Expert Analysis

Prepping For 2026 Shifts In Calif. Workplace Safety Rules

California's Division of Occupational Safety and Health is preparing for significant shifts and increased enforcem... (more story)

Where DEI Stands After The Federal Crackdown In 2025

The federal government's actions this year have marked a fundamental shift in the enforcement of antidiscriminatio... (more story)

1st-Of-Its-Kind NIL Claim Raises Liability Coverage Questions

The University of Georgia Athletic Association recently sought to compel arbitration against former UGA football p... (more story)

Labor More

Gov't Urges Justices To Review ERISA Pleading Standard Split

The U.S. solicitor general and the solicitor of labor said the U.S. Supreme Court needs to clarify that workers must back their suits targeting underperforming retirement funds with proper comparison proof, ur... (more story)

Judge Weighs Security Claims In Federal Bargaining Case

A D.C. federal judge declined to immediately reinstate collective bargaining agreements for U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and National Weather Service employees Wednesday, saying the case brought by the wor... (more story)

AFA-CWA Must Face Conspiracy Claims From SkyWest Group

The Association of Flight Attendants must keep facing allegations that it conspired with SkyWest workers to access confidential information held by SkyWest's employee group during an organizing drive, a Utah f... (more story)

Utah Lawmakers Repeal Public-Sector Bargaining Ban

The Utah Legislature has voted to repeal a controversial bill that banned public-sector unions from collective bargaining, a move that comes after months of backlash from labor unions.

4th Circ. Icy To Reviving Retired Miners' Health Coverage Fight

The Fourth Circuit seemed disinclined Wednesday to reopen a dispute over lifetime retirement health and life insurance benefits from a proposed class of retired coal miners, as two judges knocked the coal comp... (more story)

Unions Push For New Block On Federal Worker Layoffs

A California federal judge who blocked State Department layoffs set for Dec. 5 should halt the government from dismissing any Education and State Department employees until Jan. 30, a union coalition argued, s... (more story)

7th Circ. Mulls Pension Plan's Decision To Expel Penske Unit

A Seventh Circuit judge on Tuesday suggested Penske's push for the judicial review of trustees' internal decision-making was a "long and new stretch" in a dispute over whether a Teamsters pension plan had the ... (more story)

Discrimination More

Disciplined Attys Want High Court's Take On Judge Criticism

A father-daughter team of attorneys have brought a petition to the U.S. Supreme Court challenging their suspensions for criticizing a Florida state judge who reversed a $2.75 million jury verdict in favor of t... (more story)

Courts Let Military Ban Trans, HIV-Positive Troops For Now

Two federal appellate courts have cleared the federal government to enforce a pair of controversial policies restricting transgender and HIV-positive people from serving in the military, with each lifting tria... (more story)

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Starbucks DEI Goals Are 'Race-Based Quotas,' Fla. AG Claims

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is accusing coffee giant Starbucks Corp. of violating state civil rights protections in its efforts to promote an inclusive workforce, claiming in a state lawsuit Wednes... (more story)

Stone Hilton Says Paxton Deputies Can't Duck Subpoenas

Stone Hilton PLLC attorneys facing a sexual harassment suit from a former employee defended their move to subpoena two high-ranking members of the Texas Office of the Attorney General this week, saying their "... (more story)

11th Circ. Backs UPS' Win In Fired Driver's Retaliation Suit

The Eleventh Circuit affirmed a jury win for UPS in a Black delivery driver's suit alleging he was fired for complaining that his boss over scrutinized him out of racial bias, ruling the lower court's move to ... (more story)

Starbucks Strikes Deal To End Fired Trans Barista's Bias Suit

A New York federal judge closed a gender bias and retaliation suit Tuesday from a transgender former Starbucks barista, after the company agreed to settle his claims that he was fired because he complained tha... (more story)

4th Circ. Probes Limit Of HIV-Positive Military Hopefuls' Suit

A federal appellate judge on Tuesday repeatedly pressed an attorney representing people who were denied admission to the U.S. military due to an HIV diagnosis, asking him to explain why his argument wouldn't f... (more story)

Wage & Hour More

Med Delivery Co. Fired Workers For Pay Complaints, Suit Says

A pharmaceutical delivery company misclassified drivers as independent contractors even though it controlled nearly every aspect of their work and fired 12 named drivers at once for speaking up about it, accor... (more story)

Staffing, Consulting Cos. Face PAGA Suit Over Unpaid Wages

Two staffing companies and an account and consulting entity failed to pay employees for all time that they worked and manipulated their time entries, two workers said in a Private Attorneys General Act suit lo... (more story)

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Home Depot Can't Snag Exemption Win In OT Row

A former Home Depot assistant store manager showed that she spent most of her time performing nonexempt work, a California federal judge ruled on Wednesday, while also agreeing to grant the home improvement ch... (more story)

Pot Shop Budtenders Say Tips Wrongly Split With Managers

Budtenders at a group of Massachusetts cannabis dispensaries alleged in a proposed class action filed in state court that managers are improperly pooling and taking a cut of tips left by customers.

Philly Cops Say OT Suit Should Go To Trial

An overtime suit against the city of Philadelphia, its police department and some of the department's leaders should continue on to trial because qualified immunity doesn't apply and many questions remain unan... (more story)

United Says Labor Contract Pushes Wage Row To Arbitration

Federal labor law requires United Airlines Inc. flight attendants to arbitrate their proposed wage class action, the airline told a New Jersey federal court, saying resolution of the claims hinges on the parti... (more story)

GEO's GC To Retire Amid Forced Labor Suit At High Court

The general counsel to the GEO Group Inc. has announced his retirement amid the company's battle at the U.S. Supreme Court, where the private prison operator stands accused of forcing immigrant detainees to cl... (more story)