Where a defendant gas company was awarded summary judgment on a plaintiff employee’s claims of race-based disparate treatment and of hostile work environment, there is no basis for reversing that judgment, as (1) the defendant’s justification for disciplining the plaintiff ...

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Though a judge was warranted in defaulting a defendant for persistent noncompliance with court-ordered deadlines, the judge erred by fashioning an award that exceeded the relief sought in the plaintiffs’ complaint. Hooper-Haas, et al. v. Ziegler Holdings, LLC (Lawyers Weekly ...

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A homeowner has showed that a Chapter 7 home improvement contractor’s lies about a building permit led to a loss that might reasonably have been expected to result from the homeowner’s reliance. In Re: Goguen, Peter J. (Lawyers Weekly No. ...

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In 1966, Marvin Miller, a labor economist with various unions, became the executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, serving in the position until 1982.

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The U.S. Department of Justice put the pharmaceutical and medical device industries on notice in November 2009. In the months and years ahead, the DOJ said, it would be targeting those industries for violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, ...

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The acting general counsel (AGC) of the National Labor Relations Board has released a new report on employment policies governing the use of social media, including Facebook, Twitter and other social-networking websites.

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Any attorney who has tried an intellectual property case knows that presenting the evidence in a way that jurors fully comprehend is no simple task.

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Employment attorneys say that they have seen an increase in disability-related charges since final regulations under the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act went into effect more than a year ago.

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A union could enforce a “letter of agreement” preventing a highway construction general contractor from doing business with a named subcontractor, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.

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A chiropractor who suffered an injury that prevented him from continuing to practice could collect total disability benefits even though he worked part time as a nurse, the Massachusetts Appeals Court has ruled.

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