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Cunningham v. New York State Department of Labor

Constitutional Law, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
The State's action of placing a global positioning system (GPS) device on the care of a government employee, who was being investigated for submitting...

Barenboim v. Starbucks Corporation

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law
In response to certified questions from The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit regarding defendant's tip-splitting policy under...

Padilla v. Maersk Line, Limited

Admiralty, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment in favor of plaintiffs, a class of seafarers discharged from service on defendant's ships due to illness or injury, is affirmed,...

Leos v. Darden Restaurants, Inc.

Civil Rights, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
The trial court erred in denying defendant-employer's motion to compel arbitration of plaintiff-employees' claims, where although the arbitration...

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center v. Nassar

Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Title VII retaliation claims must be proved according to traditional principles of but-for causation, not the lessened causation test stated in 42...

Vance v. Ball State University

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
An employee is a "supervisor" for purposes of vicarious liability under Title VII only if he or she is empowered by the employer to take tangible...

Vidro v. United States

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's suit brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), alleging that two federal law enforcement officers maliciously and...

City of Los Angeles v. Superior Court (Engineers & Architects Association)

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
The Court of Appeals' conclusion that petitioner-city could not be compelled to arbitrate the union's claims regarding a furloughs dispute because...

Tierney v. Department of Justice

Government Benefits, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
The decision by the Merit Systems Protection Board (Board) denying petitioner's request for corrective action with respect to days for which he...

Gwynn v. City of Philadelphia

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant-officers and defendant-city on plaintiff-officers' constitutional claims under 42 U.S.C. section 1983, statutory claims...