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September 17, 2024
Ex-Topgolf Worker Drops Suit Over Racist Abuse
Topgolf has escaped an Illinois federal lawsuit from a Black former employee who accused the golf entertainment chain of doing nothing in response to his complaints that fellow employees were creating a hostile work environment.
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September 17, 2024
UAW Says Stellantis Reneging On Deal To Reopen Ill. Plant
Automaker Stellantis is failing to live up to a promise it made in its last contract with the United Auto Workers to reopen an idled plant in Illinois, the union said Monday.
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September 17, 2024
Ex-Worker Suing Over Bonuses Backed Axing Them, X Says
X Corp. urged a California federal court to reject a former director's bid to certify a class that could exceed 2,000 members in his suit accusing it of reneging on promised bonuses after Elon Musk took over, saying the former employee was the one who axed the bonuses in the first place.
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September 17, 2024
Another Texas Judge Halts NLRB Case Over Constitutionality
A Texas federal judge granted an injunction Monday to halt administrative proceedings at the National Labor Relations Board filed by a social services search engine, finding that the employer was likely to succeed on the merits of its argument that agency judges are unconstitutionally shielded from removal by the U.S. president.
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September 17, 2024
New Mexico School District Failed To Pay OT, Workers Say
Workers for a New Mexico school district sued a local board of education claiming they were stiffed on overtime pay every other week, according to a complaint filed Tuesday in New Mexico federal court.
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September 17, 2024
Regeneron Raps Suit Alleging A Firing Was For Medical Leave
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals urged a New York federal court to toss a former director's suit alleging she was terminated for using medical leave to care for her daughter and herself, saying her position was eliminated for financial reasons, and she hasn't proven any bias or retaliation.
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September 17, 2024
Ex-Manager of Dartmouth Student Paper Gets Prison For Theft
A Vermont woman was sentenced Monday to 15 months in prison for stealing over $223,000 from Dartmouth College's student newspaper, where she had worked for nearly a decade as office manager.
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September 17, 2024
Brooklyn Feds Unveil Whistleblower Nonprosecution Plan
The Brooklyn U.S. Attorney's Office on Tuesday announced an initiative to reward corporate whistleblowers with nonprosecution deals amid a broader effort by federal prosecutors to encourage voluntary disclosure of criminal activity.
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September 17, 2024
PAGA Claim On Unpaid Wages Dismissed In Joint Agreement
A computer technician and an IT Services Company have agreed to dismiss the remaining representative claim in an unpaid wages case that raised questions about the interplay between California's Private Attorneys General Act and arbitration.
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September 17, 2024
Contracting Rules Don't Bar Union Requirement, GAO Says
Government contractors can be mandated to enter into agreements with labor unions to qualify for deals, the U.S. Government Accountability Office ruled Monday in a company's protest of the requirement for a $6.6 billion deal.
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September 17, 2024
Clinic Settles EEOC Suit Over Vision-Impaired Worker's Firing
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Tuesday that a Maryland medical clinic has agreed to pay $75,000 to end the agency's suit accusing it of firing a vision-impaired worker who asked to have special software installed on her computer.
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September 17, 2024
Marshall Dennehey Adds Boyd & Jenerette Workers Comp Pro
Marshall Dennehey is growing its workers compensation practice in Florida with the addition of a former Boyd & Jenerette PA partner.
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September 17, 2024
Cos. Risk Offside Call On Contractor Tax After HMRC Win
The U.K. Supreme Court's decision Monday that Premier League referees count as employees for tax purposes means many companies may have to reassess their arrangements with contractors or risk higher tax costs in the future, tax experts say.
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September 17, 2024
In-House Atty Brings Bias Suit Over Firing After Miscarriage
A former in-house attorney at chemicals company Arxada has launched a discrimination lawsuit in New Jersey state court accusing the business of unlawfully terminating her in the days after she showed interest in going on leave to recover from a miscarriage.
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September 17, 2024
Duane Morris Atty Asks Court To Keep Proposed Class Alive
A Duane Morris LLP attorney asked a California federal court to keep her proposed class action against the firm alive, alleging the BigLaw firm is mischaracterizing her claims that it underpaid and misclassified employees.
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September 17, 2024
HSF To Boost Paid Leave For Parents And Carers
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP said Tuesday that it will offer its employees increased leave for parents and carers, marking it the latest firm to offer improved policies to give staff greater support when they start a family.
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September 17, 2024
School To Pay Math Teacher £850K Over Baseless Firing
A Catholic secondary school has agreed to pay £850,000 ($1.2 million) in a settlement to its former head of math, after a tribunal ruled the school fired him for refusing to take up a less senior position.
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September 17, 2024
Mass. Contractor Owes $77K For Violating Davis-Bacon Act
Five construction workers recovered $77,206 after they were stiffed of prevailing wages and fringe benefits on a Davis-Bacon Act project in Boston, the U.S. Department of Labor announced Monday.
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September 17, 2024
Social Worker Wins £56K Over 'Gender-Fluid' Dog Debate
A social worker sanctioned for expressing "gender critical" views in a discussion about a colleague's dress-wearing "gender-fluid" dog has won £56,000 ($74,000) after her employer conceded it had harassed her.
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September 17, 2024
8th Circ. Won't Revive Fired Lockheed Atty's Race Bias Suit
The Eighth Circuit refused on Tuesday to reinstate a race discrimination and retaliation case brought by a former Lockheed Martin in-house attorney whose suit was tossed after a trial court concluded she had lied about her income, rejecting her push to deflect blame onto her lawyers.
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September 17, 2024
Drivers Claim Bolt App's 'Full Control' Makes Them Workers
Drivers for Bolt testified Tuesday that the "full control" exercised by the ride-hailing app over aspects of their job means that they should be classed as workers as they pursue a mass claim against the company at a London employment tribunal.
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September 17, 2024
Combs Led Vast Criminal Ring That Abused Women, Feds Say
Hip-hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs was hit with racketeering charges in New York federal court Tuesday alleging he used his media empire to operate a criminal enterprise that engaged in sex trafficking, forced labor and other offenses.
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September 17, 2024
BBC Must Face Bias Claims From Disabled Accountant
The BBC has failed to get a 55-year-old accountant's age and disability discrimination claims axed, as an employment tribunal ruled that she could still prove her case even though she filed it four months late.
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September 17, 2024
70% Of Insurance Underwriters Fear Replacement By AI
Seven out of 10 insurance underwriting professionals in the U.S. and U.K. fear losing their jobs within the next five years to artificial intelligence, a survey released Tuesday suggested, as the sector increasingly invests in new forms of automation.
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September 17, 2024
Doctors To End UK Strikes After Accepting 22% Pay Rise
Junior doctors in England have accepted a pay deal that will increase salaries by 22.3% over two years, ending 18 months of strikes.
Expert Analysis
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Biden Policy Gives Employers New Ways To Help Dreamers
A new Biden administration immigration policy makes the process more predictable for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients to seek employment visas, and, given uncertainties surrounding DACA’s future, employers should immediately determine which of their employees may be eligible, says Jennifer Kim at Moore & Van Allen.
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How To Comply With Chicago's New Paid Leave Ordinance
Chicago's new Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance went into effect earlier this month, so employers subject to the new rules should update leave policies, train supervisors and deliver notice as they seek compliance, say Alison Crane and Sarah Gasperini at Jackson Lewis.
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Opinion
A Way Forward For The US Steel-Nippon Deal And Union Jobs
Parties involved in Nippon Steel's acquisition of U.S. Steel should trust the Pennsylvania federal court overseeing a key environmental settlement to supervise a way of including future union jobs and cleaner air for the city of Pittsburgh as part of a transparent business marriage, says retired judge Susan Braden.
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How NJ Worker Status Ruling Benefits Real Estate Industry
In Kennedy v. Weichert, the New Jersey Supreme Court recently said a real estate agent’s employment contract would supersede the usual ABC test analysis to determine his classification as an independent contractor, preserving operational flexibility for the industry — and potentially others, say Jason Finkelstein and Dalila Haden at Cole Schotz.
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Opinion
H-2 Visas Offer Humane, Economic Solution To Border Crisis
Congress should leverage the H-2 agricultural and temporary worker visa programs to match qualified migrants with employers facing shortages of workers — a nonpolitical solution to a highly divisive humanitarian issue, say Ashley Dees and Jeffrey Joseph at BAL.
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PAGA Reforms Encourage Proactive Employer Compliance
Recently enacted reforms to California's Private Attorneys General Act should make litigation under the law less burdensome for employers, presenting a valuable opportunity to streamline compliance and reduce litigation risks by proactively addressing many of the issues that have historically attracted PAGA claims, say attorneys at Mintz.
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Opinion
Now More Than Ever, Lawyers Must Exhibit Professionalism
As society becomes increasingly fractured and workplace incivility is on the rise, attorneys must champion professionalism and lead by example, demonstrating how lawyers can respectfully disagree without being disagreeable, says Edward Casmere at Norton Rose.
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The Show Must Go On: Noncompete Uncertainty In Film, TV
The Federal Trade Commission has taken action to ban noncompetes while the entertainment industry is in the midst of a massive shift away from traditional media, so it is important for studio heads and content owners alike to understand the fate of the rule and their options going forward, say Christopher Chatham and Douglas Smith at Manatt.
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'Outsourcing' Ruling, 5 Years On: A Warning, Not A Watershed
A New York federal court’s 2019 ruling in U.S. v. Connolly, holding that the government improperly outsourced an investigation to Deutsche Bank, has not undercut corporate cooperation incentives as feared — but companies should not completely ignore the lessons of the case, say Temidayo Aganga-Williams and Anna Nabutovsky at Selendy Gay.
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Series
Serving In The National Guard Makes Me A Better Lawyer
My ongoing military experience as a judge advocate general in the National Guard has shaped me as a person and a lawyer, teaching me the importance of embracing confidence, balance and teamwork in both my Army and civilian roles, says Danielle Aymond at Baker Donelson.
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Big Business May Come To Rue The Post-Administrative State
Many have framed the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decisions overturning Chevron deference and extending the window to challenge regulations as big wins for big business, but sand in the gears of agency rulemaking may be a double-edged sword, creating prolonged uncertainty that impedes businesses’ ability to plan for the future, says Todd Baker at Columbia University.
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A Midyear Forecast: Tailwinds Expected For Atty Hourly Rates
Hourly rates for partners, associates and support staff continued to rise in the first half of this year, and this growth shows no signs of slowing for the rest of 2024 and into next year, driven in part by the return of mergers and acquisitions and the widespread adoption of artificial intelligence, says Chuck Chandler at Valeo Partners.
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A Timeline Of Antisemitism Legislation And What It Means
What began as hearings in the House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce has expanded to a House-wide effort to combat antisemitism and related issues, with wide-ranging implications for education, finance and nonprofit entities, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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Opinion
States Should Loosen Law Firm Ownership Restrictions
Despite growing buzz, normalized nonlawyer ownership of law firms is a distant prospect, so the legal community should focus first on liberalizing state restrictions on attorney and firm purchases of practices, which would bolster succession planning and improve access to justice, says Michael Di Gennaro at The Law Practice Exchange.
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Why Justices Should Rule On FAA's Commerce Exception
The U.S. Supreme Court should review the Ninth Circuit's Ortiz v. Randstad decision, to clarify whether involvement in interstate commerce exempts workers from the Federal Arbitration Act, a crucial question given employers' and employees' strong competing interests in arbitration and litigation, says Collin Williams at New Era.