Connecticut expanded pay transparency and breastfeeding accommodation obligations for employers, while Colorado's governor overhauled and reset the effective date of a novel artificial intelligence law. Here's Law360's biweekly look at state-level legislative developments discrimination lawyers should have on their radar.
A Texas federal judge on Friday permanently blocked the National Labor Relations Board from prosecuting a social services platform, saying agency officials' job protections are unconstitutional and inseparable from federal law, and that the board's pursuit of novel remedies flouts its targets' jury rights.
A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruling preserving federal courts' authority over cases they send to arbitration gives wage and hour litigants a clearer route for enforcing or challenging arbitration awards, attorneys said, though its practical impact is likely limited to the late stages of cases that do not settle.