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New York Law Journal

Rochester Laborers' Welfare-S.U.B. Fund v. Flower City Monitors, Inc.

Unions' Funds Entitled to Default Judgment In July 2015 Suit Over Unpaid Contributions
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

What Law Firms and Judges Can Do to Increase Role of Women Litigators

All the women's initiatives and committees at large law firms in New York can't mask the figures in a study announced this month showing a lack of women as lead counsel in courtrooms across the state.
16 minute read

The American Lawyer

Littler Lands K&L Gates Employment Pro in NYC

Donald Dowling Jr., who joined K&L Gates two years ago from White & Case, is on the move again. Littler Mendelson, a labor and employment giant keen on expanding its global presence, recruited Dowling to the firm last week.
48 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Firms Are Aggressively Seeking Labor and Employment Laterals

Philadelphia's labor and employment practices have been engaged in a game of musical chairs in recent months, and observers say the music is likely to continue for the foreseeable future.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Nelson Mullins Nabs Mintz Levin Partner Caught Up in Bias Case

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough has hired partner Bret Cohen in Boston to co-chair its employment litigation group. Cohen joins the firm from Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, which six months ago settled a gender discrimination suit filed by a former female associate who filed a complaint about Cohen.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

DC Circuit Resolves CNN's NLRB Case, but Joint-Employer Standard Still in Limbo

The employment community will continue to await a U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit decision on the fate of a National Labor Relations Board standard for what constitutes a joint employer relationship. A ruling Friday in CNN's dispute with the NLRB touched on the issue but did not come to a conclusion.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

The Beer Lobby Taps Treasury's Deregulatory Push, Wells Fargo Faces New Scrutiny: Weekly Roundup

Cheers: Here's what the Beer Institute wants on the deregulatory front. Wells Fargo faces fresh scrutiny over a car insurance scheme. Microsoft is embracing alternative fee arrangements. And Trump's pick for HHS general counsel admits he has a "big mouth." This is a weekly roundup from ALM publications and around the web.
10 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Independent Contractor or Employee: Court Tackles Issue Once Again

As outlined in this space back in June, the nature of an ­employment relationship is a question of law that is to be determined on a ­case-by-case basis. The Commonwealth Court case of Hawbaker v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board, (Kriner's Quality Roofing Services and UEGF), 224 C.D. 2016, ­provided a springboard for discussing under what circumstances an injured worker can be considered an employee versus an independent contractor. Hawbaker also ­offered a comparison between the ­"traditional" factors in determining whether an ­employer-employee relationship exists and the ­specific statutory requirements of the 2010 Construction Workplace Misclassification Act (CWMA), which sought to codify criteria for ­classification of independent contractors in construction settings.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Jackson Lewis Welcomes Workplace Law Partner in San Francisco

D'Anne Gleicher, who started Alameda, California-based Wise Gleicher in 2006, has left her own firm to join labor and employment giant Jackson Lewis as a partner in San Francisco.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Former DOJ Civil Rights Chief Pushes Back on Sessions' Critics

The division faced a number of civil rights enforcement controversies under Tom Wheeler, who is now back at his old firm after leaving the Justice Department last week.
17 minute read

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