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3 Defense Strategies For Sporadically Prosecuted Conduct

Not to be confused with selective prosecutions, sporadic prosecutions — charging someone for conduct many others d... (more story)

Insuring Equality: 3 Tips To Preserve Coverage For DEI Claims

Directors and officers and employment practices liability are key coverages for policyholders to review as potenti... (more story)

6 Laws For Calif. Employers To Know In 2026

California's legislative changes for 2026 impose sweeping new obligations on employers, including by expanding pay... (more story)

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Bus Co. Fights Order To Rehire Driver Who Hit Pedestrian

Bussing contractor Transdev urged a Virginia federal judge to vacate a labor arbitrator's order to rehire a driver fired for striking a pedestrian, arguing the arbitrator made up the high threshold for firing ... (more story)

Texas Healthcare Co. Asks Court To Shred 4 SEIU Arb. Awards

A D.C. federal judge should vacate four of the Service Employees International Union's wins in arbitration proceedings against Tenet Healthcare Corp., the Dallas-based company argued, claiming the arbitrator l... (more story)

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Unions Argue Challenge To DOGE's Data Access Is Still Valid

The Trump administration's claim that a lawsuit against the Department of Government Efficiency is moot is a strategy to avoid litigation, not a legitimate argument, a group of unions told a New York federal j... (more story)

EMTs Fight To Preserve Bias Suit Against FDNY

Two union-represented emergency medical service workers are fighting to keep their discrimination lawsuit against the New York City Fire Department alive, telling a New York federal court that newly acquired e... (more story)

Willkie Adds Another Kirkland Restructuring Pro In New York

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP has added another restructuring attorney from Kirkland & Ellis LLP after recently welcoming a Kirkland attorney as chair of its restructuring group.

Labor Law Professors Defend California's NLRB Fill-In Law

Two dozen labor law professors have joined California and the Teamsters in federal court to defend a state law expanding its labor board's powers, saying the National Labor Relations Act shouldn't preempt the ... (more story)

Judge Tosses Ex-Delta Worker's 'Bare-Bones' Breaks Suit

A Washington federal judge tossed a proposed class action accusing Delta Air Lines of understaffing that forced workers to miss meal and rest breaks, ruling on Monday that the plaintiff's "bare-bones allegatio... (more story)

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EEOC Drops Suit After Hotel Makes Good On Conciliation Pact

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ended a suit claiming a hotel chain failed to follow through on promises to pay a worker $40,000 to end claims she lost a promotion because of racial bias, afte... (more story)

Walmart Strikes $60K Deal To Wrap EEOC Disability Bias Case

Walmart will pay $60,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit accusing the retailer of firing a worker with a hearing disability after stripping away long-standing workplace accomm... (more story)

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Haribo Can't Sink Fired Black Exec's Race, Gender Bias Suit

A Texas federal judge on Tuesday narrowed but refused to dismiss a Black former Haribo executive's suit alleging the candy company fired her and accused her of stealing a company car following her bias complai... (more story)

Ex-NIAID Director Claims Retaliation in Trump Admin Suit

The former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases filed suit in Maryland federal court on Tuesday alleging Trump administration appointees violated her constitutional rights by i... (more story)

DOD To Reevaluate Discharges Over COVID Vax Refusal

The U.S. Department of Defense said on Tuesday that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ordered a reevaluation of the discharge status of service members who were involuntarily removed from the military after th... (more story)

2nd Circ. Tosses Ex-CFTC Atty's Religious Bias Case

The Second Circuit on Tuesday threw out a religious bias claim brought by a former U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission attorney, reasoning that he hadn't shown how he had been harmed by a temporary order... (more story)

SHRM Flouted ADA By Denying Service Dog, Applicant Says

The Society for Human Resource Management was sued in Virginia federal court Tuesday by an applicant who alleged she had a job offer pulled after she sought permission to have a trained service dog accompany her to work.

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Consulting Co., Ex-Worker Seek OK Of Revised $295K OT Deal

A consulting company and a former worker who lodged a proposed collective action took a second crack at persuading a Washington federal judge to sign off a $295,000 settlement, saying they now have shown a bon... (more story)

Biggest Wage And Hour Rulings Of 2025

From the U.S. Supreme Court’s clarification on the evidentiary standard for Fair Labor Standards Act exemption cases to state high court decisions regarding the Portal-to-Portal Act and the penalty for missed ... (more story)

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Merck Sued Over Time Rounding, OT Averaging At NC Plant

A Merck manufacturing facility in North Carolina rounded workers' time to short them on pay, averaged out overtime across two weeks and fired an operator technician because of his sleep apnea, the worker told ... (more story)

Kasowitz Hid Plummeting Profits From Ex-Partner, Suit Says

A former Kasowitz LLP partner has accused the firm and its founder, renowned litigator Marc Kasowitz, of misrepresenting its finances and failing to pay him the millions he is owed in a lawsuit in New York sta... (more story)

Health Aide Says Discovery Gap Bars Ruling In Travel Pay Suit

An Ohio home healthcare company hasn't handed over enough information for a federal judge to rule on an aide's proposed class and collective action over travel pay, the employee said in a court filing.

9th Circ. Backs Honeywell Over Engineer's Retaliation Claims

The Ninth Circuit rejected an ex-Honeywell engineer's challenge to her firing after voicing concerns about avionic software that was part of a Boeing defense contract, finding any potential fraud to the govern... (more story)

Ex-BAE Engineer Loses Retaliation Claim In Md. Jury Trial

A former engineer for BAE Systems did not prove that he engaged in protected activity in his suit claiming that the company fired him after raising concerns about his overtime pay, a Maryland federal jury found Friday.