Employment Archive » May, 2009

Employment - May, 2009

211 articles

• Partial Reprieve For Liability, Work Comp Insurers
• Federal Preemption Dooms OT Action V. US Steel
• Ch. 11-Bound GM Reaches Deals With Magna, UAW
• To Settle Or Not To Settle: Lawyers Share Their Tips
• Ex-Covington Atty's Race Bias Suit Dismissed
• California AG Loses Court Fight Over Attorney Pay
• Conn. House Passes Paid Sick Leave Bill
• Applied Materials Employment Contract Invalid: Court
• CDI Energy Trade Secrets Appeal Falls Short
• KLA-Tencor Shareholder Case Stayed For Appeal
• Geico Hit With OT Class Action
• Tour Operator Sues Ex-Guides For Starting Rival Co.
• $65M Deal In Wal-Mart Time-Shaving MDL Gets OK
• Chrysler Resolves Lemon Law, Workers' Comp Issues
• Boehringer Loses Bid To Appeal Reps' FLSA Status
• Akin RR Labor Expert Takes Crosstown To Jones Day
• LandAmerica Settlement With PBGC Gets Court's OK
• Foreign Oil Rig Workers' OT Action To Remain In NM
• Class Cert. Denial In Mohawk RICO Case Overturned
• Cigna Unit Looks To Settle OT Class Action For $3.3M
• Firefighter Ruling May Aid Employers, Hurt Sotomayor
• Worker Life Insurance Suit Against Wal-Mart Tossed
• Wash. Wins Access To DOL Docs In Prison Pay Case
• Q&A With Foley & Lardner's John F. Birmingham Jr.
• NFL Tries To Ditch Players' Claims In StarCaps Suit
• Q&A With Ropes & Gray's Peter Ebb
• Iqbal: Trouble For Plaintiffs?
• PBGC Takes Over Abandoned Circuit City Pension Plan
• Calif. Class Wins Cert. In OT Suit Against Dollar Tree
• Failure To Show Injury Dooms ERISA Suit V. Medtronic
• Employer Obligations For Outdoor Workers
• Protecting Workers In A Nuclear Renaissance
• SunTrust, Tech Support Reach Deal In FLSA Action
• Whistleblower Claims Over Lipitor Marketing Tossed
• MGA Asks 9th Circ. To Stay Bratz IP Transfer To Mattel
• Former EMC Exec Cleared To Start Work At Rival HP
• Q&A With Greenberg Traurig's Lawrence Rosenfeld
• Q&A With Debevoise & Plimpton's Jyotin Hamid
• NLRB Allows St. Barnabas Residents To Unionize
• Q&A With Hunton & Williams' Laura Franze
• Q&A With McDermott Will & Emery's David Rogers
• Eckert Nabs 5 Ex-Ballard Attorneys For DC Office
• NLRB's Authority Questioned In Supreme Court Bid
• F5 Investors Can Sue Without Board OK: Wash. Court
• Q&A With Hogan & Hartson's Kenneth Kirschner
• DOL Sets COBRA Layoff Subsidy Appeals Process
• Q&A With O'Melveny & Myers' Framroze Virjee
• Q&A With Mayer Brown's Robert Davis
• Feds To Receive 70% Of GM Stock, UAW 17.5 %
• Q&A With Proskauer's Elise Bloom
• Q&A With Paul Hastings' Kenneth Gage
• H&M Workers In NY Ink First Union Contract
• Q&A With Fulbright & Jaworski's Barbara Jean D'Aquila
• Q&A With Bingham's Wendy Lazerson
• Ex-UBS Brokers Banned From Soliciting Clients
• GSK Argues Outside Sales Exemption In OT Suit
• Hallmark To Settle Overtime Class Action For $5.6M
• $350M United Healthcare ERISA Settlement Stalled
• Bridgestone Must Produce Docs In Child Labor Suit
• Worker's Retaliation Claim V. General Dynamics Cut
• Bill Would Mandate Paid Vacation For U.S. Workers
• Wilson Sonsini Ex-Worker Gets Boost In ERISA Case
• Massey Ferguson Retirees Try To Restore Benefits
• RadioShack Overtime Settlement Denied
• Q&A With Reed Smith's Karl Fritton
• Shutts Seeks Arbitration in Discrimination Suit
• Proskauer Shouldn't Rep Clifford In Case: Motion
• Livermore Lab Workers Launch Age Bias Suit
• Order Limiting Immigration-Related Discovery Upheld
• Class Cert. Sought In Grant Thornton Overtime Suit
• Sprint Call Center Workers Win Back Wages
• UAW Strikes Deal With GM On Labor Agreement
• Changes To FCA Increase Contractor Liability
• Conditional Cert. Rejected In FLSA Action V. Ocwen
• Tesoro Settles Wash. OT Class Action
• Secrets Of Success For Today's Summer Associates
• OSHA Cites 30 Violations In Fatal Delek Refinery Fire
• Veterans' Employment Rights Act Passes House
• Hollywood Talent Agency Stars In Sex Abuse Action
• Insurer Off Hook For Qui Tam Suit V. Ill. Nursing Home
• Smith Barney Wins Injunction In Spat Over Client List
• Ex-WaMu Workers Sue For Post-Bank Sale Pay
• Black & Decker Wins Partial Judgment In FLSA Suit
• 10th Circ. Nixes Win For Holden & Carr In Fee Spat
• NLRB Plans To Challenge Circuit Court's Ruling
• Nurses Reach $7.2M Deal In Wage-Fixing Case
• Toolmaker Violated ADA In Firing Salesman: 8th Circ.
• Bill Seeks ERISA Coverage For Second Opinions
• New Complaint Binds 10 Constellation ERISA Suits
• BearingPoint Creditors Object To Employee Incentives
• Gym Chain Must Pay Workers Overtime: 6th Circ.
• Financial Anti-Fraud Act Advances For Final Approval
• AT&T Mich. Unit Slapped With Overtime Class Action
• Star Tribune Asks Court To Toss Union Agreement
• High Court Won't Hear Baxter Mixed-Motive Bias Case
• Supreme Court Sides With AT&T In Maternity Case
• Guidant Sues Rival, Ex-Workers Over Exodus
• High Court Remands 2nd Immigrant ID-Theft Ruling
• RadioShack Workers Seek Class Cert. In ERISA Suit
• Madoff Trustee Moves To Kill Worker Benefit Plans
• Piracy Software Patent Holder Stole Info: Microsoft
• High Court Requests SG's Input In Title VII Case
• Oxford Health Loses Bid to Toss Benefit Suit
• Supreme Court Reverses 2nd Arbitration Ruling
• Enterprise Rent-A-Car Hit With FLSA Overtime Action
• Ex-Juniper GC's Bid To Toss Backdating Suit Nixed
• Charges Added V. Agriprocessors, Exec In Raid Case
• Bill Proposes 7 Days Paid Sick Leave For US Workers
• OSHA Slaps Hess With Refinery-Safety Fines
• Costco Holds Workers Captive Without Pay: Suit
• 8th Circ. Revives HR Manager's Equal Pay Claims
• Ex-KB Home VP Settles SEC Backdating Charges
• Dechert Settles Discrimination Suit With Ex-Worker
• Conditional Cert. Granted In Suit V. Health System
• DOT Drug Testing Rule Intrusive But Legal: DC Circ.
• Viking Fund Off Hook Over Ousted Co-Founder
• EFCA Won't Pass Without Compromise: Obama
• FLSA Suit V. Shoe Mania Gains Traction
• Court Denies Class Status In FLSA Suit V. Ga. IHOPs
• WARN Class OK'd For Mortgage Lenders Settlement
• Kmart Hit With Overtime Class Action
• Dismissal Of ERISA Action V. Owens Corning Stands
• Experts Push For Overhaul Of PBGC Leadership
• Loan Officers Sue Mortgage Source In FLSA Action
• LandAmerica Asks Court To Approve PBGC Deal
• Judge Tinkers With Class In Nurse Antitrust Case
• Lessons Learned From EEOC V. Boeing Co.
• Suit Claims Pizza Hut Drivers Denied Minimum Wage
• Class Certified In San Diego Sex Bias Pension Suit
• Bayer Wants $2M Back From Ex-CEO In ERISA Spat
• 8th Circ. To Hear NovaStar Challenge To ERISA Class
• Sheet Metal Workers' Retaliation Claim Revived
• Recruiters Can't Halt Unofficial H-1B Rule: Judge
• Virginia Tech Must Face Retaliation Claim: Court
• $6.5M AXA Overtime Deal Gets Preliminary Approval
• Defense Firm's Ex-CFO Settles SEC Backdating Case
• CDS Case Could Spread SEC's Insider Trading Reach
• 2nd Circ. Asks NLRB To Rule On Conflicting Statutes
• ERISA Preemption Denied In Calif. ER Coverage Suit
• Creditors Object To Milacron's Bid To Cut Benefits
• Ex-Monster Exec Convicted In Backdating Case
• Race Bias Suit V. Firm Stayed Until Pro Bono Hire
• Black FDNY Applicants Get Class Cert. In Bias Suit
• Star Tribune Gets Go-Ahead To Modify Union Pacts
• Sony Takes EMI To Court Over Broken Exec Deal
• Multiemployer Pension Plans: Multiple Risks
• New Complaint Filed In AIG Workers' Comp Suit
• Shutts & Bowen Hit With $2.7M Discrimination Suit
• Calif. High Court Denies Fees In Workers' Comp Suits
• US Airways Pilots' Seniority Suit V. Union Tossed
• BofA Worker Took Trade Secrets To Wachovia: Suit
• Ex-Enzo Biochem Honcho Wants $10M Under SOX
• Northwest Pilots' Suit Against ALPA Still A Go
• Firestone Indemnity Suit Screeches To A Halt
• Plaintiffs Lose Bid For Judgment In Vioxx ERISA MDL
• Casey's Settles OT Class Actions For $12M
• Aerotech Sues Ex-Execs Over Trade Secrets
• NRG Must Pay Retiree Benefits Despite Ch. 11: Judge
• Durbin Bill Seeks To Curb 'Excessive' Exec Pay
• Making The Most Of Rule Of Evidence 502
• The Problems With PAWA
• Infighting Threatens Labor's Unity Bid
• Employer's $1.1M Suit Over Tax Credits Remanded
• 2nd Circ. Nixes ERISA Action V. GMIMCo, State Street
• Self-Insured Medical Plans: Tax Trap For The Unwary
• Holland & Knight Snags Hogan & Hartson Labor Guru
• Wackenhut Loses Bid For Sanctions In FLSA Suit
• Atty Ducks Sanctions For Suit Against Weil Gotshal
• 9th Circ. Trims Benefits Claims In Trucking Co. Ch. 11
• Ex-Clifford Chance Lawyer Wins Time In Race Case
• Federal Judge Laments Condition Of Class Action
• Are We Hiring A Justice Or Playing Politics?
• Arbitration Ordered In Suit Over Death At BP Plant
• Union Sues Supermarket Chain Over CBA Breaches
• Grappling With NLRB Authority
• JPMorgan Faces Suit Over Law Firm's 401(k) Plan
• Schooner Petroleum Struck With WARN Action
• Insurer Off Hook For Wage Case Defense: Judge
• 1st Circ. Orders Review Of ERISA Case V. Liberty Life
• 9th Circ. Seeks Clarity On Calif. Sales Reps' OT Status
• Clear Up Jurisdiction Issue In Atty Fees Spat: 2nd Circ.
• Defense Tees Off On Kodak ERISA Plaintiffs' Counsel
• Chemical Manufacturers, Users: Ready For GHS?
• Cleaners Sue Sodexo Over 'Horrific' Work Conditions
• AFA Bid To Block Virgin America Crashes In DC Circ.
• EMC Exec Barred From HP Job Under Noncompete
• Legislative Push Likely As Economy Improves
• States Not Immune To EEOC Actions: 9th Circ.
• An Eye On Workplace Harassment Liability In NYC
• Class Action Accuses 3M Of Age Discrimination
• Arbitration Under Attack — Not So Fast
• Conoco Loses Bids For Judgment In Meal Breaks Suit
• The Healthy Families Act Revisited
• Lawyer Claims AIG Fired Her For Blowing Whistle
• 4th Circ. Clarifies When EEOC Decisions Become Final
• USPTO Wins Dismissal Of Discrimination Suit
• Employee Misclassification In Finance, Consulting
• Business Groups Fight Okla. E-Verify Law In 10th Circ.
• More Class Reps Added To 3M Overtime Suit
• Look Before You Leap Into Stimulus Projects
• SC To Weigh State Law's Use In Federal Class Suits
• LA Contractor Can't Force Arbitration: Calif. Court
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Arbitration In DuPont ERISA Suit
• DC Appeals Court To Mull Union Free Speech Case
• How To Avoid The Legal Perils Of RIF Alternatives
• Former Tyson Worker Seeks Cert. For FLSA Action
• Court Revives Ex-Associate's Claim Against Orrick
• Calif. Appeals Court Reverses Pregnancy-Bias Ruling
• Conflicting Court Rulings Put NLRB Cases In Limbo
• Class Conditionally Certified In Centex OT Suit
• Sears Workers Win Class Cert. In ERISA Action