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Employment - March, 2012

331 articles

• Lemko Says Insurers Must Cover Motorola Trade Secrets Suit
• $100M CIGNA Sex Bias Suit Shut Down
• Wal-Mart Sex Bias Plaintiffs Defend Pared Class In New Case
• Calif. High Court To Mull Employer Arbitration Deals Again
• NY Judge Axes HuffPo Bloggers' Pay Suit Against AOL
• Bingham Loses Fight To Arbitrate Ex-Lawyer's Bias Suit
• BP Escapes ERISA Suit Claiming Spill Sank Stock-Heavy Fund
• Ex-Novartis Consultant's FCA Retaliation Suit Stays Alive
• Union Targets Stop & Shop Over Facebook Policy
• Issa Brings Resolution To Slam Obama Over Recess Picks
• Union, Nuke Operator Say No To $2B Blackstone Power Line
• D&O Insurer Must Defend Bank In Suit, 7th Circ. Hears
• Amerigroup Will Pay $4.5M To Settle Sales Reps' OT Action
• Female Publicis Employees Seek Cert. In $100M Bias Suit
• 3 Lessons Every Employer Can Learn From Chaz Bono
• Quick Wins In Age Bias Suits A Long Shot Under EEOC Rule
• Nortel Seeks Mediator To Break Benefits Standoff
• Apple Supplier To Change Its Ways After Labor Audit
• Fried Frank Slips Ex-Secretary's Age Bias Claims
• Sleepy's Beats OT Suit By Independent Delivery Drivers
• EEOC Wins Bias Suit For Bipolar Ex-Cottonwood Manager
• NJ Labor Investigator Gets 5 Years For Taking $2M In Bribes
• Case Study: Pyro Spectaculars V. Souza
• Calif. Court Says 2nd Employee Contract Trumps 1st
• Employment Lessons From 'Desperate Housewives' Case
• Rite Aid Managers Get OT Class Action Revived
• Ex-Massey Boss Cops To Thwarting US Mine Safety Efforts
• States' Medicaid Coercion Argument Sways Some Justices
• Judge Limits Claims In Quest Ageism Suit To NJ Workers
• Rep. Seeks Probe Of Ex-NLRB Members Named In Ethics Claims
• Reps. Eye Ban On Firms Pinning Jobs To Facebook Access
• WTC Plaintiffs' Attys Urge 2nd Circ. To Allow $42.5M Bonus
• NLRB Fights Bid To Slow Union Posting Rule In DC Circ.
• Brazilian Workers Latest To Sue Chevron Over November Spill
• Justices Divided On Power To Scrap Entire Health Care Law
• Cypress Pays $2.8M To Settle FCA Suit Over Unapproved Drugs
• Male Job Applicant Accuses CBS Of Sex Discrimination
• 3rd Circ. Seeks Ruling On Whether Health Dues Are Plan Assets
• SSN Mismatches: Avoiding Discrimination And Liability
• Must-Have Performance Metrics For Law Departments
• Texas Atty Ducks Suit By Beverage Co. Minority Shareholder
• AMR Targets Union Contracts In Bid To Advance Talks
• High Court's Take On Health Market Key To ACA Decision
• Rule 23, FLSA Claims Not Incompatible, 3rd Circ. Says
• Lawmakers Vow Health Law Repeal If High Court Lets It Stand
• 7th Circ. Affirms Class Cert. Denial In Allstate Bias Case
• Bingham Seeks Arbitration In Ex-Lawyer's Bias Suit
• Lawmakers Target War Contractors' Employee Trafficking
• Understanding Christopher V. SmithKline
• Judge OKs Camin's $3.9M FLSA Deal But Nixes Liability Shield
• 7th Circ. Won't Revisit Class Cert. In Merrill Bias Suit
• Sidley Hires Bingham Wage-And-Hour Pro
• Implementing FMLA-, ADA-Compliant Attendance Policies
• Calif. Panel To Review Bill Expanding Family Leave
• High Court Won't Weigh In On NLRB Counsel's Power
• High Court Seeks US View On LA Port's Truck Rules
• Title VII Doesn't Protect Policy Criticism, 11th Circ. Rules
• Hospital Group Says FCA Suit Is Light On False Claims
• NLRB Member Refuses To Quit Over Ethics Allegations
• Facebook Access May Expose Employers To Labor Actions
• High Court Health Reform Battle Focuses On Tax Law
• Chamber, Defense Attys Tell Supreme Court FLSA Suit Is Moot
• NJ High Court Prods State On Judge Benefit Reforms
• Quarles Employment Group Snags Ill. Lawmaker
• Sens. Want Feds To Probe Employer Facebook Info Demands
• '300' Producer Sues Atty Over $17M Verdict
• Fed. Circ. Calls Stipulation Agreement A Contract In USPS Row
• Mets Owners To Pay $6.5M To End Workers' Madoff Losses Suit
• Protecting Patient Info In The Age Of Social Media
• NLRB Plans Education Push On Nonunion Workers
• LexisNexis Can't Escape Claims It Misreported Workers' Info
• Drug Claims Violate FCA, Ex-Pfizer Exec Tells 1st Circ.
• Health Care Reform Faces Ultimate Test In High Court
• Union Says NLRA Preempts Ind. Right-To-Work Law
• ManTech Dodges Security Rival's Canceled Subcontracts Suit
• Sara Lee Workers Win Class Cert. In Don-Doff Action
• EUSA Pharma To Pay $180K Over Inflated Medicare Claims
• LifeWatch Pays $18.5M To Settle DOJ Medicare Claims Suits
• Facebook Wants Employers Out Of Workers' Profiles
• Tax Benefits Biased Under DOMA, Calif. Employees Say
• Lockheed To Pay US $15.8M To End Overcharging Claims
• OSHA's Twin Sister Is In Your Backyard
• NYC's Pier Sixty Pays $8.5M To Settle Servers' FLSA Action
• Judge Remands NY's Suit Against E&Y Over Lehman Audits
• Wal-Mart Beats $20M Age Bias Suit
• Ill. High Court Keeps Asbestos Suit Against CSX Alive
• Judge Trims Mich. Nurses' Wage-Fixing Action
• Senate Bill Aims To Block DOL's Child Farm Labor Rule
• Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Jason Schwartz
• Ex-JPMorgan Execs Face Fight Over Jump To Credit Suisse
• Wal-Mart Says Latest Dukes Class Claims Are Time-Barred
• NY Court Rejects Shareholder Suit Over Morgan Stanley Payroll
• Oracle Investor Sues Over $200M FCA Settlement
• Sen. Eyes Ban On Employers' Facebook Access Requests
• Feds Take On FCA Suit Over AT&T's Alleged Scam Call Costs
• AMR Considers Scrapping Labor Deals Amid Stalled Talks
• Goodwin Procter Adds Wilson Sonsini Employment Atty
• Ex-Boeing Worker Asks High Court To Nix Espionage Sentence
• FedEx Delivers $3M To Settle Hiring Bias Claims
• Can You Refuse To Hire A Felon?
• Hershey Pushes Out Older Workers, Class Action Says
• Sessions Blocks Vote To Air High Court Health Law Debate
• Cos. Must ID Supervisors Before Union Campaigns, Attys Say
• Justices' Questions May Signal Health Mandate's Fate
• DOL Head Grilled On ERISA Fiduciary, Child Safety Rules
• NFL Suspends Saints Coach Amid Scrutiny Over Safety
• Best Best & Krieger Sued Over Arbitration Advice
• Rising Star: Seyfarth's Steven Pearlman
• Flight Attendants Bash Planned American Eagle Cuts
• GOP Zeroes In On Agency Implementing Health Care Law
• Citing Dukes, Domino's Asks 8th Circ. To Nix Drivers' Cert.
• Ex-Bear Stearns Workers Land $10M Deal Over MBS Buys
• Mitchell Silberberg Nabs Littler Employment Ace In NYC
• Expanding FMLA Employer Liability To Supervisors
• 5 Social Media Mistakes Companies Are Making
• Calif. Bill Aims To Protect Unemployed From Job Bias
• NASA Says Admin Was Fired For Poor Work, Not Beliefs
• Ala. Can't Claim Sovereign Immunity In Hiring Suit: 11th Circ.
• Battle Rages Over Home Health Workers' FLSA Status
• Fox Paine Says Former Exec Gave Fund Stake To Rival
• 15 Ex-Thelen Partners Settle Trustee's Contract Claims
• Rising Star: Orrick's Jessica Perry
• Judge Denies Class For Female Guards In Harassment Case
• 7th Circ. Calls On DOL To Reconsider Injury Log Reg
• Hispanic DHL Workers Claim Race Bias At Dallas Facility
• Retirement Age Bump For NY Judges Takes Step Forward
• Ex-Worker Says Wells Fargo Let Visas Expire, Denied Severance
• OSHA Revamps Chemical Classifications To Match Global Rules
• Former Motorola Engineer Demands New IP Theft Trial
• High Court OKs Class Arbitration In Jeweler Title VII Suit
• High Court Clarifies Injury Benefits Cap In Sea-Land Row
• The Time Has Come For Plaintiffs To Put Up Their Dukes
• High Court Finds States Immune From FMLA Self-Care Suits
• Benihana Denied Sanctions For Destroyed Docs In OT Action
• Calif. Arbitration Rulings Seek To Dodge Concepcion
• GSK Asks High Court To Buck DOL On Sales Reps' OT Status
• Low Class Cert. Bar Will Keep FLSA Suits In Vogue
• Rising Star: Jones Day's Brian Jorgensen
• Calif. To Take Up Utility Commission Revolving-Door Bill
• High Court Won't Hear Brocade Exec's Appeal In Fraud Case
• Tax Code Ruling Could Leave Health Reform Law In Limbo
• Mistrial Declared In 'Desperate Housewives' Firing Suit
• CAA Scripts Strong Finale To TV Writer Age Bias Claims
• Multiband Settles DirecTV Techs' Suit Over OT
• Ex-Workers Say Louis Vuitton Skimped On Personal Day Pay
• Class Action Waivers In Employment: Debate Rages On
• A Guide To Preventing False Claims Act Litigation
• Blue Cross ERISA Class Rebuffed By High Court
• Hartford Financial Pays $2M To Settle Retirement Account Suit
• Ex-Baggage Worker Says Delta Fired Him For Having HIV
• JPMorgan Pays $150M To Settle Pension Funds' ERISA Claims
• 9th Circ. Affirms Denial Of Class Cert. In Aerotek OT Case
• Deadlocked 'Desperate Housewives' Jurors Sent Home
• Obama Admin Floats Proposals On Contraception Rules
• Baker Donelson Nabs Employment Ace From Conner & Winters
• Former Employees Can Sue Under Title VII, 4th Circ. Rules
• Rising Star: Morgan Lewis' Carrie Gonell
• Patent Office Prevails In Pay Dispute With Union
• Unions May Be On Hook For Pension Liability, 6th Circ. Says
• 9th Circ. Says Pension Summary Flaws Don't Warrant Damages
• High Court Vows Same-Day Audio Of Health Care Debate
• Air Force Mortuary Bosses Face Strong Retaliation Penalties
• Weatherman Claims CBS Favors Younger Female Applicants
• Whistleblower Says BP Gulf Atlantis Plant Still Not Safe
• Edwards Wildman In-House Affair Suit Sent To Arbitration
• Synthes, Stryker Settle Trade Secrets Suit Over Sales Reps
• Kohl's Brings End To OT Class Action With Settlement
• Jury Deadlocked In 'Desperate Housewives' Firing Case
• Business Groups Back BofA In 9th Circ. Teller Seat Fight
• NY Court Won't Make Ex-Brill Brokers Arbitrate OT Feud
• Ala. Gambling Workers Win Class Cert. In Mass Layoff
• Senators Urge MF Global Trustee To Scrap Exec Bonuses
• Employers Beware: Unpaid Interns Ready To Cash In
• Trade Groups Ask To Join NLRB Recess Appointments Dispute
• Sur La Table Kept Employees On the Clock, Suit Says
• Judges Accuse Calif. Of Denying Them Pension Benefits
• NY Judges Are Owed $312M In Back Pay, Atty Says
• CBO Says 5M May Lose Employer Coverage Under Health Law
• Asahi Can't Escape $175M Pension Suit On Jurisdiction
• CVS Caremark Says No Wrongdoing Alleged In FCA Suit
• Pryor Cashman Can't Dismiss $42M Fraud Malpractice Suit
• How Presidents Use Contracts To Make Law
• A Comprehensive ERISA Policy Now, Less Trouble Later
• Ex-Morgan Stanley Worker Launches $6M Bias Suit
• 3rd Circ. Grants Arbitration In Tenet Meal Break Case
• DaVita Unit Can't Sidestep Ex-Nurse's Medicaid Fraud Suit
• Idaho Senate Passes Updated Right-To-Work Bill
• Judge OKs $2M Mutual Of Omaha Death Benefit Settlement
• Former 'Charlie Rose' Intern Sues Over Lack Of Wages
• 11th Circ. Says Transgender Workers Shielded By Federal Law
• Sheridan Says ABC Execs Lied To Shield 'Housewives' Creator
• Judge Slashes Ex-Omeros Exec's FCA Suit Over NIH Grants
• Solis Pressed On DOL's In-Home Care, Child Safety Regs
• The Awesome Power Collateral Estoppel Can Render
• Labor Groups Challenge Air Force Construction Insourcing
• Kodak Retirees Want Committee In Ch. 11 Case
• NASA Says Budget Cuts, Not Religion, Led To Worker's Firing
• Weight Watchers Accused Of Snubbing Pregnant Job Seeker
• Bill Aims To Topple High Court Ruling In Age Bias Case
• Coca-Cola Says Making Workers Do Math No Labor Violation
• DOJ Defends FOIA Response In Kagan Health Care Fight
• University of Miami Says Medicaid FCA Suit Lacks Facts
• Injured CalPERS Members Say They're Stiffed On Benefits
• Judge Cuts Battery Claim From 'Desperate Housewives' Suit
• Littler Lures Benefits Duo From Allen Matkins In LA
• Texas Hospital Dodges $30M FCA Suit Over Drug Supplies
• Abercrombie Can't Sit Out Worker's Action Over Seating
• Cover Your Tail: Post-Termination Options For Docs
• Judge Threatens KPMG With 6-Month Discovery Limit In OT Suit
• Injured Wal-Mart Workers Seek Approval Of $8M Settlement
• JPL Painted Fired Worker's Theory As Religion, Judge Hears
• BioMed Gets Investor's Executive Pay Suit Stamped Out
• Judge Sends Rite Aid OT Dispute To Trial
• Don't Punish Attys For Not Settling Bias Cases, 1st Circ. Hears
• IBM Call Center Class Decertified For Lack Of Commonality
• Frito-Lay To Chip In $2M To End Workers' Commission Row
• 'Housewives' Worker Claims Sheridan Cover-Up, Attys Say
• GSK Skirts FCA Suit Over Physician Kickback Program
• Judge OKs Employee Class In Electrolux Don, Doff Suit
• Epstein Brings Proskauer Union Foe To LA Office
• Even Nonunion Employees Should Know Their Rights
• Panda Express Settles Wage Statement Class Action
• Sara Lee Strikes Deal Near End Of Trade Secrets Trial
• Why Communications Is Key To Merger And Lateral Success
• Ex-Worker Accuses Sanyo Of Wage, Privacy Violations
• Prospects Dim For $105M HuffPo Bloggers Pay Suit
• Kelley Drye, EEOC In Talks To Resolve Age Bias Suit
• Mining Co. To Pay Fine Over Deadly 2007 Collapse
• Lockheed Can't Jettison Billing Fraud Suit
• Producer Says Sheridan Forgot Lines, Was Late To Set
• NLRB Won 87% Of Unfair Labor Cases In 2011, Report Says
• AMR Seeks More Time As Labor Pains Persist
• Chinese Activist Says Politics Cost Him Morgan Stanley Job
• Greenwich Sues To Avoid Coverage In Gas Explosion Suit
• AEX Drivers Score Class Cert. For Wage Action
• Wary South African Court Backs $2.4B Wal-Mart Tie-Up
• FHFA Caps Fannie, Freddie Execs' Pay
• Mo. Worker Discrimination Law Rollback Clears Legislature
• The Clock Is Ticking On ADA Accessibility Compliance
• DOE Warns Lockheed Unit Over Worker Exposure To Toxins
• Jacobs Brass Beats Investors' Excessive Pay Suit
• Nordstrom's Arbitration Bid Rebuffed In Wage Action
• 'Desperate Housewives' Creator Denies Hitting Sheridan
• Kroll Inc. Settles Tech Worker FLSA Suit
• Union Loses CBA Sabotage Suit Against US Airways
• Back Pay In FDNY Hiring Bias Suit Calculated At $128M
• NLRB Ruling Opens Door To More Off-Site Union Elections
• Ex-Sara Lee Boss Denies Design Work, Memorizing Secrets
• BofA Says Calif. Seating Rule Doesn't Apply To Tellers
• DHL Gets FLSA Class Action Claims Tossed
• State Street Says 6th Circ.'s GM Ruling Undermines ERISA
• Mike Ditka's Restaurant Gets Wage Class Action Punted
• The EEOC Strategy Of Sue First, Ask Questions Later
• Ex-NFL Player Takes Benefits Fight To 11th Circ.
• Judge Blocks Rival Botox Drug In Trade Secrets Trial
• Dems Aim To Expand Union Eligibility Under NLRA
• Judge Won't Halt NLRB Union Posting Rule Pending Appeal
• Takeda Hid Diabetes Drug's Heart Risks, Ex-Reviewer Says
• Ex-Sara Lee Plant Boss Says He Took Company Docs
• Poorly Crafted Wellness Programs Could Make Employers Sick
• Mich. To Appeal Fight Over Construction Contract Labor Law
• Age-Related Barb Before Axing Not A Stray Remark: EEOC
• Covington & Burling Escapes Ex-Atty's Race Bias Suit
• United Transfer Policy Doesn't Violate ADA, 7th Circ. Says
• Writers Hid Plan For 'Housewives' Death, Creator Testifies
• ConocoPhillips Meal Break Class Survives Cert. Challenge
• Boston Cabbies Rev Up Misclassification Action
• Your Health Is Not Your Employer's Business
• Farmers To Pay Workers $7M To Settle ERISA Action
• Teri Hatcher Can't Duck Ex-Business Partner's Contract Suit
• FLSA Class Action Waiver Debate Heats Up Post-Concepcion
• Ex-TWA Pilots Can't Form Own Committee In AMR Ch. 11
• MSHA Review Cites Missed Violations Before Massey Blast
• Cert. Denial Was Error, Aerotek Workers Tell 9th Circ.
• Wal-Mart Says New Sex Bias Action Fails Dukes Standard
• DC Circ. Blasts DOL 'Dawdling,' Nixes Dayton OSHA Fine
• Fla. Judge Strikes Down Pension Contribution Mandate
• Northrop Settles With Trax In Army Subcontract Row
• Nicollette Sheridan Worried About Retaliation, Jury Hears
• Alexander Wang Running Chinatown 'Sweatshop,' Suit Says
• Lawmakers Demand Info On Agencies' Email Monitoring Rules
• Ex-Sara Lee Plant Boss Stole Trade Secrets, Atty Says
• Mario Batali Gets Waitstaff Wage Action Off Plate For $5M
• Judge Says Nepalis' Suit Against Contractor Belongs In US
• DynCorp Sued Over Iraq Security Worker's Death
• Ogletree Welcomes McGuireWoods Labor Pro To Charlotte
• Birth Defects — Prenatal Liability Or Workers Comp?
• The Cost Of Preserving Officer Retirement Benefits
• Atty Fee Appeal Could Chill Calif. Meal Break Claims
• Trade Groups Fight NRLB Union Posting Rule In DC Circ.
• Kraft Sales Reps Sue For Overtime Wages
• Ex-Aon Exec Gets Trade Secrets Claims Knocked Down
• Rockwell Collins, Engineers Settle OT Dispute For $1.2M
• AK Steel Tells 6th Circ. Its Ex-Workers Gave Up Benefits
• 'Housewives' Creator Rips Sheridan's Off-Camera Conduct
• Class Action Says Union Central Runs Pay-To-Play Deals
• McDermott Snags Employment Expert From Ernst & Young
• Novo Nordisk Faces $70M Sales Rep OT Action
• 12 Finance Employment Issues To Watch In 2012
• DaVita Can't Escape FCA Suit Over Kidney Med Charges
• NYSE Euronext Beats $161M IRS Beef Over Ex-CEO Pay
• 7th Circ. Won't Reopen Perkins Coie, Aviall ERISA Dispute
• Chase Denied Arbitration In Financial Advisers' OT Action
• DC Circ. Says Jury Should Hear Customs Worker's Bias Claim
• DC Circ. Sides With Fiat Unit In Health Plan Bargaining Battle
• Parsec Gets OK In $3.6M Rail Worker OT Settlement
• Sheridan Lambasts Attys In 'Desperate Housewives' Trial
• Millennium Labs Wants Rival's Attys Booted For Misconduct
• Dukes Doesn't Bar Class Cert. In Applebee's Worker Suit
• NLRB Posting Rule Upheld, Challenge To Recess Picks Nixed
• Va. High Court Sinks Some Awards In Maritime Death Cases
• Law360 Employment Editorial Advisory Board
• Pregame Analysis Of Pending NFL Head Trauma Litigation
• Ex-DuPont Worker Admits He Sold Secrets To Chinese Co.
• Odyssey Strikes $25M Deal Over Medicare Fraud Claims
• Bimbo Drivers Win Conditional Cert. In Classification Row
• 6th Circ. Raises Bar For Labor Grievances To Get To Court
• OSHA Restructures To Boost Whistleblower Program
• Investors' Compensation Suit Too Broad, Morgan Stanley Says
• No Win For Rand McNally Ex-CEO, PE Firm In Dispute
• Relief Offer Annuls Nurse's Action, Genesis Tells High Court
• Offshore Oil Workers Take Foreign Hires Case To High Court
• HHS' Sebelius Under Fire Over Contraception Rules
• Commerce Bancorp Can't Escape Ex-CEO's Contract Suit
• Hostess Defends 'Necessary' Ch. 11 Pension Cuts
• Sheridan Testifies In 'Desperate Housewives' Firing Dispute
• Littler Mendelson Adds Faegre Labor Vet To Minn. Office
• EEOC Hammers Trucking Co. For Rejecting Disabled Drivers
• Laboring Against Unfair Lactation Discrimination
• Senate Blocks Religious Exemption To Health Coverage
• Home Depot Pays $1.6M To Send Vacation Pay Row Packing