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California Public Safety Labor Blog
Ninth Circuit: The First Amendment Forbids City From Prohibiting Police Officers From Criticizing Police Department Or City
On September 5th 2018, the Ninth Circuit found that a “Last Chance Agreement” restricting an employee’s negative comments about the police department, the city, or its employees, was an unconstitutional…
Cruise Law News
Royal Caribbean to Outsource Springfield Call Center
By Jim Walker
Royal Caribbean is reportedly outsourcing the majority of the employees in its call center in Springfield, Oregon (near Eugene) to Jamaica and Guatemala. Over 700 positions in the Springfield office…
Mauck & Baker Blog
Mauck & Baker Alumni Involved in JANUS v. AFSCME Supreme Court Case
By Mauck Baker
For the past 41 years, public workers with no interest in joining their profession’s labor union had been required to pay union dues, despite their non-involvement. However, that precedent has…
The Right Coast
Three bodies found in home of alleged kidnapper after he is pulled over for a broken taillight Æ Epeak World News
Springfield police pulled over 40-year-old Stewart Weldon for a broken tail light on Sunday, according to a police report. A distraught woman inside the car begged police to save her,…
The Right Coast
Three bodies found in home of alleged kidnapper after he is pulled over for a broken taillight Æ Epeak World News
Springfield police pulled over 40-year-old Stewart Weldon for a broken tail light on Sunday, according to a police report. A distraught woman inside the car begged police to save her,…
Legionnaire's Disease News
Visitor to Illinois Capitol tests positive
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) said a state resident visiting the capitol city of Springfield was diagnosed with Legionnaires' disease, according to multiple news reports. The news comes…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Why Springfield, Mass., Is a Great Place to Retire
Looking for a great place to retire? Consider Springfield, Massachusetts. The city has a population just shy of 155,000 and is only an hour-and-a-half drive to Boston and just thirty…
Food Safety News
Dole’s Springfield shutdown, recalls cost company $36 million
By News Desk
Because the Dole Food Company is going public, financial documents it has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission are available showing how much recalls and shutdowns have cost the…
Food Safety News
Two lawsuits over last year’s Listeria outbreak settled by Dole
By Dan Flynn
The deadly Listeria outbreak that shutdown the Ohio Dole Fresh Vegetables salad processing facility for three months in early 2016 is now in civil litigation, but that too may be…
Food Safety News
CDC adds salad to Listeria questionnaire in wake of outbreak
By Coral Beach
The investigation into a multi-year, multi-state listeriosis outbreak traced to package salads from Dole might have yielded results several months earlier had sick people been asked if they had eaten…