The Third Circuit on Tuesday scrapped a district court order that largely sided with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's push for information in a now-settled probe into alleged antisemitism at the University of Pennsylvania, granting a motion from Penn-affiliated groups that warned of "downstream consequences" from the ruling.
As federal courts grow increasingly skeptical of agencies' statutory interpretations, inviting review even of established policies, a new challenge has been brought against long-standing National Labor Relations Board precedent holding that unions are only required to win majorities of workers who vote in order to win representation elections.
Restaurants are expected to continue facing wage and hour lawsuits by workers with specialized roles, such as sous chefs, sushi chefs, sommeliers and oyster shuckers, panelists said at the New York City Bar Association's gathering of hospitality lawyers, adding that the analysis in such litigation remains case by case.