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High Court's Ames Decree Tops 2025's Biggest Bias Rulings

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled this year that discrimination plaintiffs in majority groups shouldn't be held to a heightened legal standard, while judges knocked down parts of Biden-era guidance and regulations from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Here, Law360 looks back at five of the biggest workplace discrimination decisions of 2025.

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Captive Audience, Cemex Top Targets For New NLRB Majority

The Senate's confirmation of nominees James Murphy and Scott Mayer on Thursday is poised to give the National Labor Relations Board a quorum again for the first time in many months and moves the board a step closer to reversing some of the most influential decisions issued by the previous Democratic majority.

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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.

Expert Analysis

Health, Legal Employers Face Unique Online Speech Hurdles

Shawndra Jones and Richard Bahrenburg

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

3 Defense Strategies For Sporadically Prosecuted Conduct

Jonathan Porter

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

Micah Skidmore

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

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Mamdani Taps Ex-Biden DOL Chief For 'Economic Justice' Job

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani on Friday named Julie Su, acting labor secretary during the Biden administration, to serve as the city's first deputy mayor for economic justice, a move that was welcom... (more story)

2nd Circ. Reverses NLRB Loss In Parking Co. Injunction Bid

The Second Circuit ordered a parking company Friday to rehire and negotiate with workers it canned when it took over the parking contract they labored under, granting the National Labor Relations Board an inju... (more story)

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NLRB Prosecutors Drop Challenge To SpaceX Severance Pact

National Labor Relations Board prosecutors have dropped a challenge to SpaceX's severance agreement that spurred a fight over the agency's constitutionality, telling a Texas federal judge that "further proceed... (more story)

Rail Giants Pitch $85B Deal To Transportation Regulators

Union Pacific Corp. and Norfolk Southern Corp. submitted the required application for their planned $85 billion merger on Friday, telling regulators the rail networks have few overlaps and that a combined syst... (more story)

Kaiser Wants Worker's Job Bid Bias Suit Axed For Good

A California federal judge should toss allegations that Kaiser Permanente denied a Bay Area worker's bid to switch jobs because of his race, the employer argued, saying the worker's argument claims he had a ri... (more story)

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)

Discrimination More

Wells Fargo Sued By Ex-Exec Over 'Fake' Diversity Interviews

A former Wells Fargo executive has filed suit in California federal court, accusing the bank of systemic racial discrimination against Black employees and customers and alleging that he was retaliated against ... (more story)

Ill. County Prevails In Hospital Worker's COVID Vax Bias Suit

Cook County, Illinois, on Friday defeated a federal religious discrimination lawsuit by a Christian employee in its hospital system who alleged she was booted from her job after being denied an exemption from ... (more story)

Loan Co. Strikes $750K Deal To End EEOC Disability Bias Suit

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and a loan company have asked a Georgia federal court to approve a $750,000 deal to end a suit alleging it fired an employee who asked for time off to recover f... (more story)

EEOC Sues Over Christian Nurse's Denied Vax Exemption

An Illinois-based hospital system bucked civil rights law when it denied a Christian nurse's request for an exemption to its COVID-19 vaccination policy and then fired her, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunit... (more story)

Mich. IT Co. Settles DOJ Probe Into Bias Against U.S. Workers

The U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division reached a settlement with a Michigan IT recruitment and staffing services provider after investigating whether it discriminated against U.S. workers by se... (more story)

Hospital Knocks Discharge Claim From EEOC Sex Bias Suit

An Arkansas federal judge agreed to cut the constructive discharge allegation from a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging two doctors at an Arkansas hospital refused to let a male medi... (more story)

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)

Wage & Hour More

FTC Says Building Service Contractor Will End No-Hire Pacts

The Federal Trade Commission is continuing to show interest in labor market issues, reaching a deal on Friday alongside New Jersey state enforcers that bars Adamas Amenity Services LLC from enforcing no-hire a... (more story)

Geico Agents Secure Some Discovery In Misclassification Suit

Geico must produce more information related to a retaliation claim and the authenticity and completeness of its retirement and welfare plans in a suit lodged by former agents alleging the insurer denied them b... (more story)

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Class Cert. Denied In Wage Suit Against Calif. Equipment Co.

A former employee cannot certify his proposed wage-and-hour class action against a California-based industrial equipment manufacturer, a federal magistrate judge ruled, finding that a majority of the proposed ... (more story)

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)

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)