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Home confinement and probation for illegal asbestos removal

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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January 25 2013

A federal court in New Jersey has sentenced a construction worker to three years of probation, including six months of home confinement, for

Hearings begin on fraud allegations in litigation over pesticides used on Nicaraguan banana plantations

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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May 14 2010

A California trial court has reportedly begun hearing evidence to determine if a 2007 $2.3 million jury award to Nicaraguan banana plantation workers who claimed they were sterilized by exposure to pesticides was based on fraud

Federal appeals court sends obesity disability litigation back to trial court

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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May 14 2010

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has returned to a federal district court litigation alleging that a karate instructor was fired because he was obese in violation of a New York City law that forbids disability-based workplace discrimination

NIOSH proposes exposure limits for carbon nanotubes

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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December 17 2010

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has proposed a recommended exposure level of seven micrograms per cubic meter of air for carbon nanotubes and nanofibers

Batali and Bastianich targeted in new restaurant worker lawsuit

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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October 15 2010

Twenty-seven waiters, busboys and others at New York City's Del Posto restaurant have reportedly filed a lawsuit against owner Mario Batali and partners Joseph and Lidia Bastianich, claiming that they were not paid a legal wage

MSHA proposes rule to lower miners’ exposure to “respirable” coal dust

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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October 22 2010

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has announced a proposed rule that would lower miners’ exposure to “respirable” coal dust in all underground and surface coal mines

IG report finds OSHA whistleblower investigations fail to meet standards

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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October 22 2010

According to a recent Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Inspector General (IG) report, an estimated 80 percent of whistleblower investigations carried out by the agency in the 12-month period ending October 31, 2009, fell short of OSHA's internal guidelines established in its Whistleblower Investigations Manual

Grocery profit-sharing arrangement during labor strike ruled anticompetitive

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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August 20 2010

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has determined that an agreement among grocery chains in Southern California to share profits during an anticipated labor strike was anticompetitive in violation of the Sherman Act and rejected defendants' argument that the violation could be excused because the agreement was designed to be used as an economic weapon in a labor dispute

Chicago jury awards $30.4 million to diacetyl-exposed factory worker

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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August 20 2010

According to a news source, a man who worked in a Chicago-area plant for eight years and was diagnosed with bronchiolitis obliterans has been awarded $30

NIOSH assesses occupational exposure to carbon nanotubes, nanofibers

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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January 7 2011

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has announced the availability of a draft document that contains a toxicological assessment of the potential health risks of occupational exposure to carbon nanotubes and nanofibers