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Casamento v. Massachusetts Bay Transp. Auth.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a gender discrimination case, summary judgment for employer is affirmed, as no evidence suggests that the job posting at issue was withdrawn...

In the Matter of: OCA, Inc.

Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
Corporation's Business Services Agreements with various orthodontists were correctly found to be void for illegality under the Texas Occupations Code...

Morgan v. Family Dollar Stores, Inc.

Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
In a class action, store managers were reasonably found to have been willfully denied overtime pay. Where store managers were shown to spend 80 to 90%...

Cole v. ArvinMeritor, Inc.

Contracts, ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action under section 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act (LMRA) and ERISA brought by retired employees and their union against Rockwell...

520 S. Michigan Ave. Assocs., Ltd. v. Shannon

Labor & Employment Law
Illinois statute purporting to set required break periods for hotel restroom attendants is preempted by the National Labor Relations Act. The statute...

Ketelboeter v. Astrue

Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of application for disability insurance benefits is affirmed. ALJ's decision to give greater weight to the state-agency doctors' opinions is...

Hasan v. Foley & Lardner LLP

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for Plaintiff's former employer is reversed. The circumstantial evidence is such that a jury could reasonably conclude that Plaintiff...

Welshans v. US Postal Serv.

Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
Postal Service employee was correctly charged military leave for non-workdays on which he was away from his workplace on reserve duty, where the...

Sam v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
A denial of claimant's application for disability insurance benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act is affirmed where, contrary to...

Auto-Owners Ins. Co. v. Redland Ins. Co.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a coverage dispute between insurers arising from a fatal car accident, summary judgment against plaintiff is affirmed where, in the context of this...