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January 28, 2009

Supreme Court Upholds the Primacy of ERISA Plan Documents over Divorcee's Waiver of Pension Benefits

On January 26, 2009, the United States Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion in Kennedy v. Plan Administrator

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January 28, 2009

More News on Tip-pooling Arrangements

On January 22, 2009, a California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, issued an opinion upholding

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January 28, 2009

The Continued Viability of the Alien Tort Claims Act and the Torture Victim Protection Act

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit recently endorsed the notion that multinational corporations

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January 28, 2009

Marin v. Costco Rehearing Denied and Opinion Modified

On January 21, 2009, the California Court of Appeals denied the plaintiffs' motion for rehearing in the

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January 27, 2009

New Employment Bills Target Veterans, Older Workers, Unemployed, Uninsured and Undocumented

Not even a full month into the year, the new Congress keeps flooding the docket with employment-related

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January 27, 2009

House Clears Ledbetter Bill

As expected, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (S. 181) breezed through the U.S. House of Representatives

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January 27, 2009

EFCA Likely to Be Up for Consideration this Summer

Despite vigorous employer opposition and declining political and public support, the Employee Free Choice

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January 26, 2009

Stuart Ishimaru Appointed Acting EEOC Chair

President Obama has named Stuart J. Ishimaru to serve as acting chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity

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January 25, 2009

Legislative and Regulatory News for the Week of January 18

Discrimination in the Workplace/Employee Wage and Hour Law The Senate passed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair

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January 23, 2009

Labor Initiatives Conspicuously Absent From White House Website

The incoming administration took no time in setting up cybershop at the official White House website

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