Expert Analysis

How Rogue AI May Shape Corporate Liability, Responsibility

Recent artificial intelligence cyber incidents offer a window into how companies deploying autonomous systems shou... (more story)

Meta Layoff Suit Serves As Early Test Of AI Bias Claims

A lawsuit in California federal court alleging that Meta's use of artificial intelligence in recent layoffs negati... (more story)

Rejection Of NLRB Successor Bar Renews An Employer Tool

Although the D.C. Circuit's recent ruling in Hospital Menonita v. National Labor Relations Board does not allow pu... (more story)

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5th Circ. Nixes Bulk Of NLRB Order In Starbucks Threats Case

The Fifth Circuit has declined to enforce the bulk of a National Labor Relations Board decision finding Starbucks unlawfully threatened workers with reduced store hours and a hiring freeze in response to a uni... (more story)

5th Circ. Partially Backs NLRB Ruling In Starbucks Union Row

The Fifth Circuit backed most of a National Labor Relations Board decision finding that Starbucks engaged in a host of federal labor law violations to suppress a union campaign in upstate New York, ruling that... (more story)

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NLRB Judge Says UAW Unit Didn't Back Away From Deal

A United Auto Workers local did not violate federal labor law by refusing to sign an agreement on production standards at a Florida Mack Trucks plant, a National Labor Relations Board judge held, saying the un... (more story)

NYC Launches Office Focused On Worker Organizing

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has launched what his administration said is the nation's first office centered on helping workers organize, connecting them with unions and keeping them informed on their rights.

FAA Told Courts Have Spoken On Flight Attendants' Breaks

The Federal Aviation Administration received pushback on a proposal to preempt state and local meal and rest break requirements for flight attendants, including an International Brotherhood of Teamsters argume... (more story)

Judge Asks Atty To Explain Absences In Nurses' Wage Suit

A Colorado federal magistrate judge ordered Friday that an attorney for nearly 40 nurses in a wage lawsuit against Colorado-based U.S. Nursing Corp. explain why he has not appeared in the case for months and w... (more story)

ERISA Recap: 5 Appellate Rulings To Know From August

The Seventh Circuit kept an Arkansas pharmacy benefit manager rule in place as not preempted by federal benefits law, the Fourth Circuit revived an Altria ex-worker's dispute over benefit plan documents, and t... (more story)

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Consulting Firm Must Face Ex-Director's Disability Bias Suit

Financial and risk advisory firm Kroll can't escape a former director's lawsuit alleging he was denied a temporary transfer and fired because of his stroke-related mobility issues, with a New York federal judg... (more story)

Walmart Illegally Fired Worker For Positive Pot Test, Suit Says

Walmart illegally fired an employee who tested positive for a nonpsychoactive cannabis metabolite that showed up on his urine drug test, despite lacking evidence that he possessed or used cannabis at the workp... (more story)

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EEOC Says San Francisco Is Stalling White Worker Bias Probe

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission asked a California federal judge to force San Francisco to speed up compliance with an agency subpoena into a white former city employee's claims that she faced... (more story)

Amazon Makes Life Tough For Pregnant Workers, Suit Says

A quartet of former Amazon warehouse workers lodged a proposed class action in New York federal court Tuesday, accusing the e-commerce giant of slow-walking pregnant women's requests for additional breaks and ... (more story)

Ex-DLA Piper Partner Must Face Claim He Raped Associate

A Massachusetts state court has ruled it has jurisdiction over an assault and battery claim alleging a former DLA Piper partner raped a former Boston-based associate in Delaware, finding that purported inciden... (more story)

Cannabis Co. Ayr Accused Of Wrongfully Firing New Parent

Miami-based cannabis operator Ayr Wellness Inc. and associated companies were hit with a discrimination lawsuit by a former vice president who claims they pressured her to cut short her maternity leave, denied... (more story)

Jury Says Norfolk Southern Owes $954K In Disability Bias Suit

A Pennsylvania federal jury said Friday that Norfolk Southern should pay nearly $954,000 to an electrician who claimed he was unlawfully kept out of work for almost a year because of his seizure disorder.

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Contractor Can't Send Arbitration Pact To $162M Wage Class

A contractor that helps administer a New York state Medicaid program cannot send arbitration agreements to members of a $162 million settlement class in a suit alleging it failed to pay personal assistants acc... (more story)

Ex-Facebook Exec Must Arbitrate Memoir Publicity Fight

A California federal judge ruled Friday that a former Facebook executive waited too long to challenge in court an interim arbitral award that bars her from promoting her "Careless People" whistleblower memoir,... (more story)

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Elevance Health Settles Ex-Worker's Late Pay Class Claims

Elevance Health Inc. has agreed to a settlement in principle that would end a proposed class action claiming it failed to give discharged workers their final paychecks in a timely fashion under Connecticut and... (more story)

DOL Letters Address Supervisor Tips, Employee Volunteers

Restaurant supervisors who bartend cannot join tip pools, time that a nonprofit organization's exempt employees spend volunteering is not compensable, and a 60-minute meal break is sufficient even when a worke... (more story)

Ex-Geico Agents Can't Get More Discovery In Benefits Dispute

An Ohio federal court has blocked former Geico insurance agents from expanding the scope of discovery in their lawsuit claiming the insurer misclassified them as independent contractors and denied them employe... (more story)

Boeing OT Suit Says Incentive Pay Was Omitted From Rates

Boeing shorted its workers in Washington state by failing to factor in bonuses and other nondiscretionary compensation when calculating overtime and sick leave payments, according to a proposed class action th... (more story)

United Airlines Violates Wash. OT And Break Laws, Suit Says

United Airlines is accused of violating Washington labor laws by shorting overtime pay and denying compliant meal and rest breaks to hourly employees who held ground job positions for the carrier, according to... (more story)