An investigative magistrate has been appointed in Paris to determine whether France Télécom should be charged with “moral harassment” in the suicides of 35 of its employees.
Kelley Drye & Warren is dropping a policy of removing older partners from equity partnership that had triggered a discrimination lawsuit by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
An unusually liberal worker’s compensation system in California, as far as professional athletes are concerned, made the New York Times this week when the wife of…
Many an associate has complained about the sudden pay cuts imposed by a number of law firms in recent years as they struggled with a dismal economy. But Richard Valuntas…
Kelley Drye & Warren contends in response to a lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that a lawyer forced out of equity partnership at the age of 70…
A recent New York Times article about the proliferation of unpaid internships appears to be eliciting a reaction of resigned acceptance rather than a backlash against…
A federal appeals court has upheld dismissal of a wrongful termination case granted after the plaintiff’s lawyer experienced computer problems and never got e-mail notice of a motion for summary…
After she began having children in 1992, Amy Beckett wanted to stay at home to take care of them and, fortunately, her husband earned enough that she was able to…
The New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled that attorney-client privilege protects e-mail discussing a possible employment lawsuit that was transmitted on the corporate laptop of the would-be plaintiff.
Continuing with a growth spurt that has already added three new offices to its roster so far this year, Ogletree Deakins has announced that it will open…
A former Clifford Chance associate seeking to reopen a $350,000 bias settlement with the law firm claims a panic attack and pressure from her lawyer led her to accept the…
A former secretary at Davis Wright Tremaine in Portland, Ore., claims in a lawsuit that she was deluged with work after layoffs, causing panic attacks that got her fired from…
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