New Jersey pharmaceutical giant Merck announced last week that it has settled lawsuits with officials from three states who said they were misled about the safety of the painkiller Vioxx, according to Businessweek. The drug was reported to have caused almost 28,000...
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Reebok settles suit with FTC over deceptive ads about ‘toning shoes’
Reebok will have to pay $25 million to settle charges brought against them by the Federal Trade Commission that it used deceptive advertising by making claims about fitness shoes without backing up those claims with scientific evidence. The company will also be facing...
NBA season likely to be postponed over labor contract stalemate
The start of the NBA season is currently in danger of being postponed as the players union and NBA owners fail to agree on a new employment contract. Expanded groups of players union representatives and representatives of the owners were gathered together around...
Businesses must follow anti-discrimination laws in employee policies
When new and experienced business owners are crafting employee policies, there are many federal laws to keep in mind, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 says that employers cannot discriminate on the basis of...
Damages to be sought in Oracle – Google lawsuit remains unsettled
As the market for smartphone technologies continues to grow, so do the legal disputes between large technology corporations. Oracle is bringing an intellectual property lawsuit against Google for an infringement of their patents. In a recent development, the U.S....
Make room for accommodations when drafting employee contracts
Employers need to make sure they are properly incorporating the Civil Rights Act of 1964, among other federal employment laws, into their employees' contracts and employee handbooks as well as in hiring policies. A federal judge recently decided in favor...
Businesses say judges interpreting Wal-Mart decision too narrowly
Attorneys who represent businesses have been watching to see how the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the giant Wal-Mart sex discrimination case might affect pending class-action employment litigation. In the weeks following the case, the class-action status of...
Verizon settles EEOC disability discrimination lawsuit
The giant telecommunications company, Verizon Communications, has agreed to settle a lawsuit with the U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission that claimed the company discriminated against employees with disabilities. The EEOC said that Verizon's attendance policy did not...
We can sell no wine – businesses opine
If your summer vacation includes sipping your favorite glass of merlot at a local New Jersey bed and breakfast with an onsite winery, you better put a cork in your plans.Wineries across the state of New Jersey continue to hold onto their inventory in hopes that the...
Supreme Court says Wal-Mart sex bias class-action lawsuit cannot proceed
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the sex discrimination lawsuit brought by several women on behalf of 1.5 million current and former female employees of Wal-Mart could not proceed as a class action. The decision to dismiss the class-action lawsuit was...
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