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Corporate Counsel

Google Calls Ex-Female Employees' Pay-Equity Lawsuit 'Vague' and Sparse'

Lawyers for Google Inc. argue a class action that accuses the company of pay discrimination casts too wide a net with overbroad claims of alleged gender inequities and unfair promotion opportunities for women.
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The Recorder

Google Calls Ex-Female Employees' Pay-Equity Lawsuit 'Vague' and 'Sparse'

Lawyers for Google Inc. argue a class action that accuses the company of pay discrimination casts too wide a net with overbroad claims of alleged gender inequities and unfair promotion opportunities for women.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Employee or Nonemployee? That Is the Question in Uber Cases

There's no cliché better than a Shakespeare cliché, and no Shakespeare cliché more cliché than referencing Hamlet. Duly noted and ignored. Let's turn to Uber, the Prince of 555 Market St. in San Francisco.
9 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

The Impact of 'Protz' on the Business Climate

As the old adage goes, be careful what you wish for; you might get it. This saying is currently playing itself out in the world of Pennsylvania workers' compensation law.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Trick Question: How Do You Classify a Gig Worker?

The gig economy presents complex employment issues that are resulting in inconsistent legal rulings on the independent contractor or employee status…
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Does 'Kaczkowski v. Bolubasz' Apply to Social Security?

Kaczkowski v. Bolubasz, 491 Pa. 561 (1980), is one of the few decisions in the nation that rules out discounting to present value, under the assumption that the inflation rate is equal to the discount rate.
9 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Judge Clarifies 'Jackson Pollock Painting' of Wage Law in Laborers' Class Action

A federal judge sought to clarify when state law claims involving the Davis-Bacon Act should be tried in federal court.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

'Zuber' Highlights Need for Clarity, Consistency in a Release

In Zuber v. Boscov's, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, No. 16-3217, the Third Circuit reversed a decision of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania that dismissed an employee's claims under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and common law on the basis of a compromise and release agreement signed by the employee to settle his workers' compensation claims.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Forum Selection Clause Frees Mary Kay From NJ Sales Reps' Class Suit

A wage-and-hour suit on behalf of Mary Kay sales consultants won't be heard in New Jersey after the Third Circuit ruled that Texas law governs interpretation of a forum-selection clause in the cosmetics company's employment contract.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Court Awards Farmworkers $1.48M in Back Pay for Packing Onions

A federal judge has ordered a Vidalia onion producer to pay nearly $1.5 million in back wages and damages to workers for overtime pay, the U.S. Department…
6 minute read

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