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.
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