Laws/Cases |
Millions More Americans to be Eligible for Overtime Pay |
The Obama administration on Tuesday unveiled a long-awaited rule that will make millions of Americans newly eligible for overtime pay. The rule, slated to be formally released Wednesday, would essentially double the threshold at which executive, administrative and professional employees are exempt from overtime pay to $47,476 from the current $23,660. That's expected to make 4.2 million additional workers eligible to receive time-and-a-half wages for each hour they put in beyond 40 a week. Paul Davidson, USA Today 05/18/2016 |
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J&J to Stand Behind Talc's Safety at Upcoming Trials |
Johnson & Johnson will keep arguing in court that its talc-based powders are safe, an outside lawyer who has defended the company in lawsuits said, even after losing two multimillion-dollar verdicts to plaintiffs who alleged that J&J Baby Powder and Shower to Shower caused ovarian cancer. Two talc lawsuits are scheduled for trial this fall, one in Missouri and one in New Jersey. At least 1,400 cases have been filed over the issue. Jessica Dye, Reuters 05/18/2016 |
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Six Concussion Suits Are Filed Against Colleges and N.C.A.A. |
Several former college football players filed class-action lawsuits Tuesday against their universities, conferences and the N.C.A.A., claiming negligence over their handling of head injuries. The cases, six were filed Tuesday, marks a new effort by athletes seeking financial relief for what they say are the lasting effects from concussions sustained in their college careers. Among the named defendants in the filings are Penn State and Vanderbilt and three major football-playing conferences: the Big Ten, the Southeastern Conference and the Pacific-12. BEN STRAUSS, The New York Times 05/18/2016 |
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Jury Hits RJ Reynolds With $18M Verdict For Husband's Death |
A Florida jury on Tuesday ordered R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. to pay $12 million in punitive damages in an Engle progeny lawsuit brought by the widow of a retired U.S. Air Force serviceman who died of lung cancer after decades of smoking, bringing the total verdict to $18 million. Jurors in Polk County, Florida, returned the punitive verdict on Tuesday, after staying late on Monday to deliver the $6 million compensatory verdict. The jury found Joseph Nally 25 percent responsible for his own cancer. Brandon Lowrey, Law360.com 05/18/2016 |
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Healthcare |
Is Your Surgery Double-Booked? |
New guidelines put forth in April by the American College of Surgeons say patients should be informed if the surgeon who's doing a procedure is planning to manage another overlapping surgery. But though such guidelines are influential, they're not legally binding, and experts say it's common practice for patients to be left in the dark if the supervising surgeon is going to be out of the room for at least part of the procedure, performing surgery on another patient. US News & World Report, Yahoo News 05/18/2016 |
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