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Labor, Employment and Benefits: Alert - February 6, 2012

The U.S. Supreme Court recently denied an employer’s request for review of a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, which held that tipped employees spending more than 20 percent of their time performing related but non-tipped duties must be paid the full minimum wage for that time, without the tip credit.

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Hospitality Industry: Mediation of Golf Industry Disputes Alert - January 31, 2012

Golf clubs and their developers, owners, builders, operators, managers and members are still taking their disputes to court to duke, or "club" it out. This trend continues even when there are readily available options to full-blown litigation, such as alternative dispute resolution (ADR).

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Judge Rules In-House Chief Patent Counsel Is Protected by Age Bias Law
 
 September 3, 2009
 
Michael Starr- New York

Labor and Employment Practice Group Partner Michael Starr was quoted in the September 3 ABA Journal article titled, "Judge Rules In-House Chief Patent Counsel Is Protected by Age Bias Law."

The article discusses the Aug. 27 case of Robert Raymond, chief patent counsel and vice president for intellectual property at Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals. U.S. District Judge Vanessa Bryant of Connecticut ruled that Raymond's forced retirement violated the law barring age discrimination because he did not qualify as an executive who is exempted from protection. To read the full article, please click the link below.

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