Discovery Communications, Inc., the media company behind the Discovery Channel, has filed a lawsuit against Amazon.com alleging patent infringement in connection with a security technology included in Amazon's Kindle e-reader. Discovery seeks damages and an agreement for future royalties.
The lawsuits make allegations of wage and hour abuses against hourly employees, including forcing employees to work off the clock, preventing them from taking breaks, and failing to pay for overtime hours.
Three months after the death of a worker in an Annapolis crane accident, an advisory board of Maryland's Occupational Safety and Health program has recommended sweeping changes be made to state rules for crane operations.
Terry Childs, who has been jailed since July 13 on suspicion of computer tampering, handed passwords for San Francisco's FiberWAN network over to Mayor Gavin Newsom Monday.
According to a study released Monday, more than 563,000 truck and bus drivers qualify for full disability benefits due to health issues, yet are still eligible to drive.
A new Florida law allowing employees to bring guns to work has come under fire from Walt Disney World, Universal Studios, and paper manufacturer Georgia-Pacific.
A California Appellate Court has ruled that Connolly-Pacific Co. is not liable for a seaman who contracted West Nile Virus, and is therefore not required to provide him with food, lodging, or medical care.
Tina Conder, an Indiana resident who worked on the riverboat casino Glory Of Rome, is suing her former employer under maritime law for damages suffered as a result of a flea infestation aboard the vessel.
A proposed change in the Passenger Vessel Services Act intended to support the embattled Hawaiian cruise ship market has drawn criticism from some quarters within the travel industry.
A former zoo handler who was attacked by a zebra is filing a workers’ compensation lawsuit against the Florida park that fired him.
A former school librarian recently filed a $2 million lawsuit against the Liberty School District in New York, claiming that she was wrongly fired after she became too ill to work.
In a letter to the Nevada State Health Division, the Nevada State Medical Association has recommended that foreign doctors who complain of illegal exploitation be shielded from retaliatory treatment by whistleblower protection.
The city of Elyria filed an appeal this week, contesting a decision by the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation (BWC) to award benefits to the family of a police officer killed in a motorcycle accident.
Administrative Law Judge Debra Little Cohn ruled this week that Suzanne Ward, a nurse formerly employed by Wisconsin's Department of Corrections, was mistreated and unfairly disciplined by DOC managers attempting to undermine her credibility.
The Senate and House Armed Services Committees have agreed to approve strengthened whistleblower protection for employees of defense contractors who report corruption, abuse, threats to public safety, mismanagement, or waste of DoD funds.
Apollo Group Inc., parent corporation of the University of Phoenix, the largest for-profit school in the U.S., must pay up to $277.5 million in damages after losing a securities-fraud lawsuit brought by shareholders.
A former school nurse recently filed a workers' compensation lawsuit against the Ocean Township Board of Education, claiming she fell ill due to exposure to mold in her office.
The Texas Commissioner of Workers' Compensation recently repealed 28 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) §131.1, which concerns lifetime income benefits.
The group rating system used by the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation is the subject of a class-action suit filed by three companies.
FedEx Ground was recently fined over $190,000 by the Massachusetts attorney general for allegedly misclassifying 13 drivers, depriving them of benefits.
A high-profile lawsuit was sent back to the state workers' compensation court by the Montana Supreme Court on Tuesday.
A Pittsburgh, PA-based company specializing in workers' compensation solutions recently filed a lawsuit against the state, alleging that it erroneously awarded a contract to a competitor without a bid process.
A Texas sheriff's deputy who appealed a decision denying him back pay for time allegedly spent recovering from a work-related injury was recently granted another trial.
The Missouri Supreme Court on Thursday heard a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the state's 2005 workers' compensation law.
Additional charges have been filed recently against a manager and former manager of Smurfit-Stone Container Enterprises of Salinas, CA who, according to a pending criminal case, allegedly conspired to commit workers' compensation fraud.
According to a recent Tennessee Supreme Court ruling, telecommuters are eligible for worker's compensation benefits for injuries received while working.
Employees of a magazine distribution company will file a class action suit today in State Supreme Court in Brooklyn against Verizon Communications, Inc. claiming negligence which resulted in exposure to toxic chemicals, according to attorneys.
A New York appeals court recently ruled that the supplier of a buttery flavoring used in microwave popcorn must pay at least $50,000 for each successful claim filed by injured workers at a Missouri popcorn plant.
Speaking Wednesday before the House Homeland Security Committee, U.S. Transportation Security Administration head Kip Hawley said he will take action to extend federal whistleblower protection to the nation's airport checkpoint and baggage screeners.
A New Jersey Superior Court ruled last month that the state's largest health insurer breached its contract with a cardiologist by dismissing him as a participating physician with the company.
Rep. William Pascrell criticized the head of the Transportation Security Administration during a hearing Tuesday for being unfamiliar with several cases in which TSA employees suffered retaliatory treatment after reporting airport security problems.
A Florida man has been ordered to repay $78,000 in disability income he received for an on-the-job back injury he reported in June 2004.
A machine operator in El Centro, California, was recently ordered by an Imperial Valley judge to pay $45,996 to the State Compensation Insurance Fund in a workers' compensation fraud case.
A $101 million settlement has been reached by the families of the construction workers who were killed or injured in the October 2003 collapse of Tropicana Casino’s parking garage in Atlantic City.
A Chattanooga, Tennessee, judge has issued an order demanding that a trucking company stop having its employees sign a fake workers’ compensation form that waives their workers’ compensation benefits.
A former Colorado police officer who lost his job after a motorcycle accident left him paralyzed from the waist down has filed a lawsuit against Canon City, claiming discrimination and wrongful termination.
Lieutenant Colonel Debra Muhl, a highly decorated Air Force Reserve nurse specializing in battlefield air evacuation, filed suit Jan. 23 against Sutter Health of San Francisco, claiming she was terminated because of her deployment to Iraq.
A San Francisco federal appeals court has upheld an earlier decision granting class status to a sexual discrimination lawsuit against the nation’s largest retailer which could include as many as 1.5 million women.
An Air Force Reserve nurse is suing her former employer after losing her position shortly after telling her supervisor that she would be sent to Iraq for a four-month deployment.
A gender discrimination suit from three female Costco employees has been expanded by a judge’s ruling, saying there is strong evidence of disadvantages to all female Costco employees.
“Big Blue” has settled a gender discrimination suit with a Vermont woman who claimed she was fired as a result of behavior for which male employees were only given warnings.
School administrators agree to allow gay student group to meet on school grounds, and will mandate bullying and sexual harassment training for school staff.
Rejected contestant claims the real estate mogul and the show’s producers stand in violation of the Federal Age Discrimination Act.
Nearly 100 current and former staff members at Volusia County Branch Jail in Texas are poised to share in a $495,000 in workers’ compensation settlement after allegedly becoming ill from toxic mold at the jail.
A study has found that federal employment discrimination cases are up 268 percent since the Civil Rights Act of 1991.
Three saleswomen claimed they were subjected to a “hyper-sexualized” work environment, including being required to entertain clients at a local strip club operated by their company’s CEO.
The Supreme Court is debating how to apply the statute of limitations for pay cases to a situation in which the original discriminatory act transpired years ago, though the victim continues to suffer for it.
The former employer of a suspected killer is being sued for allegedly failing to use reasonable care in selecting and retaining employees.
A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit brought by three black supervisors who claimed that Williamhouse, an envelope-making company, underpaid them because of their race.
A jury in Pennsylvania recently awarded $78.5 million to over 187,000 current and former Wal-Mart employees for missed breaks and off-the-clock hours worked between 1997 and 2006.
The banking giant agrees to compensate workers for unpaid overtime, while officially denying liability.
Last year, former Kellogg, Brown & Root employee Julie McBride filed a qui tam suit under the federal False Claims Act against her former employer, a subsidiary of Halliburton.
41-year-old Michael De Kort recently skyrocketed to Internet fame with the airing of his 10-minute You Tube video alleging corruption in a military contract for which he was formerly an engineer.
A US District Court of Appeals has ordered Target Corporation to defend a discrimination lawsuit filed on behalf of four black applicants who were denied management positions with the company.
ROTTERDAM -- A recently fired Wal-Mart security guard is suing her former employer on the grounds of gender discrimination after her lawyer claims she was dismissed for chasing a purse snatcher.
Carnival Cruise Lines has agreed to pay $6.25 million to thousands of past and current employees for unpaid overtime compensation.
FRESNO, Calif. -- A woman who was spanked in front of her co-workers as part of what her former employer called a team-building exercise is seeking $1.2 million for the pain and humiliation she allegedly suffered.
For nearly a year, Bergen County, N.J. officials have denied they knew that a Parks Department supervisor was sexually harassing and abusing his brain-injured subordinate.
NEWHALL, Calif. - Four waitresses filed a $65 million lawsuit against Denny's Corp., claiming that they were wrongfully terminated after they refused to serve customers on dirty dishes.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit against UPS on the grounds of religious intolerance against a Rastafarian applicant, Reuters reports.
In a pivotal case, the Supreme Court must answer the fundamental question of whether or not inventors can get away with patenting laws of nature, natural phenomena and abstract ideas.
NEW YORK - A black firefighter filed a lawsuit against the FDNY and the city Tuesday, alleging racial discrimination from co-workers who engaged in racist comments and acts that included placing a hangman's noose on his personal gear.
Atlantic City, New Jersey -- Two women who previously worked as cocktail servers at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa have filed a $70 million sexual discrimination lawsuit against the company.
New York, NY -- A former Knicks executive has sued Team President Isiah Thomas and Madison Square Garden, alleging that she suffered sexual harassment.
Jackson County, MO -- A jury awarded $6.8 million to Kendra Lynn, the plaintiff in a sexual harassment lawsuit against TNT Logistics.
New York, NY -- Six women have filed a lawsuit against Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein Securities and parent company Dresdner Bank AG, seeking $1.4 billion for gender discrimination.
Davis, California -- The UCD Chancellor gave former Vice Chancellor Celeste Rose a new job and a promotion after she threatened the university with a discrimination suit.
An Alameda County jury awarded $172 million to thousands of current and former Wal-Mart employees who were allegedly denied lunch breaks by the giant retailer.
A man recently filed a lawsuit against the State of New Hampshire claiming that he was wrongfully terminated as a Hampton Beach lifeguard for refusing to remove his personal website containing beach safety tips.
A jury in Portland, Oregon awarded $109,000 to a trucker whose employer suspended him for being overweight.
A former Alaska Airlines supervisor has settled a lawsuit against the carrier for wrongful termination.
SAN FRANCISCO -- A Bay Bridge foreman who was an FBI informant in an investigation into concealed bad bridge welds has filed whistle-blower suit against the construction company.
Sierra Chemical Co, a mining explosives manufacturer, has reached a settlement with the state of Nevada over a fatal explosion that occurred in 1998, which killed 4 workers and injured 6.
PEKIN, Ill. -- A probation officer is suing the state of Illinois, demanding that she receive the same comprehensive benefits offered to police and firefighters who are injured and can't work.
LEXINGTON, Kentucky -- A judge has ruled that city employees can't be sued for the death of firefighter Brenda Cowan, despite their failure to warn her that she was arriving at the scene of a shooting.
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