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Social media policies and the NLRB what employers need to know

  • Fenwick & West LLP
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  • USA
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  • March 1 2013

Social media policies. Chances are your company has one, is in the process of drafting one, or is worried about not having one. Employees continue to

Six-month claims limitations period in arbitration agreement unconscionable

  • Fenwick & West LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 20 2013

In Bowlin v. Goodwill Industries of Greater East Bay, Inc., a California federal district court found Goodwill's requirement, as part of an

Cal Supreme Court refuses to immunize employers in mixed-motive discrimination cases, but significantly limits remedies

  • Fenwick & West LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 20 2013

Resolving a question that has been pending for three years, in Harris v. City of Santa Monica, the California Supreme Court held that, in

Kmart victorious in first suitable-seating trial

  • Fenwick & West LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 20 2013

Kmart emerged triumphant in the first of the "suitable seating" cases to be tried. In Garvey v. Kmart, a California federal district court evaluated

Validity of 2012 NLRB recess appointments and decisions in question

  • Fenwick & West LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 20 2013

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals declared President Obama's January 2012 recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board (the "NLRB"

Discharge lawful where store manager could not be physically present in store

  • Fenwick & West LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 20 2013

In Lawler v. Montblanc North America, LLC, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (applying California law) recognized that adverse action because of a

FB posts of Mexico vacation land employee on FMLA leave in hot water

  • Fenwick & West LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • February 20 2013

In Lineberry v. Richards, an employee on FMLA leave due to back and leg pain so angered her colleagues by her Facebook posts of a Mexico vacation and

NLRB continues focus on overbroad employer policies

  • Fenwick & West LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 20 2013

Notwithstanding the uncertainty of the validity of the current NLRB quorum, the Board continues its focus on the intersection of employer policies

California Supreme Court announces sea-change in rules governing use of parol evidence to show fraud in contract interpretation

  • Fenwick & West LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 20 2013

In Riverisland Cold Storage, Inc. v. Fresno-Madera Production Credit Association, the California Supreme Court clarified and ultimately rewrote the

Manager's bias, public policy, and defamation claims due to termination following investigation thrown out before trial

  • Fenwick & West LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • February 20 2013

In McGrory v. Applied Signal Technologies, Inc., Applied Signal ("AST") secured the dismissal of a former manager's claims that his termination was