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Winslow v. Aroostook County

Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment in favor of defendant Northern Maine Development Commission, Inc. on plaintiff's claim that defendant' failure to hire her when it...

Bonneau v. Plumbers and Pipefitters Local

Contracts, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for plaintiffs, a group of now-retired union employees, in a dispute over certain "banked hour" benefits which defendant-union...

Lynch v. City of New York

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment to defendants on plaintiffs' Fourth Amendment challenge to the New York City Police Department's policy of administering a...

Valdez v. WCAB

Administrative Law, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
The Court of Appeals' decision permitting the admission of a medical report from claimant's doctor who was not part of the medical provider network...

Rivera v. Peri & Sons Farms, Inc.

Agriculture, Attorney's Fees, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Immigration Law, Labor & Employment Law
The dismissal of claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) brought by Mexican temporary farmworkers, hired through the H-2A program of the...

Cosey v. The Prudential Insurance Company

Administrative Law, Contracts, ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant-plan administrator upholding its denial of disability benefits to plaintiff, a covered employee, is vacated and...

Northern New England Telephone Operations v. Local 2327, International Brotherhood of Electric Workers

Attorney's Fees, Communications Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
The district court did not err in affirming an arbitral award entered in favor of defendant-union arising out of its claims that plaintiff-employer...

Volpei v. County of Ventura

Civil Rights, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
A provision in a collective bargaining agreement that the union may submit a grievance to arbitration does not preclude an employee in that union with...

Perez v. AC Roosevelt Food Corp.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
Defendant's appeal from the district court's order granting plaintiff's motion for attorneys' fees is dismissed, because the entry of judgment did not...

Yanez v. Plummer

Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Professional Malpractice
In an action against defendant-former employer for wrongful discharge and its in-house counsel, for legal malpractice, breach of fiduciary duty, and...