When dealing with a sexual harassment suit, an executive of a video game giant allegedly said he wanted to spend to defend rather than settle with the plaintiff for $200,000…
A jury is weighing punitive damages after awarding a California lawyer $1.55 million in a defamation counterclaim against the paralegal who sued him for sexual harassment.
In the aftermath of the deadliest workplace shooting since 2009, shocked onlookers are wondering why and what, if anything, could have been done to prevent the rampage this morning by…
As the feds prepare to step up enforcement against employers that violate the rules concerning unpaid internships, employers—including law firms—can help demonstrate their compliance by using a written internship agreement,…
Years ago, when attorney Thomas Ostly was still on good terms with his paralegal, he joked with her in an instant message that he was going to be careful not…
Updated: A former clinical law instructor at Duquesne claims in a lawsuit that the school’s present dean, Kenneth Gormley, retaliated against her because she accused him of sexual harassment when…
Apparently anticipating an uptick of wage-and-hour cases against employers, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton has brought in three partners from Seyfarth Shaw whose practices focus on defending such class actions.
A special prosecutor brought in by the Department of Justice to investigate the apparent politically motivated 2006 firings of at least nine United States attorneys has concluded that no criminal…
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled 4-3 that the Menards home-improvement chain is not required to reinstate the company’s top in-house lawyer who was fired after complaining about her pay.
A federal appeals court has affirmed the dismissal of a sex discrimination suit filed by a partner in a Pennsylvania law firm, holding that she does not qualify as an…
The U.S. Department of Labor sued a Georgia personal injury firm and its former chief executive officer this week, contending that they improperly transferred, lent or used retirement plan assets…
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