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Unions Appeal Decision Granting Injunction Barring Processing Of Grievances
Case: Ronald K. Hooks, Regional Director of the Nineteenth Region of the National Labor Relations Board v. International Longshore and Warehouse Union, Locals 8 and 40, No. 12-36068, 9th Cir....(read...
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Attorney Challenges Validity Of Personal Staff Exemption In FMLA Retaliation...
Case: Joanne Horen v. Judge Stacy Cook, No. 12-4544, 6th Cir....(read more)
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Rite Aid Pharmacists Appeal Application Of Professional Exemption
Case: Thomas B. Kulish, et al. v. Rite Aid Corporation and Eckerd Corporation, d/b/a Rite Aid, et al., No. 13-1044, 4th Cir....(read more)
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Board Case For Injunctive Relief In Successorship Case Reaches 6th Circuit
Case: Gary W. Muffley, Regional Director of the Ninth Region of the National Labor Relations Board v. Voith Industrial Services, Inc., et al., No. 12-6628, 6th Cir....(read more)
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Company And Union Debate Propriety Of Arbitration Award Based On Company's...
Case: Reyco Granning LLC v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local Union No. 245, No. 13-1002, 8th Cir....(read more)
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City Argues On Appeal That Former Employee Failed To Prove Causation
Case: Mazella Smith v. City of Fort Pierce, No. 12-15064, 11th Cir.; See February 2013, Page 65....(read more)
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New Hampshire Jury Orders ExxonMobil To Pay $236M For MTBE Contamination
CONCORD, N.H. - A state court jury in New Hampshire on April 9 found that ExxonMobil Corp. was negligent in adding methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) to gasoline and that it should pay $236 million to...
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4th Circuit Affirms Liability, Allocation Findings In Cost Recovery Suit
RICHMOND, Va. - A Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on April 4 affirmed a federal judge's rulings that a defendant company in a Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and...
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Judge: Expert's Contamination, Remediation Opinions Come From 'Good Grounds'
ST. CROIX, Virgin Islands - A federal judge presiding over a contamination lawsuit in the Virgin Islands on March 26 held that the proffered expert testimony of a groundwater hydrologist regarding...
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Judge Denies Transocean's Motion To Dismiss Suit Seeking Subpoena Enforcement
HOUSTON - A federal judge in Texas on March 30 denied Transocean Deepwater Drilling Inc.'s motion to dismiss a petition filed by the federal government for the enforcement of subpoenas served on the...
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Judge Adopts Recommendation To Allow Suit Seeking PCB Cleanup In Schools
NEW YORK - A federal judge in New York on March 26 adopted a magistrate judge's report and recommendation suggesting that the New York City Department of Education and New York City School Construction...
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1st Circuit Finds Landowners' Presuit Notice Was Sufficient, Reverses Dismissal
BOSTON - A First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on March 13 reversed the dismissal of a Clean Water Act (CWA) suit brought by two landowners against the owners and lessees of an adjacent property...
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6th Circuit: Unions Should Have Limited Intervention In Clean Water Act Suit
CINCINNATI - A divided Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on April 8 ruled that a federal judge in Michigan erred by not allowing unions to intervene on a limited basis in a Clean Water Act...
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Teva Pharmaceuticals To Pay $2.2M To Resolve Claims Over Facility's Discharges
ST. LOUIS - Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. on March 14 agreed to pay $2.25 million in civil penalties to resolve claims from the federal government and State of Missouri that discharges from the...
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Judge Upholds Bankruptcy Court's Finding That Prepetition Fine Has Priority
CONCORD, N.H. - A federal judge in New Hampshire on March 25 affirmed a bankruptcy court's order finding that a fine for contempt of court that was assessed against the bankrupt owners of three...
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Pennsylvania Superior Court Finds Sunoco Did Not Own, Operate Leaking Storage...
PITTSBURGH - A Pennsylvania Superior Court panel on March 18 affirmed an award of summary judgment to Sunoco Inc. after finding that a state court judge did not err in finding that the company was not...
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Judge Affirms Denial Of Company's Request To Recover $2.6M In Cleanup Costs
NEW ORLEANS - The National Pollution Funds Center (NPFC) did not act arbitrarily or capriciously in denying a request from Baby Oil Inc. and its insurer seeking reimbursement of $2,694,578.20 for costs...
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Dominion Energy To Pay $13.2M To Resolve Clean Air Act Violations
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Dominion Energy Inc. and the federal government on April 1 entered into a proposed consent decree in Illinois federal court in which the company agreed to pay $3.4 million in civil...
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Tyson Foods To Pay $3.95M For Clean Air Act Violations
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - Tyson Foods Inc. and a number of its affiliates on April 5 entered into a consent decree with the federal government in Missouri federal court in which they agreed to pay $3.95...
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Justice Dept.: Honeywell Resins And Chemical To Pay $3M For Emissions Violations
RICHMOND, Va. - The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on March 26 announced that Honeywell Resins and Chemical LLC agreed to the terms of a proposed consent decree that would require the company to pay...
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