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United Steelworkers of Am. v. Rohm and Haas Co.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a case involving whether an employee's challenge to a denial of disability benefits under an employer's ERISA plan is subject to a grievance...

Great-West Life & Annuity Ins. Co. v. Information Sys. & Networks Corp.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit against an ERISA plan sponsor by a third-party company, summary judgment for plaintiff is affirmed where ERISA does not preempt a state law...

Rice v. Merit Sys. Prot. Bd.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
Dismissal of petitioner's appeal from a decision of the Office of Naval Intelligence to remove her from the position of Information Technology...

Parkwood Dev. Center, Inc. v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.

Administrative Law, Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
Petition for review of an NLRB order that determined that petitioner unlawfully withdrew recognition from an incumbent union upon expiration of its...

Khan v. Parsons Global Servs., Ltd.

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit against an employer to recover for injuries sustained as a result of defendant's alleged mishandling of ransom demands by plaintiff's...

SDV/ACCI, Inc. v. AT&T Corp.

Communications Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought against AT&T and one of its employees alleging that the employee defamed plaintiffs in the course of her employment, summary...

Hamilton v. Starcom Mediavest Group, Inc.

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by former employee alleging defendants violated ERISA by terminating her employment in retaliation for exercising her right to...

Brown v. City of Los Angeles

Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In an action brought by two LAPD officers injured in the line of duty claiming that an offset for any workers' compensation award, contained in LAPD's...

Block v. Orange County Employees' Ret. Sys.

Government Benefits, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
The term "disability allowance" as used in Government Code section 31838.5 means all benefits a member receives from reciprocal systems or from the...

Wilkerson v. New Media Tech. Charter Sch. Inc.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action involving a teacher who was allegedly terminated from her employment based on her refusal to participate in a religions "libations"...