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Health, Legal Employers Face Unique Online Speech Hurdles

Employers in the legal and healthcare industries must consider distinctive ethical obligations and professional re... (more story)

3 Defense Strategies For Sporadically Prosecuted Conduct

Not to be confused with selective prosecutions, sporadic prosecutions — charging someone for conduct many others d... (more story)

Insuring Equality: 3 Tips To Preserve Coverage For DEI Claims

Directors and officers and employment practices liability are key coverages for policyholders to review as potenti... (more story)

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NFLPA's Longtime Associate GC Files $10M Sex Bias Suit

A longtime associate general counsel for the NFL Players Association on Thursday filed a $10 million sex discrimination and retaliation suit, claiming the union intimidated and retaliated against her for coope... (more story)

UAW Leaders Deleted Retaliation Plot Texts, Monitor Finds

A watchdog overseeing United Auto Workers' kickback-scandal reforms told a Michigan judge Thursday that UAW President Shawn Fain and top officials obstructed his investigation into their plot to oust the secre... (more story)

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DC Circ. Holds Bankrupt Newspaper Publisher In Contempt

A bankrupt California newspaper publisher is in contempt of court for failing to comply with the D.C. Circuit's order in a labor dispute, the court said, ordering it to reimburse the Teamsters for bargaining e... (more story)

7th Circ. Declines To Stay Alcoa Life Insurance Injunction

An injunction ordering aluminum producer Alcoa USA Corp. to reinstate certain retirees' life insurance benefits will remain active while the company appeals the underlying decision, the Seventh Circuit held Th... (more story)

Unions Come Out Against Rail Giants' $85B Merger

Two Teamsters unions representing a majority of organized workers at Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific came out in opposition this week to the companies' proposed $85 billion merger, arguing the deal would st... (more story)

Union Slams Starbucks' 'Unprecedented' Tactics at 5th Circ.

Starbucks Workers United has urged the Fifth Circuit to enforce a National Labor Relations Board ruling that Starbucks tried to thwart the union's campaign efforts in Buffalo area stores, arguing that the boar... (more story)

DC Circ. Grants En Banc Hearing On CFPB Layoff Plan

Additional D.C. Circuit judges will get to weigh in on the Trump administration's bid to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau through mass layoffs, after the appeals court granted the agency's em... (more story)

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3 Pay Transparency Lessons From 2025

Pay transparency is the equal pay trend of the moment, and 2025 brought important lessons about how these laws should be crafted and how employers should comply, attorneys told Law360.

11th Circ. Backs School District's Win In Race Bias Suit

The Eleventh Circuit has upheld a Georgia school district's victory in a Black employee's suit alleging the superintendent failed to investigate reports of the racial discrimination he experienced from the sch... (more story)

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Unreasonable Sitting Request Sinks ADA Suit, 6th Circ. Says

The Sixth Circuit declined to revive a worker's disability bias suit claiming a Chicken Salad Chick franchisee refused to let her sit on the job to manage her arthritis, ruling her request to sit for five minu... (more story)

New NJ Rules Combat AI And Housing Discrimination

The use of artificial intelligence in hiring practices is among the areas targeted by a sweeping new mandate enacted by New Jersey's Division on Civil Rights meant to shore up protections against discrimination.

Ex-NJ Judge's Firing Suit Revived After Discovery Cured

A New Jersey state judge on Thursday revived a former Garden State workers' compensation judge's suit alleging she was unconstitutionally removed from her job, ruling over the state's objections that she has n... (more story)

Trucking Co. Must Face Suit Over Deaf Job-Seeker's Rejection

A trucking company can't escape a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming it turned away a job seeker because he's deaf, a North Carolina federal judge ruled, pointing to evidence that a rec... (more story)

NY Jets Claim Ex-VP Plotted To Tarnish Team President

A former New York Jets vice president of finance helped engineer an anonymous email that falsely accused the team president of inappropriate conduct, the team alleged in its response and counterclaim to her di... (more story)

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The 6 Biggest Rulings By Massachusetts' Top Court In 2025

Massachusetts' top court rejected a novel double jeopardy claim in a headline-grabbing murder case, revived claims against Harvard over a "ghoulish" scheme, and said a Snapchat Bitmoji could show police bias, ... (more story)

DOL Wins Judgment Against Church For Unpaid Child Labor

A Pennsylvania federal judge has handed a win to the U.S. Department of Labor in its case alleging that the Mennonite Messianic Mission employed unpaid children to care for chickens, chop wood and construct wo... (more story)

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Judge Wants More Info On 1976 Memo In Philly Cops' OT Suit

A Pennsylvania federal judge Thursday held off on deciding whether to send an overtime lawsuit against the city of Philadelphia, its police department and some of the department's leaders to trial, saying he n... (more story)

Hospital Can't Pause Wage Suit During 5th Circ. Class Appeal

A hospital can't pause a wage suit by nurses while the Fifth Circuit decides if class certification was merited, a Louisiana federal judge ruled, rejecting arguments that the appeals court can also decide on a... (more story)

Former Analyst For Colo. County Alleges 'Systematic' Bias

A Colorado county discriminated against one of its senior analysts after she received national recognition for her work and subjected her to escalating retaliatory conduct that culminated in her termination, s... (more story)

Anheuser-Busch Shouldn't Dismantle OT Suit, 4th Circ. Told

Anheuser-Busch shouldn't be able to dismantle a class and a collective in a wage suit because the workers claiming unpaid off-the-clock work showed a Virginia federal court that they performed similar work at ... (more story)

Haitian Migrants Accuse Meatpacking Giant JBS Of Race Bias

Three Haitian nationals have accused meatpacking giant JBS USA Food Co. of race-based discrimination in Colorado federal court, alleging that it intentionally subjected them to comparatively more dangerous wor... (more story)