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Retaliation
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Proskauer Whistleblower Defense
Proskauer Represents Employer Against Former Executive Found Liable for Snooping on Boss’s and Others’ Emails
By Lloyd B. Chinn, Jurate Schwartz
A former employee of the upscale outdoor furniture designer and manufacturer Brown Jordan recently failed in his bid to pursue whistleblower retaliation claims against the company and also found himself…
MS Litigation Review & Commentary
$114,847 Verdict in Jackson Federal Court Retaliation Trial
On Wednesday a Jackson federal court jury rendered a plaintiff verdict of $114,847.53 in Schaeffer v. Warren County, Miss. Here is the Complaint. The plaintiff asserted claims for age discrimination,…
HR Defense
Employer Exposure Increases: Emotional Distress Damages in FLSA Cases
The number of federal courts allowing plaintiffs to recover emotional distress damages in Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) retaliation cases is expanding, with the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals last…
Labor & Collective Bargaining
NLRB Joins Other Federal Agencies in Combatting Retaliation
By Howard M. Bloom, Philip B. Rosen, Jackson Lewis P.C.
Several federal agencies have joined forces to release a joint Fact Sheet highlighting the various anti-retaliation provisions of the workplace laws these agencies enforce. “Retaliation Based on the Exercise of…
Employment & Labor
Emotional Distress Damages Allowed Under FLSA
By Lukas Clary
Count the Fifth Circuit among the latest to allow emotional distress damages to employees who successfully sue for retaliation under the Fair Labor Standards Act. In a December 19, 2016…
San Antonio Employment Law Blog
Ft. Worth Court of Appeals Finds Retaliation Cannot Include Counter-Claims
Sometimes, employers who are sued for discrimination in turn file their own lawsuit against an employee. I wrote about Wayne Wright and Schlumberger doing this here and here. In Wayne…
Iowa Employment Law Blog
What to Make of Big Verdicts in Employment Cases: Aberration or Harbinger of Things to Come?
Last month in Jackson County, Missouri (Kansas City), two different juries issued eye-popping plaintiff verdicts in employment discrimination cases. In one case, a jury awarded Deborah Miller $450,000 in compensatory…
California Employment Law Update
Employee’s FEHA Retaliation Claim Was Properly Dismissed
By Tony Oncidi
Dinslage v. City & County of San Francisco, 5 Cal. App. 5th 368 (2016) David P. Dinslage is a former employee of the Recreation and Parks Department of the City…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
SCOTUS Denies Review in EEOC Sexual Harassment Class Action v Private Prison
By Tracy Thomas
The Supreme Court today denied cert in The Geo Group v. EEOC allowing the Ninth Circuit's decision to stand allowing the class action to go forward.According to EEOC's suit, Alice Hancock and…
Labor & Employment Insights
Emotional Rescue: Fifth Circuit Recognizes Mental Distress Damages in FLSA Retaliation Claim
Can a plaintiff get emotional distress damages in a wage and hour claim? In December 2016, the Fifth Circuit issued an opinion of first impression where it found that a…