Employment Archive » April, 2021

Employment - April, 2021

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• Employment Authority: A Guide To Biden's First 100 Days
• PE Firms Want Out Of Pot RICO Suit Against Harvest, Verano
• Pa. High Court Points Way To Valid Employer No-Poach Deals
• Ex-Security Guard Says Union Past Doesn't Affect BIPA Suit
• 4th Circ. Nixes Nuclear Engineer's Gov't Whistleblower Suit
• Judge Says Ex-Worker Got Source Code Deleted In $10M Row
• BIPA Suit Preempted By Workers' Comp Law, Ill. Justices Told
• 3rd Circ. Preview: Workplace Suits Spotlight May Lineup
• Correctional Officers Seek Hazard Pay For COVID In Pa. Prison
• TV Anchor Says She Was Fired For Making COVID Complaints
• UPS Gets Ex-Worker's COVID-19 Risk Suit Dismissed
• NHL Drops Proskauer After Judge's Rebuke In Retaliation Suit
• Texas Justices Say Injured Man Was Employee, Not Contractor
• ADT Must Face Ex-VP's Whistleblower Suit In NJ
• 'Trainees' Seek Cert. In FLSA Suit Against Pa. Freight Broker
• Constangy Adds Chicago Office With Employment Litigator
• Ex-Pats Coach, Foundation Reach Deal In Pay Dispute
• Low-Wage States To Feel Pinch Of Contractor Wage Increase
• New Hollywood Inclusion Rider Seeks To Increase Diversity
• 3 Unanswered Questions On The Employee Retention Credit
• Sen. Wyden's Bill Seeks Matching Of Student Loan Payments
• Fla. Pushes Back Name, Image Law Date In Anti-Trans Bill
• Staffing Platform ShiftPixy Files 4 SPACs Exceeding $1B
• Texas Panel Says Drug Testing Co. Owes Duty To Fired Worker
• Justices Should Clarify Securities Fraud Loss Causation
• 1st Circ. Told Bostock Misread In Whole Foods BLM Bias Case
• Uber Drivers Slam Bid To Lean On Prop 22 In Calif. Wage Suit
• UPS Fights Ex-Employee's Calif. Suit Over COVID-19 Risk
• Trucking Industry Braces After 9th Circ. Preemption Loss
• Ga. Nurse Says Employer Fired Her Over COVID-19 Leave
• Pa. Justices Bar No-Hire Clauses Between Businesses
• 11th Circ. Affirms Tossing Of Defamation Suit Against Fla. Bar
• How Gov't FCPA Hiring Practices Theory May Pan Out In Court
• MLB Ump Says Small Minority Pool Can't Nix Race Bias Suit
• Biden Looks Beyond BigLaw For Court Openings In NJ, Wash.
• Biden Speech Pitches Investments To 'Win 21st Century'
• Former Brooklyn Carpenters Union Leader Convicted Of Fraud
• Paid Family Leave In $1.8T Biden Plan No Sure Thing
• Home Care Nurses Win Class Cert. In Unpaid OT Suit
• Split 9th Circ. Unravels Calif. Truckers' AB 5 Injunction
• Harvest Health Faces Sex Discrimination Suit in Pennsylvania
• Ex-Royal Caribbean Employee Keeps Win Over Crushed Hand
• Ex-Akerman Partner Returns To Littler In Orlando
• Hauser Ends Dispute With Ex-Exec. Over Rival Employment
• Boeing Supplier's Ch. 11 Plan Cleared After Settlements
• 4th Circ. Keeps Covil's Win In Mesothelioma Death Suit
• The Gap Nabs Dismissal Of Investor's Board Diversity Suit
• Mass. Town Can't Fire Black Firefighter Who Alleged Racism
• UAW Reform Group Can't Intervene In $1.5M Fraud Deal
• Polsinelli Says Former Atty Must Arbitrate LGBT Bias Claims
• Most Firms Withhold Hard Data In Human Capital Disclosures
• Pa. Wage Theft Cases Put Employers On Notice, Attys Say
• Colo. Pot Security Co. Employees Can Pursue Wage Suit
• Uber Says NJ Driver Can't Duck Arbitration In Wage Row
• DOL Recovers $500K In Back Wages From HUD Contractor
• Ex-Mayer Brown Atty's Suit Should Hit Red Light, Car Co. Says
• UT Austin Students Push To End White Applicants' Bias Suit
• Hedgeye Says Ex-Managing Director Stole Trade Secrets
• Pa. Meat Processor Hit With Suits Over Denied Virus Leave
• GOP Sens. Balk At Oil, Gas Tax Hikes For Infrastructure Bill
• Retired Boston Cop Pleads Guilty In OT Embezzlement Case
• The Pandemic's Bright Spots For Lawyers Who Are Parents
• Meet The Attorneys In Yale Affirmative Action Suit
• SandRidge Asks Texas Justices To Toss Electric Shock Suit
• The Gap Urges Judge To Toss Investor's Board Diversity Suit
• ICE Contractor Cites Chauvin Case In Push For In-Person Trial
• Attys From BYU-Idaho Title IX Suit Won't Be DQ'd
• Aviation Co. Must Face Whistleblower Suit Over Jet Safety
• Nike, Retail Workers Reach $8.25M Bag Check Deal
• Calif. Panel Clarifies Interest In Apple's $2M Wage Loss
• Amazon Wants Ex-Worker's Contract Claim Axed In Pot Row
• Pa. Contractor Gets Up To 2 Years In AG's Wage Theft Case
• Virgin, Flight Attendants Seek 9th Circ. Redo Of Wage Ruling
• Insurance Exec Barred From Competing With Old Firm
• Minor Leaguers Want New Wage Class After 9th Circ. Ruling
• Ga. Gov. Weighing Candidates For New State Court Judgeship
• Offit Kurman Continues Del. Growth With Employment Atty
• High Court Won't Hear DOD Reviewability Doctrine Challenge
• High Court Won't Take Up WWE Concussion Case
• 'Deflategate' Turns 5: How NFL Discipline Has Evolved
• 8th Circ. Tyson Case Could Streamline COVID-19 Suits
• Employment Authority: Impact Of EEOC's Hiring Campaign
• EEOC Says Georgia Lab Fired Worker Who'd Been Harassed
• Basketball Coach Wins $2.5M Jury Verdict In Race Bias Case
• Covidien Urges 1st Circ. To Reconsider Ex-Exec's Patent Win
• DC Lyft Driver Must Arbitrate COVID-19 Sick Leave Suit
• Colombian Immigrant Sues Pa. County For Discrimination
• DC NFL Team Accuses Wilkinson's Atty Of Threatening Leaks
• Pizza Chain Owner Says Biometric Privacy Suit Was A Misfire
• Revise Mansfield Diversity Mandates To Also Benefit Veterans
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Whole Foods BLM Mask Case May Stretch Bias Law's Limits
• 5th Circ. Affirms Off-Duty Deputy's Deadly Force Immunity
• Uber Can't Force Driver To Arbitrate PAGA Claim, Panel Says
• Pa. Judge Trims Ex-Cracker Barrel Worker's Age Bias Suit
• Outgoing Ga. Appeals Court Chief Is Eager For Presiding Role
• Slave Labor Victim Owed Double Damages, 4th Circ. Rules
• Coronavirus Litigation: The Week In Review
• Pilgrim's Pride Sued Over COVID-19 Spouse Deaths
• Gilead Whistleblower Dinged For Lost Texts In Kickbacks Suit
• Separate Union Spats Could Foil Construction, 3rd Circ. Told
• Construction Co. Manager Cops To $1M Kickback Scheme
• Judge Nixes Emory Bid To End Blinded Woman's Med Mal Suit
• Leverage The National Interest Waiver To Help US Economy
• Ex-CBS Worker Blames Atty For Missing Docs In Bias Dispute
• Mass. Gov. Fired Agency Head For 'Political Cover,' Suit Says
• Ex-Littler Client Wants Substitute From Judge's Old Firm
• Ill. Judge Blasts Attys While Tossing Biometric Privacy Suit
• McDonald's Board Sued Over Ex-CEO's Affair Scandal Losses
• Texas Oil & Gas Services Biz Dispute Ends In $31M Verdict
• DOJ's New No. 3 Faces Delicate Balancing Act
• Construction Co. Sues Ex-Director For 'Raiding' Staff, Data
• MetLife, AIG Sued Over Afghanistan Police Trainer's Death
• Pot Security Company Says Wage Dispute Must Be Arbitrated
• Insurer Wins Suit Against Atty Who Took Data To Next Job
• Labor Unions Oppose H-2B Visa Increase, Citing 'Abuses'
• Lessons From Key Expert Testimony In Chauvin Trial
• Munck Wilson Adds Former Jones Day Atty To LA Office
• Senate Confirms Vanita Gupta As Associate AG
• Thompson Hine Adds Taylor English Labor Partner In Atlanta
• Philips' Chinese Rivals Can't Dodge Ill. Trade Secrets Suit
• Euro Soccer 'Super League' May Draw Antitrust Red Cards
• Cresco Labs Faces OT Suit Over Workers' Time Donning PPE
• NY Court Admins Sue Union Boss As Chief Judge Faces Depo
• Judge Trims Defective Public Housing Construction FCA Suit
• Oil Field Workers Nab Cert. In Overtime Wage Suit
• PGA Says It Didn't Overstep In Getting Sirius Show Canceled
• NY Bills Would Curb No-Poach And No-Rehire Pacts
• Fox Rothschild Hires Labor Partner From Akerman
• Businessmen Face More Charges Of Fixing Therapist Wages
• Southwest Pilots Union Wants Boeing Max Wage Suit Revived
• Nursing Staff Agency To Pay $5.4M In Biometric Privacy Suit
• 9th Circ. Bumps Ore. Atty's Hourly Fee Rate In Labor Case
• EPA Seeks To Sink Trump Admin. Whistleblower Lawsuit
• Littler Nixes Atty Bio From Its Site After Subpoena Fiasco
• Biotech Biz Founder's Exit Deal Fight Moves On In Chancery
• Law360's Guide To Biden's Judicial Picks
• Liberty University Says Jerry Falwell Jr. Owes Over $40M
• Employment Authority: 4 Virus ADA Questions For The EEOC
• Ex-Tesla Engineer Admits To Downloading Code, Settles Suit
• Ga. Fed. Courts Tout Safety As They Resume In-Person Trials
• Cosmetic Injection Startup Stiffed Staff, Pa. Suit Says
• Interior Design Co. Employees Settle Pregnancy Bias Suit
• 3 Ways The Pandemic Is Reshaping Commercial Real Estate
• Why The Future Law Firm Model Is Industry-Based Offerings
• Sanford Heisler Requiring COVID-19 Vax To Return To Office
• 3rd Circ. Doubts Baking Co. Formulas Are Trade Secrets
• 9th Circ. Revives Parts Of Northrop Pensioners' Benefits Suit
• Nonprofit Accuses Darden Restaurants Of Sex And Race Bias
• Jury Says IBM Owes $11M To Manager Fired For Flagging Bias
• Buyer Blasts 'Gall' Of Hemp Co.'s THC Suit Dismissal Bid
• Biden DOJ Transition Slowed By GOP, Garland Pushback
• Pa. Panel Boots Out-Of-State Rail Workers' Cases From Philly
• Rigzone.com Wants $3M In Atty Fees, Costs For $3M Jury Win
• Shepherds To Settle Conspiracy Claim After Attys Find Client
• Pa. Logistics Co. Must Face Acct. Exec Trainees' FLSA Suit
• Insurer Says McDonald's Fingerprint Suits Aren't Covered
• 11th Circ. Spikes Former LabCorp Worker's Age Bias Suit
• Univ. Wins Block On Foreign Nurse Language Proficiency Test
• CalSTRS Drops $320M On 11-Building Industrial Portfolio
• MAGA Atty Lin Wood Gets Help In Ex-Colleagues' Pay Suit
• Littler Punished Over Atty Lies In Wage-And-Hour Suit
• Pa. Judge Trims Labor Dept. Election Suit Against Philly Union
• NHL Attys' Filing In Retaliation Suit Draws Judge's Icy Reply
• Virginians Allege 'Gross Failures' Delayed Pandemic Benefits
• Squire Patton Adds 2 Ex-Greenberg Traurig Shareholders
• New Law Needed To Hold Judges Accountable, Advocates Say
• Ex-Goldman Sachs VP Can Appeal Legal Fee Bid Denial
• 'Must-Have' Texas COVID-19 Liability Bill Faces Little Dissent
• Biden Pick For DOJ Enviro Chief Quizzed On Climate, Wildlife
• Older Retired NY Judges May Come Back To Bench After All
• Kelley Kronenberg Adds Ex-Greenspoon Employment Atty
• Faegre Drinker Adds Dechert Employment Pro In Philly
• Ex-Alden CFO Charged With Embezzling $30M, To Plead Guilty
• Ex-Pitt Coach Says Tossed Race Bias Suit Wasn't Frivolous
• Crowell & Moring Adds 'Tough Litigator' From DC AG's Office
• Enforcement Takeaways From ABA Antitrust Meeting
• PwC Whistleblower Asks Judge To Punish Firm As Trial Wraps
• Feds Want Jenner & Block Partner To Monitor UAW Deal
• SpaceX Says DOJ Subpoena Bid 'Undermines The Judiciary'
• UK Contractor Liable For Employment Tax, Tribunal Finds
• Thought Leadership's Critical Role In Law Firm Diversity
• Shaw's Can't Escape Drivers' Wage Suit Yet, Judge Says
• 9th Circ. Ruling Offers Defendants Hope On Remand Appeals
• Mass. Harbormaster Claims Testimony Fueled Mayor's Threats
• 19 AGs Urge 8th Circ. To Keep Tyson Virus Suit In State Court
• Pa. State Police To Pay $2.2M To End DOJ Sex Bias Suit
• NJ Justices Say Medical Pot Order Doesn't Flout Federal Law
• NJ Must Face Judicial Clerk's Sexual Harassment Suit
• Ex-CBS Worker, Atty Held In Contempt In Race Bias Dispute
• Slain Driver's Family Says Uber Can't Slip Wrongful Death Suit
• Ky. Latest State To Enact COVID-19 Liability Shield Law
• Utah Federal Judge's Shift Opens Red-State Seat For Biden
• Disney Wants Out Of Ex-Analyst's Whistleblower Suit
• Rite Aid Beats Suit Over Ex-Atty's Insider Trading Warning
• Women's Soccer Players Prep Appeal After Partial Deal OK'd
• The Right Approach To Personal Jurisdiction In Class Actions
• Pregnant Nurse Says Hospital Falsely Blamed Virus For Firing
• 'Imminent' Indictment May Hold Up Ex-Temple Dean's Civil Suit
• Uber Revives Prop 22 Retroactivity Issue In Calif. Wage Suit
• Teamsters' Payroll Suit A 'Minor Dispute,' CSX Says
• Employment Authority: Unpacking Amazon's Union Vote Win
• Fired IBM Manager Advised Against Reporting Bias, Jury Told
• Studio Can't Slip Gay Asst.'s Bias Suit Against Atty's Cos.
• Credit Suisse Sues Spoofers Over Stolen Employee Records
• Workers' Comp. Act Doesn't Protect Co. In Rollover Suit
• Biden Taps Calif. Worker Safety Chief To Run OSHA
• It's Time To Modernize Amateurism In College Sports
• Gibson Dunn, Recruiter Agree To Arbitrate Hiring Fees Dispute
• What Associates Should Consider Before Switching Practices
• Fla. Vaccine Passport Ban May Be Spoiling For Court Fight
• NH Speaker Not Immune From Suit Over Virtual Vote Ban
• Departing Attys Taking Files Can Break Law, Mass. Court Says
• Amazon Workers Vote Down Union But Challenge Looms
• 4th Circ. Rejects DEA Couple's Wrongful Termination Claims
• Oracle, Ellison Try To End Investors' Systemic Racism Claims
• Ex-Steelers Blocked From 'Race Norming' Talks, For Now
• IBM Was Unfazed By Bias Complaint, Fired Manager Testifies
• Ex-Signac Exec Gets 2nd Arbitration Try In Credit Suisse Fight
• Bank Employee Arrested For Alleged $1.7 Million Wire Fraud
• Jurors Told Ex-Chief Engineer Stole Underwater Drilling IP
• High Court Asked To Snuff Philly UberBlack Drivers Suit
• Covidien Can't Score Patents From Ex-Worker, 1st Circ. Says
• Pa. AG Launches $20M Wage Theft Case Against Contractor
• Ex-CBD Exec Says Co. Shorted Pay, Skimped On Expenses
• City Housing Agency Says Ex-Deputy GC's Suit Not Protected
• 4 Effective Ways To Prioritize Client Advocacy
• Settlement Delayed In $1.28B MRAP Contract Fraud Suit
• O'Melveny Brings Back Ex-Pence Adviser And Labor Litigator
• Kesha Says New NY Free Speech Law Could Cost Dr. Luke
• Ill. Court Says Workers' Comp Board Can Oversee Ind. Case
• 11th Circ. Revives Doctor's Discrimination Claims Against VA
• BofA Accused Of Failing To Protect Calif. Customers' Benefits
• Remote Law Firm Culture Should Prioritize Associate Training
• Caesars Seeks Arbitration In Ex-Casino Exec's Virus Suit
• Biden Gets 2nd Opening On 9th Circ. Thanks To Judge Berzon
• Ex-Cardiology Practice Worker Wants Sanctions In Bias Suit
• Mo. High Court Revives Catholic School Sex Assault Suit
• 'Sketchy' Race Bias Suit Merits Sanctions, 1st Circ. Says
• Insurer, McDonald's Franchisee Resolve BIPA Coverage Row
• Quest Says Ex-Amazon Worker's Medical Marijuana Suit Fails
• Legal Groups Back White Castle's 7th Circ. Bid To Curb BIPA
• South Carolina Return-To-Work Order Draws ACLU Suit
• RICO Suit Rips NYC For 'Inflating' Taxi Medallion Prices
• Nurses, Care Coordinators Sue Highmark For OT Pay
• Virtual Litigation May Unravel The Narcissistic Lawyer
• 11th Circ. Revives Hospital Housekeeper's FMLA Notice Suit
• 3rd Circ. Questions Westinghouse Ch. 11's Link To Bias Suit
• Ga. Justices To Review Clerks' Immunity Over False Arrest
• Factual Questions Exist In Workers' OT Case, Energy Co. Says
• GE Agrees To Drop Injunction Bid In Dispute With Siemens
• DOJ Can't Criminalize No-Poach Pacts, Chamber Says
• Minn. Farm Wins Seasonal Worker Visas On Appeal
• Insults, Shifting Stories End Bid To Sink Worker's ADA Suit
• Ex-IBM Manager Tells Jury Racism Complaint Drew Firing
• Payment Processor Says Jump To Rival Violates $500K Deal
• Onni Can't Get Damages Over Ex-Counsel's Media Interview
• Mallinckrodt Gets OK For Up To $35M In Exec Bonuses
• Ryder Worker Gets Another Shot At Slip-And-Fall Suit
• 2 Ways High Court Could Reshape Patent Assignor Estoppel
• NJ-NY Ferry Co. Aims To Sink FCA Claims Over Pollution
• Staffing Co. Calls Competitor's Arbitration Bid Effort at Delay
• Calif. Court Revives Ex-Drinker Biddle Atty's Firing Suit
• 1st Circ. Says Vaccines Might Make NH Virtual Vote Suit Moot
• ABA Remote Work Guide Raises Bar For Atty Tech Know-How
• Worker Claims Pa. Butcher Shop Fired Her Over Virus Anxiety
• Gorsuch Cries Foul As Justices Reject Religious Bias Case
• Rigzone.com Gets $3M Jury Award In Trade Secret Dispute
• Billionaire Dodging Service In Sex Assault Suit, Accuser Says
• Employment Authority: New House Labor Subcommittee Plans
• Ex-Disney Travel Agents Sue Over 'Illegal' Noncompete Suit
• Ex-NJ Judge Sues Over Withheld Pay During Fugitive Ex Case
• Actress Drops Weinstein Claims For Ch. 11 Settlement Funds
• Lateral Hire Conflict Screening Lessons From DLA Piper Case
• 3rd Circ. Preview: Workplace, Insurance Rows Highlight April
• Lundy Law Pushes For Arbitration In Ex-Atty's Fee Suit
• Kiernan Trebach Launches NY Office With 13 Ex-Havkins Attys
• Legal Industry Registers Slight Decline In Jobs In March
• Ex-Prof. Asks 11th Circ. To Rethink Tossing Age Bias Claims
• 6th Circ. Says FCA Prohibits Post-Employment Retaliation
• $1.5M Deal To Help Domino's Drivers Facing Arbitration Pacts
• NY Reproductive Rights Law Survives Anti-Abortion Challenge
• 5th Circ. Closes Book On Fired Principal's Bias Case
• Fired NHL Official Slams Bid To Ax Retaliation Suit
• Navigating Dems' Whistleblower-Friendly Stance
• Lyft Must Face NYC Drivers' Pay Practices Suit
• Dallas Paid-Sick-Leave Ordinance Permanently Blocked
• Lichten & Liss-Riordan Adds Ex-Berger Montague Shareholder
• Ex-Mass. Judge Must Face Clinician's Discrimination Suit
• Delta Tries To Sink Ex-Worker's ADA Suit, Alleging Depo Lies