Expert Analysis

What Mass. Ruling Clarifies About Whistleblower Protections

A Massachusetts appellate court's recent decision in Galvin v. Roxbury Community College, finding that an employee... (more story)

Initial Virginia AG Actions Signal Focus On Multistate Efforts

Now that Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones has reached the 100-day mark in office, his first set of actions reve... (more story)

What We Did And Didn't Learn From DOJ's 1st Illegal DEI Deal

IBM's recent $17 million deal with the U.S. Department of Justice marks the first resolved False Claims Act enforc... (more story)

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Painting Co. Loses $350K Fee Bid In Union Pension Row

A painting company that defeated litigation claiming it owed a union pension fund $427,000 can't make the fund cover its roughly $350,000 in legal fees, a New Jersey federal judge ruled, saying the company cou... (more story)

UP, Norfolk Southern Refile $85B Merger Bid With Regulators

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern on Thursday submitted a revised application to federal rail regulators for their proposed $85 billion mega-merger, touting the efficiencies and cost-savings of their combined... (more story)

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NLRB Judge Clears IATSE Over Problem Worker's Ouster

An International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees local did not breach its duty of fair representation by removing a repeat offender from its hiring hall roster after he irked an employer during a "gratu... (more story)

Former NLRB Atty Joins Mitchell Silberberg In New York

Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP announced Wednesday that an experienced attorney who formerly worked at the National Labor Relations Board has joined the firm's New York office as a partner from Paul Hastings LLP.

NLRB Official Nixes Union Vote At Calif. Medical Center

Radiation therapists at a California medical center can't vote on representation by a Service Employees International Union local, a National Labor Relations Board official has ruled, finding the union fell sh... (more story)

DirecTV Defends Challenge To Layoff Arbitration Award

DirecTV pushed back against the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers' bid to dismiss its suit seeking to vacate an arbitration award over layoffs of union technicians, telling a Colorado federal cou... (more story)

DOGE Unmasking Order Won't Be Reconsidered, Judge Says

A New York federal judge Wednesday refused to reconsider ordering Department of Government Efficiency agents to identify themselves in a lawsuit claiming DOGE unlawfully gained access to millions of federal em... (more story)

Discrimination More

NJ University Can't Escape Ex-Professor's Age Bias Suit

A New Jersey university must face a former professor's lawsuit claiming she was demoted because she was in her 60s and fired after she complained, as a federal judge ruled her allegations were detailed enough ... (more story)

PBGC Resolves Black Employee's Race Discrimination Suit

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. agreed to settle a Black employee's suit claiming he was passed over for a promotion in favor of a less qualified white woman because of his race and history of race bias com... (more story)

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5th Circ. Won't Revive Ex-Cop's Bias Suit Over Facebook Post

The Fifth Circuit declined Thursday to reinstate a suit from a cop who claimed a prayer he posted to Facebook criticizing his supervisors got him unlawfully fired, ruling he lacked evidence that his terminatio... (more story)

EEOC Scores Deal In Suit Over Christian Worker's Schedule

An aviation logistics company has agreed to shell out $55,000 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming it required a Christian employee to work on the sabbath in violation of her rel... (more story)

11th Circ. Won't Revive Ex-Insurance Worker's Bias Suit

The Eleventh Circuit on Wednesday backed a subrogation services provider's win over a former saleswoman's suit claiming she was fired because she was 69 and had lingering COVID-19 symptoms, finding no issue wi... (more story)

3rd Circ. Skeptical Law Prof Harmed By NJ Employment Policy

The Third Circuit on Wednesday appeared skeptical that an attorney has standing to challenge the constitutionality of a workplace policy for New Jersey employees, asking what imminent harm she faces now that s... (more story)

House GOP Pitches $55M Budget Cut For EEOC

The House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday proposed a funding bill for fiscal year 2027 that would cut the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's budget by $55 million, a figure that falls $75 mil... (more story)

Wage & Hour More

Wage & Hour Features Revisited: DOL Has New Reg, Leader

A look at the new U.S. Department of Labor joint employer proposed rule and a breakdown of a Sixth Circuit home care workers decision are among Law360 Employment Authority's wage and hour stories catch up on from April.

Steakhouse Chain Servers Get Initial OK For $7M Wage Deal

A steakhouse chain will pay $7 million to end servers' claims that its tip-pool practices left them underpaid, a Colorado federal judge said Thursday, granting the deal preliminary approval.

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DOL's Proposed Contractor Rule Draws Praise, Pushback

The U.S. Department of Labor received more than 16,000 comments on its proposed rule sorting out whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor under federal law, with some, including a coalition... (more story)

Appliance Tech Says DOL Complaint Got Him Fired

A Tennessee commercial kitchen equipment repair company fired two technicians after they complained to federal regulators about the company's wage practices and later told employees the terminations were inten... (more story)

Wash. High Court To Review $230M Hospital Wage Suit Award

Washington's highest court has agreed to consider hospital system Providence Health & Services' appeal of a $230 million judgment for workers who accused the provider of illegally adjusting their clock-in and ... (more story)

Domino's Franchisee Denied Quick Appeal In Driver Pay Suit

A Domino's franchisee cannot immediately appeal a ruling requiring reimbursement of delivery drivers' actual vehicle expenses rather than a reasonable approximation, a New Mexico federal judge ruled Wednesday,... (more story)

Manager Class Cert. Denied In Convenience Store Wage Suit

Managers accusing gas and convenience store chain Han-Dee Hugo's of wage violations cannot proceed as a class, a North Carolina federal judge ruled, finding their claims would require individualized inquiries.