(Reuters) - Here are some upcoming events of interest to the employment law community. All times are local unless stated otherwise.
Monday, Nov. 1
9 a.m. - The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court will consider whether a former sales representative for a medical software company who claims he was fired for exercising his right to challenge a performance improvement plan can claim wrongful termination under state law. An appeals court in January said the narrow "public policy exception" to the general rule that employees can be fired at will did not extend to claims brought under a Massachusetts law allowing workers to rebut information in their personnel files. The plaintiff, Terence Meehan, is backed by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey and the American Civil Liberties Union, among other groups.
The case is Meehan v. Medical Information Technology Inc, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, No. SJC-13117. For Meehan: James Kobe. For Medical Information Technology: Scott Brewerton.
9:30 a.m. - Plaintiffs' firm Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein will urge a panel of the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to rule that a judge wrongly lowered the firm's fee award after it brokered a $300 million settlement in a lawsuit accusing investment firm State Street Corp of defrauding customers in foreign exchange transactions. The judge found that Lieff and other firms including Labaton Sucharow had made false and misleading statements in court filings and lowered their...
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