The University of Pennsylvania urged a federal court Friday to keep its lawsuit challenging a United Auto Workers affiliate's bid to arbitrate a dispute over graduate student union coverage, claiming certain first- and sec...(read more)

This week, the Second Circuit will consider a challenge to the $350,000 incentive award a federal judge approved for the representative of the class in a long-running dispute accusing the New York City Board of Education o...(read more)

A Washington federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from demanding that state election officials set aside ballots from hundreds of suspected noncitizens, concluding that federal prosecutors likely over...(read more)

A Missouri judge granted a fifth year of eligibility to basketball star Robbie Avila, a bespectacled forward for Saint Louis University who briefly suited up for the Los Angeles Lakers' Summer League squad, but his return ...(read more)

A Detroit woodworking and millworking company owes a group of union benefit funds about $287,500, the union and the funds' trustees allege in a lawsuit filed Thursday in Michigan federal court, asking the court to compel t...(read more)

In the week ahead, attorneys should watch for a hearing on a deal to resolve a wage and hour class action against Earthgrains Distribution LLC and its sole member, baked goods manufacturer Bimbo Bakeries USA Inc. Here's a ...(read more)

The Tenth Circuit on Friday reversed a lower court's preliminary decision that would have granted another year of eligibility to thousands of NCAA athletes, finding that the trial judge erred by defining the relevant marke...(read more)

Harvard University on Friday urged a Massachusetts federal judge to reject the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's request for hiring data on thousands of applicants and employees, calling it the "latest escalation" ...(read more)

American Cruise Lines fired a server after she reported being repeatedly sexually assaulted by the vessel's executive sous chef, and the company ignored warning signs about him beforehand, according to a lawsuit filed Frid...(read more)

The Fifth Circuit revived a Black school administrator's suit claiming her boss fired her out of bias after stating he hoped she wasn't the "average angry Black woman," ruling her school district needed to present stronger...(read more)

Colorado and its officials urged a federal judge Friday to grant them an early win in a race discrimination lawsuit brought by a former state agency head, contending the ex-employee's claims fall short because the state te...(read more)

The Tenth Circuit gave the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission a new shot at a disability bias suit claiming an appliance company fired a worker with long-COVID symptoms, saying Friday that the absence of a formal...(read more)

A former University of Michigan employee who alleges she was fired for participating in a pro-Palestine protest has asked to be temporarily dropped from her employment retaliation lawsuit against the university, arguing th...(read more)

An Illinois roofing company has struck a $700,000 deal with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to end a suit claiming a vice president used racial slurs and made sexual comments toward female workers, accordi...(read more)

The U.S. Supreme Court will wrap up its November sitting by hearing disputes over whether federal or state law should control how much compensation landowners receive for private condemnations under the Natural Gas Act and...(read more)

The Ninth Circuit's recent decision to revive wage claims against Jack in the Box doesn't compel an Oregon federal judge to scrap a colleague's finding in litigation against Home Depot, the judge said, rejecting a challeng...(read more)

A Tennessee federal judge has narrowed but allowed a 5-year-old suit to proceed, finding that workers can pursue claims that a behavioral health company failed to pay them for interrupted meal breaks, while rejecting claim...(read more)

Police officers who handle drug- and bomb-sniffing dogs for Houston's school district sued the district in Texas federal court Friday, saying they were denied overtime pay for caring for the dogs at home outside their sche...(read more)

Thrift-store operator Savers Value Village Inc. rounded workers' hours in the company's favor, denied breaks and improperly calculated overtime and sick pay, according to a proposed class action filed in state court.

A Southern California glass installation company didn't pay an apprentice for his first two months of work, then paid him a "flat, declining weekly amount that was not tied to the number of hours he actually worked," he sa...(read more)

A remote worker who takes restaurant orders by phone accused her employer and its artificial intelligence parent company in Colorado federal court of denying pay to her and other workers for time they spent starting their ...(read more)