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Texas federal court holds that motor carrier exemption applies to "loader"

Jackson Lewis LLP
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USA
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October 9 2012

The FLSA’s highly technical motor carrier exemption applies to certain employees of motor carriers regulated by the Department of Transportation whose work affects the transportation of goods in interstate commerce

Longshore workers union frozen out of refrigerated container "reefer" work

Littler Mendelson
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USA
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August 28 2012

What happens when the Port of Portland brings in an outside contractor to run its container terminal operations?

Transportation industry wins latest battle over classification of owner-operators

BoyarMiller
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USA
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August 7 2012

In a win for the transportation industry, a federal court in New Jersey recently dismissed a lawsuit brought under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act by six owner-operators who performed services for Ironbound Express, Inc., an intermodal freight company

Employee use of personal automobiles becomes employers’ problem

Tucker Ellis
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USA
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August 3 2012

Employees often find it convenient or even necessary to use their personal automobiles to perform job tasks

Louisiana judge finds question of fact as to whether a marine electrician is "seaman" under FLSA

Jackson Lewis LLP
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USA
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July 31 2012

At the intersection of wage-and-hour and maritime law are the FLSA’s “seaman” exemptions: the exemption from minimum wage and overtime codified at 29 U.S.C. 213(a)(12) and the overtime exemption codified at 29 U.S.C. 213(b)(6

Congressional Update: Healthcare immigration Citizens United transportation cybersecurity "future of video"

Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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USA
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June 29 2012

In the most widely anticipated Supreme Court Decision since Bush v. Gore in 2000, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, President Obama's signature legislative achievement, was upheld in a narrow 5 to 4 decision

Manufacturer cannot be strictly liable for products of others

Jenner & Block
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USA
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April 30 2012

In O’Neil v. Crane Co., 266 P.3d 987 (Cal. 2012), the California Supreme Court rejected an argument by plaintiff that a defendant manufacturer of valves and pumps used on a ship should be held strictly liable because it was foreseeable that the products would be used with replacement parts manufactured by others that incorporated asbestos

United States Supreme Court holds Federal Locomotive Inspection Act preempts entire field of regulating locomotive equipment, including state law claims alleging defective design or failure to warn based on asbestos content

Foley Hoag LLP
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USA
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April 17 2012

In Kurns v. Railroad Friction Products Corp., 132 S. Ct. 1261 (Feb. 29, 2012), a welder and machinist for a railroad carrier, whose duties included installing brakeshoes on locomotives and stripping insulation from locomotive boilers, alleged he developed malignant mesothelioma thirty years after his retirement from asbestos in the locomotive parts

California update employment law

Fox Rothschild LLP
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USA
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March 27 2012

We have previously written about many of the new employment laws that took effect earlier this year

Supreme Court decides Roberts v. Sea-Land Services, Inc.

Faegre Baker Daniels
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USA
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March 20 2012

On March 20, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Roberts v. Sea-Land Services, Inc., No. 10-1399, holding that an employee is "newly awarded compensation" under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act when he first becomes disabled and entitled to benefits under the statute, not when a compensation order is issued on his behalf

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Texas federal court holds that motor carrier exemption applies to "loader"

Longshore workers union frozen out of refrigerated container "reefer" work

Transportation industry wins latest battle over classification of owner-operators

Employee use of personal automobiles becomes employers’ problem

Louisiana judge finds question of fact as to whether a marine electrician is "seaman" under FLSA

Congressional Update: Healthcare immigration Citizens United transportation cybersecurity "future of video"

Manufacturer cannot be strictly liable for products of others

United States Supreme Court holds Federal Locomotive Inspection Act preempts entire field of regulating locomotive equipment, including state law claims alleging defective design or failure to warn based on asbestos content

California update employment law

Supreme Court decides Roberts v. Sea-Land Services, Inc.

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