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Starbucks’ Path to Settling With Union Laden With Legal Hurdles

Starbucks Corp. and the Workers United union are set to begin long-awaited negotiations next week, kicking off a process that must contend with federal labor board complexities before the hundreds of pending charges against the coffee giant could be put to rest.

Biased Job Transfer Suits Need Proof of Harm, Justices Rule

Federal anti-discrimination law doesn’t always bar employers from transferring workers or denying their transfer requests based on their race, sex, religion, or other protected category, the US Supreme Court held.

Abortion Inclusion in Pregnancy Rules Leaves EEOC Open to Suits

New Equal Employment Opportunity Commission rules that include abortion as a pregnancy-related medical condition position the civil rights agency for legal battles on employers’ religious rights and the scope of its own rulemaking authority.

Federal Rules, State Action Complicate In-House Labor Strategies

Labor and employment issues will take significant bandwidth for in-house lawyers as federal agencies race to finalize rules ahead of the presidential election and states take varied approaches with new laws affecting the workplace.

UAW’s Volkswagen Push Rides on Making Good Tennessee Jobs Better

Volkswagen workers are looking to pull off an improbable victory this week by unionizing the first foreign-owned auto plant on US soil—and in one of the most organized-labor-resistant areas of the country.

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Google Fires 28 Workers Protesting $1.2 Billion Israeli Contract

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Crypto Trader Convicted in $110 Million Mango Markets Fraud (2)

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Trump Media Advises ‘Long-Term’ Investors on Thwarting Shorts

Donald Trump’s social media company, whose meteoric stock gains made the former president billions on paper before a rapid selloff wiped out more than two-thirds of the advance, took the unusual step of advising investors how to prevent bets against the firm.

The Artificial Intelligence Dilemma: Can Laws Keep Up?

The risks that artificial intelligence represents have come into sharper focus: disinformation, potential job loss, perhaps even an existential threat to humanity. Is government capable of putting guardrails around such a fast-moving technology?

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Case: Discrimination/Race Discrimination (E.D. Ark.)

The city of West Memphis, Ark. and its officials are entitled to summary judgment on a Black police officer’s race, gender, hostile work environment and retaliation claims under Title VII, after he was suspended without pay for five days for violating anti-harassment policies. Allen v. McClendon, 2024 BL 109112, E.D. Ark., 2:21-cv-00172 KGB, 3/29/24

Case: Individual Employment Rights/Contracts (6th Cir.)

The Sixth Circuit vacated a district court judgment ordering Shelby County to pay $1.5 million to a fired Army reservist and jail employee who sued the county under the USERRA after signing an agreement releasing all claims against it. Ward v. Shelby Cnty., 2024 BL 123918, 6th Cir., 22-6054, 4/11/24

Case: Discrimination/Sex Discrimination (M.D. Pa.)

A Pennsylvania federal district court denied summary judgment to Mickey Truck Bodies on a sex discrimination claim under Title VII of a female logistics supervisor who alleged that she was paid less than four male comparators. Hricenak v. Mickey Truck Bodies, 2024 BL 127109, M.D. Pa., 4:21-CV-00694, 4/12/24