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National Law Journal

Hobby Lobby, Resisting State Subpoena, Is Drawn Into New Birth Control Suit

"The state of Washington has no business demanding nationwide data from some of the biggest private companies in the country," lawyers for Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. tell a federal judge in Tacoma, Washington.
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New York Law Journal

Court Officers for Lower NYC Courts Not Owed Salary Adjustments, Panel Rules

A unanimous Appellate Division, First Department, panel, on Thursday threw out claims for retroactive relief and prospective salary-adjustment relief lodged by a union for the court officers.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Gibson Dunn Is Hired for Harassment Probe at California Statehouse

Gibson Dunn will work with Sacramento-based Van Dermyden Maddux Law Corp. and that firm's senior partner, Deborah Maddux, on the two-year contract. The firms will field complaints from a newly established telephone hotline and an online portal, investigate allegations and report their findings to the Senate Rules Committee.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Arbitration Agreement Upheld in J.C. Penney Worker's Employment Dispute

A former J.C. Penney employee has to submit her employment dispute to binding arbitration even though the form she signed to give assent did not recite the entire policy, a New Jersey appeals court has ruled.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

New NYC Ordinance Limits Inquiry Into Prospective Employee's 'Salary History'

In his Executive Compensation column, Joseph E. Bachelder III writes: Prospective employers subject to N.Y.C. Admin. Code §8-107, Subdiv. 25 should take a number of steps to comply with the new rule making it unlawful to inquire about the salary history of an applicant for employment or to rely on the salary history of an applicant in determining the salary, benefits or other compensation.
10 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Inside Wells Fargo's Quest Against a Whistleblower Awarded $577K

Recently disclosed documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request offer a deep glimpse into the bank's efforts to contest bank manager Claudia Ponce de Leon's claims that she was unlawfully fired for complaining about corporate malfeasance.
8 minute read

Daily Business Review

6 Do's And Don'ts for Your Company's Holiday Party

The leftover turkey is gone, the stampedes at Wal-Mart are over, and 2017 is winding to a close. That can only mean one thing — it's time for your…
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Dos and Don'ts: Politics in the Office (and Around the Holiday Table)

Whether it is because of 24-hour cable news networks, social media or the “reality show” of the recent presidential election, and events since the election, politics is taking over.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

To Hug or Not to Hug in the Office This Holiday Season

Imagine you are a manager in attendance at a company-sponsored holiday party and in the spirit of the holiday season you hug a number of co-workers of the opposite or same sex. You have worked with some of them for a long time and others are very new employees.
4 minute read

Inside Counsel

How to Avoid an Office Holiday Party Legal Hangover

Ahhhh, office holiday party season is here--the afternoon “Out of Office” message goes on, the festive attire comes out and the drinks start flowing.…
5 minute read

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