Expert Analysis

Flashpoints In Focus: Handling Religious Objections To AI Use

Pope Leo XIV's recent warning about artificial intelligence may increase requests for religious exemptions from wo... (more story)

Constructing AI Compliance Plans As State Laws Diverge

With Colorado, Connecticut and the federal government recently announcing wildly different approaches to artificia... (more story)

Examining 3 Notable DOL Moves In The First Half Of 2026

With the U.S. Department of Labor addressing independent contractor classification, joint employment and white col... (more story)

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BREAKING: High Court Strikes Down Presidential Firing Limits

Presidents have unlimited authority to fire members of independent agencies, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday in a major win for President Donald Trump's campaign against officials at the Federal Trade Comm... (more story)

Justices Won't Review Yellow Corp. Ch. 11 Pension Liabilities

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected defunct trucking giant Yellow Corp.'s appeal of a bankruptcy court decision that it owes billions of dollars in retirement fund withdrawal liability, despite a pandemi... (more story)

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Pot Shop Says NY Can't Use 'Unclean Hands' In Labor Row

A cannabis dispensary is seeking an early win in its challenge to a New York state requirement compelling cannabis operators to sign labor peace agreements with unions to secure a license, telling a federal co... (more story)

DOL Says $5B ERISA Trust Lost Millions On Shoddy Funds

The U.S. Department of Labor sued an employee benefit trust services company in Texas federal court, alleging the company and its executives breached fiduciary duties of prudence and loyalty by failing to safe... (more story)

Bricklayers Funds Bring ERISA Suits Against Masonry Cos.

Two Michigan masonry contractors and their owners have been hit with federal lawsuits accusing them of failing to pay required union fringe benefit contributions, with one company allegedly owing more than $19... (more story)

Think Tank Accuses Unions Of Trapping Workers Into Dues

A group that advocates against requiring workers to join unions has filed 36 unfair labor practice charges on behalf of California caregivers, accusing several union locals of taking dues from the workers with... (more story)

Calif. Forecast: Little Caesars Workers Seek Class Status

In the week ahead, attorneys should watch for a class certification hearing in a wage and hour suit against Little Caesars. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters on deck in California.

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Justices Turn Away NY Healthcare Workers' Vax Bias Suit

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a lawsuit accusing a New York healthcare system of unlawfully firing dozens of employees who requested religious exemptions from its COVID-19 vaccination polic... (more story)

BREAKING: Justices Skip New York Health Workers' Fight Over Vax Rule

The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to take up religious healthcare workers' challenge to a pandemic-era New York state policy requiring healthcare providers to make their employees get vaccinated against CO... (more story)

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En Banc 4th Circ. Splits Over Stay Of DOD HIV Enlistment Ban

The Fourth Circuit voted en banc Thursday to grant the federal government's bid to pause a lower court's permanent injunction blocking its policies excluding HIV-positive individuals from enlisting in the mili... (more story)

High Court Passes On Ex-Officer's Disability Bias Suit

The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to wade into a former Michigan Department of Corrections officer's lawsuit claiming he was fired for requesting lighter duties following a hip injury, leaving in place th... (more story)

United Vax Mandate Row Booted From Texas To Ill. Fed. Court

A Texas federal judge has granted United Airlines' motion to transfer a challenge to its COVID-19 vaccine mandate to another jurisdiction, saying the discrimination lawsuit should proceed in Illinois federal c... (more story)

Hispanic Agents Say Liberty Mutual Unit Stereotyped Clients

Three Hispanic insurance agents in North Carolina said in a new complaint that they were singled out for investigation and ultimately fired after the Liberty Mutual unit that employed them stereotyped their pr... (more story)

3rd Circ. Backs University In Bias Suit Over Denied Telework

The Third Circuit declined to revive a worker's disability discrimination suit Friday claiming Shippensburg University illegally fired her after denying her request to work remotely during the COVID-19 pandemi... (more story)

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Legal Groups Back DOL's H-2A Fine Power At High Court

A coalition of worker advocacy and legal aid organizations urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to uphold the Department of Labor's authority to collect monetary penalties from agricultural employers through... (more story)

Reed Smith Wants Pause In Ex-Atty's Bias Suit Amid Appeal

Reed Smith LLP asked a New Jersey court on Thursday to stay a former attorney's gender discrimination suit against it while the attorney's appeal of the scope of the damages in the suit plays out.

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Electrical Co. Beats OT, Break Claims In Calif. Pay Suit

A California federal judge on Friday trimmed a proposed class action against an electrical construction company, dismissing a former worker's overtime, meal and rest break claims, but allowing his minimum wage... (more story)

NY Forecast: Judge Weighs $162M Caregiver Wage Suit Deal

This week, a New York federal magistrate judge will consider whether to give preliminary approval to a $162 million settlement resolving a proposed class and collective action that accused a New York Medicaid ... (more story)

Brokerage Says Pregnant Worker's Firing Due To Performance

An insurance brokerage asked a North Carolina federal judge for an early win in a former employee benefits advisor's suit alleging she was pushed out after raising concerns about maternity leave, pumping accom... (more story)

Worker Sues DHL Express Over Seattle Wage Violations

DHL Express failed to provide legally required meal and rest breaks and denied workers compensation for missed break time in violation of state and local wage laws, a worker alleged in Washington state court.

Extended Stay Subsidiary Pay Suit Moves Back To State Court

A Washington federal magistrate judge on Thursday sent a proposed wage-and-hour class action against a subsidiary of Extended Stay America back to state court, finding the hotel operator did not show that the ... (more story)