New Tech
• Ohio Enacts Law To Boost Asbestos Trust Transparency
• NLRB Eyes New Approach On Union Lobbying Expenses
• UPMC Accused Of Union-Busting Policies
• Indiana Won't Sign Onto $48M Healthpoint FCA Deal
• Penn State Can't Stay Ex-Coach's Testimony Retaliation Suit
• NLRB Ruling Ends Dues Checkoff As Employer Bargaining Tool
• Employers Must Bargain With Union Before Discipline: NLRB
• Mandatory Dispute Resolution Program Unlawful, NLRB Says
• Pa. High Court Says SEPTA Can't Get Sovereign Immunity
• NJ Appeals Court Overturns Denial Of Mayor's Pension Bid
• Judge Slams Door On EEOC's Exxon Pilot Age Bias Suit
• Time To Pay, Or Not Pay, The Piper: Fiscal Cliff Part 2
• NFL Players Ask Court To Allow Their Workers' Comp Claims
• Expect Increased Whistleblower Cases In 2013
• Beware Discovery In 3rd-Party Litigation Funding
• Calif. Contractors Must Pay $1.1M For Skimping On Wages
• Sanofi Pays $109M For Fine Dining Kickbacks, Illicit Samples
• US Declines To Join FCA Suit Over Chrysler, Fiat Deal
• Time Warner Workers Lose Class Cert. Bid In Wage Suit
• Texas DA Accused Of Retaliating Against Crime Lab Employees
• Job Placement Nonprofit To Pay $1.7M To Settle FCA Suit
• 6th Circ. Shouldn't Review Cintas Sex Bias Ruling, EEOC Says
• Kmart Wins 1st Trial, But Worker Seating Battle Not Over
• AMR's New CBA, Pension Deal With Pilots Get Judge's OK
• Study Finds No Clear Cancer Link For 9/11 Responders
• DC Circ. Shelves Contraception Suit To Await ACA Rule
• Sequestration And The WARN Act: Fiscal Cliff Part 1
• Ex-S&N Reps Barred From Client Contact In $56M Secrets Row
• DC Circ. Rebuffs NLRB, Says Calif. Paper's Firings Protected
• Ex-Bolthouse Workers Sue For Piece Of $1.5B Campbell Deal
• Dillard's Pays $2M To Settle EEOC Disability Bias Case
• EEOC Targets Equal Pay, Hiring Barriers In Enforcement Plan
• Crude Oil Trucking Co. Can't Stop Rival's Similar Designs
• AT&T Unit Workers Win Class Status In Union Duties Suit
• Ex-Deutsche Bank Managing Director Sues For Age Bias
• 1st Circ. Won't Review Citizens Financial Overtime Class
• Mistrial Declared In POGO Gov't Worker Payment Case
• BC Partners Faces WARN Class Action Over Texas Layoffs
• Call Center Workers Hit Convergys With Wage-And-Hour Suit
• Lockheed Fights For Shooting Death Defense Costs In 3rd Circ.
• Littler Draws Seasoned Freeborn Labor Litigator To Chicago
• Implied Contract Unproven In Firing Suit, 10th Circ. Says
• Stryker, Others Face FCA Suit Over Pain-Pump Marketing
• Breaking Down The Whistleblower Defense Dilemma
• Stockbrokers' Commission Pay Suit Survives Dismissal Bid
• Keep Your Holiday Parties Merry, Bright And Out Of Court
• CalPERS Slams San Bernardino Over 'Sham' Pendency Plan
• FLSA Settlements Require Court Approval, Judge Says
• Mont. High Court Blocks Equal Benefits For Same-Sex Couples
• Subway Franchisees Face Wage-And-Hour Class Action
• Ex-Goldman Coder Can't Collect $2.4M In Attys' Fees Yet
• DC Circ. Upholds Ruling Against Hilton In ERISA Case
• Polsinelli Bolsters Chicago Office With Employment Pro
• 5 Tips To Keep A Lawsuit From Crashing Your Holiday Party
• Ex-NFL Player Urges High Court To Consider Benefits Spat
• Fired Public Worker Asks High Court To Review ADA's Scope
• Domino's Pizza Founder Sues Over ACA Contraception Mandate
• Union Wins Injunction In Challenge To Pa. Disclosure Rule
• FCA Suit Over L-3's Chopper Maintenance Gets Green Light
• NJ Assembly OKs Vote On Minimum Wage Amendment
• NJ Assembly OKs Crackdown On Wage Withholding
• AMR Insists It Be Allowed To Eliminate Lump-Sum Pension
• NHL Files Suit As Players Move Toward Decertifying Union
• 3 Hot Topics For Business Litigators To Watch In 2013
• 10 Rules Of Etiquette To Avoid A Pregnancy Lawsuit
• 1st Circ. Nixes Clothier's Win In Insurance Coverage Row
• 6th Circ. Finds Navistar Violated Benefits Agreement
• Rite Aid Beats FLSA Suit Over Unpaid Leave Policy
• DC Circ. Orders NLRB To Revisit Offensive T-Shirt Ruling
• Philly Firefighters Lose Bid To Halt Transfer Policy
• Pa. Newspaper Can't Get Full Employee Termination Docs
• Arbitration Co. Sued Over Use Of Credit Checks In Hiring
• Disney Analysts Hit Studio With Wage Class Action
• Metro Fuel Oil Creditors Seek Probe Of Ex-CFO
• 4th Circ. Backs Massey Employee's Conviction Over Explosion
• NJ Bill Would Bar Double Health Coverage For Gov't Workers
• Orthofix To Pay $42M To End DOJ Medicare Fraud Case
• House Panel's Report Accuses NLRB Of Pro-Union Bias
• ACA Contraception Rule Brings Lawsuit Risk, DC Circ. Told
• 'Pink Slime' Co. Escapes Ex-Worker's WARN Suit For Now
• Hostess Bakers Union Vows To Appeal Wind-Down Order
• JPMorgan Beats Class Cert. In Debt Collector OT Suit
• 2012 Employment Law Year In Review: The End Of The World?
• Pfizer Loses Bid To Undo Retaliation Verdict In 2nd Circ.
• Calif. Jury Throws Out Factory Worker's 'Popcorn Lung' Case
• US Targets Vein Treatment's Marketing In FCA Suit
• Oxford Appeal May Doom Class Arbitration For Workers
• NY High Court Allows Benefits For NYPD 9/11 Responders
• Employment MVP: O'Melveny's Bob Siegel
• 4th Circ. Finds No Email Privacy Issue In Bribery Conviction
• Ousted ISC Exec Can't Use Broker's Client Data, Court Rules
• Brinker Revives Wage Action By Cell Tower Techs
• DOJ Wrongly Destroyed Privacy Suit Evidence, DC Circ. Told
• Westernbank D&Os Lose Review Bid In $176M FDIC Suit
• Cargill Meat To Pay $1.3M In OT Class Action Deal
• Towers Perrin Beats Principals' Suit Over Watson Wyatt Merger
• Nokia Hit With ERISA Action Over 'Risky' Stocks
• Bimbo Discovery Bid In FLSA Suit Nixed As 'Burdensome'
• Ex-Skadden Atty Claims Ethics Breaches In New Firing Suit
• Takeaways For Employers From ADP V. ExxonMobil
• Landmark Class Action Case To Be Heard In Supreme Court
• A Fresh Look At Diversity In ADR
• Calif. Bill Proposes Jobless Benefits For Illegal Immigrants
• Wolters Kluwer Beats Contract Suit Over Bar-Prep Biz
• Lucasfilm Gets Pregnancy Bias Verdict Thrown Out
• ADA Bias Claim Not Preempted By LMRA, 6th Circ. Says
• Mich. Right-To-Work Laws Put Pressure On Ohio
• HSBC Fired Veep For Whistleblowing, Suit Says
• Pa. High Court Snubs Appeal Over Police Retiree Benefit Cuts
• 'Storage Wars' Star Sues A&E For Wrongful Termination
• HuffPo Bloggers' Compensation Suit Falls In 2nd Circ.
• Ex-KPCB Partner In Bias Suit Denies Inking Arbitration Deal
• Ex-Pepper Contract Atty Sues Staffing Firm In Hacking Row
• 5th Circ. Won't Apply E-Privacy Law To Cellphone Search
• United Asks High Court To Settle ADA Reassignment Row
• US, La. Construction Co. Settle Katrina Trailer FCA Suit
• Ga. Archdiocese Can't Fight ACA Contraception Rule, US Says
• Antitrust Scrutiny Of Employers Continues In EBay Suits
• Employment MVP: Gibson Dunn's Jason Schwartz
• Bondholders Slam CalPERS' Attempt To Sue San Bernardino
• Clothing Retailer Hit With $25M FLSA Suit Over OT Pay
• Mich. Lawmakers Ink Right-To-Work Laws To Cut Union Clout
• Horizon Health Opens Texas Poaching Trial Against Ex-Execs
• Employment MVP: Paul Hastings' Neal Mollen
• Alliant Execs Who Left Aon Want NY Suit Sent Out West
• LSAT Prep Service Asks For New Trial In Trade Secrets Case
• SEC Can't Prove Stock Buyback Scheme, GSK Unit Says
• Harvard Prof. To Argue That High Court Can't Review DOMA
• NJ Assembly Panel Greenlights Employee Protection Bill
• NFL, Insurers Spar Again Over Concussion Suit Forum
• NJ Court Backs Award For Flight Union Over Legal Exposure
• Ex-NFL Commish Vacates Saints Players' Bounty Suspensions
• BofA Experience-Based Pensions Flout ERISA, High Court Told
• Pa. Lawmaker Blasts New Unemployment Benefits Rules
• $15.5M Deal Reached In ConocoPhillips Meal Break Suit
• 4th Circ. Says Hospital CEO's Forced Retirement Wasn't Bias
• Is The EEOC Messing With Texas?
• Are Social Networking Contacts Trade Secrets?
• NJ Assembly Panel OKs Putting Minimum Wage Raise To Vote
• Wal-Mart Loses Bid To Appeal Ruling On Dukes Bias Claims
• KeyBank Case Could Gut Consumer, Employee Class Claims
• Hostess Pension Diversion Could Spell Big Trouble
• Investment Firm TPG Capital Hit With $9M OT Class Action
• Allegheny Wants Ex-Steelworkers' ERISA Action Tossed
• Employment MVP: Morrison & Foerster's Karen Kubin
• Bankers, Tellers Hit Wells Fargo With OT Suit
• Supreme Court Won't Weigh In On Private FLSA Settlement
• Blackwater Successor Told To Turn Over Docs In Qui Tam Suit
• MSPB Bias Appeals Go To District Court, High Court Rules
• NJ Court Rejects Camden Atty's Appeal In Whistleblower Suit
• Employers Beware When Testing Job Applicants
• Fannie, Freddie Pay Needs More Scrutiny, Says Watchdog
• Judge Rejects Petition To Halt Raises For Philly Workers
• Pilots Again Denied Class Cert. In US Airways Pension Fight
• Gender-Related Pay Gap: What Does It Mean For Employers?
• Insurers Seek Arbitration For Hostess' Collateral Request
• CAA Must Arbitrate Ex-Talent Agent's Unpaid Bonus Claims
• Merrill Sweetens Deal With Ex-Advisers In Deferred Pay Suit
• High Court Takes Oxford Class Arbitration Appeal
• Verizon Workers Can't Stop $7.5B Pension Plan Transfer
• Film Producer Can't File Wage Claim, Calif. Court Says
• American Airlines Pilots Ratify Labor Deal
• Ill. Gov. Must Honor Pay Raises For State Workers, Judge Says
• Baker Donelson Lands Constangy Labor Pro In Atlanta
• Medline Workers Ask 9th Circ. For Class Cert. In Wage Case
• High Court Enters Same-Sex Marriage Debate
• ERISA Suit Slams HP Stock Offering Following Major Losses
• No Immediate Appeal For Ex-ArthroCare Execs In SEC Suit
• RI Health Workers Sue To Block State's Flu Shot Mandate
• Zimmer Loses Bid For $1.4M Award In Stryker Poaching Suit
• Employment MVP: Greenberg Traurig's James Boudreau
• Another Pro-Arbitration Decision By The Supreme Court
• Circuits Split On Mooting: Supreme Court To Give Insight
• Foot Locker Beats ERISA Suit Over Retirement Plan Change
• High Court Rulings Could Bring Big Change For Gay Marriage
• Kaiser Loses Bid To Toss Ex-Worker's False Claims Case
• Mich. GOP Fast Tracks Right-To-Work Measures Amid Protests
• NLRB Judge Sides With Kroger In Failure-To-Bargain Suit
• BlackRock Settles Employment Row With Ex-Fund Manager
• Ex-Morgan Stanley Risk Officer Settles $1M Suit Over Firing
• E&Y, Fidelity Beat Suit Over 2008 Lehman Bankruptcy
• Judge OKs $1.3M Deal in PPG Workers' Wage-And-Hour Suit
• 4th Circ. Kills Xe Whistleblowers' False Claims Suit
• Deutsche Bank Case Puts SEC Enforcement Head In Spotlight
• DOL's Loan Officer Status Change Violates APA, DC Circ. Told
• NY Archdiocese Allowed To Fight Contraception Mandate
• House Votes To Delay Enforcement Of STOCK Act
• Teamsters Tell DC Circ. DOT Eased Mexican Trucker Standards
• BakerHostetler Enhances Labor Group With K&L Gates Hires
• The Potential Impact Of Amendments To Mexican Labor Law
• $104M Whistleblower Award — A Sign Of Things To Come
• Deutsche Bank Accused Of Hiding Up To $12B In Losses
• NYC Teacher Test Violated Title VII, Judge Rules
• Brinker Kills Class In RadioShack Meal Period Suit
• DaVita Says Ex-Nurse Fired For Bad Attitude, Not FCA Claims
• Jackson Lewis Adds 2 Employment Aces From Ball Janik
• KLB Industries Must Hand Financial Info To Union: DC Circ.
• NJ Court Won't Let Construction Co. Duck Contractor Crash Suit
• OPM Details Multistate Health Plans On ACA Exchanges
• Department Of Education Contractor Escapes Bullying Suit
• Bottler Asks DC Circ. To Crush Obama's Recess NLRB Picks
• Fresenius Can't Bill Medicare For Overfill, Relator Says
• Port Authority Beats Former Employee's Bias Suit
• J&J Exits Ex-Sales Reps' Suit Over Noncompete Deal
• Philly Union Boss Says City Illegally Gave 5,500 Raises
• SAExploration's GC Barred In Contract Suit, Texas Court Says
• Technician Sues Dish Over Employee Background Checks
• Critical Issues For Post-Acquisition Physicians
• Social Media Password Ownership And The Workplace
• San Bernardino Case May Set Venues For Future CalPERS Fights
• HuffPo Tells 2nd Circ. It Never Vowed To Stay Independent
• Altegra Health Accuses Ex-Sales VP Of Stealing Secrets
• Former DSW Manager Sues Over Customer Info Policy
• Shackelford Seeks Arbitration In Ex-Partner's Payout Row
• Fee Bid Rebuffed, Attys Chided In Morgan Keegan OT Case
• Twitter Feed Feud Shows Employers Need Social Media Policies
• Lee Tran Hires Ex-Perkins Coie Employment Vet In LA
• NJ Dems To Roll Out Slew Of Initiatives To Help Employers
• NLRB To Streamline Operations Through Office Restructuring
• Okla. Has No Standing For ACA Challenge, DOJ Says
• Mass. Hospital Network Accused Of Medcaid Billing Fraud
• UBS Wins Arbitration Bid In Financial Advisers' OT Fight
• FCA Recoveries Hit New $5B High In 2012, DOJ Says
• Texas Cancer Center Not Immune From Lead Dust Liability
• Ex-Rhoads & Sinon Atty Tapped As Pa. Federal Judge
• Federal Judges Say Denied Raises Were Unconstitutional
• Wet Seal Discriminated Against Black Ex-Manager, EEOC Says
• Publicis Can't Escape Sex Bias Suit Against PR Unit
• Use The Right Words To Avoid Citizenship Discrimination
• The Mediation Advocate's Bill of Rights
• Calif. Firing Motive Case Could Ease Burden On Plaintiffs
• Ex-NJ School Chief Had Harassment Witness Fired, Suit Says
• High Court Weighs If Settlement Offer Can Moot FLSA Suit
• KBR Tells 3rd Circ. It's Not Liable For Soldier's Death
• CH2M Billing Suit Put On Hold For Tentative Settlement
• GCs Name Most Arrogant Law Firms
• Missing OSHA Info Dooms Contract Bid For Green Army Project
• EEOC, Paper Mill Co. Resolve Hostile Workplace Suit
• Christie Will Decide Fate Of NJ Minimum Wage Hike
• GE Wins Ownership Dispute With Ex-Worker Over Wind Patent
• Quest Accused Of Flouting ERISA On Severance Packages
• KPMG Escapes Audit Workers' OT Suit
• US Says Nursing Home Co. Scammed Medicare, Tricare
• High Court Won't Hear State Street Appeal Of GM ERISA Suit
• 7th Circ. Revives Saint-Gobain Retaliation Suit Again
• Greenberg Traurig Hit With $200M Sex Bias Class Action
• Huntington Unit To Pay $3.1M To End Loan Officers' OT Suit
• How Employers Should Address Domestic Violence At Work
• When Bankruptcy Precludes Employment Claims