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Labor-Managment Relations Act Preemption

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Ex-player’s “slip and fall” case against NFL, Chargers is preempted, court rules

The CBA controls. EDITOR’S NOTE: A version of this post was previously published as an article in Hackney Publications’ Sports Litigation Alert. A federal court in California has granted a motion by the National...more

Laner Muchin, Ltd.

Illinois Supreme Court Holds A Violation Of BIPA Occurs And Accrues With Each Scan

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The Illinois Supreme Court recently held in Cothron v. White Castle System, Inc., No. 128004 that a violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (the “Act” or “BIPA”) occurs and accrues every time a scan of a...more

Stokes Wagner

LMRA Defense to BIPA Lawsuits in Illinois

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Unionized employers in Illinois may have a useful defense to expensive employee BIPA lawsuits: the management rights clause and federal preemption law. A grievance might be a lot cheaper than a lawsuit....more

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No Preemption Where Labor Code Doesn’t Require Consulting A CBA

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Seyfarth Synopsis: The California Supreme Court held that the Labor Management Relations Act does not preempt claims under the Labor Code where a defense requires little more than referring to a collective bargaining...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

New Jersey Supreme Court’s New Year’s Docket to Include a Matter that Could Affect Whistleblower Claims

On January 5, 2016, the New Jersey Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral argument in a matter suggesting that section 301(a) of the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947 (“LMRA”) (which creates a federal cause of action...more

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