Employment

  • March 05, 2025

    Littler, Tech Co. Fired Executive In Retaliation, Court Told

    A tech executive accused her former employer and law firm Littler Mendelson of working together to fire her after she reported the company CEO's spending habits and what she said was his animus against employees with children, according to her suit filed in New York federal court.

  • March 05, 2025

    Law Firm Beats Malpractice Suit From Ex-Fla. School Official

    A Florida state appeals panel refused to revive a onetime school district superintendent's complaint against the district's former counsel from a Florida law firm, alleging the firm improperly used confidential information she provided as part of a report that found she committed misconduct.

  • March 05, 2025

    Fighters' Attys Get $115M In Fees For UFC Settlement Work

    A Nevada federal judge has awarded more than $115 million to the attorneys who struck a $375 million settlement with the UFC on behalf of more than 1,100 fighters alleging vast wage suppression, nodding to the considerable effort involved in litigating the decade-long case.

  • March 05, 2025

    High Court Allows Release Of Frozen USAID Foreign Aid

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that a D.C. federal judge can require the Trump administration to release up to $2 billion in frozen foreign aid funding, but told the judge he must clarify the scope of the government's responsibility and ensure it has enough time to comply with any deadline. 

  • March 04, 2025

    Agencies Have 'Ultimate' Authority Over Firings, OPM Says

    The Office of Personnel Management on Tuesday issued a revised version of its January memo directing agency heads to identify all probationary employees, adding a disclaimer that OPM "is not directing agencies to take any specific performance-based actions" and that agencies "have ultimate decision-making authority."

  • March 04, 2025

    Vail To Blame For Woman's Ski Resort Fall, Seattle Jury Told

    A mother who fell 20 feet at a Washington ski resort told a Seattle federal jury Tuesday that the Vail Corp. caused her injuries by failing to address a clear hazard on the mountain and relying on untrained alpine club parents to run chairlifts amid a 2022 staffing shortage.

  • March 04, 2025

    Dems Demand Halt To Trump Admin's Tribal Program Cuts

    More than 100 Democratic lawmakers have urged the Trump administration to halt any executive orders that hurt programs and services in Indian Country, saying in a letter to the White House that the U.S. government must honor its trust and treaty obligations to tribes.

  • March 04, 2025

    Mariano's Managers Fight Bid To Decertify Class In OT Row

    Current and former supermarket meat, bakery and deli managers who say Kroger subsidiary Mariano's falsely claimed they were exempt from overtime pay hit back on Monday over a bid to decertify their conditional collective of workers, saying the grocery chain repeatedly misrepresents an "extensive and unambiguous record" showing all managers are similarly situated.

  • March 04, 2025

    House Aviation Panel Weighs Air Traffic Control Fixes

    Aviation workers' unions and industry stakeholders told lawmakers on Tuesday that years of political inertia and more recent tumult related to the federal workforce firings are impacting efforts to hire more air traffic controllers and overhaul the nation's outdated and overburdened ATC system.

  • March 04, 2025

    Baseball Player Strikes Out On Bid For NCAA Early Waiver

    A Tennessee federal judge will not grant a Division I baseball player another year of eligibility, ruling on Monday that the student-athlete failed to show how the NCAA's rules violate antitrust laws while acknowledging that the organization's actions are "questionable at best and self-interested at worst."

  • March 04, 2025

    FEMA's Ex-CFO Sues Over Firing Tied To Migrant Housing

    The Federal Emergency Management Agency's former chief financial officer alleged Tuesday in D.C. federal court that the agency unlawfully fired her, citing a U.S. Department of Homeland Security press release she said falsely and deliberately suggested that she engaged in criminal actions.

  • March 04, 2025

    Staffing Co. Got 'Honest Pay' For Dynata Work, Jury Hears

    In a tense exchange, an executive for a staffing company told a Dallas jury that market research company Dynata LLC had wrongly withheld $8 million after an attorney representing Dynata said the staffing company had already gotten "honest pay" for "honest work."

  • March 04, 2025

    9th Circ. Questions UPS' Teamster Election Challenge

    A Ninth Circuit panel appeared skeptical Tuesday of UPS' argument that Teamsters representatives tainted a union representation election by chatting with workers in a warehouse parking lot while a union vote went on inside.

  • March 04, 2025

    DC Judge Blocks Trump Admin From Removing MSPB Chair

    President Donald Trump illegally attempted to fire the Merit Systems Protection Board chair without cause, a D.C. federal judge ruled Tuesday, repudiating the administration's arguments that removal protections for board members violate the U.S. Constitution.

  • March 04, 2025

    Target Can't Pause Warehouse Workers' Wage Suit

    Target warehouse workers' class action claiming they performed unpaid work-related duties before and after their shifts will not wait for the outcome of a U.S. Supreme Court case dealing with standing for certified classes, a New Jersey federal judge ruled.

  • March 04, 2025

    Paxton Retaliation Case In 'Untested Territory,' Judge Says

    A Travis County judge said Tuesday that she was inclined to reopen evidence before approving a multimillion-dollar judgment proposed by four former deputies of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, noting that a recent appellate ruling left the court "in untested territory."

  • March 04, 2025

    Ohio Workers' Chrysler-UAW Conspiracy Suit Gets Tossed

    Employees who claimed Fiat Chrysler and the United Auto Workers conspired to keep about three dozen of them classified as part-time temps for years despite them often performing full-time work had their case tossed Tuesday by an Ohio federal judge, who said they sued too late.

  • March 04, 2025

    Athletes 'Overwhelmingly' Support NCAA NIL Deal, Attys Say

    The response by the class of college athletes to the NCAA's settlement providing name, image and likeness compensation and revenue sharing has been "overwhelmingly positive,'' the attorneys for the athletes told a California federal judge as part of their bid for final approval of the $2.78 billion settlement next month.

  • March 04, 2025

    Littler Expands In Philly With Ex-Greenberg Traurig Atty

    Employment and labor-focused firm Littler Mendelson PC has expanded its Philadelphia office with the recent addition of an attorney who moved his practice after four years with Greenberg Traurig LLP.

  • March 04, 2025

    Judge Says Flooring Co. Failed To Justify H-2B Worker Need

    A U.S. Department of Labor appeals board judge affirmed the denial of a Florida-based flooring company's application for 10 foreign workers to help with installations, ruling that it failed to establish a temporary employment need or a need for that number of workers.

  • March 04, 2025

    NJ County Prosecutor Settles Detectives' Workplace Bias Case

    The county prosecutor for Cape May, New Jersey, and two detectives who accused the office of fostering a hostile work environment where sexism and racial slurs were commonplace told a Garden State federal judge Tuesday that they have agreed to settle their dispute.

  • March 04, 2025

    Trump Admin Can't Pause DEI Injunction, Judge Says

    President Donald Trump's administration cannot suspend a preliminary block on executive orders that scrap diversity, equity and inclusion programs in public and private sectors, a Maryland federal judge ruled, finding that the potential harm of the orders outweighs the president's policy priorities.

  • March 03, 2025

    USAID Leader Details Toll On 'Critical' Aid Under Trump

    The U.S. Agency for International Development has been "wholly prevented" from delivering "critical" lifesaving services around the world, and that will lead to preventable death, destabilization and threats to national security "on a massive scale," according to memos from an agency leader made public Monday.

  • March 03, 2025

    DC Judge Calls For CFPB Official To Testify In Shutdown Suit

    A Washington, D.C., federal judge on Monday signaled skepticism of Trump administration claims that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau isn't going away, summoning a senior agency official to testify next week as she weighs a possible preliminary injunction.

  • March 03, 2025

    Jay-Z Files Fresh Defamation Suit Against Buzbee In Ala.

    Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter on Monday lodged malicious prosecution claims against attorney Tony Buzbee over a "false," "malicious" and "strategically and tactically calculated and timed" rape suit that has since been dropped, this time in Alabama federal court.

Expert Analysis

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    A New Tax On Employers Could Help Curb Illegal Immigration

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    To better enforce the law against hiring immigrants unauthorized to work in the U.S., Congress should enact a punitive excise tax on compensation paid to such immigrants and amend the False Claims Act to allow qui tam actions against employers for failure to pay such tax, says Ajay Gupta at Moore Tax Law Group.

  • Making The Pitch To Grow Your Company's Legal Team

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    In a compressed economy, convincing the C-suite to invest in additional legal talent can be a herculean task, but a convincing pitch — supported by metrics and cost analyses — may help in-house counsel justify the growth of their team, say Elizabeth Smith and Roger Garceau at Major Lindsey.

  • 4 Trade Secret Pointers From 2024's Key IP Law Developments

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    Four significant 2024 developments in trade secret law yield practical tips about defending trade secrets overseas, proving unjust enrichment claims, forcing compliance with posttrial orders and using restrictive covenants to prevent employee leaks of confidential intellectual property, say attorneys at Faegre Drinker.

  • Opinion

    1 Year After Rule 702 Changes, Courts Have Made Progress

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    In the year since amendments to the Federal Rules of Evidence went into effect, many federal judges have applied the new expert witness standard correctly, excluding unreliable testimony from their courts — but now state courts need to update their own rules accordingly, says Lee Mickus at Evans Fears.

  • Ledbetter's Legacy Shines In 2024 Equal Pay Law Updates

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    The federal Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act turned 15 this year, and its namesake's legacy is likely to endure in 2025 and beyond, as demonstrated by 2024's state- and local-level progress on pay equity, as well as several rulings from federal appellate courts, say attorneys at Fisher Phillips.

  • Gov't Scrutiny Of Workplace Chat Apps Set To Keep Growing

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    The incoming Trump administration and Republican majorities in Congress are poised to open numerous investigations that include increasing demands for entities to produce communications from workplace chat apps, so companies must evaluate their usage and retention policies, say attorneys at Orrick.

  • Using Contracts As Evidence Of Trade Secret Protection

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    Recent federal and U.S. International Trade Commission decisions demonstrate an interesting trend of judges recognizing that contracts and confidentiality provisions can serve as important evidence of the reasonable secrecy measures companies must take to prove the existence of protected trade secrets, say attorneys at Finnegan.

  • An Underutilized Tool To Dismiss Meritless Claims In Texas

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    In Texas, special appearances provide a useful but often overlooked tool for out-of-state defendants to escape meritless claims early in litigation, thus limiting discovery and creating a pathway for immediate appellate review, say attorneys at Winston & Strawn.

  • Top 10 Whistleblowing And Retaliation Events Of 2024

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    From a Florida federal court’s ruling that the False Claims Act’s qui tam provision is unconstitutional to a record-breaking number of whistleblower tips filed with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, employers saw significant developments in the federal and state whistleblower landscapes this year, say attorneys at Proskauer.

  • What Employers Should Consider When Drafting AI Policies

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    As generative artificial intelligence continues to evolve and transform the workplace, employers should examine six issues when creating their corporate AI policies in order to balance AI's efficiencies with the oversight needed to prevent potential biases and legal pitfalls, say attorneys at Jackson Lewis.

  • Green Card Sponsorship Expectations Reset In 2024

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    In 2024, adjudication times for employment-based green card applications increased to about 13 months, prompting more employers to implement varied strategies to avoid losing talent and minimize business disruptions, a trend that is likely to continue in the new year, says Jennifer Cory at FisherBroyles.

  • When US Privilege Law Applies To Docs Made Outside The US

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    As globalization manifests itself in disputes over foreign-created documents, a California federal court’s recent trademark decision illustrates nuances of both U.S. privilege frameworks and foreign evidentiary protections that attorneys must increasingly bear in mind, say attorneys at Hunton.

  • Ring In The New Year With An Updated Employee Handbook

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    One of the best New Year's resolutions employers can make is to update their employee handbooks, given that a handbook can mitigate, or even prevent, costly litigation as long as it accounts for recent changes in laws, court rulings and agency decisions, say attorneys at Kutak Rock.

  • 9 Things To Expect From Trump's Surprising DOL Pick

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    The unexpected nomination of Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, R-Ore., to lead the U.S. Department of Labor reflects a blend of pro-business and pro-labor leanings, and signals that employers should prepare for a mix of continuity and moderate adjustments in the coming years, say attorneys at Fisher Phillips.

  • What 2024 Trends In Marketing, Comms Hiring Mean For 2025

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    The state of hiring in legal industry marketing, business development and communications over the past 12 months was marked by a number of trends — from changes in the C-suite to lateral move challenges — providing clues for what’s to come in the year ahead, says Ben Curle at Ambition.

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