ArticleRochester Issues FAQs On Newly Effective "Ban The Box" OrdinanceRochester recently posted FAQs highlighting key provisions of the city’s "ban the box" ordinance.United StatesEmployment and HRProskauer Rose LLP
ArticleSEC Announces $18 Million Award To WhistleblowerOn August 25, 2023, the SEC announced an award of more than $18 million to a whistleblower who first reported misconduct internally and subsequently provided information...United StatesEmployment and HRProskauer Rose LLP
ArticleSEC Announces $20 Million Award To Whistleblower - November 29, 2022On November 28, 2022, the SEC announced an award of $20 million to a whistleblower who provided new and critical information that contributed to a successful enforcement action. United StatesEmployment and HRProskauer Rose LLP
ArticleSEC Awards $22 Million To Two WhistleblowersOn May 10, 2021, the SEC's Office of the Whistleblower announced multi-million dollar awards to two whistleblowers who provided the SEC with information that assisted the agency in bringing...United StatesEmployment and HRProskauer Rose LLP
ArticleSeventh Circuit: Agreement For Retiree Healthcare Benefits Survives Agreement's TerminationThe Seventh Circuit applied ordinary contract law interpretation principles and concluded that the agreement "unambiguously" provided the retirees with vested healthcare benefits. United StatesEmployment and HRProskauer Rose LLP
ArticleSixth Circuit Rejects Claim For Reinstatement Of Erroneous Benefit Payments To Ineligible RetireeIn Adams v. General Motors Company (Case No. 12-2084), the Sixth Circuit rejected an ineligible retiree’s claim for reinstatement of erroneous benefit payments under her former employer’s pension plan. United StatesEmployment and HRProskauer Rose LLP
ArticleSo-Called Cadillac Tax Delayed Until 2020On December 16, 2015, the House of Representatives struck a tentative deal on an appropriations bill that would fund the federal government through the 2016 fiscal year.United StatesEmployment and HRProskauer Rose LLP
ArticleStray Kitty Moonlights As LawyerFollowing passage of AB-5, the recent string of multi-million dollar employee jury verdicts, and other challenging developmentsUnited StatesEmployment and HRProskauer Rose LLP
ArticleSupreme Court Asked To Review Scope Of Dodd-Frank's Whistleblower Provision It remains to be seen whether the Supreme Court will grant Digital Realty's request to address this incredibly divisive issue.United StatesEmployment and HRProskauer Rose LLP
ArticleSupreme Court Invalidates Heightened Evidentiary Standard For Majority-Group PlaintiffsMarlean Ames, a heterosexual woman, alleged under Title VII that she had been denied a management promotion and demoted based on her sexual orientation.United StatesEmployment and HRProskauer Rose LLP
ArticleTerminated Employee Could Proceed With Tortious Interference Claims Against AppleDan Popescu sued Apple Inc. for damages after he was fired by his employer, Constellium Rolled Products Ravenswood, LLC.United StatesEmployment and HRProskauer Rose LLP
ArticleThe #MeToo Movement One Year On…What legal changes has #MeToo brought to life? United StatesEmployment and HRProskauer Rose LLP
ArticleThird Circuit: Catalyst Theory Of Recovery Applies To ERISA Fee AwardThe Third Circuit held that the catalyst theory of recovery applies to ERISA cases when determining whether to award attorneys' fees. United StatesEmployment and HRProskauer Rose LLP
ArticleThird Circuit Upholds Health Plan's Anti-Assignment ClauseThe Third Circuit recently held that anti-assignment clauses in ERISA-governed healthcare plans are enforceable as long as they are unambiguous.United StatesEmployment and HRProskauer Rose LLP
ArticleThou Shalt Not Bully – Employers Must Educate Supervisors About "Abusive Conduct"California businesses that have 50 or more employees are already required to train supervisors on legally prohibited sexual harassment.United StatesEmployment and HRProskauer Rose LLP
ArticleTime Spent By Employees In Exit Searches Is CompensableIn this opinion, the California Supreme Court answered a question certified to it by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.United StatesEmployment and HRProskauer Rose LLP
ArticleTrial Court Failed To Properly Assess Fairness Of PAGA SettlementAfter two mediation sessions, the parties moved for approval of a settlement agreement, but the trial court declined to approve the settlement because the release was too broad.United StatesEmployment and HRProskauer Rose LLP
ArticleTrial Court Properly Denied Class Certification For Unpaid Meal Break ClaimsThe putative class members in this case moved for class certification on the theory that although Walgreens's stated policy on meal breaks was proper, its actual practice departed from its stated policy... United StatesEmployment and HRProskauer Rose LLP
ArticleUSDOL Prevails In Kansas In Another Decision On Fiduciary RuleOn February 17, 2017, a federal district Court in Kansas upheld the U.S. Department of Labor's conflict of interest rule and related exemptions in a suit brought by Market Synergy Group, Inc.United StatesEmployment and HRProskauer Rose LLP
ArticleWage Claims Were Not Barred By Statute Of LimitationsHarold Bain sued Tax Reducers, Inc. for unpaid minimum wages, expenses and waiting time penalties.United StatesEmployment and HRProskauer Rose LLP