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ViaView filed a petition for a workplace violence restraining order against Thomas Retzlaff, a resident of Texas, who had filed a motion to quash the petition for lack of personal jurisdiction.

Workplace Wars: Mastering Polarization in the Modern Office...

Michelle Dutra sued Mercy Medical Center for wrongful termination in violation of public policy based upon Cal. Labor Code § 132a.

If a commercial driver is diagnosed with chronic alcoholism, can his employer terminate him a week later because his diagnosis excludes him from performing the essential functions of his job?

A class of former LandAmerica Financial Group employees agreed to a $5 million settlement of stock-drop claims arising from LandAmerica’s 2008 bankruptcy, and have submitted the agreement for court approval.

Seyfarth Synopsis: In our continuing video blog series on the finding of our 2021 Workplace Class Action Litigation Report...

This issue examines three significant federal appellate court decisions that shape class action litigation: the Fourth Circuit's analysis of ERISA claims and Rule 23(b)(1) certification requirements...

In this class action, truckers for Wal-Mart alleged they should have been but were not paid for layovers, rest breaks and inspections.

The Second Circuit recently affirmed in relevant part, an order compelling arbitration of claims under Title VII and the Americans with Disabilities Act in connection with the termination of the plaintiff's employment.

We’ve written at least twice now on class actions on of time spent by employees going through security lines, primarily at the end of their shifts.

Nationally acclaimed trial lawyer, WSHB Partner Andrew Kessler, secured summary judgment in a matter pending in the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County

BNA has published a good article on how an employer can protect its confidential information from being taken by a departing employee to a competitor.

The defendant also argued that indemnity should not apply to the plaintiff as a former employee and that most of her legal bills were incurred after her termination.

On September 17, 2012, Judge Gustavo Gelpi, District Court Judge for the District of Puerto Rico, denied the defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s complaint in Humana Health of Puerto Rico v. Vilaro.

Sylvia Ventura worked as a janitor for ABM. Ventura alleged a history of harassment and an act of violence by her supervisor, Carlos Manzano, and ratification by ABM.

Playboy Enterprises is suing its former defense counsel Sheppard Mullin after being hit with a $6 million jury verdict in a SOX whistleblower case, the highest jury award in a SOX case to date.

In yesterday's blog, readers were given an extensive overview of the historically high numbers regarding class action settlements in 2017.

Seyfarth Synopsis: Our latest blog gave readers a detailed breakdown of the second trend of our 15th Annual Workplace Class Action Report (WCAR), which was class certification rulings in 2018.