Employment Archive » February, 2008

Employment - February, 2008

168 articles

• Appellate Decision Is Mixed In Lufkin Bias Case
• U.S. May Reimburse DOE Contractor's $5M Judgment
• Sharing Focus Group Results
• Covad Directors Settle Derivative Suit For $7M
• 9th Circuit Opens Door For Arizona Immigration Law
• Wyeth Faces Whistleblower Suits Over Prevnar
• Homeland Security Dept. Cleared From Rape Suit
• Delphi Objects To EEOC's ADA Claim
• Circuit Refuses To Resurrect Salvation Army FLSA Suit
• American Airlines Workers Claim Age, Sex Bias
• Ex-Exec Can Shield Info In Pfizer Whistleblower Spat
• Court Accepts $4M Settlement In Security Officer Suit
• Prudential Employees Seek $6.5B In Arbitration Suit
• Labor Dept. To Hold Hearing On 401(k) Disclosures
• Pilot Dispute Dampens Delta-Northwest Merger Hopes
• 9th Circuit Affirms Tossing Boeing Workers' Claim
• High Court Green-Lights Age Bias Suit Against FedEx
• Age Discrimination Suit V. Philip Morris To Go Forward
• Ex-McAfee Exec To Lodge Arbitration Claims
• Watchdog Demands Records From Google, DOJ Exec
• Further Findings Barred In Halliburton Assault Case
• Time-Share Mogul Ordered To Pay $5M For Battery
• In Ohio, Memorized Lists Can Be Trade Secrets
• NYC Settles Race Bias Class Action For $21M
• NLRB Eyes Rule To Speed Union Election Process
• Implications Of LaRue For 401(k) Plan Participants
• Sea Containers Wins Extension To Pitch Pension Pact
• Q&A With Jackson Lewis' Frank Alvarez
• Decide On Me-Too Evidence Case By Case: Justices
• Ex-Children's Place CEO Sues Over Annual Meeting
• Hedge Fund Sues Rival For 'Corporate Espionage'
• Minimum Wage Increases For Foreign Guest Workers
• Judge Certifies Collective Action in Eli Lilly FLSA Suit
• Panel Tells H&R Block To Fork Over $4M To Exec
• Interstate Wants To Ditch CBAs
• Smithfield Foods Faces Another FLSA Class Action
• WellPoint Hit With FLSA Suit By Salaried Nurses
• EU: Corporate Restructuring To Become More Complex
• A.G. Edwards Hit With Sex Discrimination Suit
• Q&A With Nelson, Kinder, Mosseau & Saturley's Christopher Vrountas
• Cendant Hit With Sex Harassment Suit
• Judge Denies Class Status To Wells Fargo Workers
• FTC Frowns On Unions For Ohio Home Health Aides
• N.Y. Sheriffs Lose Payroll-Lag Case On Appeal
• Court OKs Settlement In C.H. Robinson FLSA Suits
• KLA-Tencor Execs Spared Grilling By Ex-CEO
• Women's Group Urges Reversal Of Ledbetter Ruling
• High Court Won't Block Employer-Funded Health Care
• 'Reasonable Belief' And Retaliation Under Title VII
• DuPont Workers Suit Not Preempted By ERISA: Court
• Partner Hits Hinshaw With Retaliation Suit
• U.S. To Hike Employer Fines For Illegal Hires
• Court Exempts Bargaining Strategy From Discovery
• Arbitration Trumps State Laws: Supreme Court
• Employment Suits A High Court Favorite In '08 Term
• Restaurant Owner Must Rehire Workers: NLRB Judge
• Alpharma Loses Bid To Get State Wage Claims Tossed
• FMLA Extension To Military Creates Uncertainties
• Comverse Backdating Suit Partly Survives Dismissal
• Kirkland Eyeing Arbitration Requirement: Report
• Mining Company Still On The Hook For Collapse
• McDermott Boston Office Adds Employment Litigator
• Movie Gallery Proposes $4.7M Employee Bonus Plan
• High Court Clears Way For Individual Pension Suits
• Ex-Cozen O'Connor Attorney Buries Bias Suit
• Court Allows Brewer Co-Worker Retaliation Claims
• Comcast Hit With Stock Option ERISA Suit
• Supreme Court Tackles Section 1981 Retaliation Case
• Panel Validates Firing Of Securities Firm Counsel
• Seagate Loses 2nd Bid To Toss Age Bias Plaintiffs
• Use Of Union Fees Is Core Of High Court Case
• Judge Rules Cigna's Retirement Plan Fair
• Senate Employee's Suit Survives Dismissal Again
• Funds Accuse Countrywide Of Shielding Executives
• High Court To Consider Ex-Spouse's ERISA Waiver
• UBS Could Get New Trial In Gender Bias Suit
• High Court To Weigh In On Arbitration Clauses In CBAs
• EEOC Updates Disability Bias Complaint Process
• Sea Containers Removes Hurdle To Confirmation
• Opt-In, Opt-Out Claims Can't Coexist In Suit: Judge
• Wyeth Wins Against $4M Race Discrimination Suit
• DOL's FMLA Changes: For Employers, A Mixed Bag
• Supreme Court Hears ADEA Retaliation Case
• Two Partners Join Ford & Harrison's L.A. Office
• Insurers Likely To Fight ERISA Discrimination Bill
• FLRA Rule Change Overburdens Employees: Union
• Delphi Fights Bid To Lift Stay For ERISA Spat
• Wash. Supreme Court Throws Out Delay-Of-Pay Suit
• Restaurants Must Fork Over Service Fees
• Oracle, SAP Trade Secrets Feud Sent To Mediation
• Terminating An Employee: 10 Steps To Avoid Litigation
• DOL Files ERISA Suit Against Tennessee College
• Whirlpool Wins Dismissal Of Discrimination Suit
• Openwave Backdating Claims Fall Short, Again
• Undocumented Workers Suit Highlights Gaps In Laws
• Class Certified In Wal-Mart Wage-And-Hour Suit
• Ex-NFL Lineman Wins Workers' Comp Bid
• Calif. Employers Need Not Hire Medical Marijuana Users
• Abbott Must Face Overtime Claims In California
• ABB, Fidelity Lose Bids To Dismiss ERISA Suit
• Jackson Lewis Countines Expansion In Southwest
• Legal Battle Brews Over SEC Stance On Proxy Access
• Judge Certifies Class Of Managers In FedEx OT Suit
• Kennedy Blasts Proposed FMLA Changes
• Union Accused Of Siding Against 400 Transit Workers
• Va. House OKs Bill On English-Only Work Rules
• Justices Asked To Block Employer-Funded Health Care
• JP Morgan Faces Class Action By N.Y. Loan Officers
• Progress Energy, Engquist: Crucial High Court Cases
• Amgen Probe Widens As Former Reps Take Action
• Jury To Decide Age Bias Suit V. N.Y. Town
• Bias Suit To Go Forward Against Chicago Law Firm
• France-Based Employee Can Sue Under SOX: Court
• D.C. Circuit Revives Age Bias Suit Against PwC
• Hedge Fund Sues Transmeta, An Acquisition Target
• Judge Tosses Fired Boeing Employees' Antitrust Suit
• ABC Hit With Suit Over Alleged Noose Incident
• Injunction Affirmed In Alliant Trade Secrets Case
• Claim Survives In Savannah River Discrimination Suits
• Court Bars Municipalities From Gay Benefits Suit
• University Coach's $19M Gender Bias Award Slashed
• Attorneys, Politicians Weigh In On FMLA Changes
• Sprint Nextel Workers Sue For Unpaid Commissions
• New Bill Would Ban Changing-Room Snooping
• Court Sides With NLRB In Union Avoidance Dispute
• Missouri Doctors Gain Right To Sue Hospitals
• Labor Department Seeks Changes to FMLA
• Would-Be Firefighters Sue Chicago Fire Department
• HCC Paying $10M To Close Door On Backdating Suit
• Twinkie Maker Wants To Sweeten Salaries
• Morgan Stanley's $16M Deal In Bias Suit Gets Nod
• Tyson Foods Faces 6th FLSA Suit Of '08
• UPS, Truckers Bury Hatchet Over Wage Policies
• Court Says Using Memorized Trade Secrets Illegal
• Loan Officers Sue American Equity Mortgage Over OT
• Jackson Lewis Expands West To Las Vegas, Detroit
• Firefighter Age Bias Suit Survives Motion To Toss
• Whistleblower To Get $70M In Merck Deal
• BP Refinery Probed Over Latest Texas City Accident
• Shareholders Hit NEGI With Derivative Class Action
• D.C. Council Passes Mandatory Paid Sick Leave Bill
• Court Could Clarify Employer Liability: Attorneys
• Pilot Union Sues American Airlines Over CBA
• Court Won't Open Lawyers' Files To Ex-Westar Exec
• Expansion Of The Family And Medical Leave Act
• Union Sues Albertson's To Enforce CBA
• Circuit Panel Slams Coke, Plaintiffs Over Bias Suit
• Tyson Seeks High Court Review Of What "Work" Is
• Suit Trashes Allied Waste's Wage-And-Hour Practices
• FMLA Changes Broaden Employers' Obligations
• High Court Ponders NLRB Role In Arbitration Rulings
• N.Y. Judges Get Go-Ahead To Sue Over Pay Freeze
• S.F. Cops Win Conditional Certification In FLSA Suit
• Regal Cinemas Dropped From Janitors' Class Action
• Trouble For Health Care Still Brews After Bly-McGee
• Workers Claim Entergy Showed Race Bias In Hiring
• Plaintiffs Refile Tyson FLSA Claims In Texas
• Bush Plan Cuts DOL Discretionary Budget
• The Benefits Of Employee Handbooks
• Verdict On CA's "Unfair" Contract Tossed On Appeal
• FedEx Plaintiffs To Get Half Of Bias Settlement Fund
• Agilent Hits Ex-Employees With Trade Secrets Suit
• EU Scolds 11 States For Weak Anti-Bias Laws
• Ending Internal Discrimination Probe May Be Retaliation
• NLRB Seeks Injunction Against Massey Energy
• Tennessee Workers Peck Tyson With FLSA Suits
• HP India Exec To Face Suit Over Employee Murder
• Employee Shareholders Claim U.S. Sugar Hid Buyout