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February 08, 2005 |

Big Business, Small Profits in Sex Harassment Training

Employment lawyers say a new law mandating sexual harassment training at California companies means more business for firms with established training practices. But no one expects a revenue bonanza. In order to maximize the payout from training, some firms have created online training programs to limit the time investment of attorneys in what is seen, for the most part, as a sideline business.
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February 09, 2005 |

Weighing the Dollars and Sense of Sex Harassment Training

A law mandating sexual harassment training at California companies with at least 50 employees is expected to bring more business to firms with established training practices. To boost the payout, some law firms have created online programs, which are doing quite well, thank you. "We've had an absolutely phenomenal two years," said Shanti Atkins, CEO of a Littler Mendelson project. But attorneys' limited involvement in the online programs may leave the industry vulnerable to competition from tech companies.
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February 27, 2006 |

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June 23, 2008 |

Northern Calif. Boutique Joins Burke Williams

Southern California's Burke, Williams & Sorensen has gained a foothold in Northern California by snapping up public sector labor and employment boutique Kay & Stevens. The combination gives 55-attorney Burke Williams an entry point into Silicon Valley and augments its growing labor and employment group, which has about doubled in the past five years to 17 lawyers. Kay & Stevens co-founding partner William Kay says his firm needed to find a larger law firm because it'd been turning away business.
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April 17, 2013 |

Sabey v. City of Pomona

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September 16, 2010 |

The End of the IPO Doldrums?

With IPOs promising to pick up in the fall, Skadden, Latham, Davis Polk, and Simpson Thacher have landed assignments on the latest round of offerings. Plus: SEC filings for the offerings reveal a DLA Piper money pit in San Fransisco and litigation involving a former Jeffer Mangels partner.
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July 05, 2007 |

Wage Disputes Over Donning Gear Fuel Suits

In lawsuits filed across the nation, employees from auto workers to poultry workers are suing to be paid for the time it takes to get ready for work. Many of the lawsuits are fallout from a 2005 U.S. Supreme Court case involving poultry and meatpacking workers in which the high court ruled that employees should be paid for the time it takes to "don and doff" mandatory uniforms or equipment. And one of the biggest groups of employees bringing these lawsuits is police officers.
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July 06, 2007 |

Wage Disputes Over Donning Gear Fuel Suits

It�s come to this: The process of getting ready for work is being litigated.
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September 06, 2011 |

9th Circuit Mulls Religious Banners and the First Amendment

If you were a high school teacher, what posters and inspirational items would you put up in your classroom? What if at your school, "no posters" was not an option, and you were expected to make some personal statement to your students and peers? The next question you may have to ask is: What are the limits your employer can place on what you say? What rights does the administration itself have in this scenario?
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October 07, 2011 |

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