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To paraphrase the lyrics of the classic nursery song, Old MacDonald had a farm and on that farm he had a cow – and a duck, horse, and chicken (e-i-e-i-o). And, of course, to tend to that livestock Old MacDonald had to have farm workers, and those farm workers had to be paid. But were those farm workers, like most other employees, entitled to overtime pay under federal law when they worked more than 40 hours a week? Yes – under some circumstances, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently held.
Wednesday, May 26, 2021
To paraphrase the lyrics of the classic nursery song, Old MacDonald had a farm and on that farm he had a cow – and a duck, horse, and chicken (e-i-e-i-o). And, of course, to tend to that livestock Old MacDonald had to have farm workers, and those farm workers had to be paid. But were those farm workers, like most other employees, entitled to overtime pay under federal law when they worked more than 40 hours a week? Yes – under some circumstances, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently held.
Ramirez v. Statewide Harvesting & Hauling, LLC, 2021 U.S. App. LEXIS 15215 (11th Cir. May 21, 2021).
The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently reversed summary judgment entered in favor of Experian Information Solutions, Inc. (“Experian”) in a Fair Credit Reporting Act claim.
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11th Circ. Upholds Dismissal Of Airbus Sex Bias Suit
Law360 (May 26, 2021, 4:51 PM EDT) The Eleventh Circuit on Wednesday upheld the dismissal of a suit against a unit of aerospace giant Airbus SE, saying there was no evidence presented to show that the company discriminated against women by not paying them severance after their office closed.
In an unpublished opinion, the appeals court said an Alabama judge was correct in ruling for Airbus Defense and Space Inc. in the suit, which accused the company of sex discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, as well as of breach of contract.
Tue, May 25th 2021 10:45am
Tim Cushing
Jason Miller was understandably disturbed when the now-defunct Splinter (owned by Gizmodo) wrote about allegations made by another Trump campaign staffer, A.J. Delgado. These allegations were made public during unrelated court proceedings. And they re pretty disturbing.
On Friday, September 14, 2018, Ms. Delgado filed a supplement to an earlier motion for the court to consider a psychological evaluation of Mr. Miller. Essentially, the supplement stated that Ms. Delgado was informed in the summer of 2018 that Mr. Miller (while married) had an affair in 2012 with a stripper in Florida referred to as Jane Doe; that Mr. Miller had sexual intercourse with Ms. Doe; that Ms. Doe became pregnant; that Mr. Miller visited Ms. Doe and gave her a beverage which, unbeknownst to her, contained an abortion pill; that Ms. Doe wound up in a hospital emergency room, bleeding heavily, and almost went into a coma; that the pill induced an abortion; and that Ms