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Pithy commentary on employment law in Virginia and beyond.

Author: Eric A. Welter is principal at the Welter Law Firm in Herndon, Va.

Blawg Related Categories: Labor & Employment • States • Virginia • Solo / Small Firm

Recent Posts from The Laconic Law Blog

Recent Jury Verdicts and Settlements
Our latest update after the break. Happy Independence Day! TX — Nuclear plant ordered to pay overtime to misclassified employees after bench trial in federal court. FL — Jury awards $3.73 million to three VA…
Maryland Amends Flexible Leave Law
In 2008, Maryland adopted legislation that required employers (with 15 or more employees) to allow their employees to use accrued, paid leave to care for an ill, immediate family member. The law, however, was unclear in…
Tidbits
Here are some tidbits we found interesting: The Unfair Business Practices blog has a post here about an interesting Virginia federal court decision involving the theft of computer data and the Computer Fraud and Abuse…
Unfounded Trade Secrets Claim Against Former Employees Leads To $1.6 Million Judgment
In FLIR Systems, Inc. v. Parrish, the California Court of Appeals affirmed a $1.6 million judgment in favor of the employees in a claim brought by their former employer under California’s Uniform Trade Secrets Act. …
Recent Jury Verdicts and Settlements
Our latest update after the break. VA — “Big verdict underscores importance of background checks.” PA — “The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a major settlement of a sex discrimination lawsuit for…
No Mixed Motive Cases Under ADEA Says U.S. Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court held today in Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc. that a plaintiff in a case brought under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) cannot use the “mixed motive” proof standard to…
Split Arises In Virginia On Employer Liability Insurance Exclusion
After a decision by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia holding that a business insurance carrier must defend an employer after a workplace shooting leads to a negligence action by the employee’s…
Law Firm Economics — Recession Style
Former law clerks to the U.S. Supreme Court may no longer get $250,000 signing bonuses. Law.com article here. “Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, the fifth-most profitable U.S. law firm, is offering $80,000 to incoming lawyers…
Alcoholism and the ADA
A question after a recent speech about whether alcoholism is covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act (”ADA”) prompts us to write a short post on the topic. More after the break. ADA.gov (http://www.ada.gov/employmt.htm) has…
At What Level Of Management Is Knowledge Of Sexual Harassment Attributed To A Company?
The Third Circuit recently resolved a sexual harassment case against the employee/plaintiff, concluding that someone higher in authority than a “supervisor” must have knowledge of the harassment and/or complaint in order for that knowledge to…