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)

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)

A Midwest paving and road construction company violated federal labor law by blocking a group of Michigan employees from working for three weeks in an attempt to force their union's hand in a bargaining disput... (more story)

A pilot has urged an Alaska federal judge to toss counterclaims lodged against him by the Teamsters in his arbitration dispute with the union and a commercial air carrier, arguing that the union is trying to r... (more story)

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 ... (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 Sixth Circuit said it won't reconsider its ruling that a law barring mandatory arbitration of sexual harassment cases kept a former Adams & Reese LLP paralegal's sex harassment and disability bias suit in ... (more story)

The Virginia State Bar's disciplinary arm notified the District of Maryland on Thursday that it suspended a Maryland attorney from practicing law in Virginia for six months after finding he misled his client a... (more story)

A heterosexual police chief of a Kansas city told a federal court that his employer fired him for hiring a gay employee and filing a complaint against a colleague who opposed that employee's addition to the force.

Former Miami officials urged the Eleventh Circuit on Thursday to dismiss retaliation claims against them, arguing they're immune from a lawsuit brought by a police chief who alleged he was wrongfully terminate... (more story)

A former national billing director of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP filed a lawsuit in California state court this week accusing the firm of ignoring racist conduct and sexual harassment by partners, and... (more story)

Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC announced Thursday that it has new leaders for its labor and employment practice group: a shareholder who has been with the firm for decades, and another who join... (more story)

Educational publisher Pearson is close to settling a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging it failed to ensure visually impaired workers could access trainings and view their benefits o... (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)

Challengers to U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour rules could face resistance when seeking nationwide injunctions following a U.S. Supreme Court decision, though the agency is not immune from such relief, attorneys said.

A Connecticut restaurant urged a federal judge to reject sanctions sought by a sushi chef alleging wage violations, arguing that the plaintiff's counsel has tried to turn a routine deposition dispute into a "soap opera."

Two public works employees for the city of Newark alleged in New Jersey federal court on Thursday that the city's complex overtime approval process results in unpaid, underpaid or late overtime payments.

North Carolina prison officials defended their bid for an immediate appeal of a ruling finding correctional officers may be entitled to pay for all time spent inside prison facilities, rejecting the guards' ar... (more story)

A Maryland federal court has dismissed the remaining claims by workers in a wage lawsuit against a home healthcare provider after related bankruptcy proceedings resolved the dispute, according to court filings.

An Alabama federal judge rejected Georgia-based Norfolk Southern's bid to shut down a suit from a longtime rail worker who said he was forced out of his job due to his age, ruling that there was "ample evidenc... (more story)