Expert Analysis

Unique Aspects Of Texas' Approach To AI Regulation

The Texas Responsible AI Governance Act — which will soon be the sole comprehensive artificial intelligence law in... (more story)

NLRB Memo Shifts Tone On Defenses Against Union 'Salting'

The current Starbucks strike demonstrates the potential effects of salting, in which applicants seek employment in... (more story)

How To Prepare If Justices Curb Gov't Contractor Immunity

Given the very real possibility that the U.S. Supreme Court will determine in GEO v. Menocal that government contr... (more story)

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US Asks Mexico To Probe Labor Dispute Under USMCA

The U.S. has asked Mexico to conduct a fast-track labor investigation under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement after receiving reports that a Mexican company may be denying workers the right to collecti... (more story)

Calif. Forecast: Tribe To Make Sovereignty Args In Labor Suit

In the next two weeks, attorneys should keep an eye on Ninth Circuit oral arguments regarding whether a Native American tribe's sovereignty shields it from a labor arbitration award. Here's a look at that case... (more story)

NLRB Asks 9th Circ. To Resume Processing Cemex Appeal

The Ninth Circuit may soon resume deciding whether the National Labor Relations Board erred by adjusting its approach to union elections and bargaining orders two years ago, as board prosecutors asked the cour... (more story)

2nd Circ. Won't Revive NY Teamsters Worker's Pension Suit

The Second Circuit refused to revive a New York Teamsters worker's proposed class action challenging his pension plan's fees and investments Friday, backing a lower court's holding that his claims weren't deta... (more story)

NLRB Cites District Court In DC Circ. Constitutionality Appeal

A recent Washington, D.C., federal court decision undermines a nursing home's bid to stop the National Labor Relations Board's case against it, the agency argued as it urged the D.C. Circuit to join other cour... (more story)

Teamsters Unit Escapes Black UPS Worker's Bias Suit

A Teamsters local dodged a Black UPS worker's suit claiming the union discouraged him from complaining about on-the-job race discrimination and interfered with his medical leave, with a Mississippi federal jud... (more story)

NLRB Seeks To Stop Calif. Agency From Acting When It Can't

The National Labor Relations Board has asked a California federal judge to block a new state law allowing the state's labor board to perform NLRB functions when the federal agency lacks a quorum, saying the NL... (more story)

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Hospital Claims EEOC Pressed 'Frivolous' Disability Bias Suit

A Baltimore-area hospital accused the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission of mischaracterizing a deaf nurse's medical restrictions and accommodation request to prop up a disability bias suit, telling ... (more story)

Faulty Dismissal Filing Dooms Ex-AT&T Worker's Bias Appeal

The Eleventh Circuit said Friday it couldn't wade into a worker's push to revive claims that AT&T illegally faulted employees for pregnancy-related absences, finding a missing signature on a deal to end the ca... (more story)

EEOC Accuses Northwestern Mutual Of Blocking DEI Probe

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission urged a Wisconsin federal court Thursday to force Northwestern Mutual to hand over details about its diversity, equity and inclusion policies and workplace trai... (more story)

Longtime DOJ Atty Joins Kalijarvi Chuzi In Washington

An attorney who spent about 17 years with the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division, and was part of a team that challenged a North Carolina law banning transgender people from using bathrooms tha... (more story)

10th Circ. Seems Wary Of Trans Students' Bathroom Law Suit

The Tenth Circuit on Thursday appeared hesitant about reviving a challenge by three transgender students and their parents to an Oklahoma law requiring that school bathroom access be based on birth certificate... (more story)

Transgender National Guard Civilian Sues Over Restroom Rule

A transgender woman who works as a civilian employee for the Illinois National Guard lodged a putative class action Thursday in D.C. federal court, challenging the Trump administration's policy prohibiting tra... (more story)

Ex-Rutgers Coach Claims Bias, Retaliation In Firing Suit

A former Rutgers University head women's gymnastics coach claims in a discrimination and retaliation lawsuit that she was wrongfully terminated after a politically charged investigation that cost more than $70... (more story)

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Worker Says Law Firm Fired Her Over Fraud Concern

Injury law firm Morgan & Morgan PA fired a case manager after she voiced a concern about fraudulent client hospital records she said the firm gave to opposing counsel to snag more favorable settlements and fai... (more story)

11th Circ. Backs Security Guard's Win In FLSA Suit

A security company reduced a security guard's nonovertime wage only when he worked 60-hour weeks in an attempt to avoid paying overtime, the Eleventh Circuit ruled Friday, affirming the worker's win in Florida federal court.

NJ Panel Expands Scope Of Ex-Reed Smith Atty's Bias Claims

A New Jersey appellate panel on Thursday ruled that a former Reed Smith LLP attorney is entitled to pursue more damages and obtain expanded wage data in her gender discrimination suit against the firm, saying ... (more story)

Firefighter Owed Pay For Service Leave, Mass. Court Finds

A Boston suburb owes a now-retired firefighter back pay for more than 70 days he spent serving Air National Guard duty, the state's intermediate-level appeals court said Friday, clarifying a Massachusetts law ... (more story)

Nike Worker Blows Whistle On Alleged Wash. Wage Violations

A Pacific Northwest retail worker is calling foul on Nike for allegedly denying employees rest and meal breaks, sick leave, overtime pay and other wages owed, according to a new lawsuit in Washington state court.

NC Farmworker Wage Trial Canceled Amid Proposed Deal

A North Carolina federal judge has called off a December jury trial over claims that Lee and Sons Farms underpaid migrant H-2A workers and forced them to buy inadequate meals, with the parties telling the cour... (more story)

Atty Had 6 AI Tools Check Each Other, Yet Fakes Still Cited

A California federal judge has sanctioned a solo practitioner representing the plaintiffs in a proposed wage and hour class action against clothing brand Vuori Inc. after he admitted to using about a half-doze... (more story)