September 1st, 2010 Will Schendel

Employment Law Section Meeting

At today’s meeting of the Alaska Employment Law Section, members will discuss the following significant, recent cases:

  • Dukes v. Wal-Mart (Gregory Fisher)
  • City of Ontario v. Quon (Carl Olson)
  • Anderson v. Alyeska Pipeline (Dave Devine)
  • Okpik v. City of Barrow (Lee Holen)
  • Nicholson v. Hyannis Air Service (Ryman)
  • State v. PSEA - if time (Gregory Fisher)
  • The meeting starts at noon.

    Materials are here.



    August 25th, 2010 Will Schendel

    DAlaska: Discovery Issues



    August 23rd, 2010 Will Schendel

    DAlaska: ANSCA Shareholder Preference, and AWHA Executive Exemption



    August 18th, 2010 Will Schendel

    DAlaska: Diversity and Joinder



    August 11th, 2010 Will Schendel

    ASCHR Finds For Disability Claimant



    August 10th, 2010 Will Schendel

    DAlaska: Discovery in FCA Retaliation Case



    July 26th, 2010 Will Schendel

    Alaska Supreme Court: Workers Comp Immunity for Project Owners, and Rule 68 Offers of Judgment



    July 21st, 2010 Will Schendel

    DAlaska: Fees For CJA Counsel



    July 17th, 2010 Dean Hanley

    The Weekend: Three Deaths



    July 14th, 2010 Will Schendel

    9th Cir: Jury Decides Employment Status



    July 10th, 2010 Dean Hanley

    The Weekend: I Am Love



    July 9th, 2010 Gregory Fisher

    Alaska Supreme Court: Reviews Basic Employment Law Principles



    July 8th, 2010 Will Schendel

    9th Cir: Sex BFOQ in Women’s Prison



    July 3rd, 2010 Dean Hanley

    The Weekend: Solitary Man



    July 1st, 2010 Will Schendel

    Alaskan Arbitration: More Landau Awards



    June 30th, 2010 Will Schendel

    DAlaska: No Reconsideration in ERISA Corporate Veil Case



    June 28th, 2010 Gregory Fisher

    USSCt: Arbitrator’s Authority over Claims of Unconscionability



    June 28th, 2010 Gregory Fisher

    USSCt: Who Decides Threshold Issues in Arbitration?



    June 25th, 2010 Will Schendel

    Alaska Supreme Court Affirms Arbitrator’s Reinstatement of Bad Cop



    June 23rd, 2010 Will Schendel

    Alaska Legal Miscellanea: Bad Faith Insurance Claims, and Attorney Ethics



    June 21st, 2010 Will Schendel

    DAlaska: FMLA Leave for Rotational Employee



    June 19th, 2010 Dean Hanley

    The Weekend: The Square and The Spider



    June 18th, 2010 Gregory Fisher

    USSCt: Guidance on Public Employee Privacy Rights



    June 17th, 2010 Will Schendel

    DAlaska: Adequacy of FMLA Medical Certification



    June 14th, 2010 Will Schendel

    DAlaska: Navigable Waters and the Clean Water Act