An association of builders has urged the en banc Eleventh Circuit to rethink a panel's decision rejecting its attempt to secure an injunction blocking a Biden-era executive order requiring labor agreements for all federal contracts exceeding $35 million.
In the year since the U.S. Supreme Court lifted an evidentiary barrier faced by discrimination plaintiffs in majority groups, plaintiffs have enjoyed an easier path in advancing their suits while some courts have begun scrutinizing the decision's effect on state law claims, experts said. Here, Law360 looks at four ways the justices' ruling has reverberated.
A Ninth Circuit panel on Thursday validated the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's conclusion that national hours-of-service regulations trump California's meal and rest break rules for bus drivers, saying the agency was justified in finding that the Golden State rules strain interstate commerce.