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November 19, 2009 |

Employers in a Haze Over Medical Marijuana Use

Employment lawyers say employers are unsure about how far they have to go to accommodate medical marijuana users. Many question whether they're even required to tolerate medical marijuana use, which is now legal in 13 states. Another six states, including New York, Illinois and Massachusetts, are also considering medical marijuana bills. Adding to employers' concerns is the Justice Department's announcement last month that it would no longer prosecute medical marijuana users.
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February 05, 2001 |

Law Firms Rally to Void Labor Edict

As secretary of labor, Elaine Chao's first big test comes thanks to an 11th hour maneuver by the Clinton administration that sparked the ire of companies and their lawyers. In an unheralded move, the Labor Department issued new guidelines for law firms that help company management fight union drives. No matter how Chao and the department come down on the issue, they are likely to face a fight.
6 minute read
September 13, 2001 |

National Labor Relations Board GC Faces Tough Decisions

Arthur Rosenfeld is one of the most powerful labor lawyers around Washington, D.C. as the new general counsel for the National Labor Relations Board. His position will be a difficult one. His office decides which cases are pursued and which cases are dropped, guaranteeing at least one unhappy party with every decision it makes.
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August 23, 2007 |

Employment Cases Spur Congress to Action

Lawmakers are moving in a more employee-friendly direction, opposing a Supreme Court decision on pay discrimination and introducing a bill to eliminate caps on damages in workplace bias suits.
8 minute read
February 02, 2006 |

McKenna Does Defense for BlackBerry, as Outage Looms

While lawyers and other BlackBerry users prepare for a possible shutdown of service, attorneys at McKenna Long & Aldridge are defending the patent case for the device's maker, Research In Motion. The McKenna team -- led by Gordon D. Giffin, an early BlackBerry user who met one of RIM's founders while U.S. ambassador to Canada -- is working with other firms as they prepare for a Feb. 24 hearing on the injunction against RIM.
5 minute read
April 04, 2005 |

Montco Judge Awards $1 Million in Punitives In Commercial Lawsuit

Finding that a Virginia-based real estate company had illegally solicited a rival firm's employees in its attempts to compete for Delaware Valley business with that Pennsylvania-based real estate outfit, a Montgomery County judge has awarded the local company just under $475,000 in compensatory damages and $1 million in punitive damages.
5 minute read
November 03, 2009 |

Employers Under Siege: Discrimination Complaints Flooding Into the EEOC

It was a chance to consort with the enemy—a powwow between reps from companies and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. And everyone wanted in.
6 minute read
November 01, 2004 |

Senate Passes Bill Widening Protections for Whistleblowers

The state Senate last Monday approved legislation that would extend the Conscientious Employee Protection Act's protections to those who blow the whistle on Enron-type corporate abuses.
4 minute read
August 25, 2004 |

Whistle-Blower Protections Under SOX

As a C-level executive, you have discovered that an employee, John Rankenfile, has information that a regional vice president has engaged in fraud and financial misconduct. Rankenfile is considering making a formal report and has come to you for advice.
5 minute read
January 28, 2013 |

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Man didn't attack his ex-wife's husband, jury finds. Salesman claiming age discrimination awarded $352,000. Worker with kidney problems who was laid off gets $24,000. Mill workers claiming racial slurs get $500,000. Jury awards $1.9 million to family of man who died after surgery. Driver on phone blamed for crash but didn't cause injuries, jury finds. Driver claiming back injury agrees to settlement. Jury awards plaintiff $7,066 for back, neck and shoulder injuries. Driver hit by tractor-trailer awarded $446,000. Passenger awarded $45,000 for back and neck sprains and strains. Both drivers equally to blame for crash, jury finds. Jury sides with defendant in no-passing-zone collision. Plaintiff awarded $21,144 for back and neck injuries. Jury sides with defendant in hydroplane crash. Jury denies plaintiff's injury claims. Driver awarded $34,855 for 
neck injuries. Jury awards $5,165 for cervical herniations. Jury sides with driver claiming neck, back, shoulder injuries. Plaintiff mostly to blame for crash, jury finds. Wal-Mart not liable for customer's fall. Worker struck by casing awarded $11.3 million. Kawasaki not liable for fire in motorcycle crash.
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