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Civil Procedure › Labor & Employment Law › Energy & Utilities Law

Read Civil Procedure updates, alerts, news, and legal analysis from leading lawyers and law firms:

News & Analysis as of May 26, 2013

Patton Boggs LLP

False Claims Act Focus - April 2013

by Mary Beth Bosco, Laurence Freedman, Michael Guiffre, Susan Baldwin Hendrix, Laura Laemmle-Weidenfeld | Patton Boggs LLP on 4/15/2013

EDITOR’S NOTE - The last few months have not failed to provide interesting False Claims Act (FCA) activity in the courts. We begin our newsletter by examining a case brought in the energy sector, alleging that a...more

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,...

Court Finds Private Person Can Be Held Liable for Negligent Inspection

by Michael T. Heenan | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 3/15/2013

A private person who inspects a workplace can be held liable for injury or death due to hazards that should have been found and addressed. That is effectively what the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia recently held...more

Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard

Employee Is Protected By Whistleblower Provisions Of The Labor Code When He Or She Reports Illegal Conduct By A Fellow Employee

by Laura Izon Powell, Bruce A. Scheidt, Kristianne Seargeant, David W. Tyra | Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard on 2/19/2013

A terminated employee brought claims against his former employer for wrongful termination in violation of the California False Claims Act (“CFCA”), public policy, and the whistleblower protections provided by the Labor Code. ...more

Patton Boggs LLP

Patton Boggs Insights - December 2012: Litigation/Courts: Appeals Court Rules On MSHA Temporary Reinstatement

by Patton Boggs LLP on 1/22/2013

A miner’s temporary reinstatement benefits stop once the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission orders an end to a discrimination proceeding. The ruling last month by the US Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals is a...more

XpertHR - Partnered with LexisNexis

Supreme Ct. Adds Employment-Related Case To Schedule

by David B. Weisenfeld | XpertHR - Partnered with LexisNexis on 1/15/2013

The Supreme Court will soon hear a case involving a controversial Port of Los Angeles rule that would require trucking companies to hire their drivers as employees rather than independent contractors. The Court added American...more

Patton Boggs LLP

Patton Boggs Insights - January 2012 - Litigation/Courts: Appeal Of Attorney Fee Denial In Overturning Violation

by Patton Boggs LLP on 2/13/2012

A custodial firm doing business at a mine incurred some $22,000 in legal expenses fighting an order MSHA issued, then vacated. A judge ruled the company is not entitled to compensation under the Equal Access to Justice...more

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