Employment Archive » January, 2008

Employment - January, 2008

177 articles

• Lowe's Home Faces Six FLSA Suits
• Benefits Of ADEA Exemption Rule
• Rite Aid, Eckerd Face FLSA Suit
• Court Revives Detecon VIP's Retaliation Suit
• Paper Maker's Employees Get Class Certification
• Judge Nixes Most Of Marsh Ex-COO's ERISA Claims
• Halliburton Assault Case Must Be Arbitrated: Judge
• New Player Enters Freedom Of Info Suit V. DOL
• Internal Report Describes Shenanigans At Comverse
• Q&A With Kelley Drye & Warren's Barbara E. Hoey
• Bush NLRB Nominees Scrutinized By Dems, Unions
• Coach USA Bus Dispatchers' Class Action Gets Nod
• Societe Generale Group Vies For Case File Access
• Smithfield Foods Gets OK For RICO Suit V. Union
• A Key Decision For SOX Practitioners
• Talent Managers Catch Break In Calif. Ruling
• NLRB Erred In MCA Bargaining Decision: Court
• Wal-Mart Employee's Retaliation Case To Proceed
• MSJ Based On Motor Carrier FLSA Exemption Fails
• Individuals, Not Just Pensions, Can Bring ERISA Suits
• Wal-Mart Cleared Of Sex Offender's Bias Claim
• Honolulu Whistleblower Wins $3M Jury Award
• SafeNet CFO To Serve Time For Options Backdating
• Coca-Cola Hit With New Race Discrimination Suit
• Comverse Faces $72M Suit From Former CEO
• JP Morgan Chase, HSBC Face New Class Actions
• Evidence Over Qui Tam Pay To Govt. Official Barred
• Effect, Not Intent, Makes Rule "Retaliatory": Court
• Truckers Need More Time Off, Union Charges
• The Potential Elimination Of Private FMLA Settlements
• KLA-Tencor Settles Backdating Suit For $65M
• Labor Dept. Sends FMLA Revisions To White House
• Best Buy Faces Another Suit Over Unpaid Work Time
• Former Telecom CEO Ordered To Repay $12M Loan
• Judge Denies Sprint's Bid To Toss Shareholder Suit
• Ousted CEO Clawing His Way Back: U.S. Energy
• Executives Named In Broadcom Backdating: Report
• Unauthorized Work Is Still Work: 2nd Circ.
• Blackwater Hits Wiley Rein With $30M Suit
• News Corp., Judith Regan Settle $100M Suit
• Court Upholds Firing Of Medical Marijuana User
• Pilots Seek To Ground Northwest's Pension Plan
• Vendors, Law Firms Clash Over E-Discovery
• Littler Mendelson Meets Labor Needs In St. Louis
• Judge Denies GE's Bid In Counsel's Sex Bias Suit
• Legislators Tackle Equal Pay, Discrimination Issues
• Judge Reaffirms Dismissal Of Bias Suit V. DLA Piper
• Thompson Hine Boosts Employment Team
• Senior Pilots Coalition Hopes To Shoot Down Age Law
• Home Care Co. Hit With Wage-And-Hour Suit
• Losses Prompt ERISA Suit Against Morgan Stanley
• Court Nixes FedEx's Class Certification Appeal
• Damages Award Upheld For Deaf FedEx Worker
• Loan Co. Workers Not Exempt From Overtime: Judge
• Ex-Monster CEO Cuts A Deal In Backdating Case
• New FLSA Suit Joins Pending Case Against WaMu
• N.Y. DOCS Overhauls Religion Policy In Settlement
• Citigroup Conditional Stock Plan Legal: Calif. Judge
• Ogletree Deakins Touches Down In San Francisco
• Appeals Court Strikes $1.5M Verdict In Spanking Case
• Court Nixes Tort Claims Over Lockheed Shooting
• Discount Chain Hit With Store Manager FLSA Suit
• High Court Seeks Fed Input On Maternity Leave Case
• Littler Mendelson Nabs Sheppard Mullin Partner
• Supreme Court Takes Three New Employment Cases
• EEOC Warns Against Bias In Job Recruitment Tests
• Cravath Still Owes Me Almost $1M: Ex-Attorney
• N.J.'s Baby WARN Act: Less Detail, Stiffer Penalties
• American Student Loan Sued Under FSLA
• Judge Nixes Recusal Bid Over Bryan Cave Tie
• Fisher & Phillips Plants Roots In Denver
• Religious Accommodations Broaden In N.J. Law
• Union Prevails In Salary Spat Against Howard U.
• New Labor Stats Both Bolster And Undermine EFCA
• Bill Would Require That Health Plans Cover Autism
• Law Firm's 401(k) Plan Suit To Continue V. Hancock
• Noteholders Wary Of $228.5M Delphi Settlement
• How To Prepare For Employees' Subprime Crises
• GM Settles On $37.5M To End ERISA Suit
• Clifford Chance Revises Pension Plan
• Reyes Gets 21 Months In Jail, $15M Fine
• Ousted Commerce CEO Sues Bank For $50M
• Fired Wal-Mart Sex Offender Can't Add Bias Claim
• HIV-Positive Worker's Suit Against Ford Sent To Trial
• As Special Master, She Sets Precedent
• House OKs Mine Safety Bill, Tempting Veto
• Workers Sue Morgan Stanley For Broker's Bad Advice
• Sara Lee Must Turn Over Info To Union: Appeals Court
• Lawyers Warn Of Pitfalls Of Employment Tests
• Lawyer Axed For Not Discriminating In Hiring: Suit
• State Negligence Claim Not Trumped By ERISA: Court
• Politics, Work Make For Uneasy Bedfellows
• Workplace Class Actions Brought Big Bucks In 2007
• Wage-And-Hour Class Actions Top Workplace Suits
• Lawyers "Duke" It Out Over Effects Of Wal-Mart Case
• NLRB Launches Video Testimony Pilot
• Plaintiffs Favor State Court For Class Actions: Study
• Motorola FMLA Suit Not Totally Out Of Line: 7th Circuit
• Starbucks' Bid To Decertify Class Action Fails
• Insurers, Brokers Not ERISA Fiduciaries: Judge
• Union Settles Decades-Long Bias Suit With EEOC
• Employers Faced CAFA Challenges In 2007: Study
• Some Damages Upheld In UPS Religious Bias Case
• High Court Could Reshape Employment Practices
• Duane Reade Tries To Nix Class Action Bid
• 9th Circuit Grounds NASA Worker Background Checks
• Nonprofit Heads Can't Sue Under ADA, ADEA: 9th Circ.
• Supreme Court Considers "Class-of-One" Case
• Wal-Mart Settles Suit Before High Court Showdown
• Coming Soon: The EU's Employee Free Choice Act?
• High Court Seeks Solicitor's Stance On FMLA Waivers
• Calif. Justices, Eyeing Leave Act, Lean Toward Boss
• Wal-Mart Shifts Wage Suit To Federal Court
• Finisar Derivative Suit Gets Tossed
• Appeals Court Declines Review Of Mine Safety Rule
• Call Center Workers Hit AT&T With Wage Suit
• Fifth Third Faces $23.5M ERISA Suit Over Pension
• Wells Fargo May Face Another FLSA Class Action
• Judge Won't Stop Jail Employees From Being Fired
• Judge Hints That Rather, CBS Spat May Go Forward
• Sales Reps Target Solvay With Wage-And-Hour Suit
• No New Trial For Brocade Exec In Backdating Case
• Personal Injury Firm Sued For FLSA Violations
• Shaky Economy Cited As Cadwalader Pink-Slips 35
• Deutsche Bank Settles Temp's FLSA Class Action
• Starbucks Summary Judgment Bid Moot: Judge
• City Scores In Employer-Funded Health Care Battle
• Former Vivendi Chairman Settles ERISA Suit
• GM Settles ERISA Case For $39M
• Judge Nixes Proposed Class Action Against Roche
• Ex-Counsel Sues To Break Glass Ceiling
• Tyson Faces Gender Discrimination Class Action
• Trade Secret Litigation To Rise As Economy Dips
• Corporate Wellness: Is It Healthy For Employers?
• Marcal Asset Sale Would Shirk Obligations: Union
• Options Backdating Scandal Limps Off Radar
• Ex-Westar Exec Demands Docs About Gov't Case
• Outlook Bleak For Ex-DOJ Lawyer's Employment Suit
• Asarco Rebuffed In Appeal Over Pension Arbitration
• Southwestern Bell Hit With FLSA Suit
• Draconian Enforcement Of Calif. Labor Law Continues
• Appeals Court Says Cabbies Protected Under NLRA
• Steak House Burned By Harsh Sanctions, Judge Rules
• Pinnacle Sues ALPA, Alleging Bad-Faith Negotiation
• IM Chats Get Cingular Off The Hook For Sex Bias
• Lawyers Brace For Rise In Caregiver Bias Suits
• Hartford Life Suit Not Preempted By ERISA: Judge
• Hotel Workers Win Class Status In Employment Suit
• Plaintiffs Vie For Lead In Citigroup ERISA Suit
• Skadden Strengthens Push To Toss ERISA Suit
• EEOC, Ky. Face Off Before High Court
• Seyfarth Shaw Lures Partner From Greenberg Traurig
• U.S. Incentives, EU Employees And Conflicts Of Law
• "Mom" Isn't Discriminatory, Court Rules
• Defense Contractor Gets $23M In Trade Secret Suit
• Appeals Court Tells Railway To Pay Up In Race Case
• A Hostile Work Environment Can Include Boss' Habits
• Claims Adjusters' FLSA Complaint Crashes
• Veto Stalls FMLA Protection For Military Families
• Undocumented Workers Are Employees: D.C. Circuit
• Pilots Union Opposes Airline Seniority Law For Mergers
• FLSA Cases Against KFC Consolidated
• NLRB Judge Orders News-Press To Rehire Journalists
• Kinetic Group Sucked Into Suit Over Vacuum Device
• EEOC Rule On Medicare Stirs Controversy
• Meat Packers Claim Tyson Shortchanged Them
• FLSA Suit Against Kraft To Move Forward
• Bankruptcy Reform Plan Sounds Good, Won't Work
• Labor, Employers See Vastly Different Role For NLRB
• Court Makes U-Turn In UPS Deaf Drivers Case
• Practical Ways To Avoid Whistleblower Lawsuits
• Employee Gets $1.2M Verdict Against Staffing Agency
• Judge Throws UnitedHealth Deal Into Jeopardy
• As Suits Decline, Lawyers Say Cos. Have Wised Up
• Ford Settles EEOC Race Bias Class Action For $1.6M
• NLRB Upholds Newspaper's E-mail Policy
• Lockheed Martin Settles EEOC Suit For $2.5M