Reversing a $43 million punitive damage award in the largest retaliatory discharge award in Ohio history, the Eighth District Court of Appeals held that the statutory limits or caps on non-economic and punitive damages are applicable to a retaliatory discharge action brought under the Ohio Civil Rights Act.
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Second Circuit Agrees with First and Seventh Circuits that the Two-Member NLRB Had Authority to Issue Opinions
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As we reported earlier, there is a split in the federal courts of appeals regarding whether the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has authority to issue binding opinions while it is operating with only two members. Since that post, another federal circuit has weighed in on the issue.
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