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Health, Legal Employers Face Unique Online Speech Hurdles

Employers in the legal and healthcare industries must consider distinctive ethical obligations and professional re... (more story)

3 Defense Strategies For Sporadically Prosecuted Conduct

Not to be confused with selective prosecutions, sporadic prosecutions — charging someone for conduct many others d... (more story)

Insuring Equality: 3 Tips To Preserve Coverage For DEI Claims

Directors and officers and employment practices liability are key coverages for policyholders to review as potenti... (more story)

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OPM Must Face DOGE Data Access Suit

A New York federal judge has denied the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's bid to end a lawsuit claiming it unlawfully gave employment records to President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency... (more story)

Pa. Judge Rules Against Teamsters Local In Strike Suit

An International Brotherhood of Teamsters local must face a gas supplier’s claims that it encouraged workers to defy an active no-strike clause in the union’s collective bargaining agreement, a Pennsylvania fe... (more story)

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5th Circ. Won't Rethink Order Upholding Nexstar Unionization

Nexstar Media has lost its latest challenge to the unionization of workers at its Denver hub, with the Fifth Circuit saying Monday that it won't take a second look at the case after rejecting the company's cha... (more story)

Freight Co. Must Pay Union Fund $24M, NLRB Judge Says

A freight transporter owes a Teamsters healthcare fund about $24 million after nine years of withholding contributions, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled, calculating the total through a compliance ... (more story)

Mamdani Taps Ex-Biden DOL Chief For 'Economic Justice' Job

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani on Friday named Julie Su, acting labor secretary during the Biden administration, to serve as the city's first deputy mayor for economic justice, a move that was welcom... (more story)

2nd Circ. Reverses NLRB Loss In Parking Co. Injunction Bid

The Second Circuit ordered a parking company Friday to rehire and negotiate with workers it canned when it took over the parking contract they labored under, granting the National Labor Relations Board an inju... (more story)

NLRB Prosecutors Drop Challenge To SpaceX Severance Pact

National Labor Relations Board prosecutors have dropped a challenge to SpaceX's severance agreement that spurred a fight over the agency's constitutionality, telling a Texas federal judge that "further proceed... (more story)

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Delta Pilots Lose Military Leave Class Cert. Bid In 'Close Call'

A Georgia federal judge on Monday denied a class certification bid by Delta pilots claiming they were denied military leave, noting the absence of a named plaintiff to serve as class representative.

Christian University Loses Challenge To Wash. Bias Law

A Seattle federal judge has disposed of a private Christian university's lawsuit claiming a Washington anti-discrimination law interferes with its First Amendment rights to only hire job candidates who share s... (more story)

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11th Circ. Says Language Hostility Can't Save Bias Suit

The Eleventh Circuit declined Monday to revive a Russian ex-Walmart worker's suit claiming she was harassed by co-workers and customers because she didn't speak much English, ruling the frustrations she faced ... (more story)

Ex-Pepsi Worker Says Co. Fired Him For Reporting Race Bias

Pepsi Beverage Co. fired a Black employee three weeks after he filed a race discrimination charge with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the worker alleged in a lawsuit filed in Georgia federal court.

Ex-Smashburger VP Nabs $1M-Plus Verdict In Age Bias Suit

A former Smashburger vice president secured a $1.15 million jury verdict in his age bias suit alleging the company fired him after he complained that his boss made an ageist comment about a colleague, accordin... (more story)

Miss. Attys Sanctioned Over AI Misuse In Age Bias Case

A Mississippi federal court on Friday sanctioned three attorneys for misusing artificial intelligence in an age discrimination case against a school district, resulting in hallucinated citations in the matter ... (more story)

DOJ Challenges ABA's Standing In Law Firm Intimidation Suit

The Trump administration is not waging an intimidation campaign against U.S. law firms, the government said Friday, calling an American Bar Association lawsuit challenging its alleged "law firm intimidation po... (more story)

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2nd Circ. Says Arb. Exemption Covers Pacts Between Cos.

The contracts used by two food distributors who created their own entities to work for a food service business fall under the Federal Arbitration Act carveout, the Second Circuit ruled Monday, nixing a Connect... (more story)

Red Lobster Pays Tipped Employees Incorrectly, Suit Says

Red Lobster has been hit with proposed class wage claims in Illinois state court accusing the seafood restaurant chain of illegally failing to properly pay its tipped employees for non-tipped work they're also... (more story)

Hochul Signs Bill Barring Stay-Or-Pay Contracts In NY

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill into law that prohibits employers from requiring employees to pay them if they leave the job before a certain period of time through stay-or-pay contracts.

Top Wage and Hour Developments Of 2025

In 2025, states and cities continued to innovate in pay transparency and paid leave laws, while also enacting or amending statutes for tipped wages, and manual worker pay. Here, Law360 explores some of the gro... (more story)

FTC Says Building Service Contractor Will End No-Hire Pacts

The Federal Trade Commission is continuing to show interest in labor market issues, reaching a deal on Friday alongside New Jersey state enforcers that bars Adamas Amenity Services LLC from enforcing no-hire a... (more story)

Class Cert. Denied In Wage Suit Against Calif. Equipment Co.

A former employee cannot certify his proposed wage-and-hour class action against a California-based industrial equipment manufacturer, a federal magistrate judge ruled, finding that a majority of the proposed ... (more story)

Geico Agents Secure Some Discovery In Misclassification Suit

Geico must produce more information related to a retaliation claim and the authenticity and completeness of its retirement and welfare plans in a suit lodged by former agents alleging the insurer denied them b... (more story)