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AI Recruiting Suit Shows Old Laws May Implicate New Tools

The Fair Credit Reporting Act allegations recently filed in Kistler v. Eightfold AI, are the latest example of bro... (more story)

Pivotal 6th Circ. Ruling Threatens Decades Of NLRB Decisions

The Sixth Circuit's recent decision in Brown-Forman v. National Labor Relations Board fundamentally challenged the... (more story)

How Justices' GEO Ruling Resets Gov't Contractor Litigation

The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent GEO Group v. Menocal decision, holding that government contractors cannot immediat... (more story)

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MLB Players, DraftKings Settle Suit Over Use Of Player Images

A Major League Baseball Players Association subsidiary and DraftKings Inc. have settled a suit that accused the sports betting company of using athletes' images without permission to promote its gambling platf... (more story)

Federal Unions, Trump Trading Blows A Year After Rebuke

The legal fight over President Donald Trump's executive order to cancel union contracts covering about two-thirds of the federal civilian workforce continues a year after the president flexed his power to cut ... (more story)

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UPS, Teamsters Reach Deal To Limit Driver Buyouts

United Parcel Service Inc. agreed to the terms of a new settlement with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, which includes limiting the $150,000 buyouts the company can offer to drivers in return for l... (more story)

U. Of Dayton Defends Nondisclosure Clause In Severance Pact

An Ohio university urged a National Labor Relations Board judge to dismiss a former biology lecturer's claim that the university severance agreement's nondisclosure clause is too broad, saying the clause is mu... (more story)

Dialysis Co. Urges NLRB To Nix Ruling On Withheld Raises

A network of Bay Area dialysis centers has urged the National Labor Relations Board to reverse a decision finding that it unlawfully withheld annual merit raises from employees represented by a Service Employe... (more story)

Calif. Hospital Workers Get Green Light For Union Vote

About 136 employees of a Bay Area hospital can vote on representation by the Service Employees International Union affiliate that represents their co-workers, a National Labor Relations Board official held, sc... (more story)

1st Circ. Ended Northeastern Cop Union Row, NLRB Attys Say

A First Circuit decision last year freed Northeastern University from the obligation to bargain with a campus police union, National Labor Relations Board prosecutors told the board, advising it to drop an unf... (more story)

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Labor Firm's Advice Isn't Malicious Prosecution, Court Told

The Comegno Law Group has urged a New Jersey state court to grant its bid for summary judgment in a discrimination and malicious prosecution suit brought by a former school district administrator, arguing that... (more story)

K&L Gates Axed Worker Over Work-Induced Anxiety, Suit Says

K&L Gates LLP violated federal disability law when it fired an information technology manager because she took medical leave to manage anxiety caused by a supervisor's derisive behavior, the former employee al... (more story)

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Indian IT Co. Ends Fired White Worker's Race, Age Bias Suit

An India-based information technology company has settled a white American former worker's suit claiming he was pushed out of the business to make room for younger Indian and South Asian workers, according to ... (more story)

UMiami Can't Dodge Demoted Surgeon's Sex, Race Bias Suit

A Florida federal judge said Monday that the University of Miami can't fully escape a Latina surgeon's discrimination suit claiming she was demoted for reporting that her male colleagues were paid more, ruling... (more story)

Conn. Firefighter Was Fired Before Acquittal, Bias Suit Says

A former New Haven, Connecticut, firefighter is suing the city alleging he was the victim of racial discrimination because the city fired him while a sexual assault charge against him was pending in state crim... (more story)

Cleary FCA Task Force Head On Enforcement Trends To Watch

Former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Breon Peace, who now leads a False Claims Act task force at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, is predicting a continued surge in enforcement as the... (more story)

Maryland AG To Defend Child Sex Abuse Law In WWE Suit

A Maryland federal judge will allow Attorney General Anthony G. Brown to intervene, though for only a narrow purpose, in a lawsuit brought by several men who allege they were sexually abused by a World Wrestli... (more story)

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NY Tour Bus Co. Settles Drivers' OT Suit For $725K

A New York tour bus company and its owner have agreed to pay $725,000 to resolve a decade-old class action alleging they failed to pay drivers overtime and minimum wage, according to a Monday filing in federal court.

IT Co. Fired Worker After She Asked About Raise, Suit Says

An office technology, IT and security services company fired an employee for questioning why a salary bump from a promotion wasn't reflected in her paycheck, the worker alleged in a suit in Georgia federal court.

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Flowers Foods Seeks 1st Circ. Pause Pending Justices' Ruling

Flowers Foods has asked the First Circuit to put a distributor's appeal on hold while the U.S. Supreme Court decides a case involving the same question of whether local delivery drivers are exempt from arbitra... (more story)

Yeezy Beats Overseas App Developers' FLSA Claims

Yeezy LLC defeated federal minimum wage and overtime claims from overseas app developers in a hostile workplace suit against the company, which is owned by the rapper Ye, after a California federal judge ruled... (more story)

McGuireWoods Adds Seyfarth Shaw Labor Litigator In LA

McGuireWoods LLP continues its West Coast expansion, announcing Monday it is bringing in a Seyfarth Shaw LLP labor and employment litigator as a partner in its Los Angeles office.

Pregnant DLA Piper Atty Fired For 'Sloppy' Work, Jury Told

A former trademark associate told a Manhattan federal jury Monday that DLA Piper "blindsided" her with termination after she announced she was pregnant, but the BigLaw firm countered that she was fired for "re... (more story)

Tool Co. Can't Arbitrate Workers' Misclassification Suit

A California federal judge has blocked an Ohio-based tool company from pursuing arbitration in a suit alleging it misclassified its dealers as independent contractors, finding the franchise agreement's arbitra... (more story)