Workplace Discrimination

• Are you about to sign an employment contract?

  Troy Schwant | August 02, 2009 11:50 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  More and more companies are requiring their prospective employees to enter into employment contracts, and in this economy, most prospective employees would sign anything if it meant they were able...

• Sexual Harassment suit allowed to go forward against Home Depot...

  Troy Schwant | July 19, 2009 11:49 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  The 11th Circuit Court of appeals reversed a granting of a summary Judgment by a Federal District Court Judge in favor of Home Depot. Congratulations to the attorneys on behalf of the Plaintiffs,...

• Supreme Court finds in favor of firefighters in controversial discrimination suit...

  Troy Schwant | June 29, 2009 10:59 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  In a 5-4 decision the United States Supreme Court found in favor of the white firefighters in their discrimination lawsuit against the city of New Haven Connecticut. This decision will certainly be...

• Sexual Harassment Verdict

  Jon Lewis | May 10, 2009 12:53 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  Hyundai was hit with a $5.79 million verdict last week for sexual harassment. The case was tried in federal court in Montgomery, Alabama. Alicia Haynes was the attorney for the plaintiff, Tammy...

• Whistle Blowers And The Sarbanes-Oxley Act

  Pete Mackey | April 16, 2009 3:16 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  A former employee of McDonalds has filed a “whistle—blower” lawsuit against the company alleging misrepresentions relating to executive compensation in its 2007 proxy statement....

• The Ledbetter Act: Can Claims Arising Before It Became Law Go Forward?

  Pete Mackey | February 17, 2009 6:02 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  Since President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, lawyers and legal commentators have been exploring the boundaries of this new law. The question is – can people file lawsuits for...

• EEOC Whistleblower Protection - The Supreme Court Says Yes To His Employer

  Pete Mackey | February 05, 2009 5:33 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  A unanimous Supreme Court held last week that an employee who provides information to his employer as part of a discrimination investigation is protected against retaliation for doing so. While...

• The Fair Pay Act: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Has No Shame

  Pete Mackey | January 24, 2009 5:00 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  Yesterday, I was forwarded an e-mail from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce warning me that trial attorneys are heading to Washington looking for a handout. I wondered what the Chamber thought about the...

• Equal Pay for Equal Work

  Pete Burns | January 17, 2009 2:13 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  Senators will vote on the Lilly Ledbetter bill when it comes for a final Senate vote in the very near future. The bill supports equal pay for equal work by removing a loophole that has allowed...

• The Ledbetter Bill Nears Passage

  Pete Mackey | January 11, 2009 10:07 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  The Lilly Ledbetter Act, along with the Paycheck Fairness Act, was passed by the House last Friday and the Ledbetter Act could reach the Senate as early as next week. The Ledbetter Act increases the...