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N.C. Bottler To Pay $495K On Discrimination Claims
Posted on 11 Oct 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

CHARLOTTE , N.C. — (AP) The second-largest bottler of Coca-Cola products in the United States has agreed to settle a racial discrimination case at its Charlotte distribution plant. The U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. . . . Full version available... Read More

Tags: bottler , racial discrimination , U.S. Department of Labor , Charlotte , Coca-Cola Bottling Company Consolidated , black , Litigation , lawsuit , Coca-Cola , Latino , settle

Arkansas Plaintiffs Move To Dismiss Lawsuit Challenging Health Care Reform Act
Posted on 8 Sep 2010 by Cheryl Keely

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - (Mealey's) Arkansas residents challenging the recently passed Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act (PPACA) on Sept. 8 in Arkansas federal court moved to dismiss their class action complaint without prejudice ( Jeannie... Read More

Tags: Eric Holder , U.S. Department of Health and Human Services , U.S. Department of Labor , Jeannie Burlsworth , Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act , secretary of Health and Human Services , Hilda L. Solis , Health Care Reform , Health Insurance , class action , U.S. Department of the Treasury , Jeannie Burlsworth v. Eric Holder , secretary of Labor , PPACA , Litigation , Kathleen Sebelius , lawsuit , Eric H. Holder Jr. , secretary of the Treasury , Todd Sharp , Timothy F. Geithner

U.S. Supreme Court Says Employment Law Case Belongs In District Court, Not Federal Circuit
Posted on 10 Dec 2012 by Bajeerah LaCava

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled Dec. 10 that a federal employee claiming that an agency action appealable to the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) violates an antidiscrimination statute in 5 U.S. Code Section... Read More

Tags: Carolyn M. Kloeckner v. Hilda L. Solis , Federal Circuit , Civil Service Reform Act , U.S. Department of Labor , Hilda L. Solis , Employment Law , Carolyn] Kloeckner , DOL , secretary of Labor , Employment Benefits Security Administration , Litigation , Merit Systems Protection Board , MSPB , U.S. Supreme Court , CSRA

Split U.S. Supreme Court Says Pharmaceutical Sales Reps Are Not Owed Overtime
Posted on 19 Jun 2012 by Bajeerah LaCava

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) A pharmaceutical sales representative, or detailer, falls under the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) definition of an "outside salesman" and is not owed overtime compensation, a split U.S. Supreme Court... Read More

Tags: drugs , pharmaceutical companies , FLSA , U.S. Department of Labor , Frank Buchanan , Fair Labor Standards Act , class action , outside salesman , PSRs , DOL , Michael Shane Christopher v. SmithKline Beecham Corporation , Litigation , pharmaceutical sales reps , GlaxoSmithKline , Michael Christopher , U.S. Supreme Court , overtime compensation

Feeder Funds To Pay Nearly $220 Million To Settle Madoff Ponzi Scheme Fraud Claims
Posted on 14 Nov 2012 by Timothy Raub

NEW YORK - (Mealey's) Four Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC feeder funds and several of their current and former owners and officers have agreed to pay nearly $220 million to settle claims that they breached their fiduciary duties under... Read More

Tags: ERISA , In re: Beacon Associates Litigation , U.S. Department of Labor , Hilda L. Solis , J.P. Jeanneret Associates Inc. , Ponzi scheme , John P. Jeanneret , Employee Retirement Income Security Act , Paul Perry , financial services , Beacon Associates Management Corp. , Andover Associates Management Corp. , breach of fiduciary duties , Bernie Madoff , Litigation , BLMIS , Settlement , Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC , Harris Markoff , Ivy Asset Management LLC , Joel Danziger

U.S. Supreme Court Hears Arguments On Overtime For Pharmaceutical Reps
Posted on 16 Apr 2012 by Bajeerah LaCava

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) Pharmaceutical sales representatives, or "detailers," "tout" drugs to doctors but do not actually engage in sales as defined in the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and thus are entitled to overtime... Read More

Tags: SmithKline Beecham Corp. , FLSA , U.S. Department of Labor , detailers , Frank Buchanan , Employment Law , Fair Labor Standards Act , overtime pay , Hour Litig. , Chevron U.S.A. , DOL , Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council , Auer v. Robbins , Michael Shane Christopher v. SmithKline Beecham Corporation , Pharmaceutical sales representatives , Litigation , GlaxoSmithKline , In re Novartis Wage &amp , Michael Christopher , U.S. Supreme Court