Only six attorneys filed for the vacancy created by Justice Matthews’ retirement: two Superior Court judges (Morgan Christen and Eric Smith), one administrative law judge (David Lawrence), and three practicing attorneys (Ken Jacobus, Kenneth Kirk, and Frank Pfiffner).
At today’s monthly meeting of the Employment Law Section of the Alaska Bar Association, Tom Daniel, Rob Schmidt, and Will Schendel will discuss recent employment law developments, including the ADA amendments, the proposed Employee Free Choice Act, USERRA case law, and shareholder hiring preferences in ANCSA corporations.
Here’s one of the papers: Some Recent Developments. And here’s […]
Dancers at two Anchorage clubs have sued for unpaid overtime and improper tip-sharing. They asked U. S. District Judge Timothy Burgess to certify an opt-out class asserting rights under the Alaska Wage and Hour Act, and to recognize an opt-in collective action under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Burgess first rejected the employers’ contentions that the two claims presented an […]
