Employment Archive » December, 2018

Employment - December, 2018

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• DC Circ. Kicks BFI Joint Employer Battle Back To NLRB
• 5 Most-Read Legal Industry Guests Of 2018
• Winner's Playbook
• DOL Stuffs Employers' Stockings With 2 FLSA Opinion Letters
• Texas Justices Say NDA Suit Beats Anti-SLAPP Dismissal Bid
• 10 Most-Read Employment Law360 Guests Of 2018
• High Court's Tibble Opinion Matters Now More Than Ever
• Pa.'s Top Employment Law Developments In 2018
• Navigating E-Discovery In Employment Litigation: Part 2
• Florida Senate Settles Suit Over EEOC Harassment Complaint
• NJ FedEx Drivers Denied Cert. In Misclassification Suit
• Uber, Others Must Face Auto Collision Injury Suit
• CVS Unit's Doubled $1.3M FCRA Deal 'Odd,' Judge Says
• Farm Owes Worker $850K After Firing Her For Reporting Rape
• Goldman Must Share Some Proof Of 'Boys' Club' In Bias Suit
• Worker Wants Papa John's No-Poach Suits Consolidated
• Belk Team Managers Get OK On Class OT Deal
• Invalid PAGA Waiver Dooms PennyMac's OT Arbitration Bid
• FedEx Paying $2.1M To End OT Underpayment Suit In NY
• Ex-Tinder Worker Must Arbitrate Sex Harassment Claims
• No Pause For EEOC Award Process In Ford Harassment Suit
• Fidelity Says Ex-VP Using Info He Stole To Aid Morgan Stanley
• Key Trade Secret Developments Of 2018: Part 1
• Mass. Cos. With Tipped Employees Face New Wage Laws
• Calculating 1-Year Employment Requirement For L-1 Visas
• Navigating E-Discovery In Employment Litigation: Part 1
• MLB Deal Lets Cubans Join US Teams Without Defecting
• Laundry Co. Can't Stop Union Pamphleting, 3rd Circ. Rules
• Workers Get $500K In Mortgage Firms' IP, Hiring Row
• NLRB GC Wants More Specifics On Joint Employer Proposal
• Relators Double Down In Gilead FCA Case After DOJ Threat
• Ill. Atty Stole Clients, Lawyers Before Changing Firms: Suit
• EQT Gets Final OK For $2.8M Wage-And-Hour Deal
• 8th Circ. Ends Fired Cargill Worker's Disability Bias Suit
• Ex-NFLers Face Skeptical 9th Circ. In Career-Killer Drug Suit
• Restaurant Owner Gets 3 Years For Forced Labor, Visa Fraud
• EEOC Nixes Wellness Regulation Incentive Provisions
• Is A Federal Shutdown Your Next Holiday Surprise?
• Rice Energy's $2.9M Wage Settlement Gets Final Nod
• Defense Contractor Sues Execs, Lenders Over $2.6M Loans
• Lyft Wins Bid to Force Arbitration In Driver Classification Suit
• Ex-Coach Claims UConn Is Blocking His Race Complaints
• Uber Workers Can Talk About Lawsuit, NLRB Atty Says
• Biggest Texas Cases Of 2018
• Questions Follow 9th Circ. Solidification Of Escobar Test
• EB-1 Backlogs: The New Reality
• Postmate Workers Must Arbitrate Independent Contractor Row
• Chancery Clerk's Termination For Emailing Zuckerberg Upheld
• Riders Accusing Uber Drivers Of Rape Agree To End Suit
• Colo. Officials Likely Won't Escape Masterpiece Baker's Suit
• NCAA's Antitrust Violation 'Pretty Clear,' Judge Says
• Medtronic, Ex-PTAB Chief Settle Gay Discrimination Suit
• 9th Circ. Skeptical Of Union Fees Refund Appeal
• NY Fines Barclays $15M Over CEO's Whistleblower Hunt
• The Moments That Mattered Most For Legal Ethics In 2018
• S. Fla. Firm, Fired Atty Reach Settlement In FMLA Suit
• New Reimbursement Obligations For Ill. Employers In 2019
• The Year #MeToo Rocked In-House Law Departments
• Ill. State's Atty Endured Racial Harassment Before Firing: Suit
• Gov't Can't Keep FCA Suit Over Army Translation Deal Sealed
• Jackson Lewis Picks Up Employment Atty In Los Angeles
• CBS Kills Moonves Exit Pay After Covington, Debevoise Probe
• AT&T Retailer Says Firm Owes $1M After Exiting Labor Suit
• Calif. Panel Nixes Allstate, Farmers Inspectors' Cert. Bid
• The Verdicts That Left A Mark In 2018
• Iowa Students Won't Take Union Expansion Bid To NLRB
• The Biggest Noncompete Developments Of 2018
• Calif.'s Top Employment Law Developments In 2018
• Judging A Book: Mills Reviews 'Mississippi's Federal Courts'
• SF Chronicle Illegally Limited Union Access: NLRB Judge
• SG Rips 'Routine' Nationwide Injunctions Of Trump Policies
• Mirage Must Arbitrate Food Workers' Unpaid Vacation Bid
• Fatal Helicopter Crash Suit Ends With $6M Settlement
• Epic, Janus Highlight 2018's Biggest Employment Rulings
• Airport Food, Retail Workers Win $2.2M In Class Action
• Louis Berger Hit With OT Suit Over Post-Maria Recovery
• Lyft Driver Says He Can Sue Because He Declined Arbitration
• Rite Aid Asks 3rd Circ. To Keep Nix Of Background Check Suit
• Abbott Labs Wants Atty DQ'd In Worker's Gender Bias Case
• African Workers Denied Cert. In Gov't Contractor Bias Suit
• Gov't Accuses Freight Co. Of Overcharging DOD
• The 6 Biggest Law Firm Mergers Of 2018
• The Good News For Nonprofits On Transit Benefit Compliance
• The Biggest Transportation Rulings Of 2018
• Copay Accumulator Plans Put Employers In Legal Jeopardy
• The Subtle Art Of Fred Fielding
• Sam Adams Pa. Brewers Can Organize Alone, NLRB Says
• 7th Circ. Partly Revives SkyWest Flight Attendant Pay Scrap
• Texas Court Sends Metals Co. Noncompete Row To Arbitration
• NYC Cab Drivers Settle Suit Claiming Uber Is Their Employer
• 6 Things That Rocked The Legal Industry In 2018
• New Philly Fair Workweek Law May Face Court Fight
• TGI Fridays Beats Class Cert. Bid In Vacation Pay Suit
• Congress Passes Capitol Hill Sexual Harassment Reform
• Pa. Whistleblower Claim Not Barred By Older Law, Court Says
• Oil Platform Co. Asks 5th Circ. To Toss $3.2M Injury Verdict
• Engineering Co. Worker's $3.3M Injury Award Cut To $600K
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive Long-Running Raytheon FCA Suit
• How To Throw A Holiday Party — Without The Legal Hangover
• Pregnancy Discrimination Protections: We Can Do Better
• Mortgage Co. Settles Loan Insurance FCA Case For $14.5M
• CBS News, 3 Female Staffers End Dispute Over Charlie Rose
• Sears Defends $25M Exec Bonuses From Trustee In Ch. 11
• Wis. Painters Entitled To Damages In Underpaid OT Row
• Top Dem Says Transgender Ban Fight To Stay Only In Court
• AMC To Face Ex-'Walking Dead' Exec's $300M Royalties Suit
• UBS Balks At Whistleblower Case's $3.2M In Attys' Fees
• Chase Says Workers Reneged On Deal To End Seating Suit
• 'Bundle' Buys Don't Avert FCA Liability, Feds Say In Bayer Suit
• Rutgers Cop Still Can't Arbitrate Suspension, NJ Court Says
• Ex-Tesla Worker Forced To Arbitrate Whistleblower Claims
• Workplace Investigations, Arrests Up Since 2017, ICE Says
• 10 Tips For Law Firms To Drive Revenue Via Sports Tickets
• Inside Key ABA Guidance On Attorneys' Cybersecurity Duties
• Employee Arbitration Agreements In NJ Face New Hurdles
• Calif. High Court OKs Meal Break Waiver For Health Workers
• NJ, Jersey City Sued Over 'Unconstitutional' Payroll Tax
• Subway Franchisee Gets OK For $80K Sex-For-Hire Suit Deal
• Court Reporting Co. Must Follow Calif. Regs
• DOJ Joins Medicare Advantage FCA Suit Against Sutter Health
• Five Guys Blasts Architects' Move To 'Short-Circuit' IP Suit
• Exec Recruiting Firm Dodges GC Candidate's Sex Bias Suit
• Club Owner Asks 11th Circ. To Reverse Strippers' FLSA Win
• Auto Part Maker Can't Fire Worker Over Cursing: NLRB Judge
• Ex-Oilfield Co. Worker Can't Revive $20M Race Bias Suit
• Reading Tea Leaves: The Oral Argument In Dawson V. Steager
• Texas Employers Take Notice: Proposed Bills For 2019
• Justices Hard To Read In Key Social Security Procedure Case
• Opening Comments: A Key Strategic Decision In Mediation
• A Guide To Workplace Violence Prevention And Response
• Walmart Settles Texas Store Hiring Discrimination Claims
• Ret. Judge Tapped To Probe NFL Settlement Fraud Allegations
• NLRB Aims To Speed Up Case-Handling By 20 Percent
• Acosta Sales Unit Agrees To $3M Deal To End OT Suit
• 3rd Circ. Revives Temps' Pa. Law Claims In Commute Pay Suit
• NLRB Extends Comment Deadline For Joint Employer Rule
• Supreme Court To Review Merchant Seaman Injury Suit
• Nissan, 2 Former Execs Indicted For Understating Ghosn Pay
• DC Circ. Balks At Reversing Pentagon Transgender Move
• Fashion Retailer To Pay $3.5M To Button Up EEOC Probe
• Ex-Nuclear Workers Need Clear Info For DOL Claims: GAO
• Choice, Not Faith, Led Fired Worker To Skip Vaccine: Hospital
• Pa. Senate Wants Atty DQ'd In Sexual Harassment Suit
• CRST Can't Dodge ADA Suit Over Service Dog Request
• Top 10 Whistleblowing And Retaliation Events Of 2018
• Supreme Court Agrees To Reconsider 'Auer' Deference
• NLRB Joint Employer Rule Predicted To Cost Workers $1.3B
• Law360's Employment MVPs Get The Job Done
• Why The High Court Will Hear Cochise Consultancy V. US
• Vaccine Refusal Was Fireable Offense, 8th Circ. Rules
• Atty Asks To Stay In NFL Suit Despite Disciplinary Charges
• Sports Agency's Commission Suit Moved To Va. State Court
• Education Corp. Faces WARN Suit After Campus Shutdowns
• US Trustee Objects To Sears' $25M Exec Bonuses In Ch. 11
• Amazon Wage Suit Survives, But Class Claims Are Nixed
• Customer Service Reps Sue Verizon Over Unpaid Work Hours
• Texas Court Axes Discrimination Claim Against MD Anderson
• Nonprofits And Volunteers: Understanding The Risks
• Data-Driven Lawyer: Morgan Lewis' J. Kyle Poe
• Class Cert. Evidence Standard Likely Headed To High Court
• Uber Is Impeding Arbitrations By Refusing To Pay, Drivers Say
• Kirkland Nixes Forced Arbitration For Non-Attorney Staff
• OFCCP Employee Selection Guidance: A Few Misconceptions
• IRS Lets Cos. Opt Out Of New Stock Option Deferral Program
• Walmart's Revised $65M PAGA Seating Deal Gets Green Light
• Trump Picks Kirkland's William Barr For AG
• Dem Senators Want Answers On Acosta's Role In Epstein Plea
• Co. Seeks To Dump Jury Verdict In Coal Ash Liability Case
• Ex-Refinery Worker Can't Revive 'False Positive' Test Row
• Female KPMG Workers Want Redo On Class Cert. Denial
• 5th Circ. Says Alcoa Can't Dodge Plant Worker's Injury Suit
• Calif. Bill Floated To Undo Dynamex Worker Classification Test
• White & Case Narrowing Gender Gap In UK Partner Pay
• Ex-Insight Global Employee's Suit Over Firing Remains Intact
• XPO Pregnancy Outcry Seen As 'Wake-Up Call' For Employers
• Justices Told Corp. Campaign Money Ban Unconstitutional
• Why We Need Anti-Money Laundering Whistleblower Awards
• Janus Doesn't Change Outcome Of Union Fee Suit: 7th Circ.
• VW Worker Urges Court To Block Alleged Age Discrimination
• Appeals Court Backs Texas Tech U In Doc Row With Journalist
• Data-Driven Lawyer: Ogletree's Evan Moses
• Medical Marijuana Poses ADA Risks For Pa. Health Care Cos.
• Calif. Justices Hear Payroll Cos.' Wage Liability Appeal
• NLRB Won't Nix Claim Over Applebee's Arbitration Provision
• $2.8M Judgment Still Gone, But Oil Worker Gets New Trial
• Swanky NY Club Made Women, Not Men, Share Tips: Suit
• BP's Ban Of Worker Who Suffered Stroke Not Bias: 6th Circ.
• KPMG Ruling Casts Skeptical Light On Dukes Decision
• UChicago Must Bargain With Student Library Workers: NLRB
• Atty Wants To Send Ex-Partner Fee Row To Mass. State Court
• Papa John's Sued Over Blanket No-Poach Agreements
• Health Co. Coughs Up $1.75M To End EEOC Pregnancy Suit
• Restaurant Groups Call Foul On NYC's Fair Workweek Law
• Data-Driven Lawyer: Kilpatrick Townsend's Kate Gaudry
• A Few Ways Employers Can Avoid Holiday Legal Headaches
• 6 Lessons From Recent FMLA And ADA Decisions: Part 2
• 'I Am Not Co-Plaintiff Counsel,' Judge Scolds At Walmart Trial
• Canning Whistleblower Wasn't A Fiduciary Breach: 9th Circ.
• DOL's Teen Workers Data Misleading, Think Tank Says
• High Court Urged To Deal Fresh Blow To Public Unions
• 5 Key Questions As DOJ Torpedoes Gilead FCA Suit
• Amazon Can't Duck Bias Claims Over Job Ads, Judge Hears
• Shell Plan Aims To Tie Carbon Reduction Efforts To Exec Pay
• NLRB Memo OKs Withholding Tax Break Info From Union
• Anaheim Ducks' Arbitration Win Over Ex-Risk Manager OK'd
• NJ Senate To Weigh Bill On Hotel Worker 'Panic Buttons'
• NJ Workers' Comp Carriers Can Recoup From Third Parties
• Insights From 2017-2018 High Court Term And What's Ahead
• Airline Group Urges Justices To Hear Wash. Family Leave Row
• Data-Driven Lawyer: Littler's Scott Forman
• NYC Approves Base Pay Rules For Uber, Lyft Drivers
• 1st Circ. Focuses On Extortion Benefit In Boston Aides' Case
• ProHealth Exec Says Gender Bias Led To Firing
• Pa. Cos. Face Greater Risks Related To Workers' Personal Info
• 6 Lessons From Recent FMLA And ADA Decisions: Part 1
• Fla. Hospital Seeks Sanctions Over Deleted Facebook Profile
• Knight Truck Drivers Get Cert. In $25M Calif. Break Suit
• 10th Circ. Vet Tapped To Head New Judicial Integrity Office
• NCAA Says Athletes' Antitrust Closings 'Smuggle In' Evidence
• Alaska Air, Virgin America Settle Woman's Sex Assault Suit
• 10th Circ. Revives BNSF Engineer's Injury Suit
• High Court Leaves Title VII LGBT Bias Petitions In Limbo
• Former Walmart Pharmacist Says Race Played Role In Firing
• Harvard's Single-Gender Group Sanctions Hurt Women: Suit
• 8th Circ. Backs Steak 'N Shake Quick Win In ADA Suit
• High Court Declines To Hear Ex-NHL Player Opioid Death Suit
• Keep Claims Alive In Trade Secrets Suit, Storage Cos. Urge
• Shell, Jiffy Lube Hit With No-Poach Antitrust Suit
• High Court Denies Truck Cos.' Cert Bid In Classification Suit
• Judging A Book: Ginsburg Reviews 'The Curse Of Bigness'
• Biz Group Says Conflicts Can't Stop NLRB McDonald's Ruling
• Atty In Yale Age Bias Suit Must Cede Notes From Call To Prof
• 5 Things You Should Know About New Rule 23 Amendments
• Security Co. Strikes $2.5M Deal In JFK Worker Wage Row
• Data-Driven Lawyer: DLA Piper's Eric Falkenberry
• Not Too Late For Small Business Owners To Lower 2018 Taxes
• Practitioner's Guide To Stratified Random Sampling: Part 2
• EEOC Puts The Pedal To The Metal: FY 2018 Results
• MVP: Orrick's Lynne Hermle
• The Data-Driven Lawyers Of 2018