Local Law Blogs

Law: A take on the changing FMLA from the Phila. firm of Pepper Hamilton
The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is undergoing change. In early 2008, Congress made the first significant changes to the law since it was enacted almost 15 years ago in 1993...

The FMLA and Indiana
I was asked a while back if in Indiana is it mandatory for an employer to pay employee while offon medical leave through the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA).First, the FMLA is a federal law...

FMLA Military Leave - Passed (again) by Congress; President Signing Now Expected
A couple of weeks after President Bush's pocket veto of a defense bill that included expansion of FMLA for military leave, Congress has again passed a defense bill with the same FMLA provision...

Supremes Deny Cert Over Whether FMLA Waivers Are Valid
In Progress Energy v. Taylor, 493 F.3d 454 (4th Cir. 2007), the 4th Circuit held that an individual cannot waive FMLA rights unless the waiver was approved by a court or the Department of Labor...

Checking In On Child Not FMLA Protected
Brehmer v. Xcel, ___F. Supp. 2d___ (D. Min. Aug. 4, 2008) is an important FMLA lower court decision. The court held that an employee was not entitled to FMLA leave to check in on the 11-year-old son of his girlfriend...

5th Rejects Association Claim Under FMLA
Eisensohn v. St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office, ___F.3d___( 5th Cir. June 6, 2008) is an important case. The court read the anti-retaliation portions of the FMLA literally and refused to expand the FMLA to provide coverage based upon one's family...

Cumulative Voting
Protecting minority shareholder interests

The Civil Rights Act of 1871
Law bans discrimination enacted under color of state law

State Will Statutes
State Differences in Last Will and Testament Checklist

Discrimination
Federal laws prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability

Heart of Atlanta v United States
Supreme Court Decision: Civil Rights Act Protected by Interstate Commerce Clause

Rally Rights
Gettysburg Borough awards arrested protester $22,500 civil rights settlement.

Civil / Human Rights
alleging violations of basic human and civil rights.

Google Sued for Violating the Privacy Rights of Millions of Americans
Google Sued for Violating the Privacy Rights of Millions of Americans

Becker County
Faces Civil Rights Class Action by Inmates and their Attorneys

Windsor Healthcare Management
allegedly provided substandard care and neglected the rights of its senior residents.

Employment
Employee rights including labor law, harassment, safety, unpaid overtime, discrimination and union disputes.