Our Labor and Employment attorneys understand that employment class, collective, and mass action litigation presents special risks to employers, and are fully prepared to help employers maneuver through the special challenges these complex cases present.
Read More...
For an employer preparing to defend against a legal action by a disgruntled employee, few moments are as intoxicating as digging into the employee's electronic files on the company-owned computer. The golden dirt often emerges in the form of a gossipy e-mail or an internet search for something racier than the sports scores.
Continue Reading...A recent decision out of the Pennsylvania courts is a caution to employers who are required to produce employee personnel information in responding to court or agency proceedings. Jane Doe v. Wyoming Valley Health Care System, Inc., (PA Super., December 18, 2009) raised the issue of how much privacy employees can expect in the information provided to their employers and kept in their company personnel files.
Continue Reading...In Mohawk Industries, Inc. v. Carpenter, the Supreme Court resolved a circuit split and held that an order requiring the disclosure of documents arguably protected by the attorney-client privilege does not qualify for immediate appeal under the “collateral order doctrine.” The collateral order doctrine allows litigants to appeal a small class of orders that (1) conclusively determine a disputed question; (2) resolve an important issue completely separate from the merits of the action; and (3) are effectively unreviewable on appeal from a final judgment. Orders that do not fit within these parameters can be challenged only after a final judgment is rendered in the case or by other procedural means.
Continue Reading...This website is for general information purposes only. Information posted is not intended to be legal advice. For more information, please see the Disclaimer and Privacy Notice links.
Enter keywords:
