Employment Archive » October, 2006

Employment - October, 2006

174 articles

• Trustee Slams Dana Request For Extension
• CalPers Seeks To Block McGuire Retirement Package
• Setback For Orrick In Former Associate's Lawsuit
• Firm Profile: Winston & Strawn
• Delphi Subsidiary Looks to DLA Piper For Help
• Philly Paramedics To Appeal Overtime Ruling
• Scandals Catapult Lawyers To Corner Offices
• Counselor Sues University For Racial Bias
• Sexual Harassment Case Costs Vons $18 Million
• Mesaba Reaches Concessions Deals With Workers
• Law Firm Profile: Ropes & Gray LLP
• Options Backdating Fallout Could Widen: Study
• Workers Suing Union Move To Unseal Record
• Qwest Retirees Gear Up To Fight New Benefits Plan
• United Airlines Pilots Sue Union
• Ninth Circuit Axes $52M FLSA Award To Claims Adjusters
• Employees Charged With A Crime: What Is An Employer To Do?
• NJ Gay Marriage Ruling: Little Change To Benefit Plans
• Court Tosses $80M ERISA Suit Against New York Bancorp
• C.H. Robinson Slapped With Sex Discrimination Suit
• Employer Given Another Chance In WARN Case
• Appeals Court Affirms ERISA Decision Over Severances
• Deutsche Bank Chief's Retrial Begins
• Lessons Of The UPS Case
• Saudi Prince's U.S. Guards Win Overtime On Appeal
• Dana Gets Extension For Incentive Plan Proposal
• Retailer Sued Over Sex Stereotyping Of Teen
• Options Scandal Has Cost Billions: Study
• Ninth Circuit Crushes Employees' Constitutional Claim
• Medical-Products Maker Settles Age Discrimination Suit
• Sixth Circuit Reverses EEOC's Anti-Retaliation Victory
• Firm Profile: King & Spalding LLP
• Merger Would Boost Employment Practice For Dewey
• Grasso Appeals Ruling In Compensation Case
• Interstate Bakeries Reaches Settlement With Pension Plan
• U.S. Hospital Chain Settles Union Dispute With NLRB
• Ex-Comverse CFO Pleads Guilty, Settles With SEC
• NLRB Issues Long-Awaited Ruling on Definition of Supervisors
• Texas Supreme Court Revises Non-Compete Stance
• Court Affirms Cochlear Implant Coverage
• Judge Blocks Strikes For Mesaba Unions
• Jury Slaps Rap Mag With $15.5M Verdict
• Law Firm Profile: Bingham McCutchen LLP
• N.Y. Supermarket Chain Charged With Sex Discrimination
• Appeals Court: Ex-Director Owes Corning Legal Fees
• NLRB Clears Newspaper Union Of Wrongdoing
• Third Circuit Rules In Favor Of ExxonMobil In ERISA Suit
• Law Firm Profile: Ogletree Deakins
• Ex-Execs Want Delphi To Cover Legal Costs
• Court Revives Injunction Bid In Non-Compete Dispute
• Organized Labor Fires Back At NLRB Ruling
• Texas Janitors Launch Lawsuit Over Fair Pay, Benefits
• Two Plead Guilty In Coca-Cola Trade Secrets Case
• Ex-MassMutual Head Wins $50M
• Jackson Lewis Opens New Houston Office
• Oxford Denies Breach Over Worker With Brain Damage
• A Survey Of State Whistleblower Statutes
• Pregnant Teacher Sues Church In Premarital Sex Spat
• Clorox To Face Shareholder Derivative Action
• State Court Rules Against Catholic Church on Insurance
• Home Health Care Co. Slapped With Wage Suit
• Illinois Supreme Court Gives Worker's Comp A Boost
• Allstate Age Discrimination Case Will Go To Trial
• Cardiogenesis Settles Disagreement With Ex-CEO
• Senators Demand UnitedHealth Options Documents
• Grasso Must Return About $100M To NYSE
• Fox Rothschild Snags National Employment Boutique
• Corcoran Group Hit With $1.6M Verdict
• Supreme Court Clarifies Parameters Of Title VII Retaliation Claim
• Delta Gets Green Light To Cut Retirees' Health Benefits
• Deutsche Bank Chief Seeking To Settle Out of Court
• Power Co. Sued For "Shocking" Violations Of ADA
• Kraft Settles ADA Charge Over Multiple Sclerosis
• Backdating, Restatement Trigger Sepracor Suit
• Merger To Boost Reed Smith's Employment Practice
• Comair, Mechanics Union Reach Agreement
• Notice, Reporting, Disclosure Under Recent Pension Act
• Vanguard Mortgage Hit With Wage Suit
• Judge Dismisses Coca-Cola ERISA Suit
• Wachovia Securities Sued For Overtime Pay
• Court Allows Collins & Aikman Severance Packages
• Ex-Rodman Analyst Admits To Creating Web Sites
• Verizon Sues Former VP For Signing With Comcast
• NYC Labor Leader Arrested On Racketeering Charges
• Kraft Hit With Proposed Class Action
• Sunoco Logistics, Black Hills Sued For Age Discrimination
• Ninth Circuit Upholds Union Neutrality Law
• Judge Approves More Saint Vincent Labor Contracts
• Suit Charges Agway Trustees Improperly Invested Assets
• Toys "R" Us Suit Moves To Federal Court
• CKE Unit Hardee's Sued For Sexual Harrassment
• Novell's Board, Top Execs Hit With Backdating Suit
• Flight Attendants, Comair Reach Tentative Agreement
• Wellpoint Inc. Hit With Overtime Wage Lawsuit
• Greyhound Employee Demands Overtime, Lunch Pay
• Law Firm Profile: DLA Piper
• Bribery Charge Added To Ex-Comverse Chief's Rap List
• J.B. Hunt Sued For Race Bias, Safety Violations
• UnitedHealth CEO Ousted Over Options
• Arnold & Porter Snags Capitol Hill Lawyer
• Former Execs Defy SEC In Backdating Probe
• Construction Firm Settles Race Discrimination Suit
• Ogletree's L.A. Office Grows By Three
• Union Withdraws Securities Suit Against Cintas Corp.
• Continental Ground Workers Snub Union
• Beleaguered Newspaper Faces Wage-Hour Class Action
• Class Action Status Given To Tyson Illegal Hiring Suit
• Judge: Paper Trail Suspicious In Motorola Sex Bias Suit
• U.S. Businesses Angsty Over Employment Lawsuits
• Wal-Mart Hit With Title VII Suit
• Law Firm Profile: Bryan Cave LLP
• Judge Awards Wal-Mart Workers $78M
• NLRB Upholds Decision Over Hospital Strike
• McAfee Execs Ousted Over Options Scandal
• CNET CEO Abdicates In Face Of Options Probe
• Dana's Bid To Protect Incentive Plans Draws Retirees' Ire
• Ogletree Deakins Creates Global Immigration Company
• Comair Tries To Keep Flight Attendants Off Picket Line
• UPS Discriminated Against Deaf Drivers, Court Rules
• Atlanta-Based Firm Acquires Chicago Labor Firm
• Northrop Attacked For Sketchy 401(k) Fees
• FedEx Corp. Lashes Back At EEOC
• Hospital Broke Whistleblower Rule, Ex-Employees Say
• Cardinal Health Unit Settles Trade Secrets Lawsuit
• Proskauer Dials Up Ex-AT&T Chief Counsel
• Philly Paramedics Lose Suit To Recover Overtime Pay
• University Fends Off One Wage-Hour Suit
• Firm Accuses Former Analyst Of Trademark Infringement
• Kmart Unfairly Fired Women Over 40, Suit Alleges
• Lucent Vindicated In Gender Bias Suit
• Teva Hit With Title VII Suit
• Ex-Wollmuth Lawyer Slaps Firm With Discrimination Suit
• Wells Fargo Settles Overtime Class Action For $12.8M
• Suit Alleges J.P. Morgan Failed To Pay Overtime
• Appeals Court Reverses Decision Over Union Button
• Katz Marshall & Banks Snags New Of Counsel
• Woodward Buries Hatchet In Discrimination Suits For $5M
• Court Upholds Transit Strike Sanctions Against Union
• Larry Flynt To Pay $1.1M In Sexual Harassment Case
• Sharing Compensation, Benefit Info May Violate Antitrust Laws
• Delta Settles Benefit Dispute With Retirees
• Appeals Court Upholds $100M Contracting Conviction
• Law Firm Profile: Barnes & Thornburg LLP
• Incensed, Nurses Slam Landmark NLRB Ruling
• Appeals Court Bats Down Nurse's Latex Glove Claim
• Sara Lee's Severance Waiver Triggers New EEOC Suit
• Dell's 401(k) Participants Sue Company
• Mesaba Unions Offer Wage Concessions
• Citigroup Wins Decision In Bonus Plan Class Action
• BP Drilled By Shareholder Derivative Suit
• HP's Former Chair Indicted In "Pretexting" Scandal
• Labor Department Tosses FLYi Whistleblower Case
• Kentucky River Ruling Incites Union Fury
• Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Conseco Appeal
• Dress Codes May Spell Trouble For Employers
• Firm Profile: Seyfarth Shaw
• Embattled Winn-Dixie Hit With Employment Suit
• Kodak Agrees To End Ban On Workers Helping EEOC
• E.U. Court Rules Maternity Leave Equals Less Pay
• Judge Reduces Award in Wal-Mart Case
• Law Firm Profile: Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC
• Law Firm Profile: Kirkland & Ellis LLP
• Law Firm Profile: Heller Ehrman LLP
• EEOC Hits U-Haul With Racial Discrimination Suit
• High Court Refuses Law-Firm Age Discrimination Case
• Overtime Wage Suit Filed Against Lowe's
• High Court Denies Detroit Newspapers' Appeal
• EEOC Targets SBC In Religious Discrimination Suit
• Fired Patent Attorney Loses Age Discrimination Suit
• Pushed To Liquidation, Mesaba Asks To Cut Wages
• High Court Denies Bid To Review Bank Firing Rights
• Hiring and H-1B Uncertainty: Why Timing is Everything
• Target Named In New EEOC Race Discrimination Suit
• Law Firm Profile: Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP