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Retention Agreements: How the National Spotlight Now Shines on Connecticut’s Wage and Hour Laws

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Wage & Hour

UPDATED Various blogs have started to link to this one today after AIG released a white paper to support its assertion that it was required to make payments to various executives and employees over the last week. It turns out that the retention plan at issue is to be construed under Connecticut’s wage and hour laws.  As bloggers and commentators will quickly realize,… Continue Reading

Followup on Amara v. CIGNA – Court Proposes Broad Relief, then Stays Judgment Noting Uncertainty in the ERSIA Law

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Litigation

A few months ago, I reported on the District Court’s decision in Amara v. CIGNA, an important class-action case on ERISA retirement benefits and on alleged misrepresentations made by the Company about retirement benefits.  Over the last few months, then, the court was asked to consider the issue of what is appropriate relief from the decision. … Continue Reading

Foxwoods/UAW – Foxwoods Asks for a Stay on Saturday’s Election

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Labor Law & NRLB, Litigation

With a union election set for this Saturday, Foxwoods has asked the NLRB to stay the election in a motion filed today.  In its Motion to Stay (download here), and perhaps recognizing the uphill battle it faces in getting the election stayed, Foxwoods has pointed out time and again the unique nature of its arguments. (In many election… Continue Reading