Aetna ERISA Case Revived; Ninth Circuit Weighs Fiduciary Status
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Employers that provide health insurance are watching for two expected Labor Department actions as they struggle to comply with reporting requirements for mental health coverage amid frustrations with insurers that administer their plans.
The Directors Guild of America reached a tentative agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which represents Hollywood studios, a victory for one of several entertainment industry unions seeking adjusted contracts this summer.
Labor actions have disrupted work at several key US
Clifford Chance is opening an office in Houston with a 10-partner team focused on energy infrastructure transactions, including seven hires from competitor law firms.
A new NLRB case that argues college athletes are employees also could set new labor law precedent that helping gig economy drivers, port truckers, and other workers who allege they’re misclassified as independent contractors.
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A group of current and former intake specialists for a legal services company say they were misclassified as independent contractors and didn’t receive payment for required overtime premiums.
U.S. Law Week summarizes selected splits among U.S. federal courts of appeals each month.
Groundworks Contracting Inc. has been cited for one willful, one other-than-serious, and four serious violations, and faces proposed penalties of $77,147 for exposing workers to trench hazards in Breese, Ill., according to the US Labor Department Monday.
The US Labor Department said it sufficiently explained its decision to undo a pair of Trump-era rules against socially conscious retirement investing, replacing them last year with a regulation that put workplace savers on “equal footing with other market participants.”
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Clifford Chance is opening an office in Houston with a 10-partner team focused on energy infrastructure transactions, including seven hires from competitor law firms.
Congress would be required to approve major administration rules, including those with an annual cost of $100 million or more, before they take effect under
Courts would be directed to conduct their own interpretation of laws when reviewing administrative actions without deferring to the agencies’ legal conclusions under
New details in a probe examining whether the Federal Circuit’s oldest and longest-serving member is fit to remain on the bench highlight issues about anti-discrimination protections in the judiciary and efforts to obtain medical information about the judge.
Prada SpA, the Italian fashion group riding high from sales of its namesake loafers and Miu Miu pocket bags, has added two new top lawyers to oversee its in-house legal team after appointing a new chief executive.
A group of current and former intake specialists for a legal services company say they were misclassified as independent contractors and didn’t receive payment for required overtime premiums.
William Patry has joined Mayer Brown as a partner in the intellectual property practice in New York, the firm said Monday.
Charles W. Kemp has joined the the securities and capital markets group at Moore & Van Allen, the firm said Monday.
The risks that artificial intelligence represents have come into sharper focus: disinformation, potential job loss, perhaps even an existential threat to humanity. Is government capable of putting guardrails around such a fast-moving technology?
Arbitrator Bradley A. Areheart held that Firestone Building Products had just cause to discharge the grievant under its attendance program providing progressive discipline tied to an employee’s unexcused absences, even though it appears that there were some errors made in calculating such absences and applying the attendance policy. Firestone Building Prods. Co. , 2023 BNA LA 118, Arb., 220906-09005, B. Areheart, 4/18/23
A California federal district court ruled that Senior Care Pharmacy Services, Inc. isn’t entitled to summary judgment on a fired pharmacist’s whistleblower retaliation claims under the FCA and state law. Villamizar v. Senior Care Pharm. Servs., Inc., 2023 BL 177370, E.D. Cal., 2:14-cv-01737-DAD-KJN, 5/23/23
A federal district court ruled that Madison District Public Schools isn’t entitled to summary judgment on the race and national origin harassment claim under the Michigan Elliot Larsen Civil Rights Act of a Chilean teacher who alleged that he was harassed and demeaned based on his race.
Raspberry v. Madison Dist. Pub. Sch., 2023 BL 178088, E.D. Mich., 19-11651, 5/24/23
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