all - Opinion Summaries

Dilts v. Penske Logistics, LLC

Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
Dismissal of claims brought by a certified class of drivers alleging violations of California's meal and rest break laws is reversed and remanded,...

Paratransit, Inc. v. Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
The employee's refusal to sign a written disciplinary notice was not misconduct but was, at most, a good faith error in judgment that does not...

Anderson v. City and County of San Francisco

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment in favor of defendant-county in a Title VII case in which plaintiff-deputies challenged a policy prohibiting male deputies from...

Ayala v. Antelope Valley Newspapers

Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law, Media Law
In an action brought by four plaintiff-newspaper carriers alleging that defendant illegally treats them as independent contractors, rather than...

Harris v. Quinn

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Under Illinois' Home Services Program (Rehabilitation Program), which allows Medicaid recipients who would normally need institutional care to hire a...

Lynch v. The City of New York

Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
Retirement and Social Security Law section 480(b) does not requires defendant-city to make "Increased-Take-Home-Pay" (ITHP) pension contributions on...

Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
The Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (RFRA) does not permit the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to demand that...

Vazquez-Robles v. CommoLoCo, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action alleging workplace discrimination claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and local...

Hildebrand v. Allegheny County

Labor & Employment Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
Dismissal of plaintiff-government employee's complaint alleging age discrimination is: 1) affirmed in part, where a state or local government employee...

Brown v. Daikin America Inc.

Civil Rights, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's complaint alleging that defendants discriminated against him on the basis of his race and national origin in violation of...