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NLRB complaint asserts that employer’s social media policy violates federal labor law

Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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USA
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December 13 2010

A recently-filed National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) complaint asserts that a company's social media policy, which forbids employees from engaging in certain activities on the Internet, violates federal labor law

Final GINA regulations published in Federal Register

Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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USA
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November 24 2010

On November 9, 2010, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (the "EEOC") published final regulations (the "Regulations") implementing the employment provisions (Title II) of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 ("GINA"

Emergency rule proposes workers’ compensation rate hikes of 12 in Washington State

Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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USA
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November 16 2010

Last week, the Washington Department of Labor and Industries (the "Department") announced that it will increase workers' compensation insurance premiums on average by 12 percent, or 6

Washington voters reject elimination of workers’ compensation monopoly

Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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USA
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November 3 2010

With 61 of precincts reporting, 58 of the voters in the State of Washington have rejected Initiative 1082 (“I-1082”). I-1082 would have allowed for the privatization of workers’ compensation insurance, which currently is only available through the Washington Department of Labor and Industries

Washington to vote on elimination of workers’ compensation monopoly

Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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USA
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October 26 2010

On November 2, 2010, registered voters in the State of Washington will consider Initiative 1082 ("I-1082") when they cast their ballots in this year's election cycle

Early Retiree Reinsurance Program is underway; it's not too late to apply

Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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USA
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October 4 2010

Nearly 2,000 businesses, unions and state governments have been approved thus far for the federal government's Early Retiree Reinsurance Program

U.S. Supreme Court rules that court lacks the authority to determine whether an arbitration agreement is unconscionable

Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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USA
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September 21 2010

In Rent-A-Center, West, Inc., v. Antonio Jackson, the U.S. Supreme Court addressed the issue of whether, under the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”), a federal court has the authority to address a party’s claim that an arbitration agreement is unconscionable, where the agreement explicitly delegates that decision to the arbitrator

New York state court decision raises issues concerning the drafting of arbitration clauses

Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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USA
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September 20 2010

By Design, LLC terminated the employment of Oded Nachmani, who claimed he was wrongfully dismissed in violation of his employment contract and certain discrimination laws

U.S. lawsuits based upon foreign toxic tort liability: a growing threat?

Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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USA
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June 14 2010

In July 2009 in New Castle County in the State of Delaware, three separate plaintiffs filed civil suits against E.I. Du Pont De Nemours and Company, Inc. (“DuPont”) alleging that their work at a DuPont textile plant in Mercedes, Argentina from 1961 to 2002 caused them to be exposed to and inhale asbestos fibers

$30.3 million jury award in secondhand asbestos lawsuit upheld on appeal

Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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USA
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April 15 2010

In February 2008, a New Jersey jury awarded $30.3 million to the family of Mark Buttitta, who died from mesothelioma