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New York Law Journal

New Ethics Opinions on Agreements Restricting Lawyers' Freedom of Movement and Firm Names

In his column on Professional Responsibility, Anthony E. Davis compares a New York opinion with one from North Carolina, both addressing agreements that limit lawyers' rights to move between law firms.
9 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. Proposes Significant Increase to Overtime Salary Thresholds

In response to Gov. Tom Wolf's call to “modernize” Pennsylvania's overtime rules, on June 23, 2018 the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry (L&I) proposed rulemaking to update the decades-old regulations applicable to three classes of overtime exempt employees under the Pennsylvania Minimum Wage Act (PMWA): executive, administrative, and professional (EAP).
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Marketing Analyst Who Gave Trump the Finger Loses Suit Over Her Firing

The photo of Juli Briskman giving the president the bird rocketed around the web and late-night TV. Attorneys for Akima LLC and Briskman argued Friday in Virginia court over whether the company's termination violated the public policy exception of Virginia's at-will employment scheme.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

LGBT Workplace Cases Arrive at SCOTUS as Kennedy Punches Out

“It's not a right versus left, conservative versus liberal issue,” Seyfarth Shaw's Sam Schwartz-Fenwick said. “It will be about the specific question that is presented.”
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Neelima Vanguri Named 2018 Attorney of the Year

Neelima Vanguri was named The Legal's 2018 Attorney of the Year on Wednesday night at a celebratory event in Philadelphia, honored for her pioneering work on the transgender rights case Blatt v. Cabela's Retail.
6 minute read

Law.com

Labor of Law: Post-Kennedy LGBT Protections | Age-Bias Case to Watch | Plus: New & Notable Moves

New LGBT workplace cases are arriving at the U.S. Supreme Court now, just as Anthony Kennedy is leaving the bench. We've got early labor-and-management reaction to thinking about the post-Kennedy court. Plus: Scroll down for the latest moves, and a quick word on a big new age-discrimination case.
9 minute read

The American Lawyer

Norton Rose Fulbright Faces $1.2M Asset Seizure in Venezuelan Dispute

A Northern Virginia-based Venezuelan attorney has been battling the firm for two decades over benefits he says he was denied after being fired from predecessor Macleod Dixon.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Not So Fast! We Have Mandatory Arbitration

Courts routinely enforce arbitration agreements and order employees or former employees to pursue the relief they seek in an arbitral forum and, if appropriately drafted, on an individual basis rather than as part of a class.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Court of Appeals Limits Privilege in Investigative Interview, Greenlights Defamation Lawsuit

The court, in a 4-2 reversal from the Appellate Division, found that comments made by a hospital official to a government investigator were not protected by absolute privilege.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Justices, Overturning Precedent, Restrict Labor Union Power to Collect Fees

Justice Samuel Alito Jr. wrote that the majority recognized that the loss of payments from nonmembers may cause unions to experience "unpleasant transition costs in the short term." However, he added, "We must weigh these disadvantages against the considerable windfall that unions have received under Abood for the past 41 years."
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