Labor & Employment Law

Talk Show Torts
In light of this week’s settlement in the NBC Dateline case, this past column on talk show liability may be of some interest...

Wells Fargo Class Action Defense Cases—In re Wells Fargo Mortgage Lending Practices: Judicial Panel On Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) Grants Defense Motion To Centralize Class Action Litigation But Transfers Class Actions To California
Judicial Panel Grants Defense Request for Pretrial Coordination Pursuant to 28 U...

Craigslist Not Liable for Discriminatory Housing Ads
Craigslist Not Liable for Discriminatory Housing Ads :: Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law v...

Schwemm on Discriminatory Municipal Services under the FHA
Robert G. Schwemm (University of Kentucky) has posted Cox, Halprin, and Discriminatory Municipal Services under the Fair Housing Act on SSRN...

Child support in Dependency, Neglect and Abuse actions
If you would like a smattering of “let’s help poor people” optimism in the midst of boring child support and policy talk involving dependency, neglect and abuse actions, check out this post at the Lexington Lawyer blog.

7th Circuit Holds Craigslist Not Liable for Discriminatory Housing Ads
I blogged about this lawsuit nearly two years ago and the Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit finally had occasion to hear the suit and hold that Craigslist is not liable for discriminatory housing...

How do i go bout geting a free laywer to sue the durham police department for drug raids and nothing is found?they have been in my house 4 or 5 times seems like every 4 months or so and breaking down my door tearing up m
They need a warrant to get into your house...if they never showed you one...you ...

Is a child fathered out of wedlock by an American diplomat to a foreign women on foreign soil entitled to US Citizenship by jus sanguinis?
This is a very tough situation your friend is in. It is difficult to know the ex...

I have worked for this employer for only three weeks. The employer makes up his own rules as to what he chooses to report for the purpose of property taxes. He tells me to "let them come after us". He defines Entertain
He arrogantly insists, "let them come after us." Well, if you are invo...

Can I sue my employer for creating a hostile work environment and lying about my work performance to get me to quit?
How does the owner of the business feel about all of this? I suggest that you tr...

Can my employer threaten me with termination if I don't seek a transfer to another department?
In many jurisdictions, employees are "at will". This means that their employmen...

Health Net
Settles Three Class Actions for $215 Million

Sonus, Vonage
Settle their Class Actions

Hurricane Insurer
Settles 2 Class Actions for $35 Million

Google
Settles Book-Scanning Class Actions for $125 Million

Wal-Mart
Settles 63 Federal and State Class Actions for $640 Million

State Farm Class Actions
Policy Holders Settle