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Pay Discrimination Liability and Union Rights Expanded
Texas Lawyer
Monday, March 2, 2009
Some new and proposed laws on labor and employment represent the release of pent-up frustration with the Bush administration and a promised payback to the labor movement for its assistance in the last election. For lawyers, they portend a dramatic expansion of employment law counseling and litigation.
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Special Report: Labor and Employment
Texas Lawyer
Monday, March 2, 2009
Some new and proposed laws on labor and employment represent the release of pent-up frustration with the Bush administration and a promised payback to the labor movement for its assistance in the last election, writesPatrick Maher. Also: "Benefit Plan Oversight During a Recessionary Economy" by Vicki D. Blanton and "ADA Amendments Mean Employers Need to Be More Cautious" by By Robert M. Behrendt.
The Dashboard
Texas Lawyer
Monday, November 24, 2008
"Bypassing the Secret Union Vote," "Extraordinary Women in Texas Law," "Texas' Best-Paid CEOs"
Plan Now for the Impact of the Employee Free Choice Act
Texas Lawyer
Monday, October 6, 2008
Americans will elect a new president and Congress next month. A lot is riding on the outcome. Here's one of particular importance for general counsel: the fate of the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA). U.S. Sen. Barack Obama supports it; U.S. Sen. John McCain does not.
In Re: American National Insurance Co.
Texas Lawyer
Monday, December 31, 2007
The arbitration provision in the agreement was not an effective waiver of Inocencia Liano's right to pursue her claim in court. Thus, American National Insurance Co. could not compel Liano to arbitrate her discrimination claim against her employer.



