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Our heartfelt congratulations to the employees of Market Basket! After several weeks of collective action, these employees, with customer support, have successfully pushed the company board to sell the supermarket chain back to ousted CEO Arthur T. Demoulas. We applaud their efforts and success. This is a great example of how workers who stand together […]
A recent Federal district court decision, Porter v. Five Star Quality Care-MI, LLC , was a big victory for employees. The Court enabled a group of former nursing home employees to move forward in their Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) retaliation claim against the current and former owners of the nursing home from which […]
On June 25-28, 2014, over 600 members of the National Employment Lawyers Association (“NELA”) gathered in Boston from all over the country for the organization’s 2014 Annual Convention. The days were full, the programs fascinating and informative, and the company smart and fun. Special guests included Sheila White Parrish (plaintiff in the landmark retaliation case […]
This is a post we didn’t expect to write about this particular Supreme Court, but we are pleased to see that the United States Supreme Court has issued an important decision expanding the free speech rights of government employees. The decision, Lane v. Franks, No. 13-483 (U.S. June 19, 2014), held that government employees who […]
Summary judgment is a legal procedural tool that is often used by judges to dispose of cases before they reach a jury. In the context of employment discrimination, many cases that reach the summary judgment stage are dismissed at that point, and those plaintiffs do not have the opportunity to try their cases to a […]
As previously detailed in this space, Ellen Messing was invited to participate at “A Forum for Understanding and Comment on the Proposed Federal Rules Amendments” as a representative of the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA). The amendments under consideration by the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules, if adopted, would have had a deleterious effect on the […]
James Weliky has again been selected to serve as an expert faculty member on two popular programs presented by Massachusetts Continuing Legal Eduction (MCLE). First, Mr. Weliky served as faculty at MCLE’s “Employment Law for Business Lawyers and In-House Counsel.” This year’s edition of the program, held January 30, represented Mr. Weliky’s tenth year on […]
Ellen Messing was recently an invited participant at “A Forum for Understanding and Comment on the Proposed Federal Rules Amendments,” a meeting held at the University of Denver facilitated by the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System (IAALS). According to IAALS, the forum was held to “bring together a small and select […]
The U.S. District Court in Boston recently handed down a ruling favoring a MRW client suing his employer for race discrimination. The plaintiff’s case alleges he was denied a series of promotions because of his race and that his employer retaliated against him after he complained about racism in the workplace. In June 2013, lawyers […]
Dahlia Rudavsky and Ellen Messing presented at Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education’s “Employment and Labor Law: MCLE BasicsPlus” program. The annual program, held November 6-7, 2013, is designed to provide lawyers with an introduction to the most significant issues in labor and employment law. This was the 15th year in which one or more of the […]