Law
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Buffalo Wild Wings will pay $30,000 to resolve the claims of three men who alleged they were passed over for bartending jobs at the sports bar franchise on account of their gender, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced Tuesday… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A patent owner who challenged the constitutionality of claim cancellations in America Invents Act reviews lost a $100 million proposed class action Tuesday when a U.S. Court of Federal Claims judge tossed the case and said patents aren’t property under the Fifth Amendment’s takings clause… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A class of former employees of the Neiman Marcus Group asked a California federal court on Monday to give final approval to a $4.4 million settlement deal aimed at resolving claims the department store company systematically violated minimum wage and overtime laws… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A Ninth Circuit appeals panel on Friday upheld a lower court’s ruling that a state-backed California insurer doesn’t have to defend pornography studios in suits brought by actors who say they contracted HIV on set because the underlying claims are subject to policy exclusions… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A proposed class of Walmart Inc. employees sued the retail giant on Monday in Illinois state court, alleging that the company illegally collected their fingerprints without consent, days after the state’s Supreme Court ruled plaintiffs don’t need to allege actual harm to mount such suits… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 