By ALM Staff | July 9, 2024
This ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decisions editors.
By Riley Brennan | July 9, 2024
"Specifically, Freeland's pay statements demonstrate some discrepancies between pay periods, contrary to his assertion that he was always paid consistently. For instance, Freeland's pay statements show that there were several pay periods when Freeland received nothing in regular pay salary," wrote U.S. District Judge Nancy L. Maldonado for the Northern District of Illinois.
By Mason Lawlor | July 8, 2024
Vaughn cited public CBS statements from 2019 in which they "said the quiet part out loud." Vaughn's complaint pointed to former CBS Executive Whitney Davis stating that CBS had a "white problem."
Connecticut Law Tribune | Analysis
By Robert G. Brody and William C. Collins | July 8, 2024
The law covers more employees, expands the reasons for use of paid sick leave and reduces the required hours to accrue time off.
By Joseph Barber and Scott Frost | July 8, 2024
If non-compete agreements are officially banned and businesses are looking to avoid bureaucratic hurdles that come with patents, Joe Barber and Scott Frost discuss how companies can protect their trade secrets.
By Avalon Zoppo | July 5, 2024
"[I]t is reasonable to infer that a supervisor is more likely to retaliate against an employee that they know has previously complained about their own behavior than against an employee who has complained only about others," the appellate court held.
By Marianna Wharry | July 2, 2024
U.S. District Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer for the Northern District of Illinois denied Naperville's motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by former police officer Clayton Plumtree, who claims he was fired without due process after complaining about the police department's internal policy requiring officers to effect at least two traffic stops a day.
Connecticut Law Tribune | News
By Emily Cousins | July 1, 2024
"My team filed multiple class actions in sequence because the defendants were paying off lead plaintiffs multiple times what their claims were worth," Richard Hayber said. "Someone else in the class would hire us, and we filed a new lawsuit. We argued that each successive class action tolls the statute, and the judge ruled that the tolling can only occur once."
By Chris O'Malley | July 1, 2024
"Could there be certain employees who choose not to report internally because they have a prospect of a whistleblower award at DOJ--yes," said Steve Fagell, a Covington & Burling partner.
By Charles Toutant | June 28, 2024
"This agreement is an example of what independent, flexible work with dignity should look like in the 21st Century. We are thrilled to see more policymakers supporting portable benefits and innovative frameworks to improve independent work," Uber CLO Tony West said.
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