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For years, technology experts and attorneys have been predicting the rise of computer-assisted coding and review for electronic discovery.
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Decision invalidates part of controversial NLRB posting rule
Employers and business groups won a partial victory in federal court earlier this month with a ruling that invalidated the portion of a controversial National Labor Relations Board rule that makes failure to post notice of employees’ rights under the ...
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Read More »In-house counsel cannot disclose conversations with manager
Because an in-house attorney who met with a management employee about a sexual harassment allegation did not make clear that he was not representing that employee, he could not later disclose the substance of the meeting to company management or ...
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Read More »Interpreting who pays the cost of translators
The U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide whether the costs of document translators are covered under a federal statute that requires the losing party in litigation to pay for “compensation for interpreters.”
Tagged with: March 31 2012 issue
Read More »Case considers where workers can bring constitutional claims
The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide whether the Civil Service Reform Act precludes federal workers from bringing certain constitutional claims in federal court.
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Read More »Consulting company cannot enforce non-compete
An information technology consulting firm could not enforce a non-compete agreement against employees who quit after the company cut their base salaries but gave them an opportunity to make up the difference through bonuses based on billable hours, a Superior ...
Read More »All fired up
Reebok CEO Paul Fireman and lawyers from Boston’s Goulston & Storrs used to enter the courtroom side by side. Those days appear to be over.
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Read More »Piper and prejudice
An ex-DLA Piper secretary has abruptly pulled the plug on a sexual harassment complaint she lodged against the Boston law firm and a former supervisor.
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Read More »Company, CEO sanctioned for destroying evidence
A Superior Court judge in Boston’s Business Litigation Session has ruled that a company that intentionally destroyed tens of thousands of pages of evidence must pay the plaintiffs’ counsel fees.
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Read More »Plaintiffs’ lawyers, EEOC see rise in pregnancy bias claims
The slow economy and competitive labor market may be contributing to an upswing in discrimination claims by pregnant women in the workplace, employment attorneys say.
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