The US Supreme Court’s decision last week reviving a proposed wage-and-hour class action by baked goods delivery drivers sets the stage for more judicial showdowns over which classes of workers are subject to mandatory arbitration agreements.
The US Mine Safety and Health Administration released Tuesday a much-anticipated final rule to reduce miners’ exposure to silica dust, a health hazard known to damage lungs.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has finalized its Pregnant Workers Fairness Act regulations, leaving in place controversial protections for workers who require abortion-related accommodations.
Workers are casting ballots in union elections at a faster rate in the nearly four months after the federal labor board’s new rule shortening deadlines and streamlining procedures took effect.
The issue of whether college athletes should be considered employees is dividing congressional Democrats, who are struggling to find a path forward as Republicans and the NCAA present a united front against the classification.
Judges on New York’s highest court questioned whether the state’s insurance coverage requirements for medically necessary abortions are constitutional, referencing a 2021 US Supreme Court decision at oral arguments Tuesday.
Total Quality Logistics LLC failed to meet its discovery obligations in a lawsuit from workers alleging TQL owes them overtime pay, a federal court said, ordering TQL to pay the workers’ attorneys fees.
Workers at a bus manufacturing plant in Kentucky will get another shot at trying to eject the union that represents them following a National Labor Relations Board ruling.
Clifford “Seth” Sethness has joined Seyfarth Shaw as a partner with the labor and employment department in Los Angeles, the firm said Tuesday.
An industrial chemicals company violated federal labor law when it interrogated a worker during a wage and hour lawsuit, the National Labor Relations Board held.
Gerald T. Hathaway has joined Fox Rothschild as a partner with the labor and employment department in Atlantic City, N.J., the firm said Tuesday.
Take-Two Interactive Software is cutting its workforce by 5% and expects to take charges of $160 million to $200 million.
The US Federal Trade Commission is just days away from voting on the final version of its proposed ban on noncompete clauses in employment contracts.
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. and a former employee, who alleges the company fired him for seeking an accommodation for his disability and attempting to take time off, have agreed to dismiss the suit with prejudice, according to a joint stipulation.
Faurecia Emissions Control Systems NA LLC has been issued 10 instance-by-instance citations after a 26-year-old worker was fatally crushed in Ohio while placing cardboard under a machine that bends vehicle exhaust pipes, the Labor Department said Tuesday.
New details in a probe examining whether the Federal Circuit’s oldest and longest-serving member is fit to remain on the bench highlight issues about anti-discrimination protections in the judiciary and efforts to obtain medical information about the judge.
Winston & Strawn LLP reached a settlement with a Boston boutique firm that accused it of ripping off its motion to dismiss brief while representing a different defendant against a common plaintiff, according to a Tuesday filing in New York federal court.
Clifford “Seth” Sethness has joined Seyfarth Shaw as a partner with the labor and employment department in Los Angeles, the firm said Tuesday.
Nicholas A. F. Sarokhanian has joined Barnes & Thornburg as a partner with the litigation department in Minneapolis, Minn., the firm said Tuesday.
Rita Piel has joined DLA Piper as a partner with the corporate department in Baltimore, the firm said Tuesday.
Patrick Harder has joined Norton Rose Fulbright as US co-head of infrastructure in Los Angeles, the firm said Tuesday.
Gerald T. Hathaway has joined Fox Rothschild as a partner with the labor and employment department in Atlantic City, N.J., the firm said Tuesday.
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?
A federal district court denied summary judgment to Medtronic, Inc. on the False Claims Act retaliation claim of a sales manager who reported to the FDA Medtronic’s practice of getting physicians to bill for medical procedures performed by Medtronic personnel. United States ex rel. Witkin v. Medtronic, Inc., 2024 BL 122700, D. Mass., 1:11-cv-10790-IT, 4/10/24
The city of Henderson is entitled to summary judgment on a terminated female chief of police’s claims of disparate treatment based on race and sex under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and Nevada law, after she argued that she was treated less favorably than similarly-situated employees. Watson v. City of Henderson, 2024 BL 119307, D. Nev., 2:20-cv-01761-CDS-BNW, 4/5/24
A New York federal court ruled that Mount Sinai Hospitals Group, Inc. isn’t entitled to summary judgment on a race discrimination claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 of a Black nurse practitioner who alleged that her collaborating physician made offensive remarks and her contract wasn’t renewed. Gordon-Mallett v. Mount Sinai Hosps. Grp., Inc., 2024 BL 120497, S.D.N.Y., 22-cv-1159 (LJL), 4/8/24
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