Sentences with phrase «on employment class action»

Although this is not an employment case and the plaintiff was a business entity and not an individual, the holding in American Express Co. v. Italian Colors Restaurant will likely have a substantial impact on employment class action litigation.

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Throughout a semester - long course, the nonprofit implements a civics curriculum based on students» civic identities and issues they care about, such as gang violence, public transit, or youth employment.25 The course framework encourages students to think through an issue by researching its root cause, developing an action plan, getting involved in their community through engagement tactics, and presenting their efforts to their class.

Jordan M. Sartell joined the class action practice of Francis & Mailman, P.C. in 2017 and litigates on behalf of consumers damaged by erroneous credit reports, inaccurate employment background checks, abusive debt collection practices, and other deceptive and unfair business practices.

Winston - Salem, NC, USA About Blog The Employment & Labor Insider blog provides insight on class action litigation, employee benefits, labor relations, and compensation.

«Commentary on litigation in the Windy City on topics such as business litigation, breach of contracts, fraud, building defects, real estate disputes, nursing home abuse, medical malpractice, auto accidents, truck crashes, dog bites, employment discrimination and class actions.»

Prior to being admitted to the bar, Ms. Shelton received significant experience clerking on cases concerning consumer class actions, construction defects, employment, business, asbestos defense, and insurance matters.

The team of employment discrimination class action lawyers at Ketchmark and McCreight, P.C. are on call when you need them.

Cates Mahoney, LLC focuses its practice on representing plaintiffs in a wide variety of personal injury, class action, mass torts, and employment cases.

Chris Groves focuses his practice on a variety of commercial litigation matters, including contract disputes, insurance coverage litigation, bankruptcy adversary proceedings, employment - related class actions, consumer class actions, corporate takeover litigation, shareholder derivative litigation, patent infringement ligation, and license agreement disputes.

Mr. Arias has written, lectured and spoken on various subjects at law schools, legal seminars, webinars and legal conferences on topics including: litigating class actions, mass tort litigation, expert witness depositions and cross-examination, death care litigation, unfair business practices, business litigation, settlement issues and strategies, construction defect litigation, business torts, complex litigation, electronic evidence, discovery, jury selection, the use of jury consultants and focus groups, employment law, trial of class actions and representative actions.

There, she worked on employment discrimination cases, focusing in particular on the sexual harassment class action Neal v. Director, D.C. Department of Corrections, et al..

He practices in the area of labor and employment law, with a particular emphasis on class action litigation, especially in the area of wage and hour laws.

Mr. Price has been a frequent speaker on employment law and related topics, particularly class actions, the FLSA and nuances of California employment law.

Agarwal is also an adjunct professor at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Law and regularly speaks on class actions, commercial litigation, employment, human rights, and constitutional law.

Over the past 30 years, our firm has fought for justice on the behalf of hundreds of thousands of employees and consumers with Class Action and Employment cases.

Jennifer S. Kingston concentrates on complex commercial litigation, class actions and employment law.

Arias Sanguinetti Wang & Torrijos handles statewide and national class action lawsuits on behalf of persons with disabilities who have been denied access to employment, business, education, or government facilities and services.

The Los Angeles - based Law Offices of Lisa L. Maki is a nationally recognized litigation firm with Los Angeles employment attorneys focused on offering confidential legal guidance and dedicated representation in plaintiff, complex business and personal injury litigation, employment law, class action, wage and hour, discrimination and harassment, and unfair business practices claims.

Advised employment practices liability insurer concerning application of prior notice and other coverage defenses against Equal Employment Opportunity Commission demand that insured contribute to multimillion dollar relief fund to avoid threatened class action on behalf of alleged victims of widespread sexual harassment, in Massemployment practices liability insurer concerning application of prior notice and other coverage defenses against Equal Employment Opportunity Commission demand that insured contribute to multimillion dollar relief fund to avoid threatened class action on behalf of alleged victims of widespread sexual harassment, in MassEmployment Opportunity Commission demand that insured contribute to multimillion dollar relief fund to avoid threatened class action on behalf of alleged victims of widespread sexual harassment, in Massachusetts.

But according to Steven Gonzalez, a partner at LTL who co-chairs the firm's employment and class action litigation group, LTL's emphasis on efficiency also allows attorneys to build a book of business far more quickly than they might in a large firm.

For over 20 years, Ms. Kinaga has focused her practice on employment litigation, including class actions, representing private and public employers in high - profile cases.

Karim's practice focuses on class actions, franchise and distribution litigation, shareholder disputes, bankruptcy and insolvency, competition law, constitutional law, privacy law, employment law and securities law litigation.

In addition, Kleinbard's Litigation Department routinely works with telecommunications clients on consumer class actions, dealer disputes, internal investigations, and employment, intellectual property and general commercial matters.

Other landmark decisions involving Mr. Minami include: United Pilipinos for Affirmative Action v. California Blue Shield, the first class action employment lawsuit brought by Asian Pacific Americans on behalf of Asian Pacific Americans; Spokane JACL v. Washington State University, a class action on behalf of Asian Pacific Americans to establish an Asian American Studies program at Washington State University; and Nakanishi v. UCLA, a claim for unfair denial of tenure that resulted in the granting of tenure after several hearings and widespread publicity over discrimination in acaAction v. California Blue Shield, the first class action employment lawsuit brought by Asian Pacific Americans on behalf of Asian Pacific Americans; Spokane JACL v. Washington State University, a class action on behalf of Asian Pacific Americans to establish an Asian American Studies program at Washington State University; and Nakanishi v. UCLA, a claim for unfair denial of tenure that resulted in the granting of tenure after several hearings and widespread publicity over discrimination in acaaction employment lawsuit brought by Asian Pacific Americans on behalf of Asian Pacific Americans; Spokane JACL v. Washington State University, a class action on behalf of Asian Pacific Americans to establish an Asian American Studies program at Washington State University; and Nakanishi v. UCLA, a claim for unfair denial of tenure that resulted in the granting of tenure after several hearings and widespread publicity over discrimination in acaaction on behalf of Asian Pacific Americans to establish an Asian American Studies program at Washington State University; and Nakanishi v. UCLA, a claim for unfair denial of tenure that resulted in the granting of tenure after several hearings and widespread publicity over discrimination in academia.

Mr. Torrijos prosecutes both individual and class actions in state and federal court, focusing on complex litigation matters in breach of contract, employment, consumer fraud, bad faith insurance, intellectual property and technology law.

Thereafter, Mr. Ezrin further developed his litigation skills at a nationally recognized Plaintiffs» law firm in San Francisco, where he focused his practice on employment, personal injury, mass tort and class action litigation.

Our firm is involved in a class action lawsuit against Overseas and Mac's convenience stores on behalf of temporary foreign workers who paid recruitment fees and / or did not receive jobs after signing employment contracts to work for Mac's, or Subway locations in Mac's stores, in Western Canada.

Her civil litigation practice focuses on tobacco and asbestos matters as well as the prosecution of employment class action matters.

Ms. Reathaford focuses her practice on management - side employment litigation, with special emphasis on representative actions under the Private Attorney General Act («PAGA») and other wage and hour collective and class actions.

«By having both Ken and Laura on board, we continue to strengthen our Los Angeles employment practice and, in particular, our class action capabilities.»

We provide legal news on the most recent litigated business and commercial cases including antitrust, banking and financial institutions, construction, complex disputes / class actions involving multi-parties and multi-jurisdictions, communications, employment law, environmental actions, government enforcement defense, insurance, intellectual property, mergers and business combinations, products liability, professional liability, real estate and development, environmental, securities enforcement, white collar criminal actions, and trust and estate litigation.

He focuses on complex commercial litigation, particularly contract actions, fraud, breach of fiduciary duties and other business torts, intra-company disputes and business divorce claims involving partnerships and LLCs, employment claims, and derivative and class action claims.

He defends employers against class action and individual employment claims nationally, and advises them on employment practices and benefit issues.

Cody Kennedy is experienced in a variety of complex litigation proceedings, focusing on matters ranging from employment and consumer protection class actions to mass tort litigation.

In this series, we will examine the different class action regimes in Canada, and focus on recent class action trends in areas such as privacy, employment and competition law.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed a class - action lawsuit against Bloomberg L.P., the financial - services and media company founded by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, on behalf of at least 54 women who accuse the firm of discriminating against pregnant employees.

Depending on the state, the types of class actions lawsuits include products liability / personal injury, consumer class action, securities class actions, and employment class actions.

Handles all facets of employer defense of individual and class action EEO litigation in federal and state court, including claims of race, sex, pregnancy, age, national origin, and disability discrimination; the investigation and defense of sexual harassment claims; and the defense of unlawful retaliation claims based on the filing of an equal employment complaint.

The Calgary Herald and National Post report on some of Steven Barrett's arguments in a proposed class action involving the employment status of players in the Western Hockey League.

We represent employers in court and regulatory proceedings involving current and former employees and have experience litigating class actions and employment discrimination, retaliation, harassment and wrongful termination claims based on race, sex, sexual orientation, religion, national origin and other statutorily - protected characteristics.

Tyler's litigation practices focuses on representing retailers and other businesses in commercial, employment, intellectual property, trademark infringement, and trade secret matters, including class and collective actions.

The Class Action team advises on litigation involving securities, competition, financial services, employment, IP, consumer and product liability issues and has established a reputation as a leading class action group in CaClass Action team advises on litigation involving securities, competition, financial services, employment, IP, consumer and product liability issues and has established a reputation as a leading class action group in CAction team advises on litigation involving securities, competition, financial services, employment, IP, consumer and product liability issues and has established a reputation as a leading class action group in Caclass action group in Caction group in Canada.

Litigating more than 100 class actions and collective actions in California, New York, Georgia, and Maryland involving a variety of employment issues, including wage - hour and discrimination claims, and successfully defeating motions for class certification on such claims in both federal and state courts.

Winston - Salem, NC, USA About Blog The Employment & Labor Insider blog provides insight on class action litigation, employee benefits, labor relations, and compensation.

Organizations that conduct pre-employment background checks in 2018 will need to focus on compliance in the wake of increased class - action litigation and adapt to screening more workers in nontraditional employment relationships.

This session will review the top ten background check trends and best practices for 2014 when it comes to safe hiring, including the «Ban the Box» movement that eliminates criminal history question from job applications, updated Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Guidance on criminal records, the growing number of class action lawsuits for failing to perform background checks properly, and the use of social media searches for background checks.

Written By Attorney Lester Rosen, Founder & CEO of Employment Screening Resources (ESR) In a class action lawsuit filed in federal court in Seattle on April 7, 2015, a major national online retailer and a staffing firm that provides workers have been sued in a class action lawsuit alleging that the defendants failed to...

Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn With class action suits against employers who conduct background checks on job applicants mushrooming, Attorney Lester Rosen, Founder and CEO of background check firm Employment Screening Resources (ESR), will host a live webinar with Compliance World entitled «The Explosion of Lawsuits against Employers under the Fair...

Written By Attorney Lester Rosen, Founder & CEO of Employment Screening Resources (ESR) A Florida law firm filed federal class action lawsuits in the same court against three separate national employers on the same day, with two of them naming the same consumer as the lead plaintiff, alleging violations of the federal Fair Credit Reporting...

Winston - Salem, NC, USA About Blog The Employment & Labor Insider blog provides insight on class action litigation, employee benefits, labor relations, and compensation.