In the case of Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, the Supreme Court upheld the validity of employment contracts that prevent employees from pursuing collective litigation against their employer. Following this ruling, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued several...
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NLRB Addresses Issues Regarding Mandatory Arbitration Agreements
NLRB Rule Does Not Recognize Graduate Students as Employees
Graduate students often teach classes and conduct valuable research while earning an advanced degree. However, according to a proposed rule by the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”), graduate students are not considered employees, meaning they do not have the...
read moreFormer Employees Allege Pension Cuts During Corporate Restructuring
Talen Energy is a privately-owned independent power producer that serves commercial and industrial customers in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Ohio, and the District of Columbia. In 2016, the company was bought by Riverstone Holding, a New York...
read moreCourt Ruling Addresses Attorney-Client Relationships
In 2011, physician George R. Bousamra sued Excela Health for defamation after a peer-review investigation conducted by the company revealed that Bousamra performed surgical procedures on over 100 patients whose medical condition may not have warranted surgery. Before...
read moreNew Federal Overtime Rules Make Additional Workers Eligible for Overtime Pay
The U.S. Department of Labor recently issued a final overtime rule that will have an impact on 1.3 million American workers. These updated overtime regulations will put more money in the pockets of hardworking Americans across the country. However, critics of the rule...
read moreLloyd Industries Ordered to Pay $1.04 Million to Terminated Employees in Whistleblower Case
A federal judge recently ordered Lloyd Industries to pay the largest punitive award ever given under the Occupational Safety and Health Act (“OSH Act”) after two employees were illegally fired for speaking out against unsafe working conditions. The two workers were...
read moreJury Grants Couple $8.5 Million in Medical Malpractice Case Against St. Luke’s University Health Network
After experiencing abdominal pain and urinary problems, a Germansville man visited St. Luke’s in Allentown for medical treatment. According to the radiologist, a scan of the patient’s abdomen showed kidney stones and other urinary problems. The scan also revealed the...
read moreMerck Sued Over Rescinded Job Offer
Pharmaceutical giant, Merck, is being sued by a woman who was in the process of being hired by the company. She was given employment information and was offered a job over the phone by a Merck recruiter. After receiving the offer of employment in the mail, she quit...
read morePA Court Rules in Favor of Employer in Whistleblower Retaliation Case
A former employee of GlaxoSmithKline (“GSK”) alleged that he was wrongfully terminated from his job in retaliation for reporting concerns about potential security threats related to the company’s manufacturing and financial servers. The plaintiff filed a wrongful...
read moreSupreme Court to Decide on Racial Bias Lawsuit Against Comcast
Byron Allen, owner of Entertainment Studios Network (ESN)—an African American-owned media company—filed a discrimination lawsuit against Comcast, alleging that the telecommunications giant refused to carry any of the network’s channels due to racially discriminatory...
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