Labor & Employment Law

Big Firms Boost Maternity Leave
The ABA Journal online version is reporting that about a dozen large firms have boosted their maternity leave from 12 to 18 weeks. Paid leave for fathers who are primary caregivers has also increased at a number of firms, as...

Law School Maternity Leave Policies:
A question to the law professors among our readers -- what are your school's maternity leave policies (or parental leave policies, if you have them)? Inquiring minds (though neither mine nor...

Maternity Leave Applies To Dad's Too
Concurring Opinions Jessica Silbey reported on June 11, 2008 about a Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination Policy (which apparently interprets Massachusetts Maternity Leave Act ) which provides that this statute will be applied equally to men and to woman...

Maternity leave: 'I was a grateful beneficiary, but the pendulum has swung'
"You'll be breeding like rabbits now I suppose,” remarked the acerbic deputy editor of the newspaper where I worked in 1975, when the first maternity leave legislation came in...

Massachusetts Maternity Leave Act Now Applies to Fathers Too
Feminist Law Prof Jessica Silbey has an excellent post today on Concurring Opinions about the decision by the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination to expand the state Maternity Leave Act to apply to fathers too...

Paid maternity leave does us no favours either, say fathers
A benefit that enriches family life or a burden that sabotages women’s careers? Nicola Brewer’s claim that the extension of maternity leave and parental rights has hampered women’s employment chances has drawn praise and criticism in equal measure.

Ortho Evra Patch Risk
Ortho Evra Side Effects

Have you or a loved one suffered from Ortho Evra side effects?
Ortho Evra Side Effects

Prepaid Debit Card
alleging hidden prepaid debit card fees.

Simplicity
Recalls 400,000 Drop Side Cribs

Reglan
for alleged side effects such as Tardive Dyskinesia.

Bonavita Cabana
Drop Side Cribs Recalled

Drop Side Cribs
Recalled Due to Entrapment Hazard

Januvia
allegedly can cause cancer, pancreatitis and other side effects.