Split Calif. High Court Upholds Validity Of Arbitration Fee Rule

A California statute waiving arbitration rights for a party that does not timely pay arbitration fees is not preempted by the Federal Arbitration Act, a split California Supreme Court ruled, saying the state law doesn't disfavor arbitration and is meant to deter parties from employing "strategic nonpayment" of fees.

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6th Circ. Raises Bar For Suits Over Harassment By Customers

The Sixth Circuit recently rejected decades-old U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission guidelines and made it tougher for workers to successfully sue employers over harassment by customers, in a ruling that experts said showed the influence of last year's Loper Bright opinion from the nation's highest court.

4th Circ. Lifts Block On DOGE's Data Access At 3 Agencies

A split Fourth Circuit panel vacated a block Tuesday on the Department of Government Efficiency's access to personal information held by three federal agencies, prescribing an exacting appraisal of the challenging unions' chances of winning all aspects of the case.

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How To Navigate NYC's Stricter New Prenatal Leave Rules

Fanny Ferdman, Matthew Berger and Payne Horning

On top of the state's prenatal leave law, New York City employers now face additional rules, including notice and ... (more story)

Justices Could Clarify Post-Badgerow Arbitration Jurisdiction

David Pegno

If the U.S. Supreme Court grants a certiorari petition in Jules v. Andre Balazs Properties, it could provide some ... (more story)

What To Expect As Calif. Justices Weigh Arbitration Fee Law

Elliot Schatmeier and Kimmy Yu

If the California Supreme Court’s upcoming ruling in Hohenshelt v. Superior Court holds that the Federal Arbitrati... (more story)

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NLRB Judge Clears GE Of Firing Claim Tied To OT Complaint

GE Appliances lawfully disciplined and terminated a probationary employee who complained about the company's overtime policy, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled, finding the worker's actions were not... (more story)

Waste Co. Says Police Won't Stop Teamsters' Actions At Strike

Republic Services requested an injunction to halt a Teamsters local from blocking access to the waste collection company's property around Boston and physically assaulting workers during a strike, claiming loc... (more story)

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NLRB Judge Dings Tenn. Co. For Removing Union Road Signs

A Knoxville, Tennessee, water purification company violated federal labor law by removing signs that the Tennessee Pipe Trades Association put up along the road near its facility during an organizing drive, a ... (more story)

SAG-AFTRA Health Plan Members Settle Data Breach Suit

SAG-AFTRA Health Plan members who said their sensitive personal and medical information was compromised following a September data breach told a California federal judge Tuesday that they have reached a settle... (more story)

Teamsters Fund Fights Debt Recalculation Order At 7th Circ.

The Seventh Circuit should overturn an Illinois federal judge's order for a Teamsters pension fund to recalculate a concrete company's debt, the fund argued, saying the fund's original finding that the company... (more story)

GWU Hospital Seeks Full DC Circ. Review Of Bargaining Order

George Washington University Hospital called on the full D.C. Circuit to reconsider a panel decision enforcing the National Labor Relations Board's determinations that the hospital bargained in bad faith, argu... (more story)

Starbucks 'Frozen' Wages Remark Is Illegal, NLRB Judge Says

Starbucks violated federal labor law by telling workers their wages would "essentially be frozen" during contract talks, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled Monday, while determining the company lawfu... (more story)

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Flores Cites Gruden's Win Averting Arbitration In NFL Suit

Fired former Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores sent a letter to the Second Circuit arguing the recent decision by the Nevada Supreme Court not to send the dispute of former Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden t... (more story)

West Point, Air Force Academy Settle Admissions Bias Suits

President Donald Trump's administration said Tuesday that it has settled two lawsuits lodged by an anti-affirmative-action organization that challenged the use of race in admissions decisions by the U.S. Air F... (more story)

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7th Circ. Backs Chicago In White Worker's Race Bias Suit

The Seventh Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a white Chicago city worker's suit claiming she was suspended three times by her Black boss out of racial discrimination, saying she hadn't rebutted the city's arg... (more story)

Worker's Flu Shot Ruling Goes Too Far, 5th Circ. Dissent Says

A Fifth Circuit judge on Monday said a woman briefly suspended from Texas Children's Hospital over her refusal to get a flu vaccine should be able to pursue her religious discrimination suit even though the ho... (more story)

Ex-Paralegal Sues Rueb Stoller For Race Bias

A Georgia law firm was sued in federal court by a Black former civil litigation paralegal who alleged she faced a "pattern of marginalization" due to her race before eventually resigning after a co-worker "hur... (more story)

NM School Board Sues Feds Over Native American Bias Probe

A New Mexico school board is suing the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and acting Chair Andrea Lucas, arguing they overstepped their authority by lodging an "overly broad and vague" Native America... (more story)

GWU Didn't Adequately Safeguard Jewish Students, DOJ Says

The U.S. Department of Justice said Tuesday that George Washington University violated federal antidiscrimination law by not doing enough to address on-campus hostility against Jewish and Israeli students and faculty.

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NJ Judge Trims Ex-Bank Regulator's Discrimination Suit

A New Jersey state judge has trimmed a discrimination and retaliation suit brought by a former acting director at the state's Department of Banking and Insurance, tossing her unequal pay and hostile work envir... (more story)

Ogletree Adds PE Firm's Associate GC As Utah Shareholder

Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC has added the former associate general counsel for private equity and venture capital firm Fifth Partners as a shareholder in its Salt Lake City office.

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Paralegal's Bias Suit Fails To Show ADA Violation, Firm Says

The Driscoll Firm PC, which was accused of unfairly firing a paralegal after she disclosed her cancer recurrence, told a North Carolina federal court it should be freed from the lawsuit because the former work... (more story)

Shepherds' Wage-Fixing Suit Survives Another Dismissal Bid

A Nevada federal court has rejected a ranching association's latest attempt to claim immunity from a proposed class action accusing the association and its members of conspiring to suppress the wages of sheeph... (more story)

OT Suit Against ConEd Strong Enough To Survive, Judge Says

A New York federal magistrate judge has recommended preserving a proposed class action that accuses Con Edison and its subcontractors of failing to pay overtime wages to workers who directed traffic at the uti... (more story)

Split 8th Circ. Revives Minn. Suit Over Union Leave

The Eighth Circuit on Monday revived a First Amendment challenge to a Minnesota school district policy that allows teachers to take paid leave to work for their union, saying the district spending public funds... (more story)

Posner Accuser Wants Roberts To Pick Judges For Wage Case

The pro se plaintiff seeking to revive wage claims against retired Seventh Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner has filed an opposed motion asking the circuit's chief judge to request U.S. Chief Justice John Robert... (more story)