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Commercial Litigation, Labor and Employment Law, Supreme Court, Texas, U.S.
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Supreme Court Sinks Comcast Class Action

Carol Keough April 5, 2013

Philadelphia customers sued Comcast Corporation arguing Comcast’s complete control over cable service in parts of Philadelphia allowed Comcast to raise prices unfairly.  The customers had several different theories as to how they were harmed by Comcast’s monopoly of the cable service business.  The United States Supreme Court held the customers were not a proper class… Continue Reading »

Business Law, Commercial Litigation, Labor and Employment Law, Texas, U.S.
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Fired Employee loses to Employer on Arbitration Clause

Carol Keough April 2, 2013

Gary Klein worked as a floor hand on a drilling rig for Nabors Drilling USA L.P. (Nabors).  Nabors asked him to sign an acknowledgment, as a condition of his employment, that he would agree to bring all disputes through the Nabors Dispute Resolution Program (Program).  At some point Nabors fired Mr. Klein.  Believing that he was fired… Continue Reading »

Commercial Litigation, Labor and Employment Law, Texas, Trending, U.S.
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CVS Employee Policy – Weigh In or Pay Monthly Fine

Carol Keough March 26, 2013

Employer CVS’s new policy for its employees using the company health insurance is that they see a physician for a health screening disclosing their weight, height, BMI and other health info or face a $50/monthly penalty ($600/year).  Although wellness programs have been around for awhile, this sheds new light on how an employer is using a penalty to… Continue Reading »

Commercial Litigation, Labor and Employment Law, Supreme Court, U.S.
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NLRB Headed to the Supreme Court On The Obama Recess Appointments

Carol Keough March 12, 2013

On March 12, 2013, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced its decision to file a petition for certioriari with the Supreme Court.  The NLRB wants the Court to reverse or clarify the decision in “Noel Canning” where the D.C. Circuit held that the recess appointments to the Board by President Obama were invalid. In order for… Continue Reading »

Commercial Litigation, Labor and Employment Law, Texas, U.S.
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Did you miss the FMLA Poster Compliance Deadline?

Carol Keough March 12, 2013

This past Friday on March 8, 2013, all covered employers must post the new Family Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) posters approved by the Department of Labor (“DOL”) in a place where all employees and job applicants may see it.  Maybe an employer does not have employees who qualify for FMLA at one of their companies… Continue Reading »

Commercial Litigation, Labor and Employment Law, Technology Law, Texas, U.S.
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Dust off those Human Resources New Year’s Resolutions

Carol Keough February 25, 2013

Now nearing the last week in February 2013, how many of those New Year’s Resolutions which affect the way your business will deal with your employees are now gathering dust?  As an employer did you promise to revise your Employee Handbook and Policies to capture all the changes in state and federal laws?  Did you… Continue Reading »

Commercial Litigation, Labor and Employment Law, Texas, Trending
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Employer’s Nondelegable Duty to Provide Safe Workplace

Carol Keough February 22, 2013

After hearing the story about Carnival’s stranded cruise liner last week in the Gulf of Mexico, I thought about the many employees aboard the ship that worked probably overtime and in difficult conditions to aid in the ship’s voyage back to America. From my understanding, the employees of a cruise ship generally have the quarters… Continue Reading »

Labor and Employment Law, Supreme Court, U.S.
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Obama’s Recess Appointments Invalidated

Carol Keough February 14, 2013

The D.C. Circuit recently held that President Obama’s recess appointments of three members to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) were unconstitutional.  Without these three appointees, the NLRB lacks a necessary quorum to deliver decisions.  The opinion of the D.C. Circuit in Canning v. National Labor Relations Board, (January 25, 2013), was that the Board did… Continue Reading »

Labor and Employment Law, Supreme Court, U.S.
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New Birth Control and Religious Employer Rules Released Today

Carol Keough February 1, 2013

Obama Administration (through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) releases proposed new rules on Friday, February 1, 2013, regarding what faces religous employers as they fight a battle at the United States Supreme Court regarding the requirements of providing free birth contral under the federal health care act.  Certain religion based employers have been concerned about how the… Continue Reading »

Labor and Employment Law, U.S.
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EEOC’s E-Race Campaign

Carol Keough November 8, 2012

About 90% of all employers check criminal convictions for some hiring decisions.  About 70% of all employers check criminal convictions for all positions (as noted by a recent survey by the Society for Human Resource Management). The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”), wants employers to rethink these criminal background checks.  Although racially neutral on its… Continue Reading »

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