In a prior post, I summarized the one-sided rulings of the National Labor Relations Board under President Obama, which are seemingly designed to bolster the declining ranks of organized labor in the private sector. Obama’s aggressive anti-employer agenda extends to other agencies having jurisdiction over the employment relationship: the Department of Labor, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Unlike the NLRB’s pro-union orientation,
A U.S. Circuit Court judge in San Francisco canceled a scheduled Aug. 19 hearing regarding a motion to intervene and review a Ninth Circuit judge's 2013 decision to deny class action status to a sex discrimination lawsuit involving current and former Wal-Mart employees.
TYLER – A former police officer for the city of Grand Saline is suing the municipality over a claim that it denied him due process during his termination process.
DALLAS (Legal Newsline) – A recent study has found that companies that sue other companies that make goods or products, but don’t manufacture anything themselves, are a threat to innovation and the economy in the United States.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The White House announced last week that President Barack Obama has nominated three judges to fill vacancies in Texas federal courts.
There are many problems with legal education, ranging from its costs to its lack of emphasis on the practical skills a school’s graduates will need in the real world to the comparative lack of transparency of many law schools’ placement efforts.
AUSTIN -- Two incumbents and one new Republican justice have been elected to the Texas Supreme Court, retaining the GOP hold on the state's highest court.
Willett Three of the nine justices on the all-Republican court are seeking re-election, Justice Don Willett, Place 2; Justice David Medina, Place 4; and Justice Nathan Hecht, Place 6.
SHERMAN - A Bonham woman has filed a lawsuit against the manufacturers of her knee replacement device for misleading her and her health care provider about the product's safety.
Scalia WASHINGTON - By a single vote, retailer Wal-Mart escaped a class action that could have cost half a trillion and would have imposed court control on pay and promotions.
Scalia WASHINGTON � By a single vote, retailer Wal-Mart escaped a class action that could have cost half a trillion and would have imposed court control on pay and promotions.
Scalia WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- The U.S. Supreme Court, in a significant victory for businesses, sided Monday with retail giant Wal-Mart in a challenge to a class action lawsuit alleging discrimination against its female employees.
"They fight in every corner of the globe... for you. They live to fight... for you, and they never rest because there is always another battle to be won in the defense of America." - Lt. Gen. John F. Kelly
The Beaumont law firm Reaud, Morgan and Quinn recently swapped two of its attorneys in a suit brought by William Duke, who sued Entergy Texas after a power line fell on his vehicle.
