Labor & Employment

Female Lawyers File Wage Discrimination Suit Against Farmers

Farmers Insurance routinely paid male attorneys more than female lawyers with equal or more experience, Lynne Coates states in a […]

Novel Defense: Buy A Newspaper?

Among the legal entanglements of Sheldon Adelson, the Las Vegas-based casino owner, billionaire and media mogul, is a wrongful termination […]

New CA Employment Laws For 2016

Attorneys from Arnold & Porter survey what’s new in California state employment legislation for 2016. For employers, they write, “it could […]

Legal Pot A Minefield For Employers

In Arizona and Michigan, employers can’t terminate based on pot use alone. Meanwhile, in California, “if you fail a drug […]

One Coal Co., 100,000 Layoffs

A single coal company in China has announced plans to lay off 100,000 workers, threatening to…

When Employees Take Information Without Permission

The circuits are split on the question of whether employers can use the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) to […]

Did JPMorgan Trump Up Charges Against Whistleblower?

A former broker in an Arizona branch of JPMorgan says he was fired for refusing to push pricey JPMorgan financial […]

Non-Disclosure Agreements, Trade Secrets and Lawsuits

Blogging on the Duane Morris Institute site, Jennifer A. Kearns writes about the legal issues involved when employees, most often […]

How “Facts On The Ground” Can Determine Employer Liability

Two recent decisions in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals adopted “fact-sensitive and multi-factor inquiries, rather than articulating bright line […]

Uber Survey Backs Argument That Drivers Are Contractors

The car-sharing service Uber says that 69 percent of its drivers hold other jobs, according to an internal survey. That […]

Daily Updates

Sign up for our free daily newsletter for the latest news and business legal developments.

Scroll to Top