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Labor Lawsuits Nearly Double – in China
Layoffs, massive reductions in pay and benefits and new laws burdening and confusing employers led to a 95% increase in employment-related lawsuits from 2007 to 2008.
Sound familiar? Well, those numbers aren’t from the DOL. They’re from the Supreme People’s Court of China.
FirmSuit of the Day: Holland & Knight Blocks Jumps like Dikembe Mutombo
In case you missed it, this week is “well, you taught them how to sue” week at CE. Every day we’re going to feature a little nugget of law firm internal strife that’s ended up in court, and we’re kicking things off with a couple of big names: Holland and Knight.
The story [via Blog of [...]
The Job Bored: Katsup Edition
UAW ends strike at International Truck, drops ULP charges. No, we’re not taking the heat for this one – the UAW strikes at bright lights & loud noises these days. No one with a life could keep up. [AP]
Scandal over illegal workers and clashes with unions over Social Security overhaul ousts government’s head of labor. [...]
India Ready to In-source Outsiders? Clifford’s Chance is More than Cheap IT.
As we reported earlier, India is getting more and more foreign legal work from the States – cheap stuff here like document review that’s even cheaper when done over there. Well, it’s not just this side of the Atlantic that’s hemorrhaging the boring stuff. The UK has been moving work to India, too, Law.com reports, [...]