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Congress Reviewing Employee Arbitration Provisions; Bill Would Ban Certain Provisions

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Legislative Developments

Earlier this year, the Supreme Court revisited the subject of arbitration provisions in the employment context, creating some concern among legislators about the implications of this decision.  In this week’s Connecticut Law Tribune, my colleague Cara Ceraso has drafted a nifty article about legislation now pending in Congress that would allow employees to bring their… Continue Reading

Appellate Court Upholds Judgment Against Lawfirm for Its Employment Contract With Associate

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Human Resources (HR) Compliance, Litigation

In a decision released today, the Connecticut Appellate Court upheld a lower court judgment that found that a local lawfirm breached its employment contract to an associate by failing to pay that associate a bonus. It’s rare to see lawfirms involved in employment disputes, and even rarer, to have cases proceed all the way to… Continue Reading

Appellate Court Affirms Finding of At-Will Employment

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Litigation

The Connecticut Appellate Court today unofficially released a Per Curium decision that affirms the general principle that a contract for an indefinite term is a contract for at-will employment, even in the apparent absence of express terms.  In Ward v. Distinctive Directories, Inc., (officially released on October 23, 2007), the Court was asked to review… Continue Reading

Employment Contracts of Baseball Players

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Human Resources (HR) Compliance

In Connecticut, the loyalties between the Red Sox and Yankees are about evenly split.   So, for now, it’s baseball nirvana here in the state.   If both win their divisional series, there will be many late nights here in Connecticut watching a Yankees-Red Sox matchup. In honor of the baseball playoffs beginning this week, I thought I… Continue Reading

Four for…Employment Contracts and Useful Employment Law Information

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Human Resources (HR) Compliance

When I first started practicing, each attorney used to keep their "form" files.  What were these? Copies of key documents that could be used over and over again.  Now, with the advent of computer databases, sharing information within a firm is routine and easy. But suppose you wanted to find out what other attorneys or… Continue Reading