Sexual Harassment in Employment

The new year brings a few new laws for employers, including law firms, though the changes are relatively minor compared to past years, according to Christie Totten, an employment law attorney with Davis...

An Illinois federal jury has awarded a $95 million verdict - including $80 million in punitive damages - to a store worker who claimed she was sexually harassed and assaulted by a manager...

Constitutional Claims and Civil Rights Student and parents sought review of summary judgment granted in favor of school district and college regarding violations of stuent's free exercise of religion and right to due...

HEADNOTE Objectives The aims of this study were to examine reciprocal longitudinal associations between exposure to workplace bullying and symptoms of psychological distress and to investigate how self-labeled victimization from bullying explains the...

Articles Mark C. Weber, A New Look at Section 504 and the ADA in Special Education Cases, 16 Tex. J. on Civ. Liberties & Civ. Rights 1 (2010). The author argues that children...

Employment law has been a hot practice area and 2011 did not disappoint. Here are some of the highlights of the past year's most notable employment law stories: As the recession rolled on,...

By IsraelNationalNews.com "If Jesus were to come this year, Bethlehem would be closed', the London Guardian reported this week. And what if Abraham were to visit? The Guardian article painted a bleak picture...

Rank Law Firm Personnel Attorney name total Breakdown attorneys address non-attorney equity partners website employees non-equity partners paralegals associates of counsel 1 Michelman & 70 5 Robinson, LLP 15760 Ventura 45 31 Blvd.,...

An Illinois employer may be liable for violating state and federal privacy laws by accessing personal e-mails through an AOL account a former employee had left active on her work computer. That was...

Physician group integration is a hot issue and likely to remain that way. National healthcare reform and various economic pressures have led to a stampede of physician group integrations with hospitals and various...

The Tax Court held that an adjunct university professor was a common-law employee and not a statutory employee or independent contractor, since he exercised only limited control over his course curriculum and materials...

Making the transition to management is one of the most difficult challenges first-time managers face. Almost half of them fail. Such turnover of first-time managers represents a significant loss for organizations. First, organizations...

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Volunteers play an essential role in providing important charitable services and constitute a vital link to an organization's constituency and the public--enhancing or harming a nonprofit's image and functioning. Using volunteers...

HEADNOTE The rush to physician group integration requires due diligence and attention to detail. Physician group integration is a hot issue and likely to remain that way. National healthcare reform and various economic...

OXNARD, Calif. -- The owners of Cyma Corporation, the nation's largest orchid supplier, recently settled a class action sexual harassment, discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Cyma...

PHOENIX-Banner Health and insurer Aetna, Hartford, Conn., will begin in January to enroll small employers into a health plan for a newly created accountable care organization. The health plan will offer Banner Health...

The U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts ruled that an insurer is liable under an employment practices liability insurance (EPLI) policy for costs its insured incurred in defending and settling an...