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    Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up, EMPLOYEE LEAVE—S.D. Tex.: Jury must decide whether FMLA certification concerns were pretext for retaliatory firing of employee with sick child, (Sep 16, 2026)

    Law Firms Mentioned:Troutman Pepper Locke
    Organizations Mentioned:Axios Industrial Maintenance Contractors, Inc. | Shellist Lazarz Slobin | Troutman Pepper

    By Wendy Biddle, J.D.

    Fact issues were present regarding whether the employer's false signature theory was pursued in good faith.

    A federal court in the Southern District of Texas denied summary judgment to an industrial maintenance company accused of firing an employee in ...

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