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Employment - September, 2021

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• Disney Settles Scarlett Johansson's 'Black Widow' Pay Suit
• Unvaxxed Billionaire, Unruly Via Video, Denies Wrongful Firing
• Tesla Jury Told Of Psychological Injury Suffered By Ex-Worker
• 2nd Circ. Upends Precedent In Worker Back Pay Row
• White House Adviser Touts 'Revitalization Of Antitrust'
• Motorola Again Urges Injunction After $600M Radio IP Win
• NCAA Prez Warns Congress Of 'Pay-For-Play' Athlete Deals
• Texas Justices Mull Pipeline Builder's Liability In Explosion
• Cherokee Co., Workers Dodge IT Firm's Poaching Suit
• Construction Co. Challenges Pension Contribution Demand
• Arbitration's Supposed Benefits Don't Measure Up
• 11th Circ. Rejects City Clerk's Bias Claims Over Power Battle
• 5th Circ. Won't Rehear Liftboat Co.'s OT Row
• Co. Accused Of Firing Atty Who Rejected CEO's Advances
• EEOC Sues Pa. Health System Over Disability Discrimination
• 'Friday The 13th' Writer Wins Back Script At 2nd Circ.
• Ex-Tesla Worker Tells Jury Of 'Devastating' Racial Harassment
• Siemens Energy Settles GE's Trade Secrets, Bid-Rigging Suit
• Ex-Fla. State Attorney Seeks To Dodge Retaliation Case
• Jimmy John's Settles Ex-Worker's No-Poach Claims
• NCAA President Decries 'Patchwork' Of Name, Image Laws
• EEOC Says Pa. Teacher Candidate Denied Job Over Disability
• SEC Proposes That Funds Beef Up Proxy Voting Disclosures
• Conn. Nail Salon Workers Get Wage-And-OT Dispute Certified
• Univ. of Illinois Hospital Defeats Nurse's Retaliation Suit
• Ticket Dealer Says Workers Used Trade Secrets To Start Rival
• Royal Caribbean Can't End Suit Over Sex Assault Response
• What 9th Circ. Privilege Test Means For Dual-Purpose Advice
• Ill. BIPA Ruling May Significantly Affect Insurers' Exposure
• W.Va. Justices Back Norfolk Southern In Worker's Injury Suit
• NLRB General Counsel Says College Athletes Are Employees
• Tesla Contractors Testify To Racial Slurs, Cursory Inquiry
• Ex-Tinder Worker Can't Swipe Left On Arbitration: 9th Circ.
• NJ Gov., Teachers Union Tell Justices To Ignore Dues Appeal
• 3 Judges Sent Home As NY Court Vax Mandate Kicks In
• 'Overheated': How A Chinese-Spy Hunt At DOJ Went Too Far
• Essential Workers Ask House Panel For Antitrust Reforms
• Prudential Gets ERISA Class Claims Axed For Now
• The DOJ Should Ramp Up FCA Focus In PPP Enforcement
• NJ Justices To Dig Into Challenge Over City's Payroll Tax
• Male Ex-Worker Drops Pay Bias Suit Against Emory U.
• Ga. Appeals Court Revives Slip-And-Fall Suit Against Rail Biz
• DOL Sued For Pegging North Nevada Wage To Clark County
• Lifting The Veil On The Supreme Court's Shadow Docket
• How Federal Contractors Can Prepare For An Oct. 1 Shutdown
• Ill. Judge Gives Initial OK To Bimbo Bakeries BIPA Deal
• Ex-MLBer Vizquel Denies Sexually Harassing Autistic Bat Boy
• Domestic Violence Center Defeats Fired Lawyer's Bias Suit
• 3 Vaccine Mandate Issues Facing Federal Employers
• World Bank Should Add Sanctions To Curb Human Trafficking
• Dish Network Deal Staves Off Trial In FMLA Firing Suit
• AXS LAW Snags Ex-Hunton & Williams Atty As New Partner
• Racial Slurs At Tesla Prompted Only Verbal Warning, Jury Told
• Activision Inks $18M Deal Resolving EEOC Gender Bias Probe
• McKesson Tells 9th Circ. Opioid FCA Suit Correctly Dropped
• 3rd Circ. Backs Drexel U's Defeat Of Ex-Custodian's FMLA Suit
• Ill. Judge Refuses To Toss BIPA Suit Against Software Co.
• FCC Moves For Judgment To End Attorney's Racial Bias Suit
• NY Judge Won't Rush Ruling On City's Vaccine Mandate
• Embracing ESG: United Natural Foods GC Talks Bottom Line
• Missouri Casino Workers Get Cert. In Tip-Pool Wage Fight
• Humana To Pay $11.2M To End Nurses' Misclassification Suit
• Tesla Can't Exclude Juror Based On Race, Judge Rules
• Employment Authority: High Court Petitions & NLRB Conflicts
• Servicemembers Want Injunction Against DOD Vax Mandate
• Yale, Workers Cut Tentative Deal To End Wellness Policy Suit
• Judge Pushes To Update Arbitration Law For 21st Century
• 7th Circ. Panel Says Walmart Can't Rewrite Facts In ADA Trial
• Colleges Eye Appeal After Athletes OK'd To Pursue Wage Suit
• Contractors Given Dec. 8 Deadline For Federal Vax Mandate
• Marketing Exec Wants High Court To Review FCA Judgment
• 3 Attorney Ethics Considerations For Litigation Funding
• Davis Polk Can't Sink Associate's Bias, Retaliation Claims
• Key Trends In Recent Cyber-Related Securities Class Actions
• Atty Gets 9-Month Suspension For Abusing Nonprofit Gig
• Ex-Rice Exec Settles Discrimination Suit, Ducks Sanctions
• Mass. Police Union Can't Halt Vax Mandate For Bargaining
• Ex-Anadarko Worker Files Suit Over Severance Denial
• How OSHA's 5 Cooperative Programs Can Benefit Employers
• Ga. Judge Takes Dig At Overcomplicated Drink Formula IP Suit
• 8th Circ. Probes Tyson Bid To Keep COVID Suits In Fed. Court
• NYC Passes Laws To Better Food Delivery Worker Conditions
• Retirees Get Green Light For $8M Deal With Pension Plan
• Court Can't Bar Injured Workers' Atty Fees, Pa. Justices Told
• Worker Who Said GM Shorted Her On Benefits Loses Bias Suit
• Metal Cos. Can't Duck Ex-Counsel's COVID-19 FMLA Claims
• Objector Rips Wells Fargo Consultants' $95.7M Wage Deal
• Top Ill. Court Wary Of Claims Workers' Comp Trumps BIPA
• Texas COVID-19 Biz Immunity Law Cooks Tyson Workers' Suit
• Ga. Justices Question Atty's Bid To Nix Judge Appointment
• Reservist Fights UPS Dismissal Bid In Military Leave Suit
• Doctor Immune From Fired Temple Prof's Suit, 3rd Circ. Told
• NJ Bar President Aims To Exit Atty's Suit Over City Contract
• Ex-Cruise Worker Says She Didn't Hide Preexisting Conditions
• Contracting Co. Operators Charged In Agriculture Visa Case
• Gov't Employees Sue Over Biden's COVID-19 Vax Mandates
• NYC School Staff Vaccine Mandate Can Move Forward
• NCAA Can't Score Dismissal Of Athletes' Wages Suit
• NY Gov. Taps Final Members For State's Pot Regulatory Board
• Air Force Must Face Age Bias Claim Over Telework Policy
• Tyson Faces Longer Odds At 8th Circ. Over COVID-19 Deaths
• Texas Panel Mulls Immunity In Whistleblower Suit Against AG
• NY Eatery Exec Was Fired For Alleging PPP Fraud, Suit Says
• DOJ Defends Handling Of Health Care Staffing No-Poach Case
• Yum Brands Ducks Ex-KFC Worker's Privacy Suit, For Now
• How ABA Opinion Shifts Alternative Biz Structure Landscape
• 3rd Circ. Questions Newspaper's Timing In Union Award Spat
• Frito-Lay Escapes Injured Worker's Wrongful Firing Suit
• Pandemic Work-From-Home Firing Suit Gets Green Light
• Burger King Workers Fight To Revive No-Poach Suit
• Boston Bruins Event Co. Can't Take Down Stagehand Pay Suit
• Can US Courts Police Themselves On Workplace Misconduct?
• United Airlines Faces Bias Suit Over COVID-19 Vax Mandate
• Ill. School District Can't Keep New Job From Bargaining Unit
• Fired Nursing School Profs Ask Calif. Jury For $55M
• A Cheat Sheet For Activision Blizzard's Legal Woes
• Ill. Justices Mull If Workers' Comp Deal Bars Further Damages
• BIPA Timing Decision Underscores Debate Over Claim Accrual
• San José State Univ. Pays $1.6M In DOJ Title IX Settlement
• USPS Grilled At DC Circ. Over Postal Supervisor Pay
• Judge Grants Tesla Workers 1 Last Try In FLSA Suit
• Union Can't Force Arbitration In NRG Benefits Fight
• Amazon Says It's Ready To Rehire Workers Fired For Pot Use
• 11th Circ. Questions IRS Effort To Tax CSX Reimbursements
• Blizzard's Top Atty Departs Amid Legal Tumult At Parent Co.
• Endeavor Poached MLB Agents And Intel, Rival Says
• 7th Circ. Won't Revive Workers' Biometric Privacy Suit
• BakerHostetler Adds 4 Ex-McGuireWoods Employment Attys
• SEC Probing Activision Blizzard Employment-Related Issues
• DC Circ. Wary Of Court Agency's Political Activity Rules
• Dynamex Covers Grubhub Classification Fight, 9th Circ. Rules
• Texas Sues To Block EEOC Gender Identity Guidance
• Sioux School Board Is Immune To Ex-Principal's Firing Suit
• Chancery Blocks Ex-AffiniPay CEO's Equity Arbitration Moves
• Embracing ESG: HPE Counsel Talk Effective Board Oversight
• OPT Class Action Settlement Will Help US Retain Talent
• Concrete Co. Had To Bargain Benefits Shift, NLRB Judge Says
• Now Is The Time For A Compliance Program Tuneup
• Calif. AG Says AB 5 Regulates Classification, Not Speech
• Directors Guild Defends Firing Of TV Producer In 11th Circ.
• Job Placement Org. Won't Be Sanctioned In Settlement Fight
• Epstein Becker Green Adds 8 To Ohio Office
• Fired XFL Commissioner Can't Depose K&L Gates Atty
• Harvard Sues Insurer For Legal Fees In Affirmative Action Suit
• Nixon Peabody Expands LA Corporate Group With Of Counsel
• 'Indictments Are Coming' In Trump Org. Case, CFO's Atty Says
• Employment Authority: Tips For Raising Pay, NLRB Remedies
• NY Electrical Cos. Violated Union Agreement, 2nd Circ. Affirms
• White NYC Fire Inspectors' Claims Nixed From Race Bias Suit
• DOL Claims Race Bias In Hiring At Janitorial Services Co.
• CACI Settles No-Poach Claims From Intelligence Workers
• EEOC Plans To Appeal Disability Bias Case Loss To 5th Circ.
• Ill. Court Splits Time Limit On Biometric Privacy Claims
• CoreCivic Can't Dodge Officer's Suit Over Body Cavity Search
• Justice Gap Demands Look At New Legal Service Models
• Philly Atty Pushes To Ax Greenblatt Pierce's $5M Fee Claim
• Hyundai Elevates Assistant GC To Chief Legal Officer
• CVS Says NY Online Pharmacy Can't Enforce Noncompete
• Laborers Say Va. Hemp Co. Stiffed Them Of Wages, Expenses
• Insurance Exec Cleared For Work After Tiff With Ex-Employer
• Withers Adds New Employment Partner In San Francisco
• Chubb Says Coke Not Covered For Texas Worker's Injuries
• Trulieve Seeks Exit From Noncompete Row Over Exec Hiring
• Indiana Hospital Must Face Suit Over Contractor's Surgery
• Amazon Can't Force Flex Driver To Arbitrate Privacy Claims
• Lin Wood's Ex-Colleagues Say Hidden Emails Merit Sanctions
• Insurer Fights Landscaper Defense For Human Trafficking Suit
• Apple Wants Fed. Circ. To Rethink Refusal To Toss Patent Suit
• Court Partly Blocks Aon Rival From Using Trade Secrets
• MLB Network Settles Fired Makeup Artist's Retaliation Suit
• 1st Circ. Revives Ex-Walmart Greeter's Disability Bias Battle
• Alleged Colombo Boss Among 14 Charged In Union Scheme
• 11th Circ. Revives FLSA Suit Over Nontipped Work At Denny's
• Littler Settles Dispute Over Allegedly Filched Copyrights
• 1st Circ. Mulls If Whole Foods Workers' BLM View Covers KKK
• NY Judge Preserves Trucker's Fraud Claim Against CBD Co.
• Colo. Timeshare Brokers Win Class Cert. In Overtime Suit
• Black Officers' Hiring Bias Claims Won't Get Class Treatment
• Doctor Group Asks 7th Circ. To Revive Antitrust Suit
• Delta Asks Justices To Hear 'Untenable' Calif. Pay Stubs Fight
• Ex-Quinn Emanuel Worker Says Racism Suit Isn't Time-Barred
• SEC Whistleblower Bounty Program Hits $1B Milestone
• Omnicare To Pay $1M To Settle Drivers' Misclassification Suit
• Pittsburgh Newspaper Can't Get Quick 1st Amendment Appeal
• 7th Circ. Hints Labor Law May Preempt BIPA Claims
• Hemp Workers Nab Conditional Cert. Of 2 Classes In Pay Row
• Attorney Tells 1st Circ. His Sex Bias Suit Belongs In Court
• NCAA Must Face Race Bias Suit Over Academic Penalty Rule
• 7th Circ. Weighs Asking Ill. Justices To Tackle BIPA Accrual
• Ex-Rice Exec Says He Ditched Conflicts Before He Was Fired
• Uber Wins Bid To Arbitrate Drivers' Wage Claims
• Ex-NHLer Fired For Lewd Joke Drops Suit Against NBC
• Ga. Judge Weighs Injunction Against Insurance Executive
• Formosa Plastics To Pay $2.8M For Texas Fires, Explosions
• These Firms Have The Most Women In Equity Partnerships
• Employer Considerations Ahead Of OSHA's Vaccine Rule
• NBC Tech Fired In Pandemic To Arbitrate Anti-Asian Bias Suit
• Cybersecurity Trends Offer Risk-Preparedness Takeaways
• 9th Circ. Nominee Apologizes For Signing Kavanaugh Letter
• Pinterest 'Co-Creator' Says She Got Nothing From $14B IPO
• Justices Told Fed. Courts Have Jurisdiction Over Arb. Awards
• 4 Key Compliance Areas Under Biden's Vaccine Mandate
• Starbucks Stomps Out Pest Control Chemical Exposure Suit
• Tribes Urge 9th Circ. To Affirm Calif. Negotiated In Bad Faith
• Chamber Of Commerce Wants Worker's COVID Suit Tossed
• Judge Calls Construction Cos. One Employer In Pension Fight
• LAPD Employees Sue City Over COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate
• Embracing ESG: Leidos GC Talks Social Responsibility
• Purdue Pharma Gets OK For $7.1M In Exec Incentives
• United Pilots Urge 7th Circ. To Revive Sick Pay Accrual Claim
• Firefighter Union Loses Bid To Stop Gear Test Involving PFAS
• MVP: Keller Lenkner's Warren Postman
• Pa. Prison Guards' Union Challenges Vaccine Mandate
• Calif. Appeals Court Says Shell Can't Dodge Ex-Worker's Suit
• Ariz. Jury Clears Southwest Of Sex Bias Against Ex-Worker
• Law360's Glass Ceiling Report: What You Need To Know
• FCC Atty Taps New Counsel After Mistrial In Race Bias Case
• Payroll Startup Papaya Global Raises $250M In Series D
• Vax-Exempt NYC Teachers To Be Offered Non-Classroom Jobs
• 4 Questions Employers Have About Biden's Vaccine Mandates
• Republican Governors Threaten Suits Over Biden Vax Mandate
• Employment Authority: Vax Mandate Pitfalls In Hiring, Pay
• NJ Supreme Court Preview: Teacher Bias Suit, New Biz Rule
• Workers Say WARN Act Applies To Enterprise Virus Closures
• Law Firm Affiliate Aims To Toss Whistleblower's Subpoena
• Trucking Groups Urge High Court To Slam Brakes On AB 5
• Contractors Face Confusion Over Vax Mandate Terms
• Deadly Virus May Excuse NH Virtual Votes, Full 1st Circ. Hints
• Workers Say Fogo De Chao Is Bullying Them Out Of Suing
• Feds Still Fighting Hong Kong Shirt Co. Over Blacklisting
• Sales Training Software Co. Accused Of Privacy Violations
• 3 Major Biometric Privacy Arguments To Watch This Month
• Ex-Consol Coal Prez Settles Gender Bias, Retaliation Suit
• Full 5th Circ. OKs Overtime For Highly Paid Rig Worker
• Ga. Judges Reject Messer Appeals In Chicken Factory Cases
• 11th Circ. Kills Pension Fund Worker's Bid To Rehear Bias Suit
• Howard & Howard Settles Summer Intern's Gender Bias Suit
• MVP: Morgan Lewis' Nicole A. Buffalano
• Calif. High Court Frees Qualcomm From $6M Burn Verdict
• Late Filing Dooms Race Bias Suit Against Verizon, CWA
• Union Sues Concrete Co. Alleging $1.3M In Unpaid Benefits
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• NY Giants, Ex-Staffer Fight For 'Last Word' In 'Strangle' Suit
• Victims' Rights Firm Accused Of Firing Atty For Taking Leave
• Pandemic, Cyberattacks Fuel Demand For Insurance Attys
• Sacramento Teachers File Calif. OSHA Complaint Over COVID
• NY AG Goes After No-Poach Pacts In Title Insurance Industry
• Texas Panel Ends Lecturer's Retaliation Suit Against UT Dallas
• Calif., Rail Unions Tell 9th Circ. Sick Leave Law Not Preempted
• 11th Circ. Nixes Emory Doctor's Race Bias Suit
• DynCorp Whistleblower Says Disclosure Bar Doesn't Apply
• Ethan Allen Benefits Manager Can't Escape Bias Suit
• MVP: Cohen Milstein's Joseph M. Sellers
• Now More Than Ever, Automakers Must Protect Trade Secrets
• Lessons In Crisis Lawyering 20 Years After 9/11
• No Warrant Needed For IP Address Data, 7th Circ. Rules
• Report Shows Staffing Fluctuations At State Insurance Depts.
• 9th Circ. Upholds Feds' Win In Tribal Health Exec's Firing Suit
• COVID-19 Litigation Winter Is Coming, Attys Forecast
• NFL Says NJ High Court Ruling Can't Save Ex-Player's Suit
• Ex-NFL Team GC Accused Wilkinson Of 'Trickery'
• Split 3rd Circ. Opens State Law Battle On Amazon Arbitration
• Ex-Reporter Opposes Paper's 1st Amendment Bid To 3rd Circ.
• 5 Years For NY Union Local Leader Convicted In Bribe Scheme
• MVP: Seyfarth Shaw's Gerald L. Maatman
• Trulieve Settles Hiring Class Action After Cert.
• Pot Co. Cresco Hit With OT Suit Over COVID Safety Measures
• Ill. Wendy's Owner Pays $5.85M To End Biometric Privacy Suit
• Ex-Pharma HR Head Aims To Revive Japanese Favoritism Suit
• NJ Panel Puts ShopRite On Hook Over Worker's Injury
• Texas Justices To Review $6.4M Hospital Defamation Verdict
• Ex-Manager Accuses DOJ Of Misconduct In No-Poach Case
• Anti-Mask Shoppers Told To Turn Over Facebook Messages
• MVP: Orrick's Erin Connell
• Attorney Leaves Public Service To Join McNees Wallace
• NLRB Asks 9th Circ. To Nix Las Vegas Casino Workers' Ouster
• Royal Caribbean Says Worker's Suit Must Be Arbitrated
• Jones Day Says Service Failure Dooms Paralegal's Bias Suit
• Brooklyn Public Defender Staff Votes To Unionize
• Ex-NJ County Prosecutor Settles 'Toxic' Bias Suit
• LGBTQ Rights Group Ousts Chief Who Gave Cuomo Advice
• Private Security Boss Says US Paid Unfit Guards In Kabul
• Lyft, Uber To Pay Their Drivers' Texas Abortion Ban Legal Fees
• Ex-Dentons Partner Wins Round In Fight Over Firing
• Suit Says Walmart Allowed Theft From Comatose Worker
• Laugh Framed As Survival Move In NY Giants 'Strangle' Suit
• Employment Authority: Vax Exemptions & Wages After Ida
• Texas Justices To Mull 'Employee' Meaning In Insurance Law
• Ex-Worker Says NBA's 76ers Ran Afoul Of NJ Race Bias Law
• Payment Tech Co. Says Ex-VP Broke Noncompete Agreement
• Calif. Says Biz Groups Undercut Their Own Suit Against AB 5
• UAW Is Making Good On Reforms Under 2020 Deal, DOJ Says
• Epstein Becker Opens Ohio Office With 12-Partner Group
• Enterprise Fails To Change Court's Mind On Willful OT Claims
• Judge Slashes Attorneys' Uber Safe Ride Payout To $5.7M
• Legal Sector Adds 4,300 Jobs As Overall Growth Slows
• Actors' Health Plan Can't Duck Asner-Led Age Bias ERISA Suit
• Royal Bank Of Canada Wants Out Of Ex-VP's Tax Tipster Suit
• 5th Circ. Revives Baccarat Dealer's Hostile Workplace Claim
• Former Ga. DA Indicted For Handling Of Ahmaud Arbery Case
• 4th Circ. Says NC Must Face Trans Health Coverage Suit
• Lab Maker Says Ex-Exec Stole 10,000 Docs For New Employer
• Why Structured Data Is Increasingly Important To Your Case
• Weil Adds Proskauer Rose Labor Litigator In NY
• Sanford Heisler Delays Office Reopening To January
• Calif. Cos. Face Tricky Hurdle In Workers' Comp. Recovery
• Ford Dealer's Insurer Wants Out Of Suit Over Worker's Killing
• Former Ute Manager Says Tenth Circ. Must Rethink Nixing Suit
• Eli Lilly Favors Millennial Applicants, Older Job Seekers Say
• Snyder's-Lance Can't Decertify Snack Workers In FLSA Row
• DOJ Gets Time At 11th Circ. For Burger King No-Poach Appeal
• DOJ Says Poultry Execs Must Face Price-Fixing Charges
• Amazon Wants NJ Pot Policy Challenge Nixed
• Embracing ESG: AIG Counsel Talks SEC Risk Alert
• Lowenstein Sandler Atty Targeted In NJ Virus 'Favor' Suit
• Texas Judge Holds Sex Addiction Is Not a Disability
• Pa. Gas Investor Says Ex-Manager Refused To Cede Power
• Vizquel Accuser Didn't Report Alleged Harassment, Team Says
• Checkr Reaches $4.6B Valuation After New $250M Funding