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Skirchak v. Dynamics Research Corp.

Class Actions, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
A decision striking a class action waiver contained in a company-imposed arbitration/dispute resolution program, is affirmed on grounds of...

Anderson v. Sara Lee Corp.

Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
In a class action arising out of a pay dispute alleging multiple claims, the district court's dismissal with prejudice of the conversion and unfair...

Meson v. GATX Tech. Servs. Corp.

Labor & Employment Law
In suit stemming from plaintiff's termination as sales manager and representative from employer whose assets were sold, summary judgment for...

Steverson v. GlobalSantaFe Corp.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a Jones Act and general maritime law action brought by an injured Derrickman against defendant-employer, denial of plaintiff's Fed. R. Civ. Proc....

Navigant Consulting Inc. v. Wilkinson

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies, Trade Secrets
In an action brought against two of plaintiff-consulting company's former employees alleging, inter alia, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of...

Dunning v. Quander

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
In employment discrimination suit, denial of plaintiff's motion for discovery under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56(f), and subsequent grant of...

Ramlet v. E.F. Johnson Co.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an age discrimination action raising claims under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) and Minnesota state law, summary judgment for...

Brenneman v. Famous Dave's of Am., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an action alleging defendants-employer and supervisor subjected her to a hostile work environment and retaliated against plaintiff in violation of...

Garrett v. Univ. of Ala. at Birmingham Bd. of Trs.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Suit for discrimination and retaliation under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 brought by employee of defendant's hospital who is a breast cancer and...

Stelzel v. Mansfield

Administrative Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
A veterans claims court's holding that the Veterans Administration (VA) committed no clear and unmistakable error in its 1965 decision regarding...