Nicholas J. Pappas

Jeffrey S. Klein, Nicholas J. Pappas | Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

On February 6, 2007, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in a 2-1 decision, affirmed the district court's certification of a nationwide class of approximately 1.5 million current and former female employees who were employed at one or more of Wal-Mart's 3,400 stores across the...

Jeffrey S. Klein, Nicholas J. Pappas | Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

It is frequently the case that employers design executive compensation arrangements providing for the payment of certain benefits only if the executive does not go to work for a competitor after termination of employment. If the former executive decides to work for a competitor, the employee...