Labor & Employment Law

Upper Big Branch Mine Had Most Serious Citations Among Massey-owned W. Va. Mines
The Upper Big Branch Mine that suffered the most serious mining disaster since 1984 on Monday has received the most serious citations from the Mining Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) in 2009 of all Massey Energy-owned mines in West Virginia...

December A Very Messy Massey Month
We thought we?d take this opportunity to update you on the goings on at Massey Energy, the nation?s most unsafe mining company. (Recall that an April explosion at Massey's Upper Big Branch mine killed 29 miners)...

Massey Energy: The Don of an Era
Last year 29 coal miners died in an explosion at Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia. Don Blankenship, Massey CEO, blamed the explosion on federal interference and a gigantic methane bubble that percolated up from below the mine shafts...

Massey, Others Weigh Fall Political Ads
Massey Energy is one of two large West Virginia coal companies that plan to buy advertising in fall congressional elections, while taking advantage of a Supreme Court ruling that would let them do so...

When transparency can save lives
Dan Froomkin has a good write-up of the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s (MSHA) failure to release certain notes related to violations that Massey Energy’s Upper Big Branch Mine was cited for in the past year...

The Massey Mine Disaster Remembered
Today was the 1 year anniversary of the Massey Energy Upper Big Branch coal mine disaster, which took the lives of 29 men. Mining is dangerous and necessary. Even under the best of circumstances, miners lose their lives doing important...

Arkansas Nucor Plant Guilty of a Racially Hostile Work Environment
Nucor Guilty Of Racially Hostile Work Environment Must Pay $1.2 Million Settlement

Hitachi Guilty
Must Pay $31 Million for Price Fixing

Pfizer, Pharmacia
Found Guilty of Medicaid Fraud

Sharon Collins
found guilty of conspiring to kill her partner

Christopher Fairchild
guilty verdict for helping Tommy Baldridge murder James Mollette.

Gleevec
Possible Case of Kidney Damage Reported