Employment Archive » December, 2017

Employment - December, 2017

326 articles

• What Employers Must Know About NLRB's New Policy Memo
• NLRB Says Picket Illegally Blocked Waikiki Hotel Driveway
• DC Circ. Sends Browning Ferris Case Back To NLRB
• DC Circ. Tells DOL To Revisit Part Of Silica Rule
• Trump Taps Kaplan As Interim NLRB Chief
• 5 Most-Read Legal Industry Articles Of 2017
• Limitations Statute Swap Revives Ill. Atty's Vacation Pay Suit
• Jury Gives Ex-UBS Analyst Nearly $1M In Whistleblower Row
• Health Care Exec Can't Pursue Gay Discrimination Suit
• NLRB Erases Obama-Era Precedent As 2017 Draws To A Close
• Fox Rothschild Adds Immigration Law Duo In Pittsburgh
• Jury Finds IT Co. Misclassified Workers As OT Exempt
• Disney Orlando Workers Reject Union Deal
• Trump Commutes Fraud Sentence Of Agriprocessor Ex-CEO
• CORRECTION: Jury Says Novantas, Execs Owe No Damages In Trade Secrets Dispute
• Freeborn & Peters Adds 2 Lawyers To Employment Practice
• Second Judge Halts Trump's ACA Birth Control Waiver Rules
• Challenge To Public Union Fees Gets High Court Hearing Date
• Spoliation Scrutiny: Disparate Standards For Distinct Mediums
• Ex-Aramark Exec Ends Firing Suit Caused By Drinking Claims
• Valeant Gets To Arbitrate Ex-CEO's 3M Unpaid Shares Claim
• DOD Issues Guidance For Recruiting Transgender Troops
• Clerks Urge Chief Justice To Tackle Sexual Harassment
• Ex-McElroy Deutsch Partner Rejoins Bressler Amery In NJ
• Make A List, Check It Twice: Preparing For H-1B Cap Filing
• Key Trade Secret Developments Of 2017: Part 1
• Amazon, T-Mobile Accused Of Age Bias With Facebook Ads
• Producer's $10M Suit Adds To Weinstein Assault Allegations
• Puerto Rico Pension Fund To Resume Bond Interest Payments
• EEOC's Wellness Rule To Be Thrown Out At Start Of 2019
• Morgan Stanley Sues Former Adviser For Taking Client Info
• Del. Court OKs $1M Ch. 11 Deal For Key Maurice Employees
• NLRB Defends Purple Communications Email Usage Ruling
• Ex-Uber Atty Can't Delay Waymo Deposition
• NLRB Asks DC Circ. For Browning-Ferris Remand
• Trump Signs Bill To Buttress Tribal Training And Jobs
• No DQ For Attorneys In General Mills Age Bias Suit
• Medical Co. Slams Whistleblower's 'Backward' Appeal Bid
• Ford, Union Beat Ind. Worker's Discrimination Claims
• Lockheed, Northrop Shed F-35 FCA Case At 5th Circ.
• NFL Concussion Suit Fee Expert Must Be Deposed, Court Told
• Food App DoorDash Faces Drivers' Class Action Suit
• GEO Sued Over Forced Labor In Immigrant Detention Facility
• Workplace Best Practices For Using AI And Robots
• Hearing The Need For More Women's Voices In The Courtroom
• What Was The EEOC Up To This Year? Takeaways From 2017
• Health Center Can't Duck Harassment Verdict At 2nd Circ.
• 9th Circ. OKs Beauty School Escape From Student Wage Suit
• VW, NLRB Say Specialty Healthcare Reversal Moots Appeal
• Microsoft Ends Forced Arbitration Of Sex Harassment Claims
• Charney May Owe Standard General $19.5M, Judge Says
• Wells Fargo To Pay $13M To Workers In Calif. Wage Row
• M&G Seeks OK For $850K In Ch. 11 Employee Bonuses
• Welders' $100K Pay Not Necessarily OT Exempt: 6th Circ.
• The Top 5 Employment Cases Of 2017
• Zurich Doesn't Owe On Sexual Harassment Payouts: Judge
• Physician Groups Pay $33M To End DOJ Kickback Claims
• An Alternative Approach To NBA's 'One-And-Done' Rule
• Understanding The Tax Bill's Impact On Businesses
• Burger King Franchisee Hit With Child Labor Fine In Mass.
• My Strangest Day In Court
• Martha's Vineyard Golf Club Blasts OT Class' Cert. Bid
• Hernandez CTE Suit A Matter Of Federal Labor Law, NFL Says
• A Closer Look At 2 Pro-Business Reversals At The NLRB
• Walmart Worker Nabs $1M In Fees, Counsel Sanctioned
• Grant & Eisenhofer Fee Fight Halts $73M Celgene FCA Payout
• 'Airplane!' Director, Sinclair Hit With Sex Harassment Suit
• Ex-NLRB Legal Chief Griffin Joins Bredhoff & Kaiser
• Fla. Sales Workers Accuse Telecom Co. Of Not Paying OT
• The Biggest Pennsylvania Policy Developments Of 2017
• Lockheed Scores Redo Of $50M Age Discrimination Verdict
• Urban Outfitters Must Face Harassment Claims, Judge Says
• Chrysler Can't Force Workers To Arbitrate Age Bias Claims
• Ex-Uber Atty Slams Subpoena In Waymo Trade Secrets Spat
• MVP: Jones Day's Michael Gray
• Studio Not Covered For Porn Actors' HIV Suits, Judge Says
• Ex-Agent In AG Office Awarded $1.2M In Gender Bias Suit
• American Airlines Dodges Suit Over End Of New-Hire Benefit
• Smith Gambrell Enters LA With Rodi Pollock Acquisition
• OSHA Had Authority Over Sand Bag Plant, 2nd Circ. Says
• No Bias In Firing Over Christmas Eve Time Off Spat: Court
• The Biggest​ NJ​​ Policy Developments Of 2017
• Health Care Co. Faces Biometrics Suit Over Finger Scan
• Tribe Settles Worker's Claims Of Time-Shaving At Casino
• Citing Offenses In Jail, Judge Again Denies Ex-Diplomat Bail
• How 2 Devices And 1 Domain Changed My Practice In 2017
• ERISA Litigation Trends In 2017
• NJ Justices' Public Policy View Expands 3rd-Party Liability
• What To Know About NY's Proposed 'Call-In Pay' Regs
• House, Trump Admin, States Settle ACA Subsidy Battle
• Special Master Says Uber Should Have Produced Letter
• 5 Questions Raised By NLRB's Joint Employer About-Face
• Trump's ACA Birth Control Waivers Blocked By Pa. Judge
• Gibson Dunn Joins Probe Of Sex Misconduct In Calif. Senate
• NJ Justices Won't Mull 'Exotic Dancers As Employees' Ruling
• 11th Circ. Revives Ex-Detective's Discrimination Fight
• FBI Agent's Ex-Wife Won't Get 1st Circ. Redo Of Privacy Row
• Hotel Biz Says Ex-Worker Can't Sue Over Fingerprint Data
• FIFA Suspends Brazil Soccer Prez Named In Corruption Case
• Uber Driver Objectors Call $7.5M Deal 'Outrageously Low'
• Del. High Court Affirms $2M Legal Fees To Ex-Optimis CFO
• Casino, Union To Settle Unfair Labor Practice Charges
• NLRB Nixes Specialty Healthcare's 'Micro-Unit' Standard
• MGM Slashes Suit By Ex-Atty Facing Child Sex Charges
• Jimmy John's Managers Can Sue Franchisees, 7th Circ. Says
• Texas High Court Frees Doctors From Defamation Suit
• Unions, Fashion Brand Settle Bangladesh Fire Safety Accord
• NLRB Reverses On Employers' Duty To Bargain With Unions
• A Chat With Orrick COO Laura Saklad
• Alternative Fees: My Experience At Bartlit Beck
• MVP: Jones Day's Matthew Lampe
• Employers' Insurance Issues For Sexual Harassment Claims
• Doctor Certification Group Sheds Antitrust Case
• Jurors Should Have An Active Role In Trials
• DOL Fiduciary Rule — Still Very Much Alive
• Boston Herald Seeks Speedy Ch. 11 Sale To GateHouse
• Ill. Appeals Court Revives Hospital Worker's Retaliation Suit
• Crane Heyman Says Trustee Can't Pursue Malpractice Claims
• NLRB Says Wholesale Distributor Illegally Fired Workers
• Jury Sides With Fla. Car Wash Cos. In Worker's Wage Suit
• Uber Forum-Shopped For Low PAGA Deal, Drivers' Atty Says
• CVS Must Turn Over More Info In Seating Suit, Judge Says
• Louisville Athletics Says Pitino Must Repay Forfeited Funds
• Ex-Mets Player Says Japanese Contract Suit Should Stay Put
• Bankrupt Coal Co. Asks To Pay Bonuses To Retain Workers
• Anti-Vaxxer Can't Sue Hospital Over Firing, 3rd Circ. Says
• NLRB Overturns Employee Handbook Standard
• NLRB Ditches Browning-Ferris Joint Employer Test
• Del. Justices Revive $51M Bank D&O Incentive Suit
• New Player Rights Credo Covers Arbitration, Likenesses
• BofA Loan Officers Win Cert. In Suit Over Mileage Expenses
• Insurer Doesn't Owe For $2.8M Suit Against Medical Co.
• MVP: Littler Mendelson's Maury Baskin
• Why Information Governance Is More Important Than Ever
• A Review Of Massachusetts' Marijuana Industry In 2017
• Biometrics In The Workplace: Best Practices For Compliance
• Waymo-Uber IP Suit Sparked DOJ Probe, Letter Reveals
• BigLaw Is Behind The Automation Curve
• Boston Lab Again Fails To Dodge Whistleblower's FCA Suit
• 10th Circ. Won't Rehear Ex-Tribe Worker's Contract Row
• Fla. Court Limits Union From Seeking Damages For Members
• Mattress Firm Sales Employees Launch Overtime Suit
• Ga. Contractors Get 8 Years For Defrauding CDC
• Trump's Picks For OSHA, DOL Solicitor Clear Senate Panel
• No Coverage For Ex-CEO Of Pot Grower, Insurer Says
• Cancer Treatment Chain Looks To Wipe FCA Claims In Ch. 11
• Miami Beach Can't Enact New Min. Wage, Fla. Panel Says
• Judge Did Not Have Conflict In Whistleblower Case: NJ Panel
• Senate Dems Press NLRB General Counsel On Priorities
• River Cruise Co. Settles EEOC Suit Over Illegal Firings
• LinkedIn Pushes 9th Circ. To Protect User Data From Startup
• Weighing Wedding Cake Questions At The High Court
• MVP: Orrick's Lynne Hermle
• Admitting There's A Workplace Bias Problem Is Only Step 1
• How Will Hiring With AI Impact Discrimination Claims?
• 5 Employment Rules That Were Stymied In 2017
• Ex-RadioShack Employees Seek Class Cert. In Ch. 11 Case
• 9th Circ. Tackles Prior Salary Rule In Equal Pay Battle
• Dollar General's Bid For Job Data Denied In EEOC Case
• Expert Urges Contingency Fee Cap In NFL Concussion Deal
• 7th Circ. Tosses Ex-Morgan Stanley Worker's Sex Bias Suit
• Liberty Tax CEO Hit With Derivative Suit After Termination
• L'Oreal Must Face IP Atty's Suit Over Frivolous-Patent Fears
• MoFo, Boies Attys To Answer Waymo Queries In Uber IP Suit
• Verizon Legally Fired Worker With Bad Heart, Judge Says
• Spa Worker Must Arbitrate Claims Over Rape Allegation
• Pier 1 Imports' $3.5M 'Flex Shift' Deal Gets Initial OK
• NLRB Member Signals Shift On Grad Students As 'Employees'
• Professor Alleging Sandy Hook Hoax Loses Suit Over Firing
• Calif. Panel 'Mystified' By Class Expert's Nix In Wage Suit
• White House Taps Feldblum For Fresh Term At EEOC
• McCormick & Schmick's Workers Sue For Sexual Harassment
• NY Catering Hall Hit With Forced Labor, Visa Fraud Charges
• H-2B Workers Strike Deal In Wage Row At 4th Circ.
• DOL Extends Comment Deadline On Tip Pool Rollback
• Gov't Asks DC Circ. To Let Trans Military Ban Take Effect
• NLRB Seeks Public Input On Merits Of Union Election Rule
• 3rd Circ. Urged To Revive SEPTA Background Check Suit
• MVP: Seyfarth's Jon Meer
• My Supreme Court Debut: No Room For Nervousness
• Judging A Book: Cooke Reviews 'Constance Baker Motley'
• Can Company Counsel Be At Gov't Interviews Of Employees?
• Calif. '7th Workday' Rule Poses Unexpected OT Consequences
• Keeping Your Law Library Relevant In The Age Of Google
• 6 Things You Need To Know About Millennial Jurors
• Has Litigation Finance Shed Its Stigma?
• Why Investors Are Taking The Leap To 3rd-Party Funding
• What Your Colleagues Think Of Litigation Finance
• Boston City Officials Secure Delay Of Extortion Trial
• NLRB Partial Settlements Shift Is Trump Board's 1st Reversal
• Futility Issue Frustrates Apple Investor Suit, Calif. Panel Says
• Ill. Appeals Court Upends $5M Construction-Injury Deal
• American, Union Win Toss Of Ex-TWA Pilots' Seniority Suit
• Pa. Referees File Class Claims Over Contractor Status
• NJ Justices Nix Worker's Contract Barring 3rd-Party Suits
• 4 Tips For Making Employees Behave At Holiday Parties
• States, AFL-CIO Back Seattle's Uber Union Law In 9th Circ.
• Justices Leave PAGA No-Arbitration Rule Intact In Calif.
• DOD To Accept Trans Troops After Court Refuses To Budge
• Justices Won't Review Admissibility Of I-9 Forms In Removals
• Salary Adjustments To Address Pay Inequity: A Primer
• High Court Won't Decide If Title VII Bars Anti-Gay Bias
• The Law Firms Of The 2017 MVPs
• Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attorneys From 78 Firms
• Cancer Center In Ch. 11 To Shell Out $26M In FCA Deal
• FTC Wants In On Oral Args Over Seattle's Uber Union Law
• DC Circ. Doesn't Think Treasury Must Provide Privileged Docs
• Waymo, Uber Won't Agree to Back Special Master's Findings
• DC Metro's $6.5M Discrimination Deal Scores Early OK
• Prudential Denied Quick Win In Beneficiaries' ERISA Suit
• Trustee Balks At Sporting Goods Co.'s Ch. 11 Bonus Plan
• Harrah's Can't Use Tribe's Immunity, Ex-Casino Worker Says
• Calif. Justices Urged To Undo Cup Maker's Win In OT Fight
• Hearst Interns Not Employees, 2nd Circ. Rules
• Strip Club Stonewalling Wage Suit, Dancer Says
• 3 Compliance Obligations You May Not Know You Have
• Proposed Calif. Anti-Discrimination Regs Cast A Wide Net
• Following The IRS Guideline On Missing Plan Participants
• Target Date Funds: Economic, Regulatory And Legal Trends
• Statoil's Claims Against Ex-Exec Headed For Arbitration
• Fujitsu Agrees To $14M Deal Over Excessive Investment Fees
• 'Bada Bing' Gets Bada Busted In NJ Liquor License Fight
• Justices See An Out In Masterpiece Case. Will They Use It?
• Fed. Court Has Jurisdiction In NYT Severance Row With Union
• High Court Asked To Review Rail Stock-Options Tax Case
• Laborers Slap Industrial, Marine Contracting Cos. With OT Suit
• Heller Ehrman's BigLaw Fee Fight Hits Calif. High Court
• Third Federal Judge Exits Tribe's Dispute With Ex-Worker
• Catholic-Dignity Merger To Forge Nonprofit Health Giant
• 4th Circ. Revives Ex-SEC Atty's Whistleblower Firing Suit
• Trump Asks For Stay On Allowing Transgender Troops
• Engineering Co. Can't Sink Water Workers' Defamation Suit
• Pa. Auditor General Rips Philly Parking Authority Board
• Lab CEO Can't Be Named In FCA Retaliation Suit, Court Says
• 4 Tech Workers Accused Of Stealing Chip Plans For Startup
• 9th Circ. Revives Cinemark Workers' Wage Suit
• Feds Side With Union Fee Challengers In High Court
• Larger Rosters Would Protect NFL Players' Health
• Chevron Unit Sheds Overseas Plant Injury Suit In Texas
• Immigration Compliance For Employers: Lessons From 2017
• 'Tis The Season To Be Mindful Of Workplace Accommodations
• EEOC Blew Class Claims In Sex Bias Suit, Seafood Co. Says
• 9th Circ. Grapples With Escobar Test For FCA Liability
• Most Senate Dems Demand HHS Pull Birth Control Exemption
• Mandated Mental Health Exams Were Valid, 7th Circ. Says
• NLRB Memo On Athlete Employment A 'Nullity,' NCAA Says
• Ex-NFLers Can't Stop Changes To Concussion Claims Process
• San Jose Firefighters Lose Class Cert. In OT Suit
• Federal Workers Shorted By W.Va. Tax Law, High Court Told
• A Look Back At Key 2017 Sports Cases — And What's Ahead
• Baker Hughes Strikes Deal In Workers' OT Suit
• Airline Agrees To $1.9M Deal In Flight Attendant Wage Row
• New Bill Would Carve Sex Harassment From Arbitration Pacts
• Morgan Lewis Says Ex-Client Suing For $30M Waived Conflicts
• A Closer Look At Disaster Relief Guidance For Health Plans
• Immigrant Urges High Court Not To Hear Case Against Atty
• 5 Reasons Your Sexual Harassment Training Isn't Working
• Boeing Owes $11M Attys' Fees In Contract Dispute
• Talbots' $2.95M Wage Settlement Nears Approval
• 11th Circ. Won't Review 'Mutability' In Dreadlocks Bias Case
• Cook County Stopped From Pink-Slipping Court Staff
• Mass. City Not Biased Against Muslim Teacher, 1st Circ. Says
• Jury Clears Student Lender In $350M FCA Suit
• 5th Circ. Restores Worker's Jury Win In Retaliation Suit
• Overseas Tipster Nets $4.1M SEC Whistleblower Award
• Sen. Presses VA On Alleged Whistleblower Retaliation
• Broadway Producers Accuse Casting Cos. Of Cartel
• Ex-Shire Employees Seek To Duck Trade Secrets Complaint
• Morgan Lewis May Face DQ Over 'Sticky' Conflict In Wage Suit
• Boss' Actions 'Vile' Enough For $1.3M Award: Calif. Court
• OSHA Nominee Backs Criminal Penalties During Hearing
• Fugitive $550M Social Security Fraudster Returned To US
• Merck Aims To Sink Cert In $250M Sex Bias Class Action
• Swing Vote Kennedy Conflicted In Masterpiece Cakeshop Case
• Is A Shift In DOJ Qui Tam Intervention Policy Coming?
• Navigating Whistleblower Protections Across The Atlantic
• Toys R Us Defends Updated $21M Exec Bonus Proposals
• Fox Rothschild, Duane Morris Partners Tapped For NJ Bench
• Medical Group's Rehiring Ban Is Illegal, 9th Circ. Told
• Hernandez's Team Slams NFL's Time-Out Bid In CTE Suit
• NY Solar Co. Hits Bankruptcy After Abrupt Layoffs
• NY Officials Announce Construction Wage Theft Crackdown
• NLRB's New GC Puts Out List Of Policies To Be Reviewed
• High Court Won't Hear Texas Case Testing Obergefell Limits
• Judge With Alzheimer's Who Let Clerk Hear Cases Pushed Out
• Fla. Compounding Pharmacy Can't Escape Tricare FCA Suit
• UF Blocked Law Professor's Sabbatical Pay, Jury Told
• Waymo Jury Could Hear Uber 'Hid The Ball' In Discovery
• Prosecutor Accuses Texas County Of Racial Discrimination
• O'Reilly, Fox Sued For Improperly Disparaging Accuser
• Boston Officials Deny Tweaked Charges Ahead Of Trial
• 5th Circ. Won't Rehear Intervention Bid In Walmart Bias Case
• High Court's Cert Denials Include Same-Sex Benefits Case
• Seattle Insists Uber Union Law Immune From Antitrust Row
• Restaurant Group Workers Get $4M FLSA Settlement
• 3rd Circ. Upholds Maersk Win In Maritime Wages Row
• Schlumberger Agrees To Pay $1.35M To End Wage Suit
• Ex-Statoil Exec's Wife Wants Out Of Trade Secrets Suit
• Top 10 Whistleblowing And Retaliation Events Of 2017
• 5 Things US Cos. Should Know About Labor Reform In France
• Ex-Pharma Staffing Exec Wants Out Of Noncompete Suit
• Supreme Court Won't Review Minor Leaguers' Antitrust Suit
• Trump's Contraception Rules Suffer From Fatal Legal Flaws
• DOL Proposes Rolling Back Obama-Era 'Tip Pool' Rule
• Former Ill. Clerk Says She Was Fired For Reporting Tampering
• Attys Needn't Be DQ'd In General Mills Age Bias Row: Judge
• Texas Justices Won't Hear Houston Doc's Free Speech Row
• Sprint Hit With Sexual Harassment Suit By Ex-Employee
• Latham & Watkins Sues Site Scamming Would-Be Employees
• Chief Cook County Judge Sues To Stop Court Layoffs
• Ex-Fashion Co. Employee Gets Win On Contract Breach Claim
• 9th Circ. Says Gov't Still Party To Closed Lawsuit In FCA Row
• Noncompete Roundup: Developments You Might Have Missed
• Media Co. Hit With Suit Over Scanning Workers' Fingerprints
• Google Nears Win In Gender Pay Row, But Fight To Continue
• Bankrupt Construction Co. Fights To Preserve $26M Contract
• Ogletree Botched Analyst's Green Card Case, Suit Claims
• How Obergefell Could Hurt Gay Couple In Cakeshop Case
• Fla. Doctor Settles Medicare Billing Fraud Case For $1.95M
• Texas AG Says Fired Child Support Worker Not Owed $1.3M
• Lyft, Jobcase Told To Mediate Consumers' Spam-Text Claims
• Ill. Agency's Win In Pay Discrimination Suit Backed At 7th Circ.
• Union Rep Embezzled To Feed Opioid Addiction, Atty Says
• Trump's 'Buy American' Order Already Packs A Punch
• The Derivative Risks Of Sexual Misconduct Allegations
• 6 New Calif. Employment Laws To Know In 2018