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Judge Certifies Class in Suit Against MetLife Over Unpaid Overtime

The class action accuses MetLife of violating the Fair Labor Standards Act by failing to pay hundreds of long-term disability claims specialists overtime pay, although other MetLife workers in similar positions receive OT pay.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Judicial Council Paid $500K-Plus to Settle Sexual Harassment Claims

According to information released to The Recorder Friday, since 2011 the Judicial Council of California has paid $296,000 to resolve three sexual harassment complaints against judges and $225,000 to resolve two complaints against employees.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Tesla Faces Whistleblower Suit Over Sale of Repaired Cars as New

Tesla has vehemently denied the allegations in the complaint and contended that the plaintiff is not entitled to any recovery, the company said in its notice of removal.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Ex-Kline & Specter Lawyer Can't Contest Arbitrator, Court Says

After three other neutral arbitrators recused, Donald Haviland was unable to get retired Judge Mark Bernstein to recuse over ties to Drexel University's Thomas R. Kline School of Law.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Trump NLRB Member Denies Violating Ethics Pledge in Vote Against Obama Labor Ruling

“There is a critical difference between cases that involve the same parties and those that involve the same issues. For the purpose of the presidential pledge, the former requires recusal and the latter does not,” NLRB Member William Emanuel's lawyer, Dwight Bostwick, chairman of Zuckerman Spaeder, said in a letter to the labor board.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Major Lindsey's $2.7M Fight With Fired Recruiter Might Not End With Appellate Ruling

A Manhattan appeals court has issued a terse opinion directing ex-employee Sharon Mahn, once a top worldwide revenue-generator for Major Lindsey, to pay back more than $2.7M to the firm. But Mahn, now the CEO of her own recruiting firm, may not be ready to give up.
9 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Pay Equity Bill Keeps Rolling

The quick advance of a previously-vetoed New Jersey bill meant to police pay disparity among men and women continued Thursday as the Assembly Appropriations Committee unanimously approved it with little discussion.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

Supreme Court's Employment Contract Case Will Have Broad Reach. Here's How We Know

A recent memorandum from the NLRB general counsel's office identified 152 cases awaiting the Supreme Court decision. Of those, 52 are on hold in appeals courts around the country.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Chadbourne Lauds Efforts by Its Own Accuser in Settled Sex Bias Case

The firm, now part of Norton Rose Fulbright, said ex-partner Kerrie Campbell "contributed to important ongoing dialogue within the profession about gender issues" by suing the firm for $100 million.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Fisher & Phillips Launches Lobbying Subsidiary Amid 'Weinstein Effect'

With leadership based in Sacramento and Philadelphia, FP Advocacy will focus on federal regulation and California, where almost two-dozen antisexual harassment bills are before the state legislature.
4 minute read

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