Expert Analysis

Algorithmic Bias Risks Remain For Employers After AI Order

A recent executive order articulates a federal preference for a minimally burdensome approach to artificial intell... (more story)

A Look At EEOC Actions In 2025 And What's Next

President Donald Trump issued several executive orders last year that reshaped policy at the U.S. Equal Employment... (more story)

How Mamdani Will Shift NYC Employment Law Enforcement

Under Mayor Zohran Mamdani, the New York City labor law regime is poised to become more coordinated, less forgivin... (more story)

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Metropolitan Museum of Art Workers Vote to Unionize

Staff members working across 50 departments at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York have voted in favor of representation by a United Auto Workers local, the union announced Friday.

Electric Co. Specialists Not Supervisors, NLRB Official Finds

Notification specialists working for an Indiana electrical cooperative can be included in an existing bargaining unit represented by an International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers local, a National Labor R... (more story)

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NLRB OKs Official's Union Certification During Quorum Lapse

The National Labor Relations Board has handed down its first published decision since regaining a quorum, upholding the certification of a Service Employees International Union unit as the bargaining represent... (more story)

NY Forecast: 2nd Circ. Weighs Arbitration Ban In TikTok Case

This week, the Second Circuit will consider TikTok's bid to overturn a federal judge's decision keeping a former executive's age and gender bias suit in court instead of sending it to arbitration.

Trump Admin Asks DC Circ. To Ax CBA-Protecting Injunctions

The Trump administration has urged the D.C. Circuit to vacate injunctions protecting union contracts at a dozen federal agencies, saying the unions should have challenged the agencies' attempts to oust them th... (more story)

NLRB Backs Agency Judge In WaPo Reporter Firing Suit

The National Labor Relations Board has adopted an agency judge's decision finding that the Washington Post did not violate federal labor law when it fired a reporter who complained about a co-worker's tweet sh... (more story)

Judge Orders Recalculation In Steel Co. Benefit Suit

An ironworkers' union local must prepare a revised audit regarding how much a reinforced-steel contractor still owes in unpaid fringe benefit contributions on behalf of ironworkers who traveled from out of sta... (more story)

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Maurene Comey Fights DOJ Bid To Toss Firing Suit

Former Manhattan federal prosecutor Maurene Comey has urged a New York federal court to reject the U.S. Department of Justice's bid to dismiss her firing suit, arguing her claims belong before the district cou... (more story)

J&J Largely Loses Bid To Toss Former Atty's NJ Bias Suit

A New Jersey federal judge largely shot down Johnson & Johnson's bid to scrap a former company data privacy attorney's racial and gender discrimination suit and rejected its bid to sanction her over the case.

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Inability To Work In Person Sinks Fired Employee's ADA Suit

The Fourth Circuit backed the dismissal of a disability bias suit from a worker who claimed a private aircraft servicer fired her for seeking remote work to manage her breast cancer diagnosis, ruling her termi... (more story)

11th Circ. Affirms Toss Of Worker's Bias Suit Against UPS

The Eleventh Circuit has ruled that an Alabama district court rightly tossed a Black worker's discrimination suit against UPS, rejecting her arguments that she should have been allowed to revise her case.

La. State Court Greenlights Challenge To Gender Care Ban

A Louisiana state judge sided with a group of transgender teenagers who argue the state's ban on gender-affirming care for minors is unconstitutional, denying the state's bid to dismiss the case, according to ... (more story)

Univ. Of Arkansas Drops New Law Dean, Reportedly Over Brief

The ACLU of Arkansas and others Thursday criticized the University of Arkansas for reversing its decision to hire legal scholar Emily Suski as its law school dean, reportedly due to political pressure generate... (more story)

Air Force Asks Justices Not To Hear COVID Vax Back Pay Case

The U.S. Air Force urged the U.S. Supreme Court to not hear a reservist's bid for back pay after he refused to follow its now-overturned COVID-19 vaccine mandate on religious grounds, arguing its sovereign imm... (more story)

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Calif. Atty Wins Fee Appeal In Dispute With Ex-Firm

A California appellate panel on Thursday approved an attorney fee award for a lawyer in dispute with his former firm but also denied that attorney's attempt to get attorney fees for a post-arbitration hearing.

Jersey Shore City Didn't Pay Overtime, Ex-Worker Says

A former city employee of Cape May, New Jersey, claims it failed to properly pay its hourly employees for working overtime, according to a proposed collective action filed in state court.

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GEO Group Urges Justices To Pick Up Wage Immunity Case

The Ninth Circuit ignored intergovernmental immunity when it ruled that the GEO Group needed to follow Washington's minimum wage to pay detainees in a voluntary work program, the private prison operator told t... (more story)

Class Cert. Recommended For Nurses In Holiday Pay Case

A group of nurses should proceed as a class in a suit accusing a healthcare company of excluding holiday premiums from their pay when they worked overtime, a Colorado magistrate judge found. 

Aviation Co. Got OT Math Wrong, Air Traffic Controller Claims

An aviation company failed to factor into air traffic controllers' regular rate of pay shift differentials, Sunday premium pay and other additional forms of compensation, according to a proposed collective act... (more story)

Murphy's Legacy: How The Governor Reshaped NJ Business

As Democrat Phil Murphy concludes his second term as governor, New Jersey's economy reflects a mix of lasting reforms, pandemic‑era scars and regulatory shifts that continue to shape how businesses operate and... (more story)

Co. Withheld Bonuses, Retaliated Against Worker, Suit Says

A global renewable energy company held on to employees' bonuses and retaliated against a worker who questioned his salary and asked for disability accommodations, according to an individual and proposed class ... (more story)