Expert Analysis

How Calif. Safety Worker Pension Bill Could Cost Employers

Public employers should carefully consider how pension costs and bargaining concerns could change under a Californ... (more story)

Chicago Suits Highlight Struggle Over Piercing Corporate Veil

A union's latest lawsuit against the owners of a storied Chicago bar and restaurant that closed in 2023 illustrate... (more story)

Telehealth Suit May Redraw Rules For Physician Classification

A new class action in California federal court, Cioppettini v. Mochi Medical, alleging a telehealth company miscla... (more story)

Labor More

Amazon, Union Set Up Venue Fight In Bargain Order Dispute

Amazon and a Teamsters affiliate have filed competing challenges to a National Labor Relations Board decision requiring the e-commerce giant to bargain with the union, setting up a fight in two U.S. circuit co... (more story)

Airline Worker Asks To Expand Sanctions Row In Bias Case

A Southwest Airlines flight attendant who was fired after sending her union's president pictures of aborted fetuses is pushing for additional remedies in a sanctions dispute stemming from her long-running reli... (more story)

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4th Circ. Scraps Injunction Blocking DOGE's SSA Data Access

The full Fourth Circuit on Friday vacated and remanded a preliminary injunction blocking the government's access to sensitive data held by the U.S. Social Security Administration, ruling that unions and retire... (more story)

Chicago Plumbing Co. Defying Arbitration Order, Suit Says

A Chicago plumbing company is refusing to follow all the terms of an arbitration award ordering it to obtain a dual wage and fringe benefit bond with a labor union, a lawsuit filed in Illinois federal court has claimed.

NJ Holding Co. Escapes $1M Printers' Union Pension Liability

A union pension fund that tried to collect more than $1 million in withdrawal liability after a printing company ceased operations failed to prove that a holding company was a trade or business, a New Jersey f... (more story)

Calif. Forecast: SF Rail Agency Seeks Redo In Vax Case

In the next week, attorneys should watch for Ninth Circuit oral arguments in an attempt by the San Francisco-area rail agency to reverse a $7.8 million verdict in a COVID-19 vaccination discrimination case. He... (more story)

Minn. Defends Nursing Home Board From Industry Challenge

A Minnesota federal judge should toss a First Amendment-based challenge to the state's creation of a regulatory board for nursing homes, the state argued, saying acceptance of an industry coalition's "novel" l... (more story)

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11th Circ. Rejects Fired Fla. Law Prof's Reinstatement Bid

The Eleventh Circuit on Monday denied a bid from a former professor fired from Florida A&M University College of Law to be reinstated via a preliminary injunction, ruling the trial court correctly found that s... (more story)

Discovery Ordered In Retaliation Suit By Ex-Public Defender

A former public defender suing a Detroit-area district court, two judges and administrators alleging discrimination and harassment over her identity as a Muslim Palestinian American has been ordered to respond... (more story)

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White Man Says NTSB Denied Him Judge's Job Out Of Bias

The National Transportation Safety Board committed race and gender discrimination when it hired Hispanic and Asian candidates for open administrative law judge roles instead of a white man, according to a suit... (more story)

Morgan & Morgan Sued Over Firing Amid Nevada Expansion

Personal injury titan Morgan & Morgan is facing allegations from a former firm attorney in California state court alleging the Golden State lawyer was pressured to file suits in neighboring Nevada despite havi... (more story)

Atty Says Ogletree Can't Litigate Against Her In 2 Similar Cases

A Georgia attorney said Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC should be disqualified from serving as defense counsel in a discrimination suit she's working on while simultaneously litigating against her on ... (more story)

IBM To Pay $17M Over DOJ's Claims Of Illegal DEI Practices

IBM agreed to pay the Trump administration $17 million to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act with efforts to increase the diversity of its workforce, which the U.S. Department of Justice on F... (more story)

Ex-Firefighter Says He Was Bullied Over Autism Until He Quit

A former firefighter and EMT has slapped a Georgia county with a federal lawsuit claiming he was ruthlessly bullied because he has Asperger's syndrome and ultimately had to leave his job to escape the abuse.

Wage & Hour More

4th Circ. Nixes Appeal Against Auto Cos. Over Arbitration Fees

A group of workers cannot challenge a district court's denial of their bid to lift a stay and order two automotive companies to pay arbitration fees related to wage and hour claims, the Fourth Circuit ruled, s... (more story)

Wash., Detainees Urge High Court To Reject GEO Wage Appeal

The state of Washington and a class of immigration detainees urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject GEO Group's bid to overturn a Ninth Circuit ruling requiring the prison operator to pay Washington's minimum ... (more story)

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Mich. Care Staff Not Paid For Working Meal Breaks, Suit Says

A former senior care facility employee has filed a proposed Fair Labor Standards Act collective action in Michigan federal court, claiming the assisted living and memory care center shortchanged hourly workers... (more story)

Casino Workers Owed Pay For Off-The-Clock Duties, Suit Says

Hundreds of casino hospitality workers are owed back pay and overtime wages after their employer required them to undergo security screenings and change into uniforms off the clock, according to a proposed col... (more story)

Security Co.'s Jobsite Travel Shorted Workers' Pay, Court Told

A security company in Washington, D.C., shuttled guards between jobsites without paying them for the time they spent in transit, violating federal wage law, two workers said in a proposed class and collective ... (more story)

Jackson Lewis Hires Ex-K&L Gates COO

Labor and employment firm Jackson Lewis PC continued expanding its leadership ranks this year, hiring former K&L Gates LLP Chief Operating Officer Gavin Gray to serve in the same role at the firm.

NY Forecast: 2nd Circ. Hears Fox Producer's Sex Assault Suit

In the week ahead, the Second Circuit will consider a former Fox News producer's attempt to revive her suit claiming the network didn't adequately respond to her claims that former anchor Ed Henry sexually ass... (more story)