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Federal Courts You Eat on Your Own Time! 3rd Cir. Rules

You Eat on Your Own Time! 3rd Cir. Rules

By Jonathan R. Tung, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Guards at Butler County Prison have lost their overtime lawsuit after they claimed that 15 minutes of an hour-long meal break was compensable under the Fair...

Federal Courts Temp Workers Can Sue for Discrimination ... Maybe

Temp Workers Can Sue for Discrimination ... Maybe

By Jonathan R. Tung, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

The battle over workers' rights and employers' desire to conduct business lawsuit-free turned another page recently. In Faush v. Tuesday Morning. Inc,The Third...

Federal Courts Hospital Worker Can't Refuse Flu Vaccine, Court Rules

Hospital Worker Can't Refuse Flu Vaccine, Court Rules

By William Vogeler, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

It's hard to understand how a hospital worker would not believe in vaccinations. But to each his own, and apparently it wasn't a problem for Paul Fallon when...

Federal Courts Court to Reconsider Free Speech in Public Meetings

Court to Reconsider Free Speech in Public Meetings

By William Vogeler, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

You can't say bomb in an airport -- Ben Stiller learned when protesting treatment by airline representatives. And you can't say, "some of my friends have...

Federal Courts Third Circuit Sees Sea Change in Maritime Law

Third Circuit Sees Sea Change in Maritime Law

By William Vogeler, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

The appeals court judges could see it coming, like a wave building on the horizon. For decades, other circuit courts had ruled that sailors were bound by...

Federal Courts Court Revives Civil Rights Case Over Trooper Killed in Training

Court Revives Civil Rights Case Over Trooper Killed in Training

By William Vogeler, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Firearms instructor Richard Schroeter didn't check to see if his gun was loaded, then accidentally shot and killed Trooper David Kedra during routine...

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