Expert Analysis

Examining Privilege In Dual-Purpose Workplace Investigations

The Sixth Circuit's recent holding in FirstEnergy's bribery probe ruling that attorney-client privilege applied to... (more story)

Navigating Workplace AI When Federal, State Policies Clash

Two recent federal bills and various state laws concerning employers' artificial intelligence use may clash with a... (more story)

Employment Immigration Trends And Challenges For 2026

U.S. companies competing for global talent should brace for a turbulent 2026, with greater compliance burdens, hig... (more story)

Labor More

PepsiCo, Driver and Union End Driver's Firing Suit

PepsiCo Inc., the Teamsters and a truck driver have agreed to end the driver's lawsuit claiming the union failed to properly represent him after the company breached the terms of its collective bargaining agre... (more story)

4 Argument Sessions That Benefits Attys Should Watch In Jan.

The U.S. Supreme Court will zero in on the methodology for assessing liability for pulling out of a multi-employer pension fund, and the circuit courts will hear bids to revive suits over alleged 401(k) misman... (more story)

Gas Co. Expands Claims Against Teamsters In Strike Suit

A gas supplier added allegations in its suit against the International Brotherhood of Teamsters on Thursday, accusing the union in Pennsylvania federal court of working with a Teamsters local to encourage work... (more story)

Seyfarth Names New Labor & Employment Chair In Seattle

One of the youngest equity partners in Seyfarth Shaw LLP's 80-year history has been named chair of the firm's labor and employment practice for the Seattle office, the firm has announced.

SC Video Game Store Defends Firing In NLRB Case

A South Carolina video game store didn't violate federal labor law when it fired an employee who made insulting comments about the store's general manager to customers, the store told a National Labor Relation... (more story)

NLRB Must Face Agency Atty's Speech Suppression Suit

The National Labor Relations Board can't exit a field attorney's suit over her advocacy work with an environmental nonprofit, a Washington federal judge has ruled, finding that she has adequately alleged that ... (more story)

Calif. Forecast: 9th Circ. Hears Trump Bargaining EO Args

In the coming week, attorneys should keep an eye out for Ninth Circuit oral arguments in a challenge to President Donald Trump's executive order that eliminates labor contracts for what the order refers to as ... (more story)

Discrimination More

Ex-CTA Bus Driver's Disability Bias Claims Will Go To Trial

An Illinois federal judge Thursday refused to grant summary judgment to the Chicago Transit Authority on a former bus driver's disparate treatment and failure to accommodate claims, clearing the way for the di... (more story)

Food Service Co. Can't Sink Fired Manager's Sex Bias Suit

A New Jersey federal judge narrowed but refused to toss a suit alleging a dining services company fired a district manager for calling out its boys club culture, leaving it up to a jury to decide whether the c... (more story)

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Worker's Poor Performance Dooms Bias Suit, 4th Circ. Says

The Fourth Circuit declined to revive a Black USPS worker's retaliation suit claiming her white boss crafted a paper trail to oust her after she filed a race bias complaint against him, ruling Friday that she ... (more story)

DirecTV Gets Laid-Off Worker's Bias Suit Kicked To Arbitration

A federal judge sent a former DirecTV senior e-commerce director's lawsuit over alleged age and gender discrimination during a workforce reduction to arbitration, unswayed by her claim that she was unaware of ... (more story)

Colo. Judge Tosses Banker's Cancer-Leave Suit Against UMB

A Colorado federal judge granted an early win to UMB Financial Corp. over a banker's claims that the company discriminated and retaliated against her by denying her leave to recover from chemotherapy treatment... (more story)

Aetna Must Cover Gender-Affirming Surgery, Conn. Court Told

Two individuals from a proposed class of transgender women on Thursday urged a Connecticut federal judge to stop Aetna from refusing to cover gender-affirming facial reconstruction to treat severe depression, ... (more story)

6th Circ. Says CEO's Comments Too Tame To Back Bias Suit

The Sixth Circuit declined to reinstate a former worker's suit alleging that the CEO of a logistics company sexually harassed her with inappropriate comments about her appearance, ruling his behavior wasn't ba... (more story)

Wage & Hour More

Engineer Claims Co. Fired Her Over Refusal To Falsify Docs

A Colorado manufacturing company fired its chief engineer after she raised concerns about false information included in a request for a quote submitted to a U.S. Department of Energy contractor and failed to p... (more story)

Ex-Bartender Says Hotel Operator Shaved Hours, Kept Tips

A former bartender hit a nationwide hotel operator and a New York City hotel it manages with a proposed class and collective action, alleging it underpaid workers by shaving hours and keeping tips.

Costco Denied Breaks Due To Understaffing, Suit Says

Costco did not permit a former employee to take proper meal and rest breaks because the store was understaffed, resulting in unpaid wages, the worker said in a complaint filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court.

Call Center Dodges Worker Misclassification Suit

A group of call center workers' wage suit is an "impermissible shotgun pleading" and warrants dismissal, a Florida federal judge has ruled, agreeing to toss the workers' proposed class action accusing a call c... (more story)

Greenberg Traurig Adds 2 Duane Morris Employment Pros

Greenberg Traurig LLP has brought on two Duane Morris LLP attorneys as its newest shareholders focusing on class action litigation, labor and employment and commercial litigation practices, adding them to the ... (more story)

Driver Wage Suit Paused Over Similar High Court Case

A truck driver's lawsuit accusing a food company and its subsidiaries of misclassifying employees as independent contractors will be paused while the U.S. Supreme Court weighs in on a similar dispute involving... (more story)

Amazon Drivers Can Keep Wage Suit In Court, Calif. Panel Says

Amazon cannot ship to arbitration six drivers' individual claims under California's Private Attorneys General Act that they were misclassified as independent contractors, a state appeals court has ruled, agree... (more story)