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Code blue: NLRB judge finds hospitals’ e-mail and IT policies infirm under the NLRA

Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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USA
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May 3 2013

Recently, an NLRB administrative law judge ruled that two policies maintained by subsidiaries of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center ("UPMC"

Expert issues in workplace class action litigation

Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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USA
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May 2 2013

In Cason-Merenda, et al. v. Detroit Medical Center, Case No. 06-CV-15601, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5707 (E.D. Mich. Apr. 22, 2013), Judge Rosen of the U

D.C. Circuit rebuffs hospital’s challenge to NLRB health care rule

Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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USA
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November 13 2012

Last Friday, the D.C. Circuit held that the NLRB properly certified the NUHHCE District 1199 NM as the representative of a “wall-to-wall” bargaining unit that included professional and nonprofessional employees of a New Mexico hospital, and found that the Hospital violated Sections 8(a)(1) and (5) of the NLRA when it refused to bargain with the union (San Miguel Hosp. Corp. v. NLRB, No. 11-1198, Nov. 2, 2012

Are hospital automatic meal period deduction cases now on life support?

Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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USA
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October 10 2012

The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois recently decertified an FLSA collective action and denied certification of a Rule 23 class in Camilotes v. Resurrection Health Care Corporation, No. 10-cv-366 (Oct. 4, 2012

Severance payments and FICA - the saga continues

Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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USA
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September 19 2012

On September 7, the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit upheld the decision in United States v. Quality Stores, Inc., finding that severance pay is generally not subject to Social Security and Medicare taxes under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act, or FICA

Supreme Court solicits the federal government’s view on care workers’ challenge to union fees

Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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USA
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July 4 2012

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday invited the Solicitor General to file an amicus brief expressing the government’s views on whether a state can compel personal care workers to pay fair share fees to a union for representing their interests before state agencies

Supreme Court update: Christopher v. SmithKline -- are petitioners signaling concern?

Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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USA
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June 14 2012

As we await the Supreme Court’s decision in Christopher v. SmithKline following the April 16, 2012 argument, counsel for the plaintiffs (Petitioners before the Supreme Court) filed a letter with the Court that appeared on the docket dated May 25

To sell or not to sell: justices split on exemption

Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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USA
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April 16 2012

Seasoned advocates, an engaged bench, and the hottest area of employment law made for an exciting oral argument this morning at the U.S. Supreme Court in the matter of Christopher v. SmithKline Beecham Corp. dba GlaxoSmithKline

Oregon federal court permits declaratory relief suit to proceed in race to judgment non-compete dispute

Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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USA
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February 13 2012

In light of Valentine’s Day, a blog involving two competitors specializing in heart rhythm therapy seems fitting

Former Sanofi chemist pleads guilty to extensive trade secret theft

Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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USA
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January 23 2012

On January 17, 2012, Yuan Li, a former research scientist with Sanofi Aventis, pled guilty to one count of violating 18 U.S.C. 1832 (the section of the Economic Espionage Act dealing with commercial economic espionage

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