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CIA Whistleblower Reflects on the Persecution of Julian Assange - Random Lengths
By Jeffrey Sterling It is difficult to talk about happenings in the world other than the continued, appalling Russian invasion of Ukraine and the recent mass shootings in Buffalo, Uvalde, Chicago...
Read moreCourt Order Reminds California Employers to Think Twice About Moving to Dismiss UCL Claims in Wage and Hour Litigation - Foley & Lardner LLP
The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California recently handed a win to employees seeking to bring multiple wage and hour claims in a lawsuit. That case, Ayala v. U.S. Xpress Ente...
Read moreGeneral Aluminum Faces $480,240 Fine for Alleged Worker Hazards - Bloomberg Law
General Aluminum Manufacturing Co. has been cited for one repeat, two willful, and 10 serious violations and proposed $480,240 in penalties for alleged machine hazards at its Wapakoneta, Ohio, fa...
Read morePilgrim's Pride Fined for Ammonia Leak That Hospitalized Workers - Bloomberg Law
Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. faces nine serious citations and $110,630 in proposed penalties after an ammonia leak hospitalized two workers at its Canton, Ga., poultry processing plant, the Department o...
Read moreHalliburton Asks Judge To Confirm Arb. Award In Wage Row - Law360
By Irene Spezzamonte (August 1, 2022, 2:10 PM EDT) -- Halliburton Energy Services Inc. asked a California federal judge to confirm an arbitration award of about $37,000 entered in its favor on se...
Read moreProposed Bill Would Protect Journalists from Espionage Charges - Reason
Three members of Congress are attempting to avoid future Julian Assange–style prosecutions by amending the U.S. espionage law so that it doesn't apply to journalists. Last week, Sen. Ron Wyden (D...
Read moreSCOTUS Review: 8 Key Rulings from Last Term that Impact the Workplace and 3 Issues We're Watching - Fisher Phillips
Many employers looked to the Supreme Court last term for clarity in cases with a significant impact on the workplace. The justices continued to shape the employment law landscape by ruling on an ...
Read moreGreenberg Traurig's Kelly Dobbs Bunting Recognized in Who's Who Legal: Labour & Employment - PR Web
Kelly Dobbs Bunting, shareholder in global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP’s Labor & Employment Practice, is recognized in the 2022 Who’s Who Legal: Labour & Employment guide, her fifth c...
Read moreD.C. Eases Noncompetes Ban with Salary Threshold of $150,000 - Bloomberg Law
The District of Columbia banned employee noncompete contracts for most workers making less than $150,000 per year, walking back a previous broader ban that hadn’t yet taken effect. The new measur...
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Streamer Vitaly Zdorovetskiy Apologizes After Falsely Accusing Akash Singhania of Being a Child Predator - National Today
Singhania hires top defamation lawyer after being wrongly portrayed as a predator during Vitaly's livestream Santa Ana Today Streamer Vitaly Zdorovetskiy has apologized after wrongly branding Akash...