http://www.abajournal.com/news/ en Copyright 2013 2013-05-23T02:59:25-06:00 http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/scott_johnson_catherine_corfee_ADA_sex_harassment_case/ Catherine Corfee has opposed Scott Johnson in many a disabled-access case. But Corfee, who has represented hundreds of small businesses sued by the paraplegic California attorney under the Americans with Disabilities Act, never anticipated that she would be representing plaintiffs in a workplace harassment suit against her longtime legal adversary,… Corporate Law, Disability Law, Labor & Employment, Trials & Litigation, States, California Wed, 22 May 2013 06:30:57 -0500 44296.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/never_mind_employees_on_Facebook_think_about_work_videos/ While some businesses still have problems with employee Facebook policies, along comes Vine, a video-sharing app introduced by Twitter. It allows users to post 6-second-long videos from their smartphones, and a growing amount of content comes from workers on the job, employment lawyer Daniel A. Schwartz tells the… Internet Law, Labor & Employment Tue, 21 May 2013 14:01:43 -0500 44294.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/circulating_law_student_interns_horror-film_clip_gets_ex-partner_suspended_/ A former partner of a well-known Indiana law firm has been suspended from practice for three years for persuading his paralegal to impersonate that firm's managing partner and send an email attaching a horror-film clip in which a new hire seemingly was onscreen in a state of undress. Arthur J.… Labor & Employment, Law Firms, Associates, Midsize Firm, Paralegals, Partners, Legal Ethics, Trials & Litigation, Evidence, Verdicts & Settlements, States, Indiana Mon, 20 May 2013 11:49:21 -0500 44269.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/fired_former_female_partner_settles_ropes_gray_age_and_gender_discriminatio/ A fired female intellectual property partner has settled her federal employment discrimination suit against Ropes & Gray on undisclosed terms. Patricia Martone, who was 63 when she was fired by the firm in 2010, lost out on lucrative retirement benefits to which she would have been entitled at age 65… Careers, Women in the Law, Labor & Employment, Law Firms, Large Firm, Partners, Trials & Litigation, Verdicts & Settlements, 2nd Circuit Court, States, New York Fri, 17 May 2013 13:20:34 -0500 44236.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/holder_spars_with_issa_over_email_release_says_the_lawmakers_behavior_is_sh/ Attorney General Eric Holder clashed with a Republican lawmaker from California on Wednesday during questioning about a purported deal to drop a lawsuit against the city of St. Paul, Minn. Holder told U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa that his behavior was “unacceptable” and “shameful,” report ABC News, the… Attorney General, Banking Law, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment, U.S. Supreme Court Thu, 16 May 2013 08:54:17 -0500 44213.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/would-be_law_prof_a_former_state_ag_loses_age_bias_suit_against_georgetown/ A federal judge has dismissed an age bias suit filed against Georgetown University Law Center by former North Dakota Attorney General Nicholas Spaeth. U.S. District Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle dismissed the case last week, according to The BLT: The Blog of Legal… Attorney General, Labor & Employment, Law Professors, Law Schools, States, North Dakota Tue, 14 May 2013 06:35:19 -0500 44153.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/son_of_salomon_bros_founder_sues_citigroup_says_secretary_assigned_in_consu/ The 99-year-old son of a founder of Salomon Brothers has sued Citigroup, contending that the bank breached a retirement contract by assigning him and failing to supervise adequately a personal secretary who allegedly stole $3 million of his personal funds. William Salomon, who began working for the famed investment bank… Banking Law, Contracts, Labor & Employment, Trials & Litigation, 3rd Circuit Court, States, New Jersey, New York Mon, 13 May 2013 10:45:05 -0500 44146.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/lawyers_suit_claims_law_firm_wrongly_fired_her_then_misappropriated_her_lik/ A former lawyer with a construction law firm based in Philadelphia has filed a lawsuit accusing her one-time employer of improperly firing her and then misappropriating her likeness by keeping her photo on its website. The suit by Melissa Angeline also accuses law firm Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman… Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Careers, Labor & Employment, Tort Law, Trials & Litigation, States, Pennsylvania Mon, 13 May 2013 08:15:02 -0500 44143.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/cahill_steps_down_in_rutgers_probe_due_to_local_counsel_conflict_is_replace/ Last month, Cahill Gordon & Reindel was hired by Rutgers University to conduct an independent review of the school's handling of the suspension and firing of former men's basketball coach Mike Rice. But on Friday, after discovering a conflict, Cahill stepped down from the representation and has been replaced by… Education Law, Entertainment & Sports Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment, Law Firms, Trials & Litigation, States, New Jersey Thu, 09 May 2013 11:50:39 -0500 44108.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/new_nlrb_ruling_says_bus_driver_should_not_have_been_fired_over_facebook_an/ In a new ruling in a hot area of employment law, the National Labor Relations Board has backed a tour bus driver fired for making comments critical of his employer in Facebook and email comments that also suggested fellow workers should unionize. The NLRB agreed with an administrative judge that… Administrative Law, Internet Law, Labor & Employment, Trials & Litigation, Verdicts & Settlements Wed, 08 May 2013 12:15:05 -0500 44089.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/poster_rule_requiring_notice_of_union_rights_is_struck_down_by_d.c._circuit/ A federal appeals court has struck down a rule requiring employers to post a notice advising workers of their rights, including the right to form or join a union. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit struck down the rule in an opinion (PDF)… Constitutional Law, First Amendment, Labor & Employment, D.C. Circuit Court Wed, 08 May 2013 11:30:47 -0500 44088.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/6_more_ogletree_lawyers_are_headed_to_littler/ After an unusual high-profile dispute between a former partner of Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart and the firm, another six lawyers are expected to leave the international labor and employment boutique Monday to join competitor Littler Mendelson, their new firm has announced. Within the last two weeks, another seven… Labor & Employment, Law Firms, Associates, Large Firm, Partners Mon, 06 May 2013 11:15:55 -0500 44037.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/eeoc_obtains_record_verdict_for_mentally_disabled_workers_who_claimed_mistr/ A federal jury in Iowa has awarded $240 million to compensate 32 mentally disabled men who claimed mistreatment while working at a turkey processing plant. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued on behalf of the men who worked at Henry’s Turkey Service in Atalissa and lived in a plant bunkhouse.… Civil Rights, Disability Law, Labor & Employment Thu, 02 May 2013 10:17:50 -0500 44010.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/partner_sent_email_complaint_to_colleagues_and_clients/ Updated: In a highly unusual public criticism of his now-former law firm, a partner of Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart complained to colleagues and clients in an email as he exited in March about what he called a "completely unacceptable" response to a female shareholder's complaint that she had… Contracts, Labor & Employment, Law Firms, Large Firm, Partners Wed, 01 May 2013 08:32:32 -0500 43981.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/insurance_coverage_for_boston_business_owners_could_depend_on_terrorism_def/ Corrected: Business owners dealing with the aftermath of the Boston marathon bombings will be facing legal issues ranging from insurance coverage to compensation for injured employees. More than 400 businesses were forced to close during the bombing investigation and a handful suffered property damage, according to the Bar Associations, Corporate Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment, Terrorism Mon, 29 Apr 2013 05:38:01 -0500 43934.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/scotus_considers_mixed-motive_retaliation_scalia_sees_no_need_to_psychoanal/ Supreme Court justices on Wednesday considered whether Congress intended to make retaliation cases more difficult to prove than other bias claims when it amended Title VII in 1991. A lawyer for Dr. Naiel Nassar argued that his client should win if he proved retaliation was a motivating factor when his… Civil Rights, Labor & Employment, Religious Law, U.S. Supreme Court Thu, 25 Apr 2013 08:41:01 -0500 43912.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/indicted_journalist_is_let_go_by_reuters_he_says_tweets_about_boston_marath/ A deputy social media editor at Reuters says he has lost his job after being federally indicted on charges he helped the hacking group Anonymous deface a former employer's news website. Matthew Keys said in a tweet and a Tumblr post that he plans to fight what he described as… Criminal Justice, Cybersecurity, Internet Law, Labor & Employment, Media & Communications Law, 9th Circuit Court, States, California, New York Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:09:38 -0500 43872.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/ex-ogletree_vp_said_to_be_working_at_littler_6_other_ogletree_partners/ Earlier this month, Reuters published an article announcing that a former vice president had resigned from Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart and planned to take a group of lawyers from the national labor and employment boutique to another law firm. Now it appears that Don Prophete is actually in… Careers, Labor & Employment, Law Firms, Large Firm, Partners, States, Missouri Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:49:02 -0500 43866.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/lawyer_says_he_used_misogynistic_for_first_time_in_pleading_in_suit_against/ A former legal secretary at Latham & Watkins in Washington, D.C., claims in a federal lawsuit that the firm subjected her to "outrageous, misogynistic attitude, behavior, and treatment of a woman that shocks the conscience." The $11 million suit by Demetria Peart claims the law firm fired her in January… Labor & Employment, Law Firms, Trials & Litigation Tue, 23 Apr 2013 08:04:34 -0500 43863.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/privacy_protections_for_worker_social_media_accounts_could_be_trouble/ Amidst a growing trend of protecting individuals' social media accounts from employer scrutiny, securities regulators are trying to put the brakes on burgeoning privacy legislation that has been pondered in 35 states and enacted in at least five. Dozens of new bills have already been introduced this year. The problem… Corporate Law, Internet Law, Labor & Employment, Legislation & Lobbying, Securities Law Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:55:54 -0500 43859.abajournal.com