By Scott Flaherty | August 1, 2018
Armstrong Teasdale isn't the only firm to ever face an age bias lawsuit over a mandatory retirement policy, but it has now become the latest to put such a suit behind it.
By Erin Mulvaney | August 1, 2018
A coalition of 32 groups is challenging how a Seattle federal trial judge handled litigation declarations, arguing that the judge "erected an arbitrary numerical threshold" for such anecdotal evidence. Microsoft defeated class certification that would have joined more than 8,000 current and former female employees alleging gender discrimination.
New Jersey Law Journal | Analysis
By Nicole S. Croddick, Brian J. Chabarek and Noah A. Schwartz | August 1, 2018
In Janus, a 5-4 conservative majority reversed the long-standing right of public sector unions set forth in 'Abood,' to collect fair share agency fees from public employees who chose not to join the union.
By Miriam Rozen | July 31, 2018
“A lot of my good friends had left. I looked around and said, 'Why am I still here?'” said a former nonequity partner at Ogletree Deakins, a national labor and employment firm facing a $300 million gender bias suit.
By Colby Hamilton | July 31, 2018
The class action suit claimed the fund managers failed to uphold their fiduciary duties by reducing record-keeping costs and by allowing two supposedly underperforming funds to remain as investment options.
By David Amaya | July 31, 2018
The justices have made it clear that neither the California Labor Code nor the California Wage Orders have adopted the de minimis doctrine found in the Fair Labor Standards Act.
New York Law Journal | Expert Opinion
By Jeffrey S. Klein and Nicholas J. Pappas | July 31, 2018
The Supreme Court recently held in Epic Systems v. Lewis, 584 U.S. __ (2018), that arbitration agreements which include waivers of employees' rights to bring class or collective actions are enforceable under the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), and that the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) does not override this principle in the FAA.
By John Kang | July 31, 2018
Disputes lawyer Jared Chen rejoins Drew & Napier, where he first practiced out of law school.
By Joseph Evans | July 31, 2018
Details of firm's advice on sexual abuse allegations revealed in International Development committee report
National Law Journal | Analysis
By Erin Mulvaney | July 31, 2018
“I don't think lawyers or government lawyers are thinking about parental leave in different legal framework. I think what's changed is American workers are interested in parental leave as a benefit,” says Peter Romer-Friedman, an Outten & Golden plaintiffs lawyer in Washington.
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