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Monty Green v. The City of New York, et al.

Complaint

More importantly, at no time, did any internal investigator observe him solicit anyone for sexual favors in exchange for monies; observe him hire anyone as a sex worker to perform sexual favors for others in exchange for...more

United States Supreme Court Confirms that a Timely and Properly Worded Offer of Judgment May Moot a Collective Action

Last week, the United States Supreme Court confirmed what we informed readers of in our Employment Class Action Blog on February 21, 2011, "A timely and properly worded offer of judgment may moot a collective action and...more

CWP 2693 of 2010/ 9968 of 2009 [Hemant Goswami vs. Union of India]

Final Order of High Court in Child Labour Case

Under the J.J. Act of 2000, a person up to the age of 18 years is treated as ‘child’. Same age is prescribed under the CPCR Act, 2005 as well. However when it comes to prohibition of Child Labour Act of 1986, the definition...more

Religious Institutions Update: April 2013

Implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is in full swing. The law requires non-exempt religious organizations with fewer than 50 full-time employees to determine whether they are a large...more

Plaintiffs' Bar is Whistling Past the Graveyard on Comcast

As many readers of this blog know by now, last week the Supreme Court issued yet another anti-class certification decision in Comcast Corp. v. Behrend (“Comcast”). While the full scope and meaning of the Court’s holding is...more

Age Discrimination Claims Under The Equal Protection Clause? The Supreme Court Will Decide

The Supreme Court recently granted certiorari to consider the question of “[w]hether the Seventh Circuit erred in holding, in an acknowledged departure from the rule in at least four other circuits, that state and local...more

Larry Jackson v. The City of New York, et al.

Amended Complaint

A NYPD officer claims in a lawsuit that he may be forced to retire due to a hand injury he sustained during a brutal beat-down by fellow officers outside his Queens home. Larry Jackson contends the cops – who responded to...more

Lisette Pedrosa v. The City of New York, et al.

Verified Complaint

Pedrosa, who is a Puerto Rican Female, says that from January 2010 through this day, she has been retaliated against after complaining about being subjected to the highly offensive sexual conduct of Lieutenant Salvatore...more

California Supreme Court Rules Unions May Picket On Private Property

Ralphs Grocery Company v. United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 8, S185544 (December 27, 2012): The California Supreme Court recently held that although a supermarket’s privately owned entrance area is not a public...more

California High Court Issues Important Ruling on Labor Speech Rights of Unions on Private Property

The California Supreme Court recently issued its decision in Ralphs Grocery Company v. United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 8. Although the ruling resolved a long-standing dispute between a supermarket owner and the...more

Unions May Now Picket On Private Property In California

In a blow to retail businesses in California, the California Supreme Court has held that labor unions have the right to picket in front of privately owned store entrances. In Ralphs Grocery Company v. United Food and...more

Nelson Fernandez v. The City of New York, et al.

Verified Amended Complaint

Plaintiff alleges race and gender discrimination at NYPD Transit District 4. He alleges that his supervisor Deputy Inspector Thomas Connolly sexually harassed him, then filed a defamation lawsuit against him in violation of...more

Joy C. Noel v. The Interpublic Group of Co's Inc., et al.

Amended Complaint

Noel, who is Trinidadian, holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting, says that she started working at IPG in or around February 1993 and has been passed over for promotion several times in favor of less qualified Caucasian...more

Colorado Supreme Court Upholds Judgment Against Ward Churchill

Recently, the Colorado Supreme Court affirmed the trial and appellate courts’ rulings in favor of the University of Colorado in the case of Churchill v. University of Colorado at Boulder. In so ruling, the Court conducted an...more

Harvey Levin v. Lisa Madigan, 692 F.3d 607 (7th Cir. 2012)

Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Decision

Seventh Circuit Splits with Six Circuits on Qualified Immunity The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has ruled that Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan and supervisors of the Attorney General’s Office are...more

Yvonne W. Alex v. General Electric, et al.

Amended Complaint

New York Civil Rights Attorney Eric Sanders, Esq., of The Sanders Firm, P.C., alleges in a $50 Million Dollar federal lawsuit that GE through its affiliate GE Energy in Schenectady fosters a sexually and racially hostile work...more

Yvonne W. Alex v. General Electric Company, et al .

Amended Complaint

Alex, who is African American, says that she started working at GE Energy in or around November 1981 and terminated on September 20, 2011, while employed she endured sexually and racially offensive behavior from several white...more

SCOTUS Will Decide Whether Rule 68 Offers Moot FLSA Collective Actions

The U.S. Supreme Court granted cert on June 25, 2012 in Genesis Healthcare Corp. v. Symczyk to resolve a federal circuit split on whether an FLSA collective action is mooted when the lone plaintiff receives from defendants an...more

Supreme Court Will Decide If Offer of Judgment Moots FLSA Collective Action

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether a collective action filed under the Fair Labor Standards Act is rendered moot if the defense makes an offer of judgment in the full amount of the representative plaintiff’s...more

Supreme Court Plants Roadblock For Federal Employees Bringing Employment Claims

Representing a victory for the federal government, the U. S. Supreme Court held today that federal employees do not have a right to challenge their terminations from employment in federal district court on constitutional...more

Legal Byte: Understanding and Litigating Adhesion Contracts

Adhesion contracts are found in all areas of law. This Legal Byte gives you an insight into understanding what they are and how they are litigated. By Alan Goldberg (Appeals, civil trials and family law.)...more

Conn. Supreme Court Rejects $10M Verdict; Insubordination is Not Protected Speech

In one of the most significant employment law cases decided by the Connecticut Supreme Court in recent years, the Court unanimously ruled earlier this month that an employee’s free speech rights in the private workplace do...more

Federal Court Holds Fannie Mae Is Not a Government Entity

On April 30, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia held in an employment case that Fannie Mae is not a government entity and therefore the plaintiff could not sustain her Bivens claim. Herron v. Fannie Mae, No....more

Big Day for Employers at Connecticut Supreme Court

It’s been several years since employers had some decisions to cheer about at the Connecticut Supreme Court. But yesterday, the court released two important decisions that will likely rank as among the most significant the...more

Debra Lawson v. City of New York, et al.

Motion to Re-Open Discovery

Motion to Re-Open Discovery based upon newly discovered information that leads plaintiff to believe that defendant JAMES COAN may have committed perjury to cover up his past criminal behavior, civil rights violations as well...more