Employment
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A Washington federal judge on Wednesday stood behind an earlier decision to hand out sanctions amounting to more than $10,000 to an attorney who helped a former tribal health executive mount a “frivolous” False Claims Act case against the Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A Fifth Circuit appeals panel on Thursday upheld a lower court’s ruling against a former Mississippi prosecutor who claimed she was fired due to race and gender discrimination, while her boss said he let her go for writing bad checks and using office letterhead to stave off a creditor… Read this piece in its entirety…
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A music producer who’s worked with Katy Perry, Rod Stewart and Lionel Richie filed suit Tuesday in Los Angeles court against Warner Music Group and Warner Records CEO Aaron Bay-Schuck, alleging the company wrongly backed out of a plan to hire him to a high-level post… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A former Wells Fargo financial adviser who claimed the bank improperly cut him and other employees out of deferred compensation asked a South Carolina federal court Jan. 31 to greenlight a $79 million deal aimed at resolving the class action… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. asked the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday to take another look at a panel decision from earlier this month that affirmed a $54.6 million jury win for truckers who said the retailer violated California law by not paying minimum wage for breaks and other work interruptions… Read this piece in its entirety at…
Mike LaSusa 