WIRTW #171 (the actual retail price without going over edition)

Congratulations to Kristen ten Brink (@onthe10brink on Twitter), who submitted the winning bid to Medical Costs Price Is Right:

The actual retail price of a 19-day at the Cleveland Clinic, including all procedures, labs, doctors, etc., is $106,885.10, which is at least half of what I expected. Kristen, either email or DM me your contact information and I’ll send out your exciting prize package. And, thank you to everyone who participated.

Here’s the rest of what I read this week:

Dukes v. Wal-Mart

• A Skeptical U.S. Supreme Court Vigorously Questions Certification of a Mammoth Sex-Discrimination Class Action Lawsuit – from Employer Law Report
• Class-Action Lawsuits: Not The Answer for Workplace Gender Discrimination – from Harvard Business Review
• The Strong Pull of a “Day in Court”; Lessons Learned from Wal-Mart v. Dukes – from Daniel Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog
• Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Dukes v. WalMart Class Action Case – from HR Lawyer’s Blog
• SCOTUS Hears Largest Employment Law Class Action Ever – from Philip Miles’s Lawffice Space
• Fatal inconsistency in Wal-Mart Stores v. Dukes? – from LawMemo Employment Law Blog
• Oral Argument Held In Wal-Mart v. Dukes – from Laconic Law Blog
• The High Court’s Dukes v. Wal-Mart Hearing: Here is What it Might Mean – from TLNT
• Analysis Of The Supreme Court Argument In Dukes – from Workplace Class Action Litigation
• “Justices Take Up Key Issue in Wal-Mart Bias Suit” – from How Appealing
• Argument recap: A fatal flaw detected? – from SCOTUSblog
• Wal-Mart Class Action Goes to US Supreme Court – from San Antonio Employment Law Blog
• Dukes Proving To Be a Hazard to Wal-Mart – from Abovethelaw.com
• Duke v. Wal-Mart at Forbes Woman: Implicit Gender Bias and Social Science Evidence – from Settle It Now Negotiation Blog
• Reflections on the Supreme Court Argument in Dukes v. Wal-Mart – from TLNT
• Wal-Mart, The Missing Link, and Class Certification – from Stephanie Thomas’s The Proactive Employer Blog

Discrimination

• Booze, wild beaver, and a pregnant bartender. What! – from Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog
• Former Employee Fired for Wearing Shorts – from San Antonio Employment Law Blog
• The Lilly Ledbetter Chickens Come Home To Roost – from Discriminations
• Is the ‘Mommy Track’ Still Taboo? – from The Juggle (WSJ)
• The USERRA does not provide a claim for hostile work environment – from Employment Law Matters
• 5 Ways Employers Make Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Very, Very Happy – from Employment and Labor Insider
• “Grace Period for ADA Modifications Proposed in Congress” – from Walter Olson’s Overlawyered
• Employment Nondiscrimination Act Back in Play – from Southwest Florida HR Law & Solutions
• I Reported Harassment and Now HR Wants to Meet With Me. What Do I Do? – from Screw You Guys, I’m Going Home

Wage & Hour

• Some Things Don't Have to Be In Writing: Supreme Court Protects Employees Against Retaliation After Making Verbal Complaints of Wage and Hour Violations – from Washington Workplace Law
• FLSA Scenarios: How Well Do You Know the Law? – from Michael Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions
• FMLA Atop the Top Ten Things that Trouble Human Resources - The Tricky Part of FMLA Leave Made Simple – from Employment Law 101

Social Media & Workplace Technology

• Look Before You Tweet: Employer May Be Liable For Impersonating Employee On Facebook, Twitter – from Hunton Employment & Labor Law Perspectives™
• E-Mail, Twitter, and Unsurprising Changes – from YourHRGuy
• Court Rules That Instant Message Conversation Modified the Terms of a Written Contract – from Technology & Marketing Law Blog
• McAfee Report: Hackers Are Targeting Corporate Trade Secrets Now – from Trade Secrets Blog

Labor Relations 

• UPDATE: House Committee Votes to Amend Senate Bill 5 – from Vorys on Labor
• Ohio Set To Enact Anti-Union Bill – from Workplace Prof Blog
• Ohio’s John Kasich Signs Law Limiting Government Union Power – from LaborUnionReport
• NLRB Holds Employee’s Secret Recording of Meeting is Protected Activity – from Wisconsin Employment & Labor Law Blog
• Appeals Court Gives Hospital Go-Ahead to Ban Smoking Without Union’s Consent – from Joe’s HR and Benefits Blog
• Growth and evolution in the law on protected concerted activity – from Work Matters

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