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New Jersey Law Journal

Judge Says 'No' to State Funding of Discovery Master Fees Prompted by Judge Shortage

Plaintiffs lawyer Jon Green said he heard messages of encouragement from lawyers whose clients were faced with fees of as much as $1,500 an hour in cases ranging from police civil rights to clergy sexual abuse.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Rejecting Target's Predominance Arguments, Federal Judge Certifies Class in Wage-and-Hour Action

"Apparently, it is unclear whether [Target's] policy is lawful under the Pennsylvania Minimum Wage Act. Class certification offers an attractively efficient way to provide that pivotal answer and address the large number of relatively modest claims at issue," held U.S. District Judge John F. Murphy.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Employee Sues CSX for Alleged ADA-Related Discrimination

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
1 minute read

Law.com

Federal Judge Allows Trades Secret Lawsuit to Proceed Against Former Exec of Nuclear Transport Business

"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.
5 minute read

Law.com

Maryland Court Blocks Non-Dependent's Wrongful Death Suit Against Late Father's Employer

"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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The Legal Intelligencer

Receipt of Medicare/Medicaid Funding Means Employer Can't Escape Whistleblower Claim, Pa. Judge Rules

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.
6 minute read

Law.com

Maine Judge Rejects Thomas Keller Restaurant Group's Motion to Dismiss Lawsuit Alleging Ex-Employee Worked Without Pay

"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.
7 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Social Media Worker Files Workplace Bias Lawsuit Under US, Conn. and Calif. Law

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.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Eckert Seamans Announces New Leadership in Phila., Boston, DC

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.
4 minute read

Law.com

Inside Track: Court Upholds Right to Require Uniforms, a Bright Spot in a Bleak Year for Employers

"The power of the NLRB is not without bounds," the law firm Shawe Rosenthal wrote after an appellate court ruled against the agency.
4 minute read

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