Labor & Employment Law

Discouraging Union Organizers
Strict work place rules

Discrimination
Federal laws prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability

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

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

EB-1 and EB-2 Visa Status
Obtaining a Green Card Without Going Through the Labor Certification Process

Cumulative Voting
Protecting minority shareholder interests

Employment
Employee rights including labor law, harassment, safety, unpaid overtime, discrimination and union disputes.

Valero Energy
Faces National Labor Class Action

Sprint Nextel
Proposed National Settlement of Early Termination Fees Suit

VA Sets New Benefit Rules for Agent Orange-Related Ilnesses
Agent Orange-Related Ilnesses VA Sets New Benefit Rules

Brown Greer et al.
alleging that the six law firms handling the Vioxx settlement failed to provide money for reimbursements to lien rights of Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) health plans.

US Auto
Meeting Notification Regarding $10 Million Class Action Settlement.