Expert Analysis

9th Circ. Ruling Raises Bar For Arbitration Pacts Via Email

The Ninth Circuit's recent holding in Rickes v. Thermo Fisher that the mere delivery of an email doesn't establish... (more story)

9th Circ. Ruling Marks New Chapter In Risk Factor Tug-Of-War

The Ninth Circuit's recent dismissal of a securities fraud class action against SunPower is the latest in a growin... (more story)

Attorneys Using AI May Have Ethical Duty To Redact Docs

The trajectory of legal ethics guidance in recent years strongly suggests that as redaction technology becomes mor... (more story)

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SEIU Seeks Early Win In Immigrant Worker Access Dispute

The Service Employees International Union and four Boston airport workers have asked a Massachusetts federal court to bar the Trump administration from revoking security clearances that allowed immigrants to w... (more story)

Calif. Forecast: Aramark Wage Deal Before Court

In the week ahead, attorneys should watch for a hearing on final settlement approval in a wage and hour class action against Aramark Services Inc. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matt... (more story)

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NLRB Orders Nexstar To Bargain In Union Certification Row

Nexstar Media Corp. violated federal labor law by refusing to bargain with an International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers local, the National Labor Relations Board ruled Thursday, setting up the company to... (more story)

NY Forecast: 2nd Circ. Hears PwC Arbitration Bid In Bias Case

In the week ahead, the Second Circuit will hear PwC's arguments for reversing a lower court order that kept a former partner's discrimination and retaliation suit in court instead of sending it to arbitration.... (more story)

Kroger's NLRB Retreat Ends UFCW Push For Arbitration

Kroger has agreed to stop asking the National Labor Relations Board's Baltimore office to test whether a United Food & Commercial Workers local still has majority support at a Virginia Beach store, the local t... (more story)

7th Circ. Backs Concrete Co. In $23M Pension Exit Fight

The Seventh Circuit turned down a multiemployer pension fund's bid to reinstate a $23 million withdrawal liability bill against a concrete company, splitting Thursday with two other appellate courts on interpr... (more story)

UFCW Failed To Probe Firing Grievance, Ex-Port Worker Says

A former Port of Baltimore employee urged a Maryland federal judge to reject a United Food & Commercial Workers local's bid to escape his lawsuit challenging his termination, arguing that his amended complaint... (more story)

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AMC To Pay $56K In EEOC Disability Bias Settlement

AMC Theatres agreed to pay $56,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging that a Maryland theater employee with cerebral palsy had accommodations illegally rescinded before ... (more story)

Court Rules Doctor's Burnout Not Disability Under ADA

A Colorado federal court dismissed a radiation oncologist's disability discrimination suit against a Catholic health system, finding his burnout did not qualify as a disability under federal law, and he failed... (more story)

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Construction Co. Settles EEOC Suit Over Sex Contract

A home improvement company has settled a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit alleging it unlawfully fired an office manager after she refused to sign a "dominant/submissive contract" given to her... (more story)

Mich. County Sheriff Can't Shake Ex-Aide's Harassment Suit

A Michigan county sheriff can't escape a former civilian employee's suit accusing him of sexually harassing her for years and then firing her after learning she had an audio recording of his alleged advances, ... (more story)

Ex-Manager Accuses USA Hockey Of Disability Discrimination

A former manager for USA Hockey Inc. alleged in Colorado federal court that the organization discriminated against him after he had been seriously injured in a car accident by revoking his disability work acco... (more story)

EEOC Says Hospital Spurned Applicant Over Heart Condition

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed suit Thursday against a Maryland-based healthcare nonprofit and one of its acute care facilities, claiming they violated disability bias law by pulling a ... (more story)

Mich. School District Beats Former Worker's Race Bias Suit

A Michigan federal judge has tossed an employment discrimination suit brought by a Black former Eastpointe Community Schools worker who claimed the district repeatedly passed her over for promotions and later ... (more story)

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Ex-TGI Friday's Bartender Says Tip Pool Cut Wages

A former bartender at a TGI Friday's in Atlanta's airport hit the restaurant's operators with a proposed collective action that accuses them of illegally requiring bartenders to share tips with kitchen and cle... (more story)

Staffing Co. Travel Time Suit Survives Challenge

A Kansas federal court has allowed hundreds of overnight travel workers to pursue a collective overtime claim against a staffing company over its policy of paying travel time only during normal business hours,... (more story)

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Paralegal Says Fla. Injury Firm Fired Her Over OT Complaints

A Florida personal injury firm misclassified a paralegal and other workers as independent contractors, denied them overtime and fired the paralegal after she complained, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court. 

Seyfarth Shaw Adds Veteran Employment Atty In Century City

Seyfarth Shaw announced on Wednesday it has hired the general counsel of The Mancini Foundation, a nonprofit focused on mental health awareness and advocacy, to join the firm's labor & employment practice in Los Angeles.

'Shrinking' Crew Member Says Exec Producer Groped Her

A former crew member on the Apple TV+ show "Shrinking" has sued Warner Bros. Television and one of the series' executive producers in California state court, alleging she was wrongfully terminated after raisin... (more story)

Target Beats NY Warehouse Walking-Time Wage Suit

Target won't have to face a proposed class action accusing it of shorting warehouse workers for time spent walking to and from their time clocks, after a New York federal judge found Wednesday that state wage ... (more story)

Nike Worker Seeks Pay Records In Proposed Class Wage Suit

A Nike retail worker has asked a Washington federal court to order the company to produce pay and scheduling records for its entire workforce before a class certification fight, arguing Nike has no basis to wi... (more story)