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Compensation.BLR.com
April 2, 2018
The 6th Circuit panel reversed Gulf's summary judgment win, finding there was a genuine issue of material fact regarding whether the inspectors were guaranteed pay that qualified as a minimum weekly salary. The court held that if the inspectors are to qualify as exempt employees under the FLSA, theÃÂ ...
pride source.com
March 14, 2018
Lambda Legal Law and Policy Director Jenny Pizer called this latest ruling, in Stephens v. Harris Funeral, an extraordinarily significant decision. The liberal think tank ThinkProgress called it a massive victory. Others are less enthusiastic, but everyone supporting equal rights for LGBT people sees StephensÃÂ ...
Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty Blog (blog)
March 10, 2018
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of the EEOC and a transgender funeral home employee in Michigan in their suit claiming her termination was unlawful discrimination. The funeral home argued that enforcement of the nondiscrimination law against them violated their religious libertyÃÂ ...
ABA Journal
March 8, 2018
A nominee to the Cincinnati-based 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is refusing to say whether he believes Roe v. Wade was correctly decided. John Nalbandian told the Senate Judiciary Committee during his confirmation hearing that he didn't want to take a position on the case because the abortionÃÂ ...
Lexology
March 8, 2018
The U.S. Appeals Court for the Sixth Circuit held today that R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act when it fired a funeral director after she told her boss that she planned to transition from male to female. Title VII prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of sex,ÃÂ ...
Metro Weekly
March 7, 2018
On Wednesday, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a Michigan funeral home had unlawfully discriminated against a transgender employee when it fired her after she informed her employer that she would be presenting as a woman, in accordance with her gender identity. The 6th Circuit'sÃÂ ...
Bloomberg Big Law Business
March 6, 2018
A semi-retired lawyer who let others draft and sign his name to “one-size-fits-all” pleadings will serve a 90-day suspension, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held Mar. 1. Lawyers transitioning to retirement still need to comply with their ethical obligations. And a lawyer can't allow a filing to beÃÂ ...
E&E News
February 28, 2018
6th Circuit lifts WOTUS stay as fight over delay heats up. Ariel Wittenberg, E&E News reporter. Published: Wednesday, February 28, 2018. The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has lifted its stay of the Obama administration's Clean Water Rule following last month's Supreme Court decision that district courts should reviewÃÂ ...
The National Law Review
February 28, 2018
On February 22, 2018, the U.S Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals determined a union acted properly when it continued collecting union dues from members who did not follow protocol when seeking to revoke consent to their signed dues checkoff authorizations. Plaintiffs worked for a unionized grocery store inÃÂ ...
Bloomberg BNA
February 20, 2018
Rethink Retiree Health Benefits, Supreme Court Tells 6th Circuit. FREE TRIAL. From Benefits & Executive Compensation News. Employee Benefits News examines legal developments that impact the employee benefits and executive compensation employers provide, including federal and state legislation,ÃÂ ...
The National Law Review
December 31, 1999
As anticipated, the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals took the formal action of vacating its temporary injunction which had enjoined the enforcement of the Obama-era rule which redefined Waters of the United States (WOTUS) nationwide since 2015. The Court's action was consistent with the United StatesÃÂ ...
MLive.com
February 8, 2018
ANN ARBOR, MI - A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that claimed Ann Arbor imposed "forced labor" on some residents by making them have sump pumps installed in their homes. In a nine-page order on Wednesday, Feb. 7, U.S. District Judge Stephen Murphy granted the city's motion to dismiss theÃÂ ...
Massillon Independent
February 8, 2018
He called the temporary stay of construction order in the 6th Circuit Court of appeals a small win for the city, but knows it could be lifted soon. Voting for the settlement was Bob Young, Barbara Babbitt, Rocco Yeargin and Chris Humphrey. Yeargin stressed he wants to use the money and resources beingÃÂ ...
The Herald
February 8, 2018
William “Bill” McKinnon, a prosecutor from Rock Hill, was elected Wednesday by South Carolina legislators as a resident circuit court judge for York and Union counties. Mckinnon, 45, who also has experience as a civil lawyer, defeated Lisa Collins of Rock Hill, a prosecutor with the 6th Circuit Solicitor'sÃÂ ...
Youngstown Vindicator
February 8, 2018
The judges of the 6th Circuit should review the police reports that show Hill became a suspect after he went to the Warren Police Department saying he had information about the murder and asking about a $5,000 reward. They should also consider Hill's actions after the brutal murder, including the fact thatÃÂ ...
Youngstown Vindicator
February 6, 2018
Dennis Watkins, Trumbull County prosecutor, said he will request the Ohio Attorney General's Office to appeal Friday's decision to a full panel of the judges of the 6th Circuit. “Respectfully, as prosecutor for Trumbull County and one of the trial prosecutors ... I strongly disagree with that part of the court'sÃÂ ...
cleveland.com
January 30, 2018
A spokeswoman for Judicial Watch, a conservative group that pushes for transparency in government that represents Adams, said it would not comment on the case. The Justice Department, which represents the 6th Circuit's Judicial Council and Judicial Conference committee, did not respond to an email.
Mondaq News Alerts
January 30, 2018
In a recent decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit—which covers Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee—held that an employer's week-to-week, commission-only pay system was generally valid. However, it was illegal for the company's policy to state that employees had to repayÃÂ ...
Greeneville Sun
January 24, 2018
Bryant's federal court appeal for relief from his prison sentence of life without parole is pending during review by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit. Should it be granted, the case would be referred back to state court. In a written statement issued from prison in March 2017, Howell described herÃÂ ...
The Outline
January 24, 2018
Republicans could refuse to seat judicial nominees who do not meet traditional standards, like John K. Bush, an anti-gay blogger who was named to the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals last July, and Leonard Grasz, a conversion-therapy enthusiast who, despite earning one of three unanimous “not qualified”à...
Aggregates Manager (blog)
January 24, 2018
However, this could cause the rule to become applicable in most of the U.S., because the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals will likely lift its nationwide stay on the rule. Only the stay issued by the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota that covers the states of Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho,ÃÂ ...
BuzzFeed News
January 24, 2018
The White House announced 12 new judicial nominees on Tuesday, including one appeals court pick, John Nalbandian, nominated for the US Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit. Nalbandian, a lawyer who works in Cincinnati, Ohio, but lives across the state line in Kentucky, has ties to Senate MajorityÃÂ ...
Marion Star
January 24, 2018
The 6th Circuit Court sent the case back to Marion County Common Pleas Court for Mason to be re-sentenced. Mason was on track to be re-sentenced in late 2016, but those proceedings were put on hold because of the appeal to have the death penalty piece of the case thrown out based on the U.S.ÃÂ ...
E&E News
January 23, 2018
The Trump administration and other environmental groups fought to have the litigation remain in the 6th Circuit (Greenwire, Aug. 24, 2017). Before leaving office, the Obama administration had also pushed for appellate review of the rule. Justices heard an hour of oral arguments last November, where theyÃÂ ...
Compensation.BLR.com
January 21, 2018
In a recent decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit—which covers Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee—held that an employer's week-to-week, commission-only pay system was generally valid. However, it was illegal for the company's policy to state that employees had to repayÃÂ ...
Lexington Herald Leader
January 10, 2018
A three-judge panel of the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that Lexington can enforce a 2017 ordinance that would require all unsolicited materials to be delivered to doorsteps or mailboxes. The Lexington Herald-Leader filed a lawsuit challenging the ordinance in U.S. District Court, sayingÃÂ ...
PLANSPONSOR
January 9, 2018
6th Circuit Rules for Eaton Corp. in ESOP Suit. The appellate court agreed with a lower court that plaintiffs did not meet pleading standards set forth in the Supreme Court ruling in Fifth Third v. Dudenhoeffer. By Lee Barney. The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a district court decision to dismissÃÂ ...
Slate Magazine
December 31, 1999
John K. Bush's opinion in Peffer v. Stephens will let the police ransack almost any suspect's home. By Mark Joseph Stern. Jan 18, 20186:29 PM. Tweet ÷ Share ÷ Comment. John K. Bush. Photo illustration by Slate. Screengrab from Bingham Greenebaum Doll, LLP. Donald Trump has nominated a number of egregiouslyà...
KPNX 12 News TV
December 31, 1999
A three-judge panel of the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the federal Board of Immigration Appeals should not have rejected the motion to stop ... It is the second small victory for immigration advocates in the 6th Circuit in the past week after the court granted a temporary stay Friday for anotherÃÂ ...
cleveland.com
December 12, 2017
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to the 6th Circuit's decision. Prosecutors wrote in a motion that Bryan has now exhausted all his appeals and attacks on his convictions and that "seventeen years is long enough." Bryan also is serving prison time for several sexual assault cases thatÃÂ ...
Compensation.BLR.com
December 11, 2017
A new 6th Circuit case sheds some light on whether full-time employees of staffing companies are considered exempt from overtime. For a Limited Time receive a FREE Compensation Market Analysis Report! Find out how much you should be paying to attract and retain the best applicants and employees,ÃÂ ...
Charleston Gazette-Mail
December 11, 2017
In an earlier challenge of the MSHA rule, the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals said it did not have jurisdiction over the case because the rule is not, strictly speaking, a health or safety standard. Challenges of MSHA health or safety standards would go directly to a federal circuit court, rather than district court, theÃÂ ...
The College Fix
December 11, 2017
The 6th Circuit was hearing a case against Ohio's private Denison University, which expelled a male student after his female sex partner accused him of nonconsensual sex stemming from another male student spiking her alcoholic drink with a date rape drug at a party. Though the female had left the partyÃÂ ...
Chicago Daily Law Bulletin
December 11, 2017
In November, we wrote about the substantial amount of dark money donated to the Judicial Crisis Network that was used by the organization to fight Merrick B. Garland's Supreme Court nomination and advocate for Neil Gorsuch.That donor has now been identified and we plan to briefly update thatÃÂ ...
AG Week
December 10, 2017
Subsequent to Erickson's order, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit in a different but similar case issued a nationwide stay on the Obama rule on Oct. 9, 2015. Now, the U.S. Supreme Court is reviewing the question of whether the Court of Appeals has original jurisdiction to review challenges to theÃÂ ...
Charleston Gazette-Mail
December 10, 2017
In an earlier challenge of the MSHA rule, the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals said it did not have jurisdiction over the case because the rule is not, strictly speaking, a health or safety standard. Challenges of MSHA health or safety standards would go directly to a federal circuit court, rather than district court, theÃÂ ...
Lexington Herald Leader
November 24, 2017
Enbridge spokesman Adam Parker said Friday the company doesn't comment on pending litigation. He confirmed pipeline construction has begun in Ohio and Michigan. The 6th Circuit in granting Green's motion for an emergency "stay" said not only are the city's chances of prevailing in the petition good,ÃÂ ...
Chicago Daily Law Bulletin
November 24, 2017
CINCINNATI — A federal appeals court has spiked an Ohio couple's case against companies that distributed an erotic fiction book about a woman's desire for New England Patriots star Rob Gronkowski. The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling Tuesday upheld a lower court's dismissal of the caseÃÂ ...
Record-Courier
November 21, 2017
A three-judge panel of the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 that the county had no obligation to defend former Corrections Officer ...
Lexology
November 18, 2017
In a recent brief filed in the Sixth Circuit, American Tooling Center, Inc. argued that the appellate court should reverse the district court's ...
Arkansas Online
November 18, 2017
Absent from the list was the 6th Circuit, though three justices -- Josephine Hart, Karen Baker and Robin Wynne -- signed a one-sentence ...
Arkansas Online
November 17, 2017
Every year, each of the state's judicial circuits must submit plans to the Supreme Court explaining how they plan to divide the next year's caseload. Smith said he's been coming up with the 6th Circuit's plans since about 2004. In order to be submitted to the Supreme Court, at least nine of the 6th Circuit's 17ÃÂ ...
cleveland.com
November 13, 2017
The state of Maryland uses software to allow blind voters to cast their ballots online. Alaska, New Hampshire, Oregon and Wisconsin use similar programs, the 6th Circuit wrote in its opinion. Smith dismissed the case and, citing Husted's defense, said allowing the blind to use a special website to cast theirÃÂ ...
Lexology
November 6, 2017
Residents of a small Nashville suburb, Thompson's Station, were given a second opportunity to litigate their antitrust actions against local ...
Politico (blog)
November 1, 2017
The Cincinnati-based 6th Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order Wednesday granting Trump permission to appeal even though decisions ...
Michigan Radio
November 1, 2017
The United States Senate voted Wednesday to confirm Michigan Supreme Court Justice Joan Larsen to the Sixth U.S. Court of Appeals. Larsen ...
The National Law Review
October 26, 2017
In Stein v. hhgregg, a split panel of the Sixth Circuit held that a written policy would trump the company's actual practices. hhGregg employs ...
Daily Signal
October 25, 2017
Fasic noted that the U.S. Supreme Court turned away a challenge to the 6th Circuit ruling, which means the ruling in favor of the local Kentucky ...
WKMS
October 24, 2017
... Magoffin and Knott counties; the 14th Circuit, including Bourbon, Scott and Woodford counties; and the 6th Circuit, including Daviess County.
OneNewsNow
October 17, 2017
The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled Jackson County is acting legally but the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that Rowan County ...
