Employment Archive » July, 2009

Employment - July, 2009

216 articles

• Cinergy Health Sales Reps Move For Class Cert.
• LA Grocery Store Termination Law Shot Down
• PBGC To Assume $153M Of Metaldyne Pension Plan
• Say-On-Pay Bill Passes House Along Party Lines
• WARN Suit V. Sun Belongs In District Court: 3rd Circ.
• DC Circ. Revives Black Capitol Police Bias Suit
• Tyson Workers Seek Class Status In Don, Doff Suit
• Suit By Baluchi's Employees Gets Green Light
• Not Your Average Whistleblower Statute
• Insurance Broker Countersues Delta Retirees
• Unions May Look To NLRB If EFCA Fails To Pass
• Q&A With Jackson Lewis' William Manning
• Top TARP Banks Paid Out $32.6B In Bonuses: Cuomo
• NCMIC Awarded $1.5M In Trade Secrets Case
• 8th Circ. Upholds Pilgrim's Pride Trade Secrets Verdict
• Attys To Appeal Injunction In Hagens Berman Spat
• Pliant Aims To Gain Creditors' Favor With New Plan
• 3rd Circ. Revives ERISA Cases Against Allstate
• GM Gets OK For Union Retiree Benefits Deal
• 8th Circ. Revives Harassment Suit Over Prophesier
• Objections Pile Up In Asarco Chapter 11 Plan Debate
• McDermott Fires Back In Malpractice Suit Over Stocks
• Weighing Layoffs After Mergers And Acquisitions
• Q&A With Thompson & Knight's Stephen Fink
• Sen. Committee OKs Extended Fed. Whistleblower Aid
• Guess Founder Smacked With $370M Libel Verdict
• Class Cert. Denied In BankAtlantic ERISA Suit
• Locke Lord Wins Summary Judgment In Title VII Suit
• Settlement OK'd In Dispute Over WaMu Savings Plan
• Insurers' $19M D&O Suit Against Printer Co. Tossed
• State Claims Nixed In American Family OT Action
• Spinoff Union Ordered To Return Files To SEIU
• DHS Found To Have Willfully Failed To Pay Overtime
• Calif.'s Stance On PAGA Representative Actions
• House Bill Calls For Greater Proxy Transparency
• House Committee Gives Thumbs-Up To 'Say-On-Pay'
• Ind. Ordered To Pay $42.4M To State Workers
• Vacation-Skipping No Day At Beach For Employers
• Ex-Blank Rome Atty Suit Against Cross County Survives
• Littler Shareholder Jumps To Howard Rice
• Mass. High Court Greenlights Doctor's Sex Bias Suit
• Calif. Hospital To Pay $2.4M For Medicare Scheme
• 2nd Circ. Asks NY High Court To Mull Defense Query
• DuPont Retirees Claim Benefits Were Miscalculated
• Steakhouse Employees Get Cert. In FLSA Suit
• Class List Expanded In FedEx Drivers MDL
• Lowe's, Hourly Workers Strike Deal In FLSA Action
• Q&A With Troutman Sanders' Richard Gerakitis
• Eastern Mo.'s Interpretation Of CFAA
• Dell Settles Sex Bias Suit For $9.1M
• Delphi Retirees Focus Pension Fight On PBGC Suit
• 11th Circ. Denies Class Cert. In FedEx OT Action
• High Court Age Bias Rule Can't Apply To Race: Judge
• Planet Hollywood Settles FLSA OT Suit
• Lead Plaintiff Fights To Revive Kellogg FLSA Action
• Lockheed Loses Bid To Oust ERISA Class Counsel
• Tips For A Well-Drafted Arbitration Clause
• NLRB Finds ALPA Charge Has Merit: Staff Union
• Samsung Wins Restraining Order Against Former Exec
• Lawyer's Race Bias Suit V. Covington Gets 2nd Shot
• Case Of Scotts Employee Fired For Smoking Dismissed
• Say-On-Pay Bill Headed To House Floor: Rep. Frank
• Delphi Retirees Seek Answers From Auto Task Force
• DOL Should Up ERISA Fund Guidance: Attys
• Class Cert. Sought In FLSA Suit Against Pepsi
• Cisco Founders Fail To Nix Award To Investment Guru
• Q&A With Baker & Hostetler's Ron Linville
• Specter Calls To Lower Civil Pleading Standard
• LA Probation Officer Seeks Conditional Cert. In OT Suit
• Partners Healthcare To Pay $2.7M In Back Wages
• Bill Would Require Every Employer To E-Verify
• Upholding OSHA's Multi-Employer Citation Policy
• 11th Circ. Upholds AMCL Bus Driver FLSA Exemption
• 4th Circ. Partly Reverses Qui Tam Suit V. Accenture
• IBM Call Center Reps Win Conditional Cert. In OT Suit
• 3rd Circ. Overturns Cert Of Massive ADA Class
• 1st Amendment Doesn't Shield Cops' Speech: 9th Circ.
• Mass.'s First Transgender Discrimination Case Nixed
• Tips For Avoiding Internship Liability
• Ohio Asst. Managers Slap Rite Aid With Overtime Suit
• Xcel Faces Female Workers' Equal Pay Suit
• Q&A With Katten's Steven Eckhaus
• Change, Change, Change: Labor Law Under Obama
• Plaintiffs Prevail In FDNY Race Bias Suit
• SEC Seeks $4M Clawback From CSK Auto Ex-CEO
• Age Bias Action Fails To Scale Tribune Ch. 11 Stay
• Workers United Claims Win In Union Spat
• Litigators Leave DLA Piper For Philly-Based Firm
• Ex-ClearOne Workers Get No Relief On $9.7M Award
• Wal-Mart To Pay Up To $35M In Wash. FLSA Action
• Muslim Ex-Waiter's Religious Bias Suit Loses Steam
• Q&A With Jackson Lewis' Philip Rosen
• The 6th Circ. Rejection Of '3rd-Party Retaliation'
• 1st Amend. Trumps Teacher's Age Bias Claim: Court
• Retirees Seek TRO In Delphi, PBGC Deal Over Plans
• High Court Rulings Spark Talk Of New Civil Rights Act
• PwC Associates Gun For Nationwide Cert. In OT Suit
• Frontier Rejection Of Teamsters Contract Overturned
• Albuquerque City Workers Win Collective Action Cert.
• Biometrics Key To Employment Verification: Schumer
• RICO, ERISA Claims Survive In Pa. Hospital OT Action
• 10th Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of Qwest ERISA Suit
• Packaging Your Staffing Company For Sale
• Hemostatic Tech Co.'s Trade Secrets Suit Tossed
• Qualcomm Exec Traded On Nokia Deal Inside Info: SEC
• Nixing Card-Check Could Shift, Not Quell, EFCA Debate
• Proskauer Atty Dumped From Clifford Race Bias Case
• Some Claims Nixed In Maxim Backdating Suit
• Calif. County Fights Sheriffs Over Don, Doff Damages
• JMS To Cough Up $2.88M To Settle Brokers' OT Action
• Q&A With Edwards Angell's Martin Aron
• Coal Miners Dig For Unpaid Overtime In BHP Dispute
• PG&E Meter Reader Seeks OT Class Cert.
• Baker & McKenzie Snags 2 Seyfarth Labor Veterans
• AT&T Store Managers Win Class Cert. In OT Suit
• NJ High Court Says Lower Court Can't Interpret CBA
• Prison Co. FLSA Plaintiffs Seek Class Cert.
• A Silver Bullet Against Wage-And-Hour Actions?
• House Committee To Consider Say-On-Pay Legislation
• PBGC Takes Over Nortel's Underfunded Pension Plan
• Delphi Workers, Retirees Sue Over Pension Threats
• Companies Cheer Reports Of Card-Check's Death
• Attorneys Expect Invigorated EEOC Under Berrien
• Whistleblowers May Do Better Under Obama
• Goodyear Mechanics Seek Cond. Cert. In FLSA Suit
• Q&A With McKenna Long's Richard Hankins
• 'Top Chef' Judge's Restaurant Settles FLSA Suit
• The Supreme Court Stance In Ricci V. DeStefano
• First Residential Wins Bid To Decertify FLSA Action
• Judicial Watch Founder's Mintz Levin Suit Trimmed
• Obama Picks Civil Rights Lawyer For EEOC Chair
• Ex-Boeing Workers Seek Cert. In Age Bias Action
• Ex-Boeing Engineer Convicted Of Spying For China
• Union Dispute Against Postal Service Nixed
• Most Of PPG Benefits Class Knocked Out By Judge
• Girl Scouts Hang On To Johnson Killen Lawyer
• USW Sues Bankrupt Equistar Over Severance Benefits
• Expanding OSH Act, Increasing Penalties
• 9th Circ. Sends SAG ERISA Suit Back To Court
• Jones Day Atty Asks EEOC To Clarify High Court Case
• Kodak Settles Race Bias Class Action For $21.4M
• JPMorgan Accountants Seek OT Class Status
• Chopper Pilot's Class Cert. Bid Doesn't Fly: Judge
• Calif. County Calls For Sanctions In FLSA Action
• SEC Targets 11 With Insider Trading Claims
• Conn. High Court Nixes State Bid To Toss Union Suit
• Novell Shareholders Leave Backdating Suit To Board
• Ariz. Nurses Win Class Cert. In Wage Antitrust Case
• Calif. Lawmakers Mull Meal Break Exemption
• 11th Circ. Revives Home Depot Retaliation Claim
• 9th Circ. Affirms Toss Of Wal-Mart Foreign Labor Case
• Deal For Axed Casino Ship Workers Denied For Now
• Wackenhut Settles With Ex-Worker In Fla. OT Action
• CSC Off Hook In ERISA Stock-Drop Class Action
• Moscow Ice Circus Performers Claim FLSA Violations
• CBA Extends Quebecor Right To Change Policy: Court
• Sen. Committee Ups Health Care Fraud Penalties
• Sales Reps Hit T-Mobile With 2nd OT Suit
• EU Moves To Curb Bank Bonuses That Fuel Risk
• Sentosa Wins Dismissal Of Discrimination Case
• Tyson Can't Shake Tenn. Donning, Doffing Suit
• NJ Case Over Workers' Comp Insurance Remanded
• Ford, GM, Creditors Blast $80M Visteon Bonuses
• Obama Taps Management-Side Lawyer For NLRB
• Greek Exide Worker's Discrimination Claims Tossed
• DC Circ. Tosses Register-Guard Ruling On E-Mail
• UBS, Jefferies Make Peace Over Talent Raid
• IRA Holders Sue Conn. Bank Over $60M Madoff Loss
• Conn. Firefighter To Testify Against Sotomayor
• Chicago FD Collective FLSA Action Tossed Again
• Citadel Slaps Ex-Workers With Trade Secrets Suit
• Q&A With Choate Hall's Thomas Shirley
• Supplier Balks At Renew's Bid To Pay Severance
• Pittsburgh Hospital Workers Win Conditional Cert.
• Sotomayor's Potential Employment Impact
• Senate Votes To Permanently Adopt E-Verify
• 9th Circ. Kills Injunction On Sale Rules For Plan B
• US Moves To Block Broadcom Execs' Subpoenas
• EEOC, Chemtura Race Bias Suit Tossed
• PBGC Balks At Nutritional Sourcing Liquidation Plan
• DuPont Must Arbitrate Benefits Grievances: 3rd Circ.
• Former VP Targets Towers With Age Bias Suit
• Puerto Rico Cops Fail To Nix Lower Retirement Age
• No D&O Coverage For Indicted Bank Director: Court
• Wells Fargo Calif. OT Class Status Reversed
• Ex-Softchoice Worker Trade Secrets Case Dismissed
• Advisory Jury Finds For Starr In $4.3B AIG Stock Spat
• 9th Circ. Upholds Nixing Of Countrywide OT Class Bid
• Deal OK'd In FLSA Action Over Sprint Commissions
• BofA Fires Back In Personal Bankers OT Action
• Outback Steakhouse Plaintiffs Win FLSA Class Cert.
• Judge Urges Class Cert. Grant In Dell FLSA Suit
• Hartford Claims Ex-Exec Raided Lucrative Division
• Another D&O Insurer Spurns GeoStar
• BofA To Pay $7M To Settle Discrimination Suit
• Seyfarth Shaw Snags 2 Troutman Labor Partners
• 2nd Circ. Lifts Stay On Former IBM Exec Joining Dell
• Atty Says Ore. Labor Law Likely Preempted
• Jackson Lewis Snags Davis Wright Diversity Trio
• Class Certified In 401(k) Fee Case Against Edison
• Perfect Storm: Law Firm Insolvencies, Jewel V. Boxer
• ICE To Investigate 652 Businesses For I-9 Compliance
• 7th Circ. Panel Revives Rolls-Royce Qui Tam Suit
• Class Leads Picked For BofA-Merrill Buyout Battle
• $2M Verdict Tossed In ULL Coach Race Bias Suit
• State Unions Seek To Block Hawaii's Furlough Plan
• ClearOne Fights Trade Secrets Award Reduction
• Equistar Employee Wins $9M For Acid Injury
• Massey Must Rehire Union Miners, 4th Circ. Affirms
• Hagens Berman Takes 2 Ex-Attys To Court
• Ex-Philips Employee Barred From Working For Rival
• Restrictive Covenants Vs. Garden Leaves
• Verbal Complaints Not Protected By FLSA: 7th Circ.
• NLRB Erred In Nursing Home Case Ruling: DC Circ.
• Philly Fesses Up to Settling White Firefighter Bias Suit
• Pilots' Suit Over Union Seniority Challenge Nixed