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Another Court of Appeals invalidates recess NLRB appointment

  • Jones Day
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 22 2013

On Wednesday, May 16, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued a 2-1 decision striking down President Obama's March 2010 "recess

Wage and hour class action against replacement nurse staffing agency settles

  • Littler Mendelson
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 22 2013

Despite the recent trend of successes in decertifying wage and hour class actions in healthcare and other sectors, the number of lawsuits seeking to

D.C. Circuit nixes NLRB posting requirement

  • Whiteford Taylor & Preston LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 22 2013

In a long-awaited decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has struck down the National Labor Relations Board's mandate that all

Guards' class action for meal and rest periods, unpaid overtime to proceed, California Court rules in post-Brinker decision

  • Jackson Lewis LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 22 2013

Reversing the denial of class certification in an action for meal and rest period violations and unpaid overtime under California law brought by

Copyright infringement action against former employees fails to present issues of fact for jury

  • Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 22 2013

This action by a business against former employees contained a copyright claim and a plethora of state law claims relating to a software program for

Genesis Healthcare Corp. v. Symczyk

  • Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 22 2013

In Genesis Healthcare Corp. v. Symczyk, the United States Supreme Court held that a nurse's Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA") collective action

$3.5m in punitive damages vacated

  • Sherman & Howard LLC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 21 2013

An employer avoided $3.5M in punitive damages by proving it took sufficient steps to stop and prevent harassment. Otto May Jr. V. Chrysler Group, LLC

EEOC files first genetic discrimination class action against nursing and rehabilitation center

  • Littler Mendelson
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 21 2013

On May 16, 2013, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed its first class action lawsuit under the Genetic Information

Whistleblowing may not be limited to claims about employer wrongdoing in New Jersey

  • Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 21 2013

The New Jersey Conscientious Employee Protection Act ("CEPA") was designed to protect whistleblowing employees who have the courage to stand up to

Supreme Court to decide which employees are covered by whistleblower law

  • Littler Mendelson
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 21 2013

On Monday the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to consider the scope of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) whistleblower protections. Specifically, in