Expert Analysis

Employer Tips For Navigating Tenn. Noncompete Law

Although a new Tennessee law will limit the enforceability of noncompetes, including by categorically prohibiting ... (more story)

New Connecticut Law On Employers' AI Use Is Inventive

A recently passed Connecticut law regulating the use of artificial intelligence in employment decisions innovates ... (more story)

NIL Contracts Test Limits On College Football Transfers

College football's new legal era of direct payments to players and fewer transfer restrictions has put contractual... (more story)

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Mich. Plumbing Co. Hit With Overtime, Retaliation Suit

Three plumbers have sued a Michigan plumbing company and its owner, claiming they were wrongly denied overtime pay and fired after one worker contacted the U.S. Department of Labor about the company's pay practices. 

Feds Say New Yorkers Lack Standing In ICE Arrest Suit

The Trump administration urged a New York federal court to dismiss a proposed class action accusing it of making unlawful warrantless immigration arrests, arguing Friday the plaintiffs lack standing because th... (more story)

Teamsters Decry Amazon's 'Sweetheart Deal' In NLRB Appeal

The Teamsters urged the National Labor Relations Board to reverse a judge's decision to let prosecutors end a case asserting Amazon jointly employed the workers of a unionized delivery contractor, calling the ... (more story)

Md. Clinic Can't Stop Union Vote Over Adventist Affiliation

The National Labor Relations Board declined on Friday to hear a Maryland behavorial health clinic's religious exemption challenge to a union election, with NLRB member David Prouty writing in a concurrence tha... (more story)

UAW, Auto Parts Maker Escape Race Discrimination Suit

The United Auto Workers and an auto parts manufacturer defeated a Black former forklift driver's lawsuit alleging his union failed to adequately represent him when he was fired for complaining that a white col... (more story)

Calif. Forecast: Phillips 66 Seeks Toss Of Standby Shifts Suit

In the week ahead, attorneys should watch for a motion to dismiss hearing in a proposed wage and hour class action against oil refinery company Phillips 66. Here's a look at that case and other labor and emplo... (more story)

NLRB Upholds Ruling Against W.Va. Co. Over Worker Layoffs

A National Labor Relations Board judge correctly held a West Virginia construction company responsible for a labor law violation for laying off an electrician who complained about his paycheck and another who ... (more story)

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U. Of Oregon Women Athletes Denied Class Cert. In Bias Suit

An Oregon federal judge has ruled that four proposed classes of women athletes accusing the University of Oregon of treating them unequally compared with men did not meet class certification criteria but said ... (more story)

U. Of Mich. Surgeon Sues Over Teaching Suspension

A University of Michigan surgeon has sued the school's Board of Regents and a department chair, claiming they suspended him from teaching over protected classroom speech and retaliated against him for prior la... (more story)

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Arkansas Hospital Must Face EEOC's Male Bias Suit

An Arkansas hospital can't escape a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging that two doctors refused to let a male medical assistant help with childbirth, with a federal judge ruling Thur... (more story)

CNN Strikes Tentative Deal To End Breastfeeding Bias Case

CNN America and a former worker who claimed she was unlawfully denied a proper place to pump breast milk on the job told a D.C. federal court they had agreed on the broad strokes of a deal to resolve her suit.  

Shield AI Worker Alleges Data Fraud, 'Sexual Violence' By Exec

An employee hit Shield AI Inc. with a suit in Texas federal court Thursday, alleging the defense technology company engaged in data fraud, allowed a company executive to perpetuate "egregious acts of sexual vi... (more story)

11th Circ. Says Damages Caps Misconstrued In Bias Verdict

The Eleventh Circuit ruled on Thursday that a discrimination verdict against a Miami car dealership was slashed too far when a judge chose between federal and state damages caps, saying the caps should be added together.

Ex-VP Accuses Wells Fargo Of Race, Disability Bias

A former executive hired to help oversee Wells Fargo's compliance with a federal consent order over an unauthorized account scandal has accused the bank of race and disability discrimination, saying he was ret... (more story)

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Construction Groups Challenge NY Prevailing Wage Update

A coalition of New York construction industry groups has asked a federal court to block a state law that would extend prevailing wage requirements to off-site fabrication facilities, calling it unconstitutiona... (more story)

NJ Panel Advances Bill Creating AI Rules For Licensed Pros

A New Jersey legislative committee has advanced a bill aimed at creating a model policy governing the use of generative artificial intelligence by licensed professionals across the state.

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Construction Groups, DOL Agree To End DBA Rule Fight

The U.S. Department of Labor will not oppose a bid by construction industry groups to permanently wipe out three provisions of a Biden-era Davis-Bacon Act rule that a Texas federal court has already blocked nationwide.

Wage & Hour Features Revisited: Drivers, Collective Rulings

From the latest U.S. Supreme Court decision on whether a federal arbitration exemption covers 'last-mile' drivers to the Second Circuit ruling limiting where workers can bring collectives, catch up on Law360 E... (more story)

Tyson Unit Says Ex-Supervisor Is Exempt From Overtime

A unit of Tyson Foods is seeking an early win in a former production supervisor's overtime suit, urging an Arkansas federal judge to find that the worker was properly classified as exempt because he managed to... (more story)

T-Mobile Denied Call Center Workers Preshift Pay, Suit Says

T-Mobile required its hourly call center workers to boot up computers and log in to multiple software systems before their shifts without paying them for any of it, a former employee said in a collective and c... (more story)

Hospital Network Left Bonuses Out Of OT Pay, Suit Says

A dietary worker at a Pennsylvania hospital network accused her employer of shortchanging overtime pay by leaving bonuses out of the calculation, according to a proposed collective action filed in federal court.