Expert Analysis

Attorneys Using AI May Have Ethical Duty To Redact Docs

The trajectory of legal ethics guidance in recent years strongly suggests that as redaction technology becomes mor... (more story)

OpenAI Deal Highlights AI Hiring Risks In PERM Process

The U.S. Department of Justice's recent settlement of allegations that OpenAI discriminated against U.S. applicant... (more story)

The Future Of DOL Judge Removal Challenges After Slaughter

The U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling in Trump v. Slaughter calls into question whether U.S. Department of Labor ... (more story)

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Software Co. Urges Justices To Pause Thryv Order

A Vermont software company has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to pause a D.C. Circuit mandate enforcing a Thryv remedy issued by the National Labor Relations Board, arguing that the high court will likely grant ... (more story)

Detroit, Firefighters Union Win Seniority Appeal

The city of Detroit and its firefighters union have defeated the remaining claims of two firefighters who challenged their treatment after returning from disability retirement, with a Michigan state appeals co... (more story)

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AFL-CIO Says Courts' Revised Deference Girds Cemex Policy

The AFL-CIO invoked the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to raise scrutiny of agencies' legal views in a defense of the National Labor Relations Board's Cemex ruling, saying the representation election guardrails... (more story)

NLRB Won't Hear Construction Work Dispute Between Unions

The National Labor Relations Board will not hold a hearing in a dispute between two unions and a Wisconsin commercial construction contractor, finding that the case is a work preservation dispute that doesn't ... (more story)

DHS Illegally Ordered 50% Staffing Cut At FEMA, Judge Says

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security violated a law enacted after Hurricane Katrina when it revoked the Federal Emergency Management Agency's ability to renew disaster-relief workers' contracts and ordered... (more story)

Lockheed Guard Sues Over Firing In Gun Handling Dispute

A former Sikorsky Aircraft security officer wants a Connecticut federal judge to order the helicopter maker and its parent company Lockheed Martin Corp. to rehire him and pay damages, claiming he was fired for... (more story)

SoCal Port Co. Work Transfer Violated Labor Law, NLRB Says

A Southern California port employer violated the National Labor Relations Act when it transferred union work from one subsidiary to another, the National Labor Relations Board ruled, upholding a board judge's ... (more story)

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Sanford Heisler Hires Ex-DOJ Litigator As Partner In DC

Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight LLP announced Monday that it has added an attorney with a decade of experience in the Employment Litigation Section of the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division as a... (more story)

UPenn Prof Hires John Eastman For Race Bias Appeal

A suspended University of Pennsylvania law professor has hired President Donald Trump's former attorney John Eastman to argue her Third Circuit bid to revive her case alleging the school disciplined her based on her race.

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Staffing Co. Strikes Deal In EEOC Suit Over Deaf Job-Seeker

A staffing firm has agreed to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging it snubbed a job applicant after he disclosed that he's deaf and asked for a virtual job interview, the comp... (more story)

Jackson Lewis Removes Ex-Atty's Bias Suit To Federal Court

Jackson Lewis PC has moved a former associate's suit accusing the firm of refusing to accommodate her temporary work restrictions following her medical leave to California federal court, saying state court was... (more story)

9th Circ. Upholds Workers' $7.8M BART Vax Exemption Verdict

The Ninth Circuit on Friday declined to disturb a $7.8 million verdict for six former San Francisco public rail employees who were let go after refusing the COVID-19 vaccine on faith-based grounds, finding tha... (more story)

US Bank Objects To Ex-AI Chief's Untimely Race Bias Claim

U.S. Bank has objected to a North Carolina federal magistrate judge's recommendation that would allow its former head of artificial intelligence to move forward with his race discrimination suit, arguing he wa... (more story)

NYC Beats EMS Workers' Promotion Bias Claims

A New York federal judge has tossed the remaining claims in a lawsuit accusing the New York City Fire Department of denying promotions to two union-represented emergency medical service workers because of thei... (more story)

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Amazon Seeks Quick Appeal In COVID Screening Pay Fight

Amazon urged a Nevada federal judge to let the Ninth Circuit weigh in on whether workers must be paid for time spent undergoing preshift COVID-19 screenings, arguing courts are split over whether the screening... (more story)

Ga. Health System Shaved Workers' Time, Suit Says

A Georgia health system shorted workers on pay by rounding their time punches, excluding work performed before and after scheduled shifts from their total hours, according to a proposed class and collective ac... (more story)

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$6M Bloomberg Campaign Wage Deal Paused Over Release

A New York federal judge has kept on hold notice of a $6 million settlement resolving former Michael Bloomberg presidential campaign workers' wage claims, saying a challenge from an attorney in related litigat... (more story)

Clippers Won't Take NBA To Court Over Salary Cap Sanctions

Nearly two weeks after lawyers for the Los Angeles Clippers vowed to explore "every legal remedy" to challenge the NBA's sanctions against the franchise for violating salary cap rules, the team's owner has cha... (more story)

X Wins Arbitration Bid In $500M Severance Suit

A former Twitter employee must arbitrate a suit seeking more than $500 million in severance the company promised after Elon Musk's takeover, a Delaware federal court ruled Friday, rejecting the worker's argume... (more story)

5th Circ. Backs City's Win Over Ex-Cop's Sick Leave Bias Suit

The Fifth Circuit refused Friday to reopen a former police officer's lawsuit alleging she was demoted for complaining that men were given more leeway on medical leave, finding she couldn't overcome the city's ... (more story)

Va. Court Rules Security Guards Were Not Contractors

A Virginia federal court ruled Friday that a security services company illegally classified its guards as independent contractors rather than employees, finding the company controlled nearly every aspect of ho... (more story)