Employment Archive » February, 2017

Employment - February, 2017

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• LA Times, Fired Cartoonist Draw Judge's Ire For Wordy Briefs
• Trump Pledges Health Care, Safety And Jobs In First Address
• Pension Bill Falters, 'Grand Bargain' Moves Forward In Ill.
• Texas Case Could Open Door To Broader Noncompetes
• Lincare Dodges FCA Claims But Not Retaliation Allegations
• Unions Ask To Defend OSHA Rule In Case Trump DOL Won't
• Atlantic City Firefighter Cuts Unsafe, Illegal, Judge Told
• Humana Medicare Advantage FCA Suit Has Legs, Judge Says
• NJ Judge Axes Vestiges Of Morgan Stanley Advisers' OT Suit
• Union Can Have Workers' Phone, Address Info: NLRB Judge
• Fla. County Asks Full 11th Circ. To Hear Retaliation Case
• Pfizer Sues Ex-Marketing Director Over Trade Secret Theft
• Honeywell Can't Cut Benefits For Ohio Plant Retirees: Judge
• Infosys Rebukes Cert. Motion In Reverse Discrimination Case
• Wells Fargo Defends 'Generous' Pay In Meal Breaks Suit
• Chancery Tosses Late Books Bid In Monster Merger
• United Says Pay Stub Class Suit Flies Out Of Bounds
• Former USC Football Player Defends FLSA Class Action
• Obermayer Gets Claims Trimmed From Associate's Bonus Suit
• 14 More Boston Cab Companies Target Uber In Antitrust Suit
• Con Ed Beats Construction Union's Antitrust Suit
• 7th Circ. Backs Wis. Health Dept. Win In Fired Worker's Suit
• Does The NLRA Protect Racist Insults By Picketing Workers?
• How 401(k) Benefits Can Attract Millennial Legal Talent
• GC Whistleblowing And Other Implications From Bio-Rad
• How The Courts Review Executive Orders
• Mall Jewelry Giant Ensnared In Massive Sex Bias Pay Row
• Security Guards' $110M 'On-Call' Break Deal 'Close' To OK
• Steamed Coffee Chain Workers Cite Wage Theft In Suit
• Pa. Trans Students Win Pause Of 'Assigned' Bathroom Rule
• Ex-Execs Hit SunEdison Yieldcos With Whistleblower Suits
• Surgery Centers Lose DQ Bid After 'Being Cute' With Judge
• 10th Circ. Won't Enforce EEOC Subpoena In Bias Probe
• Ex-LA Times Sports Freelancer Must Arbitrate Age-Bias Suit
• Ex-Kabateck Atty Files $500K Suit For Alleged Unpaid Wages
• 8th Circ. Orders New Trial In BNSF Injury Retaliation Case
• Mixed Bag From Jury In Schlumberger, NOV Trade Secret Row
• Energy Firm's Trade Secrets Suit Transferred To Oklahoma
• EEOC Certifies Class In US Marshals Race Bias Saga
• Judge OKs Class Of 50K Detainees In TVPA Suit Against Geo
• Gunster Nabs Miami Employment Atty From Greenberg Traurig
• Lawyer Who Quit Practicing During Litigation Is Sanctioned
• House OKs Tweak To Native American Employment Grants
• Trucking Co. Driver Contract Row Paused For 9th Circ. Review
• Chicago College Wants Quick Win On Prof's Age Bias Claim
• Builders Urge DC Circ. Not To Expand OSHA Silica Rule
• Supreme Court To Weigh 30-Day Deadline For Fed. Appeals
• Costco Didn't Keep Union Rep From Meeting: NLRB Judge
• L-3 Unfairly Fired Depressed Employee, EEOC Says
• Acting Chair Wants NLRB Handbook Rule Standard Eliminated
• Harassment Law Not For Sex Assault Claim: Texas Justices
• Lab Exec Fights 'Hitler' Comparison In FCA Retaliation Suit
• Immigration Legal Aid Workers May Hold Union Vote: NLRB
• 'Preposterously Late' Filing Blocked In AI Trade Secrets Row
• Biz Groups Appeal DOL Fiduciary Rule Fight To 5th Circ.
• MLB Hits Back In Scouts' Antitrust Appeal At 2nd Circ.
• Tourism Group Sues McDermott Attorneys For Malpractice
• Ex-Dow Chemical Worker Asks 6th Circ. To Hear Bias Suit
• No Duty To Defend In Terror Attack Suit, Says Magistrate
• Discovery In Wage And Hour Class Actions: Part 2
• High Court And Transgender Bathroom Access: Quo Vadis?
• The Loss Of Confidentiality In NY Arbitral Enforcement Cases
• Citigroup Confirms SEC Probe Over Foreign Hiring Practices
• Farm Settles H-2A Job Availability Suit For $545K
• 4 Ways Technology Companies Can Combat Bias
• Uber Sued By Woman Alleging Sexual Assault By Minn. Driver
• Hooters Misclassifies Workers To Dodge Paying OT, Suit Says
• Essar Steel Seeks Approval Of Union Deals For Minn. Plant
• Schlumberger Unit Tells Jurors Trade Secrets Were Taken
• Nurses Ineligible For Union, 6th. Circ. Tells NLRB
• ERISA Applies To Religious Hospitals, Workers Tell Justices
• Whole Foods Asks 2nd Circ. To Nix NLRB No-Recording Rules
• Unions Seek Full 6th Circ. Review Of Contribution Row Ruling
• Tuesday Morning PAGA Wage Settlement OK'd On Second Try
• Judge Shaves Claims Off Mitsubishi Faulty Odometer Suit
• Yale Graduate Student Teachers Vote In Favor Of Union
• Ecolab Can't Get Back Docs, Trade Secrets From Ex-Workers
• Texas Justices Dump Exxon Row Under Free Speech Law
• Atlantic City Fire Union Looks To Toss NJ Subpoena On Mayor
• Ex-SpaceX Worker Can't Depose Elon Musk In Firing Row
• IBM Asks Judge To Toss 'Amorphous' Revamped ERISA Suit
• College Football Conference, NCAA Hit With Concussion Suit
• Macy's Asks Justices To Weigh In On Perfume Sellers Union
• Chinese Uber Drivers Must Arbitrate Guaranteed Income Row
• Statement By Ariz. County's Atty Not Protected, 9th Circ. Says
• DOJ, Nevada Hospice Plan To Settle FCA Suit
• NCAA Athletes Denied Docs On Pac-12 ESports Competitions
• Miscimarra Dissent Slams NLRB Union Election Rule
• University Bursar Appeals Bias Suit To The 6th Circ.
• Trans Student To Push Forward In High Court Bathroom Fight
• Texas Justices Reinstate Insurer Win In D&O Coverage Fight
• Paid Administrative Leave: There Ought To Be A Law
• What Lawyers Can Learn From Kellyanne Conway
• Discovery In Wage And Hour Class Actions: Part 1
• Bio-Rad Agrees To $3.5M Fees In Ex-GC Firing Case
• Trump's Trans Bathroom Access U-Turn May Not Slow EEOC
• AECOM Ended Union Contract Properly, Judge Says
• Ex-Fugitive Comverse CEO Gets Prison For Options Scam
• Costco $2M Deal With Drivers Stalls At First Hurdle
• NLRB Says Nursing Network Illegally Ducked Seniority Pay
• ZeniMax Wants $1B In Damages, Oculus Products Pulled
• DOJ Agrees To Settle Ex-AUSA's Sex Bias Suit For $225K
• Ex-Goldman VP Takes Code Theft Case To NY High Court
• Two Labor Attorneys Join SmithAmundsen In Chicago
• Jury Rejects Sexual Harassment Case Against Citizens Bank
• Feds To Allow Pre-ACA Policies Through 2018
• Arkansas Supreme Court Strikes City's LGBT Protections
• NLRB Wins 5th Circ. Battle Over Alcoa Handbilling Ban
• Ill. State Worker Union Members Approve Strike If Needed
• Faruqi Beats Ex-Partner's Suit Over Client Commissions
• NJ Doesn't Have To Pay For Ex-Election Official's Defense
• Manatt Phelps Gets Labor, Employment Atty From Blank Rome
• Trans Student Presses Bathroom Fight Despite Trump Letter
• Financial Services In The 1st Month Of Trump Presidency
• Aldi Managers Get Collective Cert. In Classification Suit
• EEOC Hits Fracking Equipment Co. With Discrimination Suit
• Jones Day Adds Employee Benefits Partner From Kirkland
• Moving Co. Escapes 'Skeletal' Wage-And-Hour Suit
• Littler Mendelson Adds Shareholder To Dallas Privacy Group
• Deficient Expert Report Dooms Minor's Sex Assault Claims
• Former Asst. Atty Wants Firing Suit Reheard By 4th Circ.
• Union Settles American Airlines Arbitration Suit
• Employment Agency Hit With $1.4M Suit By Real Estate Co.
• FTC Chair To Take On Job Licensing With New Task Force
• The Mistakes Lawyers Make When Copying And Pasting
• DOJ Investigations: Is Sharing Unavoidably Hazardous?
• Tax Implications Of The Affordable Care Act Repeal
• Ex-49ers Cheerleader Can't Use Pseudonym In NFL Wage Suit
• McDonald's Liable For Franchisee Wage Violations, Suit Says
• A. Schulman Investor Demands Records Of CEO Stock Award
• Trump Scraps Trans Student Bathroom Access Guidance
• Judge Blocks Calif. Law Against Disclosure Of Actors' Ages
• Arbitrator Wrongly Gave FAU Prof Tenure, Court Says
• NJ Pharma Co. Settles Bias Suit From Ex-Global Study Leader
• NLRB Asks 5th Circ. To OK Chipotle Break Petition Ruling
• Mercedes Dealer Hit With $4M Verdict For Firing Disabled Man
• Ex-Chubb Exec Files Whistleblower Suit Over Destroyed Docs
• Bankrupt Quiksilver Gets Nod For Employee Severance Deal
• NHL Denied Class Cert. Expert's Bibliography In CTE Suit
• Ex-Tata IT Workers Seek Class Status In Bias Case
• T-Mobile Retailer Calls Wage Suit Request 'Tree Without Roots'
• Texas Court Says UT Southwestern Doctors Can't Be Sued
• Activist Groups Wants Compliance In $250M Mining Row
• Painting Biz Illegally Stymied DOL Probe, Prosecutors Say
• Verizon Wants Ex-Employee's Bias Suit Tossed
• Calif. Court Gets Automatic Funding Disclosure Right
• Coca-Cola Bottler Prefers White Managers, Class Suit Says
• 8th Circ. Affirms Ex-Sea World Workers' ERISA Win
• DA Allegedly Axed Staffer For Whistleblowing On Shady Hiring
• Cedars-Sinai Hospital Hit With Wage-Hour Class Action
• Ex-Disney Workers Hit Back At Move To Toss Race Bias Suit
• Site Managers Get Conditional Cert. In Chevron OT Dispute
• Alternative Visa Programs For Foreigners Traveling To US
• When A Workplace Grievance Is Too Hot To Handle
• Wells Fargo Board Fires 4 Managers In Phony Accounts Probe
• Sunken Cargo Ship Owners Settle 17 Claims In Dispute
• Ex-Tribal Employees' Gender Bias Claims Tossed
• August NLRB Order Restored Discipline Analysis, GC Says
• Justices Offer Skeptical Look At EEOC Subpoena Power
• $15.1M Deal Approved In Disability Retiree Benefits Row
• Jeweler Zales Agrees To Pay $1.8M To Settle Wage Suit
• Ex-NFL Players Can't Reassert RICO Claim In Painkiller Suit
• Justices Won't Hear BNSF Conductor Death Appeal
• Frivolous Suit Claim Against Ex-Billing Co. Partner Revived
• EPA Urges 4th Circ. To Undo Coal Jobs Analysis Order
• Justices Won't Hear Appeal Of Zenith ERISA Verdict
• PwC Must Face Job Applicants' Age Discrimination Claims
• SSA Judge Sues Agency Over Mandated LGBT Diversity Video
• Ex-Gov't Atty Can Use Sexist Emails As Evidence, Judge Says
• High Court Urged Not To Revive Verizon ERISA Pension Suit
• Supreme Court Won't Hear Lehman Employees' ERISA Suit
• Ballplayers Want Arguments Over MLB Antitrust Exemption
• Iowa Union Sues To Block Collective Bargaining Law
• High Court Rejects Plane Parts FCA Revival
• H-1B Employer Needn't Pay Further Wages, Airfare, Says DOL
• Man's Discrimination Suit Against High Voltage Fizzles
• High Court Denies Cert. In Newspaper Union Practice Case
• Cole Schotz Forms Restaurant And Hospitality Group
• Comcast Sheds Disparate Impact Claim In Race Bias Row
• Grant Prideco Employee Wins Jury Award In Sex Bias Case
• Justices Revive FCA Suit Against Wells Fargo, Citing Escobar
• 2-For-1 Executive Order Leaves OMB To Work Out Details
• High Court Passes On Ex-Grant Thornton Atty's ERISA Fight
• Texas' Secret Weapon To Keep Ex-Employees Honest
• O'Bannon Attys Tell 9th Circ. NCAA Must Pay $42M Fee Award
• DOL Notches Win Against Insurer's Fiduciary Rule Challenge
• Ill. High Court Lets Railroad Employer Dodge Injury Suit
• 6 Acosta NLRB Opinions Employers Need To See
• Ex-HD Supply Managers Sue In Chancery Over Stock Awards
• Kuwaiti Cos. Can't Exit FCA Suit Over Service Process
• Plaintiff's Lawyer Fights Reed Smith Atty's Sanctions Bid
• Ex-Workers Want Info From T-Mobile Retailer In Wage Suit
• EEOC Says Conciliation Info From Dollar General Must Go
• Wynn Las Vegas Dodges Stagehands' Claims It Didn't Bargain
• Court Nixes Construction Worker's Restaurant Injury Benefits
• Feds Owe Employees Who Worked Through Shutdown: Court
• Jury Awards Family $4M In Trucking Crash Suit
• Academy Of Art Nears $3M Wage Deal With Instructors
• NHL's CTE Stubbornness Isn't A Good Look Or Legal Defense
• Applebee's Franchisee Tries Again To Escape Arbitration Suit
• NY AG, Regulator Spar Over Cuomo's Banking Fraud Plan
• ATopTech Fires Back At Objections Over Sale, Bonus Plans
• Pa. Judicial Employees Can't Invoke Whistleblower Law
• FCA Decision Tracker: Continued Interpretations Of Escobar
• Seyfarth Nabs Labor, Employment Atty From Littler Mendelson
• UVA Administrator Says School Paid Her Less Than Men
• DC Circ. Upholds KBR Win In Whistleblower FCA Suit
• Responding To A Politician's Social Media Attack
• Texas Justices Won't Disturb Exxon's $4M Blast Coverage Win
• Securing An Ex Parte Seizure Remedy Under DTSA
• Trucking Firm Should Pay In Tragic Crash, Fla. Jury Hears
• Nursing Home Operators Face Over $115M For Medicare Fraud
• Smoother Road To Confirmation Seen For New DOL Chief Pick
• Ill. Village Asks 7th Circ. To OK 'Right-to-Work' Rule
• Ill. Must Keep Paying Workers In Budget Impasse, Judge Says
• Workers' Nonoccupational Meso Claims Barred, 7th Circ. Told
• Dollar General Broke Law By Not Paying OT, Ex-Worker Says
• Calif. Judge Calls Law On Actors' Ages A Free Speech Threat
• Calif. Restaurant Chain Dodges WARN Act Suit Over Layoffs
• 1 Jailed, 2 Get Probation In Hacking-For-Spam Case
• NYU Asks Judge To Toss ERISA Suits Over Retirement Plan
• Calif. High Court Tosses Contractors' Prevailing Wage Fight
• Ex-Exec Fired For Email Snooping Wants 11th Circ. Rehearing
• NHL Says Players Can't Strike Articles Questioning CTE Link
• Wash. High Court Rebuffs Florist's Same-Sex Objections
• NFL Blasts Ex-Players' Try For More Time In Painkiller Suit
• Ex-Calif. Bar Aide Can't Arbitrate Whistleblower Firing Suit
• 2 Dems Offer Trump Road Map To Revamp NAFTA
• Ex-Fire Marshal's Contract Suit Against Pa. Township Revived
• Hawaii Tour Cos. Accused Over Exec's Sexual Harassment
• Gorsuch Nomination Hearings To Kick Off In March
• NYC Lawyer Evaluation Scale Makes 2nd Circ. Judge 'Queasy'
• SC Boeing Workers Resoundingly Reject Unionization
• NYMEX, CFTC Spar In Suit Over Leaked Trade Info
• Trump Picks Former US Attorney Acosta To Lead DOL
• Relearning The Lessons Of Korematsu's Case
• What A Justice Gorsuch Might Portend For FCA Enforcement
• How A General Counsel Should Think About AI: Part 2
• New Legal Challenges To Public Union Agency Fees
• Rauner Asks For Pension Reform, Power To Cut Ill. Budget
• $4.3M NBC Production Assistant OT Deal Gets Initial OK
• Reporter's Atty Hints Fox News Under Federal Investigation
• Boston Theater May Not Be Sole Employer, Miscimarra Says
• Yoga Studio $1.65M Wage Class Settlement Gets Initial OK
• Nissan Dealership Sales Reps Seek Cert. In FLSA Suit
• Ex-BNY Mellon Staffer Bilked $7M From Bank, Feds Say
• $6M Deal In Farm Wages Class Action Gets Preliminary OK
• Texas Surgical Centers Can't Ditch Cigna's $8M ERISA Suit
• Law Firm's $4M Deal For Dr. Is Good Enough, 2nd Circ. Says
• Texans Say Ex-NFLer's Turf Injury Suit First Of Its Kind
• House Republicans Announce Their Own ACA Replacement
• American Airlines Pilot Pension Settlement Gets Final OK
• First American Says Retrial Of Poaching Case Meritless
• GOP Votes To Repeal DOL Rules On State Retirement Plans
• House OKs Measure To Widen Drug Testing For Unemployed
• Union Activity Not Why 2 Sprinkler Fitters Were Fired: NLRB
• NFL Player Says WilmerHale Atty Failed To Disclose Conflict
• Trustee Objects To ATopTech Ch. 11 Incentive Bonuses
• NJ Justices To Review Time Limits In Defamation Claim
• Ky. County Tells 6th Circ. Not To Rethink RTW Ruling Appeal
• Southwest Says Mechanics Union Plotting Illegal OT Boycotts
• My Strangest Day In Court: When My Expert Had A Meltdown
• Uber EATS Couriers Blast Bid To Arbitrate Classification Suit
• EEOC Slows Rule On Affirmative Action Rule For Disabled
• Blackwater Fights To Keep Out Testimony In FCA Suit
• Ex-Akin Gump Atty Will Get Counsel In $17.6M Suit
• Puzder Out Of Running For Labor Secretary
• Ex-SocGen Employee Loses Bid To Vacate Arbitration Award
• NJ Ordered To Defend Atlantic City Layoffs, Contract Changes
• Ex-USC Athlete Objects To $209M Deal In Grant-In-Aid MDL
• Panera Employees Tell 8th Circ. Buyout Caps Were Unjust
• How A General Counsel Should Think About AI: Part 1
• Game Clock Running Down, NLRB GC Turns To The Crowd
• Ill. Gov. Sues To Block Employee Pay Cutoff Motion
• Lawmakers Want Probe Into Alleged EPA Secret Messages
• Ex-ESPN Commentator Fired For Venus Williams Remark Sues
• Dallas Police, Firefighters Urge End To Delays In Pay Row
• Truckers Fight Schneider's Bid To Trim Wage Class Claims
• Statoil Says Former Exec Stole Fracking Tech To Form Rival
• NC Gov. Floats New Plan For Bathroom Bill Repeal
• Oracle Hit With $150M Suit Over Retroactive Commission Cuts
• Doral Financial Trustee Seeks To Cap Ex-Exec's $12M Claim
• State Dept. Contractor Beats Whistleblower Retaliation Suit
• Major FCA Sampling Feud Gets Squelched At 4th Circ.
• LGBT Groups Urge Trump To Keep Trans Student Policies
• Ex-Blank Rome Attorney Stuck With $400K Fight Against Firm
• 2nd Circ. Won't Rehear ERISA Suit Over Madoff Profits
• Ex-Health Exec Blasts Tribe's Dismissal Bid In FCA Suit
• BAE Ship Workers Get Early OK Of $2.9M Deal In Wage Suit
• Chesapeake, Ex-CEO's Estate End Trade Secrets Spat
• Review Of NLRB Precedents In Order, House Panel Hears
• UFC Can't Shield Docs In MMA Fighters' Monopoly Suit
• Fired Trans Worker Deserves Protection, EEOC Tells 6th Circ.
• NFL Concussion Attys Seek $112.5M In Fees, Costs
• Trump Blasts Media Co.'s Bid To Unseal 1998 Labor Deal
• Doctors, Int'l Science Org Back OSHA In Silica Rule Fight
• Humana Urges Court To Deny Cert. To Home Aides In OT Suit
• Warren Asks About Lobbyists' Sway On Trump Bank Orders
• UPS Faces FCRA Suit Over Employment Background Checks
• Gorsuch May Further Tip Balance Against Deference To EPA
• Disciplining General Strikers May Cause Employer Problems
• Some Indian Health Jobs Exempt From Hiring Freeze: HHS
• Saving Lawyers 1 Less Drink At A Time
• Ohio Man Fights Personal Tax Liability For Employer's Buys
• Ex-Baker Worker Takes Retaliation Dispute Back To 7th Circ.
• Female Forklift Driver Tells Jurors Of Alleged Discrimination
• Judge Changes Course, Tosses OT Claim Against US Airways
• US Pulls Challenge Of Trans Bathroom Injunction Scope
• After Denial, Ex-Massey CEO Wants Full 4th Circ. Rehearing
• Ex-Soap Opera Star, Sony Settle Retaliation Suit
• EEOC Cites High Court's Pierce Ruling In McLane Case
• Comcast, Transgender Ex-Employee Agree To Drop Bias Suit
• Union Policy Could Obstruct Member Resignations: NLRB
• DC Circ. Panel Won't Rehear Decision In DirecTV Firing Row
• U of Chicago Wins Suit Over Hostile Work Environment
• Pa. Panel Axes Employer's Slice Of Coverall Defect Deal
• LAX Workers Slap American Airlines With Wage Action
• Puzder Must Answer For CKE's Labor Faults, Warren Says
• Wawa Worker Enters Sanctions Bid In 'Speak English' Suit
• McDonald Hopkins Fights DQ Bid In Trade Secrets Suit
• Raytheon Ducks 'Incomprehensible' $1B Satellite FCA Suit
• Plan Sponsors, Approach Target-Date Funds With Caution
• Say-On-Frequency Considerations For 2017
• In Congress: CRA Disapprovals, Sub-Cabinet, Mnuchin
• Lawyers Cannot Stay Silent While Trump Belittles The Courts
• Goodyear To Pay $1.75M In Wake Of Va. Tire Plant Deaths
• 7th Circ. Warns Ex-Post Office Worker Against Suing Again
• 6th Circ. Says Broad Gripes Don't Equal Bargaining Requests
• Steelworkers, Century Aluminum Settle Benefits Case
• House GOP Taking Aim At SEC Whistleblower Program
• EEOC Settles Suit Over HIV-Positive Health Worker's Firing
• Atlantic City Fire Union Wins Remand In Suit Against NJ
• Union Pacific West Nile Bite Appeal Taken To High Court
• Insurer Can Sue For Injured Worker, Pa. Panel Says
• CKE Bias Trial On Hold Until After Puzder Confirmation Vote
• 3rd Circ. Backs Infosys In Rival's Noncompete Row
• NJ Slaps Hilton Hotel With Gender Pay Suit
• Penn State Says Bias Caused $7.3M Sandusky Witness Verdict
• 5th Circ. Dismisses Trans Prof's Bathroom Rule Appeal
• Feds Ask Justices To Pass On Park Worker Whistleblower Suit
• Marketing Basics For Solo Practitioners And Small Law Firms
• Citigroup 'Boys' Club' Bias Suit Looks Bound For Arbitration
• The Latest On Managing Workplace Mental Health Issues
• Trump's Immigration Orders: A Pillar For Future Policy?
• Senate Confirms Price For HHS Secretary
• Calif. Franchise Group Gets OK For $2.5M Wage Deal
• PwC Says Job Applicants Can't Sue For Age Discrimination
• Trump Faces Longer Odds To Ax Fiduciary Rule After DOL Win
• Clothing Giant PVH's Neckwear Unit Ties Up OT Deal
• Pa. Appeals Court Axes Home-Care Worker Info Release Order
• Gentleman's Club, Dancers Ink $6.5M Wage-And-Hour Deal
• 6th Circ. Panel Reverses Part Of Union Contribution Row Ruling
• Calif. Appeals Court Finds Wayans' Conduct Protected Speech
• GCs May Increasingly Blow The Whistle After Bio-Rad Verdict
• CVS Says Discovery Must End In Calif. Seating Class Action
• SEIU Can Use Political Wage Deduction Opt-Out, Judge Says
• Campus Cops Get New Shot At Bookstore Theft Cover-Up Suit
• Judge Denies Bid To Delay Trial In Blackwater FCA Suit
• Law Profs, Students Urge 'No' Vote On Puzder For Labor
• New Bill Would Spare Indian Health From Fed Hiring Freeze
• Big 5 Manager Had To Quit After Gun Sale, Suit Says
• Oregon Looks To Make It Illegal To Ban Pot Outside Work
• NFL Players' Opioid Suit's RICO Claims Are Sacked
• NJ, Atlantic City Fire Union Battle Over Case Jurisdiction
• Insurance Agency Settles $7M Trade Secrets Row Before Trial
• Schumer, Murray Say Puzder Nomination Should Be Pulled
• 7th Circ. Says Fiat Not Responsible For Racial Harassment
• Mead Johnson Hit With Whistleblower Suit Over Baby Formula
• LBI Sued By Sports Anchor Alleging Age Discrimination
• New EEOC Chair Says Major Changes Not In Store
• Sleepy Spy's Suit A Nightmare For Nat'l Security: 4th Circ.
• Santander Workers Urge Judge To Revisit Arbitration Order
• Oracle, Ex-Finance Manager Reach Deal On Retaliation Suit
• EEOC Civility Training Pitch Could Leave Employers In A Bind
• Dump Truck Co.'s Post-Union Election Closure Ruled Illegal
• Chicago Faces Class Action Over Minority Contract Terms
• Disney Renews Bid To Toss Ex-Park Workers' Race Bias Suit
• 4th Circ. Panel Affirms County Atty's Right To Fire Asst. Atty
• Hype Surrounds Trump's Financial Regulation Orders
• Post-Spokeo Issues Emerge In The 5th Circ.
• Final Face-Off For The Future Of Employment Class Waivers
• Law Firm Margin Improvement: The Long Game
• Bizarre Bid To Sell FCA Suit Shows Value Of Secrecy
• VR Ex-Exec Says His Inside Info Hasn't Hurt Former Co.
• BigLaw's Latest Bad Boy Made Name As FCA Prosecutor
• Trump HHS Nominee Moves Toward Final Senate Vote
• Rebuffed Whistleblower Objects To Deal Ending Bribery Suit
• NY Post Sports Columnist Sues For Firing Over Trump Tweet
• Sony Sued By The Three Degrees Over Unpaid Royalties
• Ex-UC Riverside Atty Wins $2.5M Retaliation Verdict
• Blank Rome Adds Benefits Team From Pepper Hamilton
• EPA Says Coal Jobs Appeal Needs To Be Decided Quickly
• NJ College Improperly Fired Prof Without Notice, Panel Says
• High Court Pushes Class Waiver Battle To Next Term
• Union Seeks To Arbitrate Flying Food Worker Discipline Fight
• Feds Want NYC Ed Dept. To Root Out Racist Terms In Bias Suit
• Blackwater Whistleblowers Attack Bid To Delay Trial
• Okla. Eatery Can't Dodge $2.1M FLSA Penalty: 10th Circ.
• Facebook Expands Bereavement Leave For Employees
• Chicago Urges 7th Circ. To Dump Cops' BlackBerry Use Suit
• DOL Beats Latest Challenge To Fiduciary Rule
• Ex-NFLers, Judge Push Independence In Concussion Claims
• CKE Restaurants Hit With Antitrust Class Action
• Time Warner Says Bias Class Action Too Vague For Court
• Warren Says Industry Supports, Is Ready For Fiduciary Rule
• Facebook Posts Critical Of Union Are Protected, NLRB Says
• Texas Roadhouse Ageism Case Gets Post-Mistrial Mediator
• Akin Gump Atty Charged With Trying To Sell Sealed FCA Suit
• A Politically Feasible Approach To H-1B Reform
• Groups Sue To Block Trump's 2-For-1 Regulatory Order
• Whistleblower Protections: What To Expect In The Trump Era
• 2017 Check-Up: Is Your Law Firm Positioned For Success?
• Calif. High Court Mulls Nordstrom's Rest Day Policy
• Calif. Bar Fired Exec Over 'Petty' Politics, Arbitrator Told
• Friedrichs Challengers Back New Suit Over Union Fees
• Ill. Supreme Court Suggests Legislative Overreach
• Exxon Tells Texas Justices It's Not Liable For Drug Testing
• Female Sandia Employees Hit Lab With Gender Bias Suit
• How To Keep Politics From Fracturing The Workplace
• Ex-Union Local Official Gets 4 Years For $1.7M Theft
• Cozen Launches Group To Help Institutions Tackle Misconduct
• Judge Won't End Chubb's Trade Secret Suit Against Rival
• RadioShack Trustee Fights Wage Suit, Creditor Payments
• Dems Reintroduce Paid Family, Medical Leave Bill
• Casino Surveillance Techs Not Guards, NLRB Tells DC Circ.
• NuScience Fails To Show Atty. Malice In Trade Secrets Row
• 3rd Circ. Upholds ADP Noncompete Policy, Citing Stock Award
• Fired Worker Can't Join EEOC Trans Bias Suit, 6th Circ. Told
• Truckers Win Cert. In Wage Suit Against Schneider Carriers
• Trump Labor Pick Hired Undocumented Help, Reports Say
• Bell Nunnally Adds Employment Partner From Andrews Kurth
• Lawyer's Bid To Exit Restaurant Row Fails As Sanctions Loom
• Shoddy Confidentiality Rule Led To Firing, 2nd Circ. Hears
• Sens. Ask CFTC To Account For IT, Whistleblower Lapses
• Rail Co. Not Covered For $1.5M Injury Award, 8th Circ. Says
• NLRB Judge Finds No Unfair Firing Over EMT's Gun Threat
• Boston U. CTE Center Says Research Requests Violate Privacy
• The Missing Key To 3rd-Party Litigation Funding
• OFCCP Continues To Crack Down On Pay Discrimination
• Employer Guidance As Courts Consider Trump's Travel Ban
• Late Changes To Fiduciary Rule Memo Sow Confusion
• Jury Awards Bio-Rad's Ex-GC $8M For Retaliatory Firing
• Trial Nixed Following Settlement In Mexican Farm Worker Case
• Missouri 28th State To Enact Right-To-Work Law
• LA Hospital Looks To Trim FCA Suit Before April Trial
• Bankrupt Louisiana Heart Hospital Faces WARN Suit
• Relator Who Dropped L-3 FCA Case Denied Cut Of Settlement
• NLRB Asks DC Circ. To Affirm Back Pay Revamp
• 7th Circ. Considers Limits Of EEOC's Investigative Power
• DC Circ. Kicks Union Bargaining Unit Ruling Back To NLRB
• Penske, Drivers Get Early OK On Deal In Calif. Break Spat
• Piwowar Orders SEC To Reconsider Pay Ratio Rules
• Arnold & Itkin Survive DQ Bid In Sunken Ship Case
• Ex-Grant Thornton Atty Warns High Court Of ERISA Fallout
• Costco Workers Seek Rehearing In 9th Circ. Decertification
• Trans Prof Slams Bid To Toss Her From Bathroom Rule Row
• Time Bar On NC Discharge Claims Not Retroactive: Judge
• OSHA Wins Partial Toss Of Business Org's Union Access Suit
• Judge Keeps, But Trims, Labor Suit Against Halliburton
• 4 Gorsuch Employment Cases Lawyers Need To See
• Wawa Says It Rightly Fired Worker In 'Speak English' Case
• $2M Award Cut, Jury Trial Ordered In NJ Whistleblower Suit
• Calif. Grocery Class Waiver Is Illegal, NLRB Judge Rules
• Juvenile Center Guard's Random Drug Test Legal: 10th Circ.
• Office Supplier Not Covered In Trade Secrets Row, Judge Says
• Blackwater Successor Wants Trial Delayed For 4th Circ. Ruling
• 2 Men Enter, 1 Man Leaves In KBR Kickback Case
• NCAA, Conferences Reach $209M Deal In Grant-In-Aid MDL
• Ex-Banker Urges High Court To Review Whistleblower Status
• A Closer Look At Gorsuch's Labor Opinions
• Missing Pension Plan Participants: Gone But Not Forgotten
• In Congress: Cabinet Approvals, Disapproval Resolutions
• Tuesday Morning's $750K Wage Deal Too Much Of A Bargain
• 9th Circ. Sends CH Robinson Employee's Suit to Arbitration
• 7th Circ. Vacates NLRB Decision Against Chicago College
• With New Prez, Hotels Hope For Browning-Ferris Reversal
• Ex-ServiceMesh CEO Seeks Defense Costs In Gov't Probes
• 9th Circ. Revives Bias Suit Over Store's Cake-Theft Firing
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