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Title VII Clock Starts on 'Ready!' -- Not 'Go!'
The statute of limitations in Title VII discrimination cases is triggered when an alleged unlawful employment practice is announced, not when it is put into effect, an 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled. The court held that a university faculty member's claims for racial discrimination and harassment accrued when the college denied him tenure -- not when he was terminated years later.
Strippers Are People Too - More Importantly, They're Employees
Exotic dancers who claim that a club where they work tells them how to strip have won class certification from a federal judge for their claim that the club has violated labor laws by not paying them.Judge Finds Plausible Homeowners' Claim That Lenders Required Exorbitant Flood Insurance
Finding plausible the claims of two homeowners that lenders imposed unnecessary flood insurance requirements on their mortgages, a federal judge has refused to dismiss a class action complaint seeking refunds of premiums and injunctive relief.Baristas' suit against Starbucks over tips may proceed as class action in Mass. federal court
A Boston federal judge has certified a Massachusetts class action against Starbucks Corp. over its tip policy on the same day plaintiffs appealed a New York federal court's judgment on the same policy to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2d Circuit.A March 18 order by District Judge Nathaniel Gorton in Matamoros v. Starbucks Corp.IKON Loses Bid to Enjoin Competitor, Former Employees
A federal court held that a five-year non-compete agreement with owners of an acquired copier services company was unreasonable, finding that the contract should terminate in June of this year rather than in 2003. The court also ruled that a non-compete agreement which precluded another former employee from competing within 75 miles of his employment at IKON for a period of one year was unenforceable.Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part IKON's Motion for Preliminary Injunction
Another Wal-Mart Sex Bias Class Action Bites the Dust
Publication Date: 2013-05-29 Practice Area: Industry: Court: Judge: Attorneys: For plaintiff: For defendant: Case number:
Wal-Mart's lawyers at Gibson Dunn are continuing to whittle away at the spin-off class actions filed in the wake of the Supreme Court's Dukes decision, though the Wisconsin judge who threw out the latest case didn't side with the mega-retailer on every issue.
Strippers sue to be classified as employees, not independent contractors
When it comes to wage-and-hour laws, strippers are no different from pizza delivery drivers or waitresses. That's what plaintiffs' attorney E. Michelle Drake claims in a wage-and-hour class action recently filed against a strip club in suburban Minneapolis. The suit claims that the strip club is violating state and federal wage-and-hour laws by intentionally misclassifying entertainers as independent contractors and requiring a fee — between $20 and $100 a night — to "pay for the pole."
Eighth Circuit dissolves class of pizza delivery drivers in case over tips
A federal appeals court has overturned a class certification in a case brought by Domino's Pizza delivery drivers over tipsTRENDING STORIES
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