About a decade ago, I had the good fortune to sit at a table with Justice Antonin Scalia over a long lunch. He was a distinguished speaker for the Young Lawyers’ Section of the Connecticut Bar Association and, as a former Chair of the that group, I lucked out in my seating arrangements.
I remember
Nearly everyone has chimed in over the oral argument in Wal-mart v. Dukes over the last 36 hours up at the Supreme Court. And nearly everyone seems to be predicting an outright victory to Wal-mart.
Because we don’t even have a decision yet, I’ll leave it to others to prognosticate (read: guess) what
Employee benefit cases (better known as ERISA cases, after the Employee Retirement Income Security Act) aren’t the most exciting topic in the world. At this point, just by my very mention of ERISA, I’m imagining your mouse wandering off to view another page.
But yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear an important case
Back in February, I noted that not all U.S. Supreme Court cases are created equal and warned employers not to get too excited about a case that was then being argued in front of the U.S. Supreme Court — Lewis v. City of Chicago.
Yesterday, the Court released its unanimous decision (download here)
The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday was in the middle
of two employment law related topics. Nothing was settled but employers should keep an ear out for the resolution of two cases.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear Kasten v. Saint Gobain Performance Plastics, 09-834 (opinion below from 7th Circuit here).
Various other employment law blogs and authors have already chimed in on the case, including Workplace Prof, Michael Fox, Ross Runkel, and the SCOTUSBlog so I won’t try to
The U.S. Supreme Court this morning, without comment, declined to overturn a NLRB decision that found that Church Homes (also known locally as Avery Heights) committed an unfair labor practice when it failed to reinstate the permanently replaced economic strikers upon their unconditional offer to return to work. I’ve discussed this case extensively in some
Back in June, I talked about an important case arising out of Connecticut, that dates all the way back to a long and notable strike by employees in 1999 against the Avery Heights facility in Hartford, Connecticut. You can read the full post about Church Homes (d/b/a Avery Heights) v. NLRB here.
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This morning’s pick of Second Circuit appellate judge Sonia Sotomayor as the next U.S. Supreme Court justice is a truly momentous occasion. If confirmed, she will be the Court’s
first Hispanic Supreme Court justice.
There’s plenty of great analysis already out there this morning about the pick, including coverage by the SCOTUSBlog. And
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The U.S. Supreme Court has been very busy this morning.
First, in a 7-2 decision, the Court held that an employer (in.jpg)
this case AT&T) did not violate the Pregnancy Discrimination Act when it gave less retirement credit for pregnancy leaves that occurred prior to the passage of the act.
In addition, the