The Supreme Court receives approximately 10,000 petitions for writ of certiorari each year, but only accepts between 75-80 cases. Read more
The Joint Economic Committee published the first report in 1985 documenting the fact that working Americans were losing ground in relation to those citizens at the top of the economic ladder... Read more
The ground delivery unit of FedEx Corp. will pay $3 million to settle federal charges of hiring discrimination. The settlement with the Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Co... Read more
It’s been estimated that as many as 1,500 former employees of a washer and dryer plant in Webster City, Iowa, which has been shut down, are expected to join a class-action lawsuit seeking ba... Read more
Celebrity chef Mario Batali and his business partner have agreed to pay $5.25 million to settle a lawsuit that alleged the two men confiscated a portion of their restaurant workers’ tips. It... Read more
A federal jury awarded a physician’s assistant $168 million in damages because of the hostile work environment that she says she endured at Mercy General Hospital, a Sacramento hospita... Read more
Lawyers in the Section are handling a number of cases against Bank of America. As we have mentioned in prior issues, Bank of America now owns Merrill Lynch. Financial Advisors who worked for... Read more
The timesheets of Dongwon employees are sometimes docked for a 1-hour meal period, yet the employees only receive 45 minutes. Over the course of weeks, months, and years, this 15 minutes of... Read more
Our firm has filed a nationwide collective action lawsuit on behalf of all store managers against Dollar General involving the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). We allege in the suit that Dol... Read more
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