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Appeals panel strips $6M lead paint jury award, says judge's errors should allow new trial
Seventh Circuit says Wisconsin judge made key legal errors in lengthy trial vs paint makers Sherwin-Williams, E.I. du Pont and Armstrong Containers. -
Roofer's OT wage suit needs more than 37 workers in 50-mile radius to proceed as class action: Appeals panel
The U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals said a Wisconsin seasonal roofing worker could just as easily get the other 36 workers to sign on as named plaintiffs to his suit, rather than try to convert his wage lawsuit into a class action. -
Appeals panel: Ex-Redflex executive can't claim share of $20M paid to city to settle red-light camera bribes claims
Saying to find otherwise would give “fraudsters” the chance to profit from bribery, a federal appeals panel has upheld a lower court’s decision to bar a figure at the center of Chicago’s red light camera bribery scheme from claiming a cut of the settlement paid to City Hall by the city’s former red light camera vendor. -
Employers win new flexibility, after appeals court finds ADA 'not a medical-leave entitlement'
Employers now may consider multiple-month medical leave requests under the Family and Medical Leave Act without analyzing Americans with Disabilities Act requirements after a federal court upheld a company's ADA win, a labor and employment attorney said. -
Subway footlong class action plaintiffs to take another stab, after appeals court sliced 'worthless' deal
Less than five days after a federal appeals court threw out a settlement deal intended to cut short the litigation, a group of lawyers representing people suing Subway over the length of their footlong sub sandwiches have indicated they will now refresh their class actions against the ubiquitous fast food chain. -
Judge sinks footlong sub sandwich suit, calls dismissed action ‘worthless’ and a ‘racket’
A Chicago federal appeals panel suffered heartburn from a class-action suit, which claimed Subway Footlong sandwiches cheat customers by occasionally measuring just under a foot, likening the litigation to a “racket” that lines the pockets of plaintiffs’ lawyers, but does little else -
Appeals court: EEOC can keep investigating Union Pacific even after specific discrimination case tossed
Federal employment discrimination regulators are not limited to pursuing their own discrimination investigations against employers, even after a case under which the agency launched an investigation is dismissed, a federal appeals court has ruled.