Expert Analysis

Attorneys Using AI May Have Ethical Duty To Redact Docs

The trajectory of legal ethics guidance in recent years strongly suggests that as redaction technology becomes mor... (more story)

OpenAI Deal Highlights AI Hiring Risks In PERM Process

The U.S. Department of Justice's recent settlement of allegations that OpenAI discriminated against U.S. applicant... (more story)

The Future Of DOL Judge Removal Challenges After Slaughter

The U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling in Trump v. Slaughter calls into question whether U.S. Department of Labor ... (more story)

Labor More

SEIU Seeks $10K Arb. Award Enforcement For DCA Ex-Guard

A D.C. federal judge should enforce an arbitration award requiring a former Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport contractor to pay a fired security guard about $10,000 in back pay and benefits, a Service ... (more story)

Right To Work Urging NLRB To Lift Limit For Revoking Dues

The National Right to Work Foundation has filed charges accusing two unions of stonewalling workers' demands to cancel their automatic dues payments in a challenge to a decades-old National Labor Relations Boa... (more story)

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7th Circ. Questions Union's Bid To Picket On Casino Sidewalk

The Seventh Circuit seemed skeptical Monday of a Teamsters local's bid to picket on sidewalks outside a Caesars-owned casino as hundreds of employees work to unionize, suggesting the property seems too private... (more story)

Judge Halts 'Catastrophic' Fixed-Term Student Visa Rule

A Massachusetts federal judge Monday blocked a Trump administration rule that would have imposed restrictions on foreign student visas, finding that the federal government's purported justification for the swe... (more story)

NLRB Can't Force Student Info Disclosures, Stanford Says

Stanford University has urged the National Labor Relations Board to halt part of a decision ordering the university to produce a voter list for an upcoming representation election, claiming part of the decisio... (more story)

Software Co. Urges Justices To Pause Thryv Order

A Vermont software company has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to pause a D.C. Circuit mandate enforcing a Thryv remedy issued by the National Labor Relations Board, arguing that the high court will likely grant ... (more story)

Detroit, Firefighters Union Win Seniority Appeal

The city of Detroit and its firefighters union have defeated the remaining claims of two firefighters who challenged their treatment after returning from disability retirement, with a Michigan state appeals co... (more story)

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2nd Circ. Fleshes Out Religious Bias Test After Feds Complain

The Second Circuit on Tuesday amended a precedential decision that changed the framework for analyzing workers' cases over denied faith-related job accommodations after the ruling drew pushback from the federal government.

Charter Tells Panel It Fired Worker Over Pot Use, Not PTSD

Charter Communications denied firing a Connecticut employee over her post-traumatic stress disorder and argued before an appellate panel Tuesday that even if she had established a proper record of her diagnosi... (more story)

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Staffing Co. Strikes Deal In EEOC Suit Over Deaf Job-Seeker

A staffing firm has agreed to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging it snubbed a job applicant after he disclosed that he's deaf and asked for a virtual job interview, the comp... (more story)

Ex-Coach Says Colo. School District Fueled Racial Bias

A Black former basketball coach for a Colorado school district urged a federal judge not to toss his discrimination lawsuit that claimed the district retaliated against him for raising concerns about racism in... (more story)

Calif. Labor Commissioner Can't Shake Wage-Delay Suit

A California state judge refused to toss a lawsuit accusing the state Labor Commissioner's Office of routinely taking years to process workers' wage claims, rejecting the agency's arguments that the court shou... (more story)

Fox News Must Face Ex-Worker's Suit Over Alleged Assault

Fox News can't escape an ex-employee's lawsuit alleging he was sexually assaulted by a former executive producer for shows hosted by Greta Van Susteren and Tucker Carlson, with a New York federal judge saying ... (more story)

Ga. Nurse Says Firing After PTSD Incident Ran Afoul Of ADA

A fired nurse accused a medical provider of disability bias in Georgia federal court, claiming the company unlawfully fired her after she reported that her post-traumatic stress syndrome flared up when she saw... (more story)

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Former Cannabis Co. Exec Seeks $400K Over Contract Breach

New York cannabis company Ascend Wellness Holdings Inc. must fork over the $400,000 in unpaid wages and other benefits owed to a former executive, the former employee argued in federal court, arguing that the ... (more story)

Colo. Hotel Workers Sue Over Missed Rest Breaks

A Denver hotel server and bartender sued the property's management companies in Colorado state court, alleging they denied hundreds of hourly workers legally required rest breaks and failed to pay them for mis... (more story)

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$6M Bloomberg Campaign Wage Deal Paused Over Release

A New York federal judge has kept on hold notice of a $6 million settlement resolving former Michael Bloomberg presidential campaign workers' wage claims, saying a challenge from an attorney in related litigat... (more story)

Colo. Judge Certifies H-2A Workers' Overtime Suit

A Colorado federal judge granted migrant workers' certification bid for a collective and class action alleging that KB Custom Ag Services LLC misclassified their jobs, failed to pay required overtime and breac... (more story)

AT&T's $1.75M Class Deal Gets Final OK In Missed Break Suit

A Washington state judge gave the final green light on Friday to a $1.75 million class action settlement to end claims that AT&T and its affiliates shortchanged Evergreen State workers on compensation for miss... (more story)

Sanford Heisler Hires Ex-DOJ Litigator As Partner In DC

Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight LLP announced Monday that it has added an attorney with a decade of experience in the Employment Litigation Section of the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division as a... (more story)

Amazon Seeks Quick Appeal In COVID Screening Pay Fight

Amazon urged a Nevada federal judge to let the Ninth Circuit weigh in on whether workers must be paid for time spent undergoing preshift COVID-19 screenings, arguing courts are split over whether the screening... (more story)