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August 25 MDL Judge Orders FedEx Turn Over IRS Audit DocumentsAnother delay attempted, another defeat for FedEx’s lawyers.  The Indiana magistrate judge ordered FedEx to turn over the 2007 IRS “Notice of Proposed Assessment.” The magistrate judge wrote, “The Court finds that the relevancy of the NOPA document outweighs any harassment or embarrassment that FedEx will suffer if the NOPA is disclosed.  First, and most importantly, FedEx has placed at issue the IRS’s opinion of its driver model.  Plaintiff’s indicate, and FedEx does not deny, that they have frequently pointed to the IRS’s opinion from the mid 90’s to support its position in this litigation.  FedEx cannot credibly argue that the IRS documents were discoverable when it was favorable to FedEx’s position but now when it may not support FedEx’s position they are not discoverable.  FedEx also claims that the NOPA does not contradict the IRS documents from the mid 90’s.  If so, then there is no prejudice to FedEx.  And if there is a change, the new position and the factors that lead to the new position might lead to relevant evidence in this litigation.” See the whole doc on our multi-district litigation resource page.
August 21 Bloomberg Tries to Quantify Misclassification SchemeThe most recent update article by Bloomberg on FedEx Ground’s misclassification scheme tries to put the analysis in terms that traders and shareholders: cold hard cash.  Specifically, the estimated amount of money around the potential liabilities and operations costs for properly classifying FedEx Ground drivers.  FedEx’s spokespodperson may dismiss this as ‘speculation’ but the FedEx lawyers in their legal disclosure forms tell the real story.
August 08 FedEx Express Mechanics Committee for Change Newsletter Iss 5 OnlineFedEx Express employees in the mechanics class and craft have launched a campaign to form a union with the Teamsters.  This newsletter is written by us and highlights issues we believe are important to all of us. - FedEx Express Mechanics Committee for Change