United States: U.S. District Court Rejects Proposed Settlement Of High-Tech Employees Non-Solicitation Cases

On Aug. 8, 2014, Judge Lucy Koh of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California rejected the proposed settlement of a class action brought by employees of Silicon Valley technology companies alleging that the companies had entered into agreements not to solicit each other’s employees. In re: High Tech Emp. Antitrust Litig., 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 110064 (N.D. Cal. Aug. 8, 2014).

Plaintiffs filed complaints against certain high-tech companies and film studios […]

By | October 21st, 2014 ||

United States: Holding Company With No Employees May Be The Employer Of Its Subsidiary’s Employees

In Castaneda v. The Ensign Group, Inc., a California court of appeal held that a corporation that had no employees of its own, but owned and allegedly exercised control over a corporation with employees, may be the co-employer of the controlled corporation’s employees.

John Castaneda filed a class action complaint for minimum wage and overtime violations against The Ensign Group, which he alleged was the alter ego of Cabrillo Rehabilitation and Care Center, the nursing […]

By | October 21st, 2014 ||

United States: Guidance For Employers Regarding Ebola

On September 30, 2014, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed the first travel-associated case of Ebola to be diagnosed in the United States. The patient died of Ebola on October 8. More recently, on October 12, 2014, a healthcare worker at Texas Presbyterian Hospital who provided care for the patient tested positive for Ebola. Her case marks the first known transmission in the U.S. A second confirmed case of Ebola of […]

By | October 20th, 2014 ||