Legal Opinion
Local Joint Executive Board of Culinary/Bartender Trust Fund v. Las Vegas Sands, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 11, 2001No. Nos. 98-17065, 98-17322PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
Las Vegas Sands, Inc. (“Sands”) violated the Worker Adjustment Retraining and Notification Act (“WARN Act” or “Act”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 2101-2109, by giving its employees 45 rather than 60 days advance notice of the closure of its hotel casino in Las Vegas. The Local Joint Executive Board of Las Vegas (“the Union”) and two individual representatives of nonunion employees sued for damages under the Act. Sands does not dispute that it violated the Act and must pay damages, but it contends that payments it made shortly after the closure satisfy its statutory…
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