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The Legal Intelligencer

Judge Says Ex-Wells Fargo Employee's Tax Returns Discoverable in Dispute Over FMLA Settlement

A Montgomery County judge said a former Wells Fargo bank manager should be compelled to hand over her tax returns in a breach of contract action she filed arising out of a Family and Medical Leave Act settlement she entered into with the bank.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Privacy Practices Every Company Should Address in Wake of Action Against PayPal

Privacy is serious business. This was made clear in the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) recent announcement that it had settled its complaint against Venmo, PayPal's peer-to-peer payment service, for misrepresentations to consumers regarding privacy and security settings.
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

Overly Technical Violations and the Rise of FCRA Class Actions

The new wave of class action lawsuits are based largely on technical violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The FCRA, by its name alone, appears unlikely to apply to most employment contexts, but think again.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Chadbourne Settles Sex Bias Case That Shined Light on Big Law Pay Gap

The deal resolves discrimination claims brought by Kerrie Campbell and two other partners against Chadbourne & Parke and its successor firm, Norton Rose Fulbright.
7 minute read

The Recorder

Judge Cites 'Troubling' Morgan Lewis Conduct, but Firm Skirts Disqualification

"Morgan Lewis apologizes to the court for allowing this issue to arise," partner Jason Mills told U.S. District Judge William Alsup, presiding over a wage-and-hour class action.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Supreme Court Narrows Whistleblower Protections Under Dodd-Frank

Employees must report to the Securities and Exchange Commission to state a retaliation claim under Dodd-Frank, internal reporting alone is no longer sufficient.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Inside Unsealed Documents in Microsoft Gender Discrimination Case

Newly unsealed court papers in a gender discrimination case against Microsoft open a window into how one company has confronted workplace allegations of disparate treatment.
7 minute read

The Recorder

FinTech Company Hit With 6-Figure SEC Penalty for Faulty Stock Option Disclosures

San Francisco-based Credit Karma, a pre-IPO financial technology company, agreed to pay a $160,000 penalty after the SEC found that it failed to offer employees financial statements and risk disclosures in conjunction with company-offered stock options.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

US Labor Judge Balked at Breadth of a Wells Fargo Whistleblower Settlement

A U.S. Labor Department judge raised concerns about the breadth of a Wells Fargo whistleblower settlement, saying the release of claims was too broad. The lawyers have a second shot to amend the language. Wells Fargo has recently resolved several whistleblower cases.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Labor Department Judge Balks at Breadth of a Wells Fargo Whistleblower Settlement

San Francisco-based Administrative Law Judge Steven Berlin raised concerns about the breadth of a Wells Fargo whistleblower settlement, saying the release of claims was too broad. The lawyers have a second shot to amend the language.
4 minute read

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