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Employer Loses WARN Affirmative Defenses In Class Action Due To Insufficient Description In Notice

“The Pen Is Mightier Than The Sword…And Verbal Communications During Company-Wide Employee Meetings.” Things seem to be going from bad to worse for defunct law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf. As criminal charges continue to loom for some former Dewey partners, the judge overseeing Dewey’s bankruptcy has now ruled that the firm cannot assert the “faltering … Continue Reading

Indiana District Court Finds Private Equity Firm Potentially Liable in WARN Class Action

This seems to be the month for class action cases presenting unusual issues in combination. Last week we wrote about a class action disparate impact claim of disability discrimination against the obese in which the court ultimately awarded sanctions against the plaintiff.  (Rare on all three counts).  This week we have a WARN Act class … Continue Reading
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