Ogletree Deakins | USA | 19 Mar 2018
As many employers are attempting to navigate the #MeToo movement and cultural changes surrounding sexual harassment claims, they now face another…
Ogletree Deakins | USA | 27 Mar 2012
Professor Ivor van Heerden’s whistleblower claim against Louisiana State University (LSU) now appears likely to proceed to trial, (Van Heerden v. Bd. of Supervisors of La. State Univ. and Agricultural and Mech. Coll., 10-155 (M.D. La.)), after Judge James Brady of the Middle District of Louisiana denied LSU’s motion for summary judgment on van Heerden’s whistleblower claim.
Ogletree Deakins | USA | 27 Mar 2012
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed dismissal of an overtime class action alleging unpaid commuting time.
Ogletree Deakins | USA | 27 Mar 2012
Despite a general rule in Louisiana that a court may not consider parol evidence to alter the terms of a previously agreed-upon written contract, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held in King v. University Healthcare System, L.C., 645 F. 3d 713 (5th Cir. 2011), that a Louisiana district court acted within its discretion in granting an anesthesiologist latitude to submit parol evidence in an......