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In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an argument that would have made it harder for whistleblowers to prevail on retaliation…

For decades, there has been a lively debate as to whether paying non-exempt employees for out-of-town travel time in accordance with the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) rules...

In Port of Tacoma v. Sacks, the Court of Appeals of the State of Washington recently held that all out-of-town employee travel time is compensable under state law. The decision confirms...

The Colorado Court of Appeals rendered an interesting decision in March 2020: The central issue focused upon the assignment of an impairment rating by the treating physician. The Court recognized that the American Medical Association Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment have been in use for years, and that reference to various editions of those Guides may result in various impairment ratings for the same malady and complaints. It is somewhat intriguing as consistency is one of the...

We were showing another 90s phenomena there, the boy band. it certainly peeked in the 90s, but its not gone anywhere. >> teen pop, you have this explosion of britney spears the backstreet boys n sync. a lot of these kids came from the disney factory. they were seasoned, they knew how to perform and get a song across. by the 90s these albums are selling a million the first week. it shocked everyone in the kind of power this music was having. >> as folks get ready for a relaxing sunday night. what...

An ominous warning of a bigger danger. the americans have been threatening with nuclear weapons. since the days of the korean war. >> is that why north korea continues to develop its own nuclear program. >> that they why we have equipped ourselves with nuclear weapons to count earn the am can threat. no country with a nuclear weapon has ever been attacked. a report leaked by "the wall street journal." claims chinese experts recently warned the u.s. they say pyongyang has 20 nuclear devices and e...

good evening, everyone. im erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, facebook face down. here are some of the headlines. the drudge report calls it fadebook. the "wall street journals" headline tonight -- bankers under fire as facebook slips. bloomberg -- zuckerbergs fortune falls $2.2 billion as facebook drops. to put imi hype, at least not yet. but look at this. facebooks stock fell as low as $33 at one point today. thats down 11% in one day. the company has lost $40 billion in market capita...

was it fair? lets go "outfront." good evening, everyone. im erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, facebook face down. here are some of the headlines. the drudge report calls it fadebook. the "wall street journals" headline tonight -- bankers under fire as facebook slips. bloomberg -- zuckerbergs fortune falls $2.2 billion as facebook drops. to put it mildly, one of the most highly anticipated offerings in american market history hasnt lived up to the hype, at least not yet. but look at t...