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Palagin v. Paniagua Construction, Inc.

By | December 17, 2013
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Baseball Labor GC Hits a Homer, Gets Kicked Upstairs

Commissioner Bud Selig promotes ex-Proskauer lawyer Dan Halem to head up labor relations for the league.
1 minute read

Texas Lawyer

LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT: But-For Standard

The most important development of 2013 in labor and employment law came in a Texas case that went to the U.S. Supreme Court, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. v. Nassar. In Nassar, the court held that the causation standard for a Title VII retaliation claim is a but-for standard, rather than a more lenient motivating-factor standard.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Collective-Action Rights Don't Trump Policy Favoring Arbitration

Employers who don't include arbitration clauses in their employment contracts to prevent employees from filing class actions may want to start. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has handed businesses a powerful weapon in disputes with workers in its decision in D.R. Horton v. National Labor Relations Board.
6 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Labor Lawyer Objects To Police Station Ban

Eric Brown is the attorney for the union that represents New London police officers. His job is a little harder these days, because he is banned from all police buildings and properties in the city.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

State Troopers Union Leader To Be Probed for Leak of Private Report

The New Jersey State Police can keep investigating the president of the state troopers' union over his receipt and distribution of a confidential internal-affairs report, a federal judge says.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Report Shows Labor Violations by Federal Contractors

Companies that receive federal contracts and break labor laws could face greater scrutiny from the U.S. government, if Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) gets his way.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

High Court Sidesteps Final Decision in Union Challenge

A major challenge involving neutrality agreements between employers and unions fizzled in the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Richards v. Ernst & Young, LLP

By | December 09, 2013
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

When Fast Food Workers Strike, Results May Vary

Fast food workers in more than 100 cities across the country planned to walk off the job to rally for a $15-an-hour minimum wage and the right to unionize without retaliation. But how much impact can a daylong walkout have?
4 minute read

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