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Employment

  • May 13, 2025

    3rd Circ. Says Worker's Pre-Suit EEOC Filings Are Inadequate

    The Third Circuit refused to revive an age bias suit from a former community college employee who claimed she was mistreated by a younger supervisor, rejecting her argument that a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission intake form and other documents qualified as her required pre-suit discrimination charge.

  • May 13, 2025

    FTC To Keep Focus On Key Sectors, Address Personal Liberty

    The head of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition said Tuesday the agency will remain focused on healthcare, technology and labor issues as enforcers also work to ensure corporate power does not infringe on personal liberties.

  • May 13, 2025

    Ex-Defender Can't Block Mystery Info In Sex Bias Case Appeal

    The federal government can submit additional documents from a district court case record in an appeal by a former assistant public defender in North Carolina who accused the federal judiciary of sex bias, the Fourth Circuit ruled Tuesday over the assistant public defender's objections.

  • May 13, 2025

    1st Circ. Vacates $10M Severance Win Over Drafting Error

    The First Circuit threw out a judgment that valued a departing technology executive's severance payout at $10.2 million due to a mistake in the contract, ruling that the company's intended offer of $680,000 in total value could also be reasonably construed from the text of the deal.  

  • May 13, 2025

    NLRB Urges 5th Circ. To Stand By Its OK Of Exxon Vacatur

    The Fifth Circuit should stand by its decision that the National Labor Relations Board correctly vacated Exxon Mobil's win in an agency case after learning that a board member who presided over the litigation had a stake in the company, the agency told the appellate court.

  • May 13, 2025

    Ga. Justices Revives Claim Over Med Student's Negligence

    The Georgia Supreme Court on Tuesday revived a woman's claim seeking to hold two doctors vicariously liable for a medical student's alleged negligence during a hysterectomy, saying there are questions about whether the student was acting as their servant at the time.

  • May 13, 2025

    Gov't Wants 6 Months For IUOE's Ex-Prez In DOL Forms Case

    Federal prosecutors requested a six-month prison sentence for a former International Union of Operating Engineers general president after he pled guilty to failure to disclose $315,000 worth of event tickets and additional benefits in annual reports to the U.S. Department of Labor, while the ex-union leader sought probation.

  • May 13, 2025

    Venable Wants Out Of 'It Ends With Us' Subpoena

    Venable LLP asked a D.C. federal judge to toss a subpoena of the firm stemming from litigation between actors Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni over the movie "It Ends with Us," accusing Baldoni and his production company of embarking on an "unwarranted fishing expedition."

  • May 13, 2025

    Walmart Settles Biometric Privacy Suit Ahead Of June Trial

    Walmart and a driver for Walmart's grocery delivery platform have resolved his claims that the platform's identity verification process violates Illinois' biometric privacy law by scanning geometric facial data in their selfies and licenses to authenticate an applicant's identity without informed consent.

  • May 13, 2025

    Former X Exec Can Drop His Bonus Suit, Avoiding Sanctions

    A former X Corp. executive can drop his suit accusing the social media company of failing to pay out bonuses after Elon Musk took over, a California federal judge ruled, rejecting the company's bid to sanction him for knowing his case was baseless from the start.

  • May 13, 2025

    Cleaning Co. Paying $1M To Resolve Mass. Wage Claims

    A Massachusetts commercial cleaning company has agreed to pay nearly $1 million in penalties and restitution for violating the state's wage and hour laws, the Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General announced Tuesday.

  • May 13, 2025

    5th Circ. Says Gaps In Testimony Doom Deepwater Suit

    The Fifth Circuit has affirmed the exclusion of expert testimony in a worker's toxic tort suit against BP Exploration & Production Inc. over cancer he says he developed after cleaning up the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill, saying there are "fatal analytical flaws" in the expert's opinion and upholding a win for the oil company.

  • May 13, 2025

    Fintech Co. Cheated Workers Out Of Wages, Calif. Suit Claims

    A fintech company owes its employees minimum wage and overtime after it failed to pay them for the time they spent booting up their computers, missed breaks and a limiting on-call policy, a proposed class action in California state court said.

  • May 13, 2025

    Employee Benefits Partner Joins Seyfarth From McDermott

    Seyfarth Shaw LLP has added an employee benefits partner in Chicago who spent the past 19 years at McDermott Will & Emery LLP.

  • May 12, 2025

    Management Co. Can't Nab Early Win In OT Suit, Court Told

    Workers alleging a staffing and project management company failed to pay proper overtime rates urged a Georgia federal judge to deny its bid for summary judgment, saying the company dressed up hourly wages as salaries to dodge overtime obligations.

  • May 12, 2025

    Ex-Twitter Workers Say Musk Reneged On Severance Promise

    Four former Twitter employees in Illinois filed a lawsuit in federal court on Monday, the latest to launch federal contract claims against Twitter, Elon Musk and his newly named X platform over Musk's allegedly illegal decision to pay laid-off workers less severance than was promised for the first year post-acquisition.

  • May 12, 2025

    DC Circ. Has 'Duty To Intervene' To Protect ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ, Union Says

    A union representing employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has urged the D.C. Circuit to keep in place a lower court injunction barring the agency from stopping work and firing staff, asserting ahead of oral arguments this week that the Trump administration is trying to "place the executive branch above the law."

  • May 12, 2025

    UAW Drops Claim Over Frozen Unemployment Benefits

    The United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Workers of America agreed to drop its claim that the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency violated an agreement to better investigate potentially fraudulent claims as long as the agency takes steps to comply with the deal.

  • May 12, 2025

    Ex-Ga. Teacher Aims To Keep COVID Leave Claims Alive

    A former Fulton County, Georgia, teacher who said she was forced out of her job by her district's refusal to accommodate her disability during the COVID-19 pandemic has urged a federal judge to keep her suit alive, objecting to a magistrate judge's finding that she waited too long to act on her allegations.

  • May 12, 2025

    Unions Tell Justices To Protect Privacy In Social Security Case

    Two unions and an advocacy group argued Monday that there's no need for the U.S. Supreme Court to make it easier for the Department of Government Efficiency to access the Social Security Administration's data on millions of Americans, claiming requiring the supposed fraud-busting team to follow protocol doesn't constitute an emergency.

  • May 12, 2025

    Ex-Liberty VP Can Shield Health Info In Bias Suit, For Now

    A Black former Liberty Mutual vice president and senior talent adviser got a temporary sealing order Monday in her race bias suit against the insurer, with a North Carolina magistrate judge stating that certain documents including her personal health information would be protected until her permanent sealing bid is resolved.

  • May 12, 2025

    Alcoa Retirees, Unions Tell Judge Not To Halt Benefits Order

    A group of retirees and unions asked an Indiana federal judge not to pause his order requiring Alcoa USA Corp. to reinstate lifetime healthcare benefits, arguing the company isn't likely to win at the Seventh Circuit and delaying the district court's decision harms elderly class members.

  • May 12, 2025

    Wiretap Evidence Allowed In $200M Forced Labor Case

    A Georgia federal judge has accepted a magistrate judge's recommendation that wiretap evidence be allowed into the prosecution of an alleged $200 million international forced labor scheme.

  • May 12, 2025

    Pet Treat Maker Doesn't Fully Pay Employees, Suit Says

    A pet product manufacturer with locations in Illinois and Colorado has been hit with proposed class and collective accusations in federal court in Chicago that the company illegally fails to pay employees for key work tasks they perform before and after their shifts.  

  • May 12, 2025

    Walmart, Transportation Manager End OT Suit

    Walmart and a transportation operations manager have agreed to end the worker's suit in Georgia federal court accusing the retailer of misclassifying her as overtime-exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act, according to a joint filing Monday.

Expert Analysis

  • Making The Case For Rest In The Legal Profession

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    For too long, a culture of overwork has plagued the legal profession, but research shows that attorneys need rest to perform optimally and sustainably, so legal organizations and individuals must implement strategies that allow for restoration, says Marissa Alert at MDA Wellness, Carol Ross-Burnett at CRB Global, and Denise Robinson at The Still Center.

  • 2 Areas Of Labor Law That May Change Under Trump

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    Based on President Donald Trump's recent moves, employers should expect to see significant changes in the direction of law coming out of the National Labor Relations Board, particularly in two areas where the Trump administration will seek to roll back the Biden NLRB's changes, says Daniel Johns at Cozen O’Connor.

  • 4 Ways Women Attorneys Can Build A Legal Legacy

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    This Women’s History Month, women attorneys should consider what small, day-to-day actions they can take to help leave a lasting impact for future generations, even if it means mentoring one person or taking 10 minutes to make a plan, says Jackie Prester, a former shareholder at Baker Donelson.

  • Justices' Revival Ruling In Bias Suit Exceeds Procedural Issue

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling in Waetzig v. Halliburton allowed the plaintiff in an age discrimination lawsuit to move to reopen his case after arbitration, but the seemingly straightforward decision on a procedural issue raises complex questions for employment law practitioners, says Christopher Sakauye at Dykema.

  • Bid Protest Spotlight: Prejudice, Injunctions, New Regulations

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    In this month's bid protest roundup, Markus Speidel at MoFo looks at three recent decisions that consider whether a past performance evaluation needs to show prejudice to be successfully challenged, the prerequisites for injunctive relief and the application of new regulatory requirements to indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contracts.

  • A Judge's Pointers For Adding Spice To Dry Legal Writing

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    U.S. District Judge Fred Biery shares a few key lessons about how to go against the grain of the legal writing tradition by adding color to bland judicial opinions, such as by telling a human story and injecting literary devices where possible.

  • How To Create A Unique Jury Profile For Every Case

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    Instead of striking potential jurors based on broad stereotypes or gut feelings, trial attorneys should create case-specific risk profiles that address the political climate, the specific facts of the case and the venue in order to more precisely identify higher-risk jurors, says Ken Broda-Bahm at Persuasion Strategies.

  • 9 Considerations For Orgs Using AI Meeting Assistants

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    When deciding to use artificial intelligence meeting assistants, organizations must create and implement a written corporate policy that establishes the do's and don'ts for these assistants, taking into account individualized business operations, industry standards and legal and regulatory requirements, say attorneys at Faegre Drinker.

  • IRS Scrutiny May Underlie Move Away From NIL Collectives

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    The University of Colorado's January announcement that it was severing its partnership with a name, image and likeness collective is part of universities' recent push to move NIL activities in-house, seemingly motivated by tax implications and increased scrutiny by the Internal Revenue Service, say attorneys at Buchanan Ingersoll.

  • What's At Stake In High Court Transgender Care Suit

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    The outcome of U.S. v. Skrmetti will have critical implications for the rights of transgender youth and their access to gender-affirming care, and will likely affect other areas of law and policy involving transgender individuals, including education, employment, healthcare and civil rights, say attorneys at ArentFox Schiff.

  • Considerations As Trump Admin Continues To Curtail ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ

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    Recent sweeping moves from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's new leadership have signaled a major shift in the agency's trajectory, and regulated entities should prepare for broader implications in both the near and long term, say attorneys at Pryor Cashman.

  • 6th Circ. Ruling Paves Path Out Of Loper Bright 'Twilight Zone'

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    The U.S. Supreme Court’s Loper Bright ruling created a twilight zone between express statutory delegations that trigger agency deference and implicit ones that do not, but the Sixth Circuit’s recent ruling in Moctezuma-Reyes v. Garland crafted a two-part test for resolving cases within this gray area, say attorneys at Wiley.

  • NCAA Rulings Signal Game Change For Athlete Classification

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    A Tennessee federal court's recent decision in Pavia v. NCAA adds to a growing call to consider classifying college athletes as employees under federal law, a change that would have unexpected, potentially prohibitive costs for schools, says J.R. Webster Cucovatz at Gilson Daub.

  • 6 Laws Transforming Calif.'s Health Regulatory Framework

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    Attorneys at Hooper Lundy discuss a number of new California laws that raise pressing issues for independent physicians and small practice groups, ranging from the use of artificial intelligence to wage standards for healthcare employees.

  • Opinion

    NCAA Name, Image, Likeness Settlement Is A $2.8B Mistake

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    While the plaintiffs in House v. NCAA might call the proposed settlement on name, image and likeness payments for college athletes a breakthrough, it's a legally dubious Band-Aid that props up a system favoring a select handful of male athletes at the expense of countless others, say attorneys at Clifford Chance.

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