Litigation

Employee Lawsuits (An Introduction and Topic Overview)
How employers can cope with the siege of employee lawsuits

Parody is a Protected Form of Speech
Targets of criticism seek to shut down Internet sites that poke fun

Employee Lawsuits: Negligent Hiring and Retention
Employers must check references, criminal records, other background material.

ValueClick
allegedly violated consumer protection laws by promising ‘free’ goods that where not actually free.

Pork Plant Explosion
IHP Industrial, Triumph Foods, Epstein and Sons, and Missouri Gas Energy pay over $12.3 million in wrongful death and personal injury settlements.

Westinghouse
alleging that former Westinghouse employees are being deprived of a choice in health care prescription plan benefits that were formerly available to them through union bargaining.

Richard Mellon Scaife
Billionaire divorce lawsuit ends in a $725,000 a month settlement.

Dr. Richard Glunk
$20 million settlement reached in medical negligence and wrongful death lawsuit.

Oppenheimer ATM-Free New York Municipals
401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud