A new unanimous ruling by the United States Supreme Court in Mount Lemmon Fire District v. Guido states that all public employers in every state must now comply with the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), regardless of how many or how few individuals the...
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Supreme Court Ruling States That ADEA Applies to Public Employers with Less Than 20 Employees
Google Sued for Age Discrimination
More than 200 Google employees have filed a class action lawsuit against the tech giant. They claim the company violated the Age Discrimination in Employment Act by hiring younger candidates over older, equally qualified individuals. Each of the plaintiffs involved in...
read moreEDPA Finds No Breach of Contract or Bad Faith by Company that Raised Monthly Electricity Rates Following First Month “Teaser” Rate
In Silvis v. Ambit Energy L.P, the Court held that Plaintiff failed to rebut Defendant’s showing that there was no genuine dispute as to any material fact and awarded summary judgment in favor of Defendant. Silvis v. Ambit Energy L.P, 170 F.Supp.3d 754, 759 (E.D. Pa....
read morePennsylvania Superior Court Refuses to Pierce the Corporate Veil to Hold Beneficiary of Estate Personally Liable for Corporation’s Debts
In Mark Hershey Farms, Inc. v. Robinson, the Superior Court reversed the trial court’s ruling to pierce the corporate veil and hold the executor of an estate personally liable for the debts of the company he was operating on behalf of the estate. 171 .3d 810 (Pa....
read moreEDPA Grants Summary Judgment Against Medical Laboratory Company Alleging Tortious Interference by Independence Blue Cross
In Medical Diagnostic Laboratories, LLC. v. Independence Blue Cross, Medical Diagnostic Laboratories, LLC, (“MDL”) alleged that Independence Blue Cross (“IBC”) violated antitrust laws and was engaging in unfair competition by tortuously interfering its existing and...
read moreSupreme Court of Pennsylvania Holds That Disclosure of Truthful Information Does Not Qualify as Tortious Interference with Contractual Relations
In Walnut Street Associates, Inc. v. Brokerage Concepts, Inc., the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania held that the disclosure of truthful information regarding an employee does not constitute tortious interference. 20 A.3d 468 (Pa. 2011). In this matter, Plaintiff, Walnut...
read moreEastern District Court Dismisses FLSA Claim Based on Statute of Limitations
In Everett v. The Maternal Child Consortium, LLC, the Eastern District of Pennsylvania dismissed claims arising from a violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) which did not fall within the two-year statute of limitations. Civil Action No. 18-746 (E.D.Pa....
read moreThird Circuit Rules Upholds District Court Ruling Against Employer who Alleged Misappropriation of Trade Secrets
In Givaudan Fragrances, Corp. v. Krivda, Plaintiff Givaudan filed suit against its former employee and the employee’s new employer for misappropriation of trade secrets. 639 F.App’x. 840, 842 (3rd. Cir. 2016). Givaudan alleged that Krivda stole over 600 fragrance...
read moreThird Circuit Court Affirms Grant of Summary Judgment in PMWA Statutory Construction Case
In Livi v. Hyatt Hotels Corp., No. 17-3646, 2018 WL 4944823 (3d Cir. 2018) the Third Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the grant of summary judgment in favor of Hyatt Hotels in a Pennsylvania Minimum Wage Act (“PMWA”) and Pennsylvania Wage Payment and Collection Law...
read morePA District Court Declines to Dismiss PMWA Based on Factual Insufficiency
In Philadelphia Metal Trades Council v. Konnerud Consulting West, Civil Action No. 15-5621, 2016 WL 1086709 (E.D. Pa. 2016) the Court found that Plaintiff’s Pennsylvania Minimum Wage Act (“PMWA”) claim is not preempted by the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) and...
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