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Wrongful Termination
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California Employment Law Update
September 2012 California Employment Law Notes
We invite you to review our newly-posted September 2012 California Employment Law Notes – a comprehensive review of the latest and most significant developments in California employment law. The highlights…
Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives
Texas Supreme Court to Decide Whether At-Will Employment Doctrine Bars Fraud Claims for Wrongful Termination
The Texas Supreme Court just accepted certified questions from the Fifth Circuit on two Texas employment law issues of first impression for the high court. Sawyer v. E.I. DuPont De…
Aaron Morris' Business Law Alert
Simple Legal Concept Eludes Many Attorneys
By Aaron Morris
The case of former Desperate Housewife, Nicolette Sheridan, illustrates a simple legal concept that escapes many attorneys and their clients. Your case has to make sense. As you probably heard,…
Hiring To Firing Law Blog
Non-Renewal of TV Star’s Contract is not a “Wrongful” Termination
By Troutman Pepper Locke's Labor + Employment Group
Last week a California Appeals court ruled that a decision not to renew an expiring employment contract cannot form the basis of a wrongful termination case. Nicollette Sheridan, former co-star…
ContractsProf Blog
Contract Dispute at Thomas M. Cooley Law School
On August 6, 2012, the Sixth Circuit decided Branham v. Thomas M. Cooley Law School, a case involving the termination of a tenured law professor, Lynn Branham. Professor Branham, currently…
San Antonio Employment Law Blog
Bexar County Jury Awards $1.28 Million
A Bexar County jury has awarded a former police officer $1.28 million. Tomas Padilla was a police officer for the University Health System. He was terminated in 2009 shortly after…
ContractsProf Blog
Not Enough (Courtney) Love to Go ‘Round?
Courney Love is no stranger to ContractsProf Blog. I am beginning to think I could teach the whole course through her legal escapades. Here's a new contracts story from Celebuzz (venerable…
Employment Discrimination Report
Does NFL Stand For “‘Not For Long’ Employment?”
A lawsuit was just filed Tuesday by the former equipment manager of the football St. Louis Rams, alleging that he was fired last year at age 55 because of his…
California Employment Law Update
Court of Appeal Rules That California Law Applies to Delaware Corporation’s CEO’s Wrongful Termination Claim
On May 23, 2012, the California Court of Appeal addressed a question of first impression: Does California law govern a corporate officer’s claim against an out-of-state corporation for constructive wrongful…
Legal Profession Blog
Fired Public Defender Failed To Exhaust Administrative Remedies
The Maryland Court of Appeals has held that the former State Public Defender had failed to exhaust administrative remedies and dismissed her wrongful discharge action.The firing was in the wake of…