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G. Scott Fiddler has been named by Texas Super Lawyers magazine as one of the top attorneys in Texas for for the third consecutive year. Texas Super Lawyers’ insert is featured in Texas Monthly magazine. Only five percent of the lawyers in the state are named by Super Lawyers, and the selection is made as a result of a rigorous [...]
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On July 16, 2009, a Houston federal jury returned a verdict in favor of Glenn Miller in his wrongful termination case against Prominence Security Agency, Inc. and Donald Aikens. Miller alleged he had complained about not being paid overtime as required by the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). When his complaints were not adequately addressed, [...]
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For the second consecutive year, G. Scott Fiddler has been recognized by H Texas Magazine as one of Houston’s “Top Lawyers” in the field of Labor and Employment Law. The magazine identifies the recognition as reserved for the top 2% of lawyers that have been voted for and recognized by their peers as the best in Houston. The 2009 [...]
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As an employment lawyer, I’m often asked whether a person who loses his or her job through a layoff or reduction-in-force, as opposed to a termination for cause, has any recourse in the law. The short answer is: possibly. An employer does not shield itself from liability simply by calling a termination a “layoff,” “reduction-in-force,” “down-sizing,” [...]
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On November 26, 2008, a Houston jury found in favor of Natalynn Dunson-Harrison on her breach of contract and fraud claims against Engenyx Software Corporation and Trent T. Daniel respectively. Ms. Harrison alleged that Mr. Daniel and the company promised her the CEO position in the company, while never intending to allow her to perform the [...]
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On August 29, 2008, the Texas Supreme Court ruled unconscionable certain provisions in an arbitration agreement that eliminated an employee’s right to seek punitive damages and reinstatement by his worker’s compensation retaliation/wrongful termination claim. G. Scott Fiddler represented the employee, Johnny Luna, in this landmark case, which was the first in which the Texas Supreme Court found provisions in an employment arbitration agreement to be substantively [...]
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G. Scott Fiddler has been elected to membership in the Fellows of the Texas Bar Foundation. Fellows of the Foundation are selected for their outstanding professional achievements and their demonstrated committment to the improvement of the justice system throughout the state of Texas. Each year only on-third of one percent of the State Bar members [...]
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G. Scott Fiddler has been named by Texas Super Lawyers magazine as one of the top attorneys in Texas for for the second consecutive year. Texas Super Lawyers’ insert is featured in Texas Monthly magazine. Only five percent of the lawyers in the state are named by Super Lawyers, and the selection is made as a result of a rigorous [...]
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On August 6, 2008, a federal judge authorized notice be sent to current and former managers security guards of Prominence Security Agency, Inc. to join a lawsuit in which the plaintiff alleges security guards employed by the company were worked in excess of 40 hours per week but not paid time and one-half overtime as the plaintiff alleges the [...]
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Texas law provides protection for certain employees who were discriminated against or terminated by their employers for obeying evacuation orders during Hurricane Ike. Under Texas law an employer may not “discharge or in any other manner discriminate against an employee who leaves the employee’s place of employment to participate in a general public evacuation ordered [...]
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