Expert Analysis

Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: July Lessons

In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy discusses four recent rulings involv... (more story)

Flashpoints In Focus: Employer Risk After Trans Sports Ruling

Following the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in West Virginia v. B.P.J. that allowed states to limit trans w... (more story)

EEOC Enforcement Plan Signals DEI, Religious Bias Scrutiny

In light of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently publishing its national enforcement plan cov... (more story)

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Players Group Says Power Tiff Doesn't Hurt Tennis Orgs Case

The Professional Tennis Players Association pushed back Friday on assertions by professional tennis' governing bodies that an internal PTPA power struggle shows that it has no members and thus no standing to s... (more story)

NLRB Judge Says Worker Unlawfully Fired Over Anti-DEI Post

A financial technology company violated federal labor law by firing a data engineer and suing him for defamation after he complained publicly about company diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, a Nation... (more story)

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Over 100 Legal Aid Staffers Strike In Harlem And The Bronx

Over 100 legal aid attorneys, social workers and advocates in Harlem and the Bronx went on strike Friday, with the possibility of more to come in the New York City area.

300+ Public Defenders Strike In The Bronx

More than 300 attorneys and staff with the Bronx Defenders Union went on strike Monday, one year after the last time the union walked off the job.

Cemex Urges Justices To Block NLRB Bargaining Order

Builder Cemex has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to stop the Ninth Circuit from enforcing a National Labor Relations Board order to bargain with a union while the company prepares a petition for the justices to ... (more story)

NLRB Judge Dings Starbucks For Union Response In Wash.

Starbucks violated labor law when its managers interrogated a worker organizer about union activity at her Seattle-area store, told her to remove her union pin and notified her that unionizing could cost the s... (more story)

DC Prison Exec Must Face Ex-Guard's 1st Amendment Claim

The D.C. prison system and its director have dodged a former guard's claim that they violated the First Amendment by firing her after she leaked emails and publicized pandemic-era jailhouse conditions, but the... (more story)

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Seafood Wholesaler To Pay $265K In EEOC Sex Bias Suit

A Georgia federal judge on Monday signed off on a $265,000 deal reached between a seafood wholesaler and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to end the agency's sex bias suit claiming the business... (more story)

Wells Fargo Finance Manager Drops Bias Suit Ahead Of Trial

A finance manager for Wells Fargo has ended her disability bias suit accusing the bank of discriminating against her after she sought to continue working from home to deal with health issues, cutting short the... (more story)

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Jury Says Hospital Owes $105K In EEOC Sex Bias Suit

An Arkansas hospital should pay $105,000, a federal jury ruled, after finding in favor of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in the agency's suit claiming a male medical assistant was unlawfully ... (more story)

FedEx Will Pay $900K To End Military Leave Bias Fight

FedEx agreed to pay $900,000 to close a suit claiming the company didn't compensate its service member employees who took short-term military leave but provided pay for other short-term leave such as jury duty... (more story)

2nd Circ. Partly Revives NYC Employee's Disability Case

The Second Circuit Friday vacated a lower court's dismissal of a New York City employee's suit claiming the city failed to accommodate his disability, although it said the trial court was correct in tossing th... (more story)

Ex-File Clerk Sues Philly Public Defender Office For Bias

A former file clerk for the Defender Association of Philadelphia sued the organization Friday for discrimination, alleging she faced retaliation for going out on leave to address her parents' health conditions... (more story)

9th Circ. Revives Ex-Kaiser Worker's Vaccine Bias Suit

A Ninth Circuit panel Friday revived a former Kaiser Permanente employee's discrimination suit accusing The Permanente Medical Group Inc. of unlawfully firing her for refusing a mandatory COVID-19 vaccine, rul... (more story)

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Oilfield Co. Misclassified Workers, Suit Says

A former oilfield geologist and mud logger hit an oilfield support services company with a proposed collective action in Colorado federal court, alleging it misclassified field workers as independent contracto... (more story)

Truckers Strike $2.1M Deal In Sleeping Time Suit

New York-based truck drivers who accused a major trucking company of failing to pay them for time spent sleeping in their cabs have moved to settle their claims for $2.1 million, according to a motion filed in... (more story)

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Insomnia Cookies Beats Driver's Mileage, Tip Claims

A New York federal judge tossed wage claims brought against Insomnia Cookies by a former delivery driver, finding that a tip theft claim was vague and that the worker failed to show that unreimbursed costs pus... (more story)

Investment Bank Says Workers' Wage Suit Is Contract Dispute

An investment bank and two managing directors are urging a Texas federal judge to toss a proposed collective action alleging employees went months without pay, arguing that the workers were exempt from overtim... (more story)

Ariz. Sheriff Lieutenants' OT Collective Heads To Trial

Patrol lieutenants for an Arizona sheriff's department who claim they have been misclassified as overtime-exempt will take their case to a jury after a federal judge Friday denied both sides' bids for an early... (more story)

Citi Wins Bid To Arbitrate Workers' Wage Claims

Two former Citibank employees must take to arbitration their proposed class and collective claims alleging the bank underpaid workers by requiring inaccurate time reporting, a New York federal judge ruled, fin... (more story)

NY Forecast: NY Judge Hears Claims Of Faulty Tip Class List

This week, a New York federal magistrate judge will consider a class of restaurant workers' claims that a steakhouse has not provided accurate information necessary to administer an $800,000 settlement that th... (more story)