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Practical pieces about employment law trends and how companies can stay compliant with quickly changing regulations and case law. A recent focus is how Legal should handle #MeToo and accusations of harassment and discrimination.
By ALM Staff | December 4, 2023
This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
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By Allison Dunn | December 1, 2023
"TNA plausibly alleged that Strang used TNA's confidential information for his personal gain in violation of the RCA and, therefore, unlawfully misappropriated TNA's confidential information. Because TNA adequately alleges that this information is subject to trade secret protection pursuant to MUTSA and DTSA, and that Strang misappropriated these trade secret assets and information by emailing them to his personal email prior to his departure, the Motion will be denied ..." U.S. District Judge Julie Rebecca Rubin wrote in her order filed this week.
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By Allison Dunn | December 1, 2023
"Although neither this Court nor the Supreme Court of Maryland has considered the exact issue presented here, i.e., whether the Workers' Compensation Act's exclusivity provision applies to a non-dependent, our Courts have considered whether a wrongful death plaintiff is permitted to bring a wrongful death claim when a covered employee is killed in the course of his or her employment," said Senior Judge Alexander Wright Jr., who was specially assigned to the case.
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By Riley Brennan | December 1, 2023
Plaintiff Michael Smith brought claims arising under the PWL, the False Claims Act, and common law wrongful discharge against his former employer Ideal Concepts Inc., alleging he was fired for reporting fraudulent company behavior.
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By Riley Brennan | December 1, 2023
"An employee who has been forced to go to court to get paid should not be faced with the peril of picking and choosing the 'one correct' statutory provision as between equally applicable statutory provisions, particularly at the pleading stage, when the purpose of the statutory scheme is to protect pay," said the plaintiffs attorney Sally Morris of Portland.
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By Emily Cousins | December 1, 2023
The plaintiff--who worked in Connecticut as well remotely in his California home office--claimed he was discriminated against due to his race and national origin and exposed to a hostile work environment.
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By Amanda O'Brien | December 1, 2023
Labor and employment attorney Amy Snyder and commercial litigator Frank Emmerich are succeeding Marc Stein at the helm of the Philadelphia office, the firm's second largest.
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By Greg Andrews | November 30, 2023
"The power of the NLRB is not without bounds," the law firm Shawe Rosenthal wrote after an appellate court ruled against the agency.
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By Donna V. Smith | November 29, 2023
The wage-and-hour collective/class action mediation is a different type of case, and as mediator of wage-and-hour collective class action cases, I'd like to share some of the unique aspects of these types of cases.
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By Joseph Lovretovich | November 29, 2023
Even as California's at-will doctrine continues to be narrowed, employers can take steps to preserve the presumption of at-will status for their employees, according to Joe Lovretovich of Signature Resolution.
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