Labor & Employment Law

Honda v. Keays: A Landmark Case For Employment Rights
Last Friday the Supreme Court handed down its ruling on Honda v. Kevin Keays, 2008 SCC 39. Considered a watershed employment law case, Keays had no less than nine intervenors and has been the subject of much attention in both the legal community and the media...

Keays v. Honda Canada: The SCC Says Employer Intimidation Is Just Fine!
The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Keays v. Honda Canada, 2008 SCC 39, (summarized by Solomon Lam here) was a major victory for employers everywhere. In reducing both aggravated and punitive damages to zero, the Supreme Court of Canada has effectively deemed that Honda’s conduct, while harmful, was not egregiously harmful...

Honda v. Keays: LEAF argues that courts need more complete jurisdiction
Last Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard the case of Honda v. Kevin Keays, a wrongful dismissal case dealing with the appropriate compensation for discrimination and harassment for employees with disabilities...

SCC: Honda and Keays Update
The Supreme Court of Canada will be handing down its ruling in Honda and Keays tomorrow, according to an online report.- Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Firm website: www...

"Judges question whether stay hurts Congress's case"
"Judges question whether stay hurts Congress's case": Jesse J. Holland of The Associated Press provides this report. And at "The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times," Mike Scarcella has a post titled "Stay Tuned: D...

Keays v. Honda Canada: The Scope of the Disability Accommodation Duty in Canadian Employment Law
The rise of human rights obligations and, in particular, the emergence of the duty to accommodate, has become the single most significant workplace legal development over the past twenty years...

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California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
Court Rejects Challenges to Proposition 8, but Finds Marriages Valid

Medical Records
To Stay out of Pharma's Hands

Honda Issues Massive Recalls in US and Canada
Honda Issues Massive Recalls in US and Canada

Honda Civic Hybrid Class Action Reaches Tentative Settlement
Honda Civic Hybrid Class Action Reaches Settlement

Bayer CropScience AG
alleging farmers suffered economic losses after Bayer's biotech Liberty Link rice was released into the food supply and countries banned US rice.