Expert Analysis

Post-Ismael Bias Cases Reinforce Familiar Employer Lessons

Despite the Eleventh Circuit's 2025 decision in Ismael v. Roundtree sparking concern that summary judgment could b... (more story)

Workplace Menopause Laws Demand New HR Playbooks

A recent wave of state and local legislation that makes menopause an expressly protected condition in the workplac... (more story)

Employer Lessons From Apple Ruling Resolving OT Question

In Costa v. Apple, a California federal court recently handed employers a win on a previously unresolved wage and ... (more story)

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Union Sues Texas A&M Over Ban On Gender, Race Topics

Texas A&M University is violating the U.S. Constitution by banning professors from teaching politically disfavored views on gender, race and sexuality, a professors' union argues in a new lawsuit, asking a Tex... (more story)

Workers Say Trump's Gold Card Lets Rich Jump Visa Line

Professional, skilled workers seeking employment-based visas urged a D.C. federal judge not to toss their lawsuit challenging the gold card visa program, arguing they will suffer injury because the expedited a... (more story)

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Teamsters Want Notice Reading In Staten Island Amazon Case

The Fifth Circuit should compel Amazon to gather its Staten Island warehouse's staff and notify them verbally that it has a legal responsibility to bargain with the Teamsters, the union argued, saying the mess... (more story)

Rising Star: Foley Hoag's Allison Anderson

Allison Anderson of Foley Hoag LLP helped negotiate a project labor agreement for the first offshore wind energy project in the U.S. and litigated a high-stakes trade secrets dispute that went to the First Cir... (more story)

AFGE Seeks Quick Halt Of EEOC Order Vs. Fed. Class Actions

The American Federation of Government Employees urged a D.C. federal court to block the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from directing administrative judges to halt pending class actions filed by ... (more story)

Bronx Union Says Striking Atty Faced 'Impossible' Choice

An attorney with the Bronx Defenders felt she had no other choice but to cross the picket line on Tuesday after an immigration judge ordered her to appear in court and the organization's managers did not commi... (more story)

Amazon Delivery System Suppresses Wages, NJ AG Says

New Jersey's attorney general hit Amazon with a federal antitrust suit Tuesday, alleging the company engineered its Delivery Service Partner program to create a "captive seller," then used its dominance to imp... (more story)

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4th Circ. Revives Va. Atty's Immunity Bid In FMLA Firing Suit

The Fourth Circuit on Tuesday revived a Virginia commonwealth's attorney's qualified immunity bid in a Family and Medical Leave Act firing suit, finding the law did not clearly require him to let an employee f... (more story)

Ga. DA's Office Urges Justices To Pass On Ex-Aide's Bias Suit

The district attorney's office in Fulton County, Georgia, told the U.S. Supreme Court this week that a former aide suing it over alleged racial and sexual bias is relying on a "gotcha-style argument" and urged... (more story)

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Ex-Hospice Worker's $5M Damages Award Cut To $225K

A Utah federal judge on Monday slashed a $5 million verdict handed to a former human resources worker who said she was fired by a hospice provider for lodging a bias charge with the U.S. Equal Employment Oppor... (more story)

5th Circ. Revives Ex-Austin Police Officer's Sex Bias Lawsuit

The Fifth Circuit reopened a former Austin, Texas, police officer's lawsuit claiming she was placed on a performance plan and forced to resign because she complained about male colleagues' sexist comments and ... (more story)

ABA Gives Symbolic Support For Law School DEI Standards

In a split vote, American Bar Association House of Delegates members on Tuesday elected to uphold a rule requiring law schools to demonstrate DEI standards, but then followed up with a vote allowing another pa... (more story)

Pokémon Sued Over Director's Alleged Secret Bathroom Cams

A Pokémon employee has launched a proposed class action against the trading card giant in Washington state court, claiming a former engineering director installed secret cameras in bathrooms of its Evergreen S... (more story)

Ga. Teacher Says She Was Let Go Over Harassment Reports

A former teacher has filed suit against a Georgia-based private special education school, its chief executive officer, its assistant director and two supervisors, alleging she was explicitly told her contract ... (more story)

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Rehab Program Participants Seek Collective In Wage Suit

Former participants in a Texas faith-based addiction recovery program have asked a federal court to certify a collective of workers who allege they were required to perform substantial labor on farms, in retai... (more story)

IHOP Operators Settle DOL Tip, Overtime Suit

Illinois IHOP franchise operators and their owner reached a settlement in principle Tuesday with the U.S. Department of Labor in a federal lawsuit accusing them of keeping workers' tips, deleting hours and und... (more story)

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Libertarian Group Backs Farm In DOL In-House Court Fight

A libertarian public interest law firm urged the U.S. Supreme Court Monday to rule against the Labor Department's authority to adjudicate civil penalties against agricultural employers in house, arguing that C... (more story)

Farm Worker Fights Class Cert. Denial Recommendation

A former agricultural worker objected to a magistrate judge's recommendation to deny class certification in her wage and hour suit against a California farm labor contractor in federal court, arguing the findi... (more story)

Urgent Care Co.'s $1.64M OT Deal Gets Initial Nod

An urgent care provider will pay $1.64 million to end claims that it denied workers overtime through meal-break, time-rounding and bonus-pay practices, according to a settlement given preliminary approval by a... (more story)

Care Home Shorted Workers On Breaks And Pay, Suit Says

An assisted living operator refused to pay for breaks under 20 minutes, left extra-shift bonuses out of overtime rates and paid manual workers biweekly instead of weekly, according to a proposed class and coll... (more story)

Potato Co. Worker Seeks Collective Cert. In Break, OT Suit

A former worker for a commercial potato and vegetable processing company asked a Washington federal court Monday to certify a collective in his suit alleging the company automatically deducted meal periods fro... (more story)