Labor & Employment Law

Construction Litigation Cases Are Starting to Clog the Docket.
Is this the harbinger of more hard times to come or might it be a good sign for the economy? I’ve been seeing a fair bit of construction and real estate related cases lately. I think it is safe to say that litigation in real estate and construction cases increases as the economy worsens...

2008 Predictions Revisited
It is easy to make predictions, but who is brave enough to revisit them to see how well their predictions are holding up?  It's time to be held accountable for my predictions and review the clairvoyant performance to date: 1...

TechnoLawyer's 2008 Predictions
In past years, we have published the predictions of others. But this year we bring you our own predictions. 1. Viva Law Evolution! Don't expect any revolutionary changes from 2007. Most of the lawyers who presided over law firms five...

China's Economy: The Gloom And Doom Version
As regular readers well know, I am not a big fan of predictions regarding China or its economy. Their overall accuracy is too low. But I am linking over to one now, entitled, "Chinese and Starbucks Late Stage Growth Obesity," for two reasons...

Why Email Kicks More Butt Now Than Ever -- Plus Dennis Kennedy's Annual Predictions
Earlier this year I peered into my crystal ball, conjured up Johnny Carson's Carnac, and set forth five legal technology predictions for 2008. I also pointed to the predictions of others, but conspicuously missing was the Dick Clark of such...

2007 Predictions Scorecard
As usual, we?ll start the new year by reviewing the predictions we made for the previous year. Here now, our 2007 predictions, in italics, with hindsight in ordinary type. (1) DRM technology will still fail to prevent widespread infringement...

Unwed Fathers' Rights in Adoption
Landmark Cases in Adoption Law Shape Law with respect to Unwed Fathers

Lawry's Restaurants Settles Sex Bias Lawsuit for $1 Million
Lawry's Restaurants Settles Sex Bias Lawsuit for $1Million

Salmonella Found in Tomotoes
57 Reported Cases in New Mexico and Texas

ConAgra Peanut Butter
Hundreds of Salmonella Cases Settled

Wal-Mart
To Pay $17.5 Million To Settle Race Bias Suit

Employee Discrimination
Vanguard Group Inc. agrees to $500,000 racial bias settlement.

Age Discrimination
City of Independence awards two former employees a $65,000 age bias settlement.