On January 9, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held in Teed v. Thomas & Betts Power Solutions, L.L.C. that a federal common law standard for successor liability applies to claims arising under the Fair Labor Standards Act. In doing so, the court established a new, broader standard for successor liability that applies to any claim arising from an employer’s violation of a federal labor or employment statute. This Comment argues that, although the court properly recognized congressional policies favoring employee protection, the new standard goes too far in liberalizing the successor liability exception. With little to guide the newly articulated standard, the Seventh Circuit cannot anticipate problems that might arise ...
Similar to statutes such as Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), the Age Discrimin...
This Comment critically analyzes the split in the circuits over the second prong of the Ellerth/Fara...
On May 1, 2009, the Seventh Circuit and the D.C. Circuit issued decisions interpreting Section 3(b) ...
On January 9, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held in Teed v. Thomas \u26 Be...
On January 9, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held in Teed v. Thomas & Betts...
The Second Circuit’s recent extension of the cat’s paw doctrine to include the discriminatory and re...
After Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. White resolved the issue of what constitutes an ...
On May 17, 2012, in Del Marcelle v. Brown County Corp., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Ci...
In Smith v. Bray, the Seventh Circuit, on a case of first impression, determined that supervisors wi...
In its recent decision in Staub v. Proctor Hospital, the Seventh Circuit clarified its approach to t...
Most lawyers, law professors, and judges are familiar with two standard critiques of formalism in le...
In its recent decision in Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Co. v. White, the Supreme Court resolved th...
In its recent decision in Serwatka v. Rockwell Automation, Inc., the Seventh Circuit overruled its p...
On April 15, 2016, the Iowa Supreme Court held that employers in workers’ compensation cases could d...
This article analyzes and recommends a Congressional response to the Supreme Court’s 2009 decision i...
Similar to statutes such as Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), the Age Discrimin...
This Comment critically analyzes the split in the circuits over the second prong of the Ellerth/Fara...
On May 1, 2009, the Seventh Circuit and the D.C. Circuit issued decisions interpreting Section 3(b) ...
On January 9, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held in Teed v. Thomas \u26 Be...
On January 9, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held in Teed v. Thomas & Betts...
The Second Circuit’s recent extension of the cat’s paw doctrine to include the discriminatory and re...
After Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. White resolved the issue of what constitutes an ...
On May 17, 2012, in Del Marcelle v. Brown County Corp., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Ci...
In Smith v. Bray, the Seventh Circuit, on a case of first impression, determined that supervisors wi...
In its recent decision in Staub v. Proctor Hospital, the Seventh Circuit clarified its approach to t...
Most lawyers, law professors, and judges are familiar with two standard critiques of formalism in le...
In its recent decision in Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Co. v. White, the Supreme Court resolved th...
In its recent decision in Serwatka v. Rockwell Automation, Inc., the Seventh Circuit overruled its p...
On April 15, 2016, the Iowa Supreme Court held that employers in workers’ compensation cases could d...
This article analyzes and recommends a Congressional response to the Supreme Court’s 2009 decision i...
Similar to statutes such as Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), the Age Discrimin...
This Comment critically analyzes the split in the circuits over the second prong of the Ellerth/Fara...
On May 1, 2009, the Seventh Circuit and the D.C. Circuit issued decisions interpreting Section 3(b) ...