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A Manhattan federal jury on Monday declined to award damages to a former associate who says DLA Piper unlawfully fired her after she announced she was pregnant, absolving the BigLaw firm hours after tense closing arguments.
Artificial intelligence-powered smart glasses are increasingly showing up in workplaces and bringing with them an array of challenges for employers, management-side experts say. Here are three tips to help navigate the legal risks associated with AI glasses.
In possibly its first public response to a recent appellate ruling taking a narrow view of its remedial power, the National Labor Relations Board told the Ninth Circuit that another circuit's rejection of its revised representation election guardrails was "irreconcilable with decades of judicially approved board practice."
Michael Youril
Public employers should carefully consider how pension costs and bargaining concerns could change under a Californ... (more story)
James Trail
A union's latest lawsuit against the owners of a storied Chicago bar and restaurant that closed in 2023 illustrate... (more story)
Paul Pitts and Ashley Shafer
A new class action in California federal court, Cioppettini v. Mochi Medical, alleging a telehealth company miscla... (more story)
The confidentiality language in the severance pact used by the University of Dayton in a round of layoffs last year didn't violate federal labor law, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled, dismissing an... (more story)
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)
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)
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)
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.
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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 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)
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.
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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.
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)
The recent Artemis II launch marks a milestone in human spaceflight and expanding commercial participation, but as companies race to the stars, their compliance practices must address the workforce needs on th... (more story)
A green wall and roofing company has accused a former employee of siphoning trade secrets and clients through misrepresentations and using them to start a competing company before making efforts to cover her tracks.
Fisher Phillips has added Littler Mendelson PC's occupational safety and health practice group co-chair to its team of attorneys in Pittsburgh, the firm announced Monday.