I have written about religious accommodation issues before here and here. Usually, these are tough cases for employees/plaintiffs to make. In a decision earlier this week, however, federal judge Richard Kyle has denied a motion for summary judgment on a religious accommodation case in a decision that suggests that obtaining summary judgment in these types [...]
Are your employees poachable?
From Mike Greco and Chris Stief at Fisher & Phillips: Seven signs your employees are poachable.
Sometimes it pays to be a whistleblower
A St. Paul pharmacist will receive a $2.6 million settlement payment from CVS Pharmacy after she blew the whistle on Medicaid co-pay overpayments. The retail pharmacy division of CVS Caremark Corp. agreed last week to pay $17.5 million to settle allegations that it routinely overbilled the government’s Medicaid prescription programs in 10 states, including [...]
More lawyer incivility: No breaks for expectant dad.
Thanks to the Lowering the Bar blog, we have more evidence to support Judge Quam’s observations about lawyers behaving badly and hurting their own cause. A case was scheduled to go to trial when the defense requested a postponement because the wife of one of its lawyer’s was due to have a baby about [...]
Minnesota Supreme Court broadens protections for married individuals
The Minnesota Supreme Court today issued an important decision clarifying and broadening the contours of marital discrimination in light of recent legislative changes. LeAnn Taylor began working for LSI in 1988 as a receptionist/secretary. In February 2001, she was promoted to Sales and Marketing Coordinator. In June 2001, she married Gary Taylor, the president [...]
A plea for civility in litigation
Judge Jay Quam has an excellent article in the latest issue of Bench & Bar magazine making the case for more civility in litigation and a rejection of “Genghis Khan” type tactics. His argument: lawyers who behave badly do not increase the likelihood of winning, and only alienate the judge. As Judge Quam puts it: “Jerks [...]
How to get yourself in trouble when firing an employee
Judge John Tunheim of the Federal District Court in Minnesota will permit a plaintiff to proceed to trial on his claims of discrimination in a case which seems to embody the adage “timing is everything”. Landon Young worked for McLane Minnesota, a grocery supply chain company. After his shift on September 24, Young was injured in [...]