Employment News
Texas Officials Not Immune to Inmate's Pain Suit, Court Affirms - Bloomberg Law
Texas officials failed to show they’re entitled to qualified immunity from an incarcerated man’s suit alleging violations of the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment, the ...
Read moreJ&J, Alcon Pay $75 Million to End Contact Lens Antitrust Case - Bloomberg Law
Johnson & Johnson and Alcon Inc. affiliates are free of antitrust litigation over an alleged scheme to fix contact lens prices, after a federal judge in Jacksonville, Fla., signed off Wednesda...
Read moreBank Employee With Postpartum Psychosis Gets Biased Firing Trial - Bloomberg Law
Bryn Mawr Trust Co. must defend at trial claims that it failed to accommodate and fired a long-time employee who sought additional leave when she developed postpartum psychosis, a Philadelphia fede...
Read moreContractors' Suit Over Solicitation Phone Calls Given New Life - Bloomberg Law
Contractors had standing to sue under TCPA, court rules Cell phones used for business were ‘residential’ under statute A lawsuit filed by 51 home improvement contractors alleging that GoSmith Inc...
Read moreSteelworkers Prevail in Overtime and Unpaid Wages Lawsuit - SHRM
On Oct. 4, a U.S. district court judge in Alabama denied a stainless-steel manufacturer's motion to overturn a ruling in wage and hour litigation brought by employees. The steelworkers won a $13.2...
Read moreQuest Diagnostics Workers Reach $1.1M Deal In Wage Suit - Law360
company to resolve a suit filed six years ago that claimed the company was paying them less than minimum wage by not compensating them for travel time between appointments. . . . Stay ahead of the ...
Read moreSecond Circuit Rules on Immigrant's Appeal Despite Venue Problem - Bloomberg Law
An immigrant from Mauritania is subject to removal under a Second Circuit opinion, even though the court said it wasn’t the correct venue for his appeal. The case gave the US Court of Appeals for ...
Read moreStarbucks Illegally Asked For Cops to Disperse Staff, Judge Says - Bloomberg Law
Starbucks Corp. violated federal law in Kansas and Missouri by firing pro-union employees, stepping up enforcement of its dress code in response to union organizing and asking for police to dispers...
Read moreAppeals Court Affirms Injunction on Maine H-2A Visa Law - Bloomberg Law
An industry group likely will succeed in its challenge to a Maine law limiting the use of foreign guestworkers in the state’s forestry industry, the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit found...
Read moreFalse Claims
FEMA official spread election lies before claiming he was teleported - Baptist News Global
Unfortunately, Gregg Phillips’ claims that he was twice teleported from one place to another aren’t the biggest problems for this top government official with a long history of shady deals, charit...