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Williams v Tarrant Cty_5th Cir_AARP NELA Amicus Brief_Filed_041917.pdf
On January 26, 2017, NELA joined the ACLU Women’s Rights Project and approximately two dozen other civil rights and public interest groups in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on behalf of the Plaintiff-Appellant in Luke v. CPlace Forest Park SNF, LLC ....
Luke v. CPlace_5th Cir_Amicus Brief_Filed_012617.pdf
For nearly two decades, some courts presumed that it was prudent to invest a retirement plan’s assets in an Employer Stock Option Plan (ESOP), i.e., a benefit plan invested in the employer's own company stock. Recently, however, the U.S. Supreme Court decided in Fifth Third Bancorp v....
Whitley v BP_5th Cir_AARP NELA Amicus_Final_102815.pdf
On October 28, 2015, NELA joined with AARP to file an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on behalf of the Plaintiff-Appellants in Whitley v. BP, P.L.C. Under § 1104 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), the fiduciary of an employee...
Summary of NELA’s Amicus Brief: The Supreme Court has repeatedly recognized that to effectively enforce Title VII’s substantive protections, Title VII’s antiretaliation provision must be broadly interpreted to ensure unfettered access to statutory remedial mechanisms. ...
12-484 bsac National Employment Lawyers Association et al.pdf
On December 20, 2012, NELA filed an amicus brief in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in support of a group of Home Mortgage Consultants (HMC) who alleged they were misclassified by their employer and therefore unlawfully denied overtime payments in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act ...
In re Wells Fargo W & H Litigation_NELA Amicus_Final.pdf
On September 11, 2012, NELA and its associated educational and charitable organization, The Employee Rights Advocacy Institute For Law & Policy, joined with two dozen workers’ rights organizations to file an amicus brief in support of the National Labor Relations Board (Board) in D...
DR Horton_5th Cir_NELA Amicus Brief_Final.pdf