A federal judge ordered Workers United and former Starbucks employees to provide information requested in subpoenas about impacts to union support at a Long Island, New York, café after a worker’s firing. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Union Must Comply With Starbucks Subpoenas, Judge Says

Workers United and former Starbucks employees must provide information requested in subpoenas about impacts to union support at a Long Island cafe following a worker's firing, a New York federal judge ruled, saying the company's probe is relevant to a National Labor Relations Board injunction case.

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7 Wage-Hour Cases To Watch In 2024

Several legal fights that will dominate the rest of 2024 are variations on the debate around who has the power to make and change laws and who is considered an employee, with the cases challenging the breadth of the U.S. Department of Labor's rulemaking authority in the spotlight. Here, Law360 looks at seven cases to watch in the year's latter half.

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4 Law Firm Bias Cases To Watch In 2024's 2nd Half

Jones Day and Foley & Lardner LLP are among the powerhouse law firms attempting to fend off accusations that they subjected lawyers to discrimination. Here, Law360 looks at four ongoing employment suits against law firms that are worth watching in the back half of 2024.

Expert Analysis

A Timeline Of Antisemitism Legislation And What It Means

Amanda Robinson, Rachel Ward and Celia Roady

What began as hearings in the House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce has expanded to a ... (more story)

Why Justices Should Rule On FAA's Commerce Exception

Collin Williams

The U.S. Supreme Court should review the Ninth Circuit's Ortiz v. Randstad decision, to clarify whether involvemen... (more story)

FLSA Conditional Certification Is Alive And Well In 4th Circ.

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A North Carolina federal court's recent decision in Johnson v. PHP emphasized continued preference by courts in th... (more story)

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Teamsters Must Stay Out Of Cannabis Law Row, Co. Says

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters is trying to intervene in a suit over a California law's mandate for labor peace agreements to obtain money, a cannabis retailer claimed, telling the court that the u... (more story)

UAW Staff Culture Needs More Work, Monitor Says

Remnants remain of the "culture of fear and reprisal" that gripped the United Auto Workers when union leaders were embezzling funds and accepting bribes from automakers in the 2010s, but progress has been made... (more story)

Yellow can’t get reconsideration of a Kansas federal judge’s March ruling tossing its lawsuit accusing the Teamsters of pushing it into bankruptcy by refusing to greenlight a restructuring plan. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
Yellow Corp. Denied Redo In $137M Teamsters Fight

A Kansas federal judge held firm Monday on her decision to throw out Yellow Corp.'s $137 million lawsuit against the Teamsters, in which the trucking company accused the union of driving it into bankruptcy by ... (more story)

Fired NJ Cops Say ALJ's Ruling Backs Their Off-Duty Pot Use

An administrative law judge's decision reinstating a Jersey City police officer to her job after she was fired for off-duty marijuana use provides an argument for dismissing the city's lawsuit against the stat... (more story)

NLRB Judge Says Bakery Fired Worker Over Tip Complaints

A bakery in New York City's Harlem neighborhood violated federal labor law by firing a worker who complained about issues workers had with tips and scheduling at the shop, a National Labor Relations Board judg... (more story)

PBGC Seeks Early Win In $7.8B Pension Fight In Yellow Ch. 11

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. has filed a motion for partial summary judgment in the Chapter 11 case of trucking firm Yellow Corp., telling a Delaware bankruptcy judge the $7.8 billion dispute over Yellow... (more story)

Union Fund Asks Justices To Reject Withdrawal Liability Case

A pension fund for the International Association of Machinists urged the U.S. Supreme Court not to disturb its win in a dispute with two employers over the correct way to calculate how much employers must pay ... (more story)

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School Counselor's FMLA Suit Should Be Tossed, Judge Says

A Georgia school district should be allowed to escape a former counselor's lawsuit alleging she was terminated for requesting time off to care for her sick husband, a federal judge said Monday, finding she cou... (more story)

4 Takeaways As Hiring Bias Suit Over Workday AI Proceeds

A closely watched discrimination lawsuit over software provider Workday's artificial intelligence-powered hiring tools is headed into discovery after a California federal court ruled the company may be subject... (more story)

A settlement in a sexual harassment case against Boston headed off a trial that was to include testimony from a senior federal district judge and the city's former mayor. (AP photo/Michael Dwyer)
Boston To Pay $1M To End Health Dept. Harassment Case

A high-profile sexual harassment case against the city of Boston and its former health director settled for $1 million earlier this month, according to a copy of the agreement released Friday.

New York AG Lobs New Challenge To Rec Sports Trans Ban

New York Attorney General Letitia James and a local roller derby league each sued to strike down a newly passed law banning transgender women and girls from participating in recreational sports at facilities r... (more story)

8th Circ. Revives Cop's Biased Transfer Suit After Muldrow

The Eighth Circuit reinstated a St. Louis police officer's suit alleging he was reassigned to a different unit for being straight, reversing its prior decision affirming the dismissal of his suit following a U... (more story)

Furniture Chain, EEOC Strike Deal To End Vaccine Bias Suit

Arkansas-based Hank's Furniture Inc. will pay $110,000 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit claiming it unlawfully fired a manager who refused the COVID-19 vaccine because of her Chris... (more story)

Seyfarth Adds 5-Atty Labor Team From Hunton In Calif., Texas

Seyfarth Shaw LLP announced Monday that it has brought on a five-member team of labor and employment lawyers who previously practiced with Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP.

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Judge Says Attys Must Hash Out Conflict In Twitter Row

A California federal judge has rebuked both sides of a suit alleging Twitter violated federal labor laws amid a mass layoff in late 2022, ordering lead attorneys to attend a meet and confer session in August t... (more story)

EMS Workers Want Early Win In OT Gap Dispute

A class and collective of emergency medical services workers asked a North Carolina federal court for summary judgment in their overtime suit against a county, arguing basic math proves employees were underpai... (more story)

A platform used to recruit workers and a staffing company told a Colorado federal court that Denver city officials cannot investigate wage and hour violations. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Denver Can't Enforce State Wage And Hour Law, Cos. Say

A worker-finding platform and a staffing company said the City of Denver and its auditor office don't have the authority to investigate wage and hour violations, telling a Colorado federal court that their ove... (more story)

JPMorgan Chase Workers Had To Eat At Desks, Suit Says

Chase Bank encouraged workers to perform off-the-clock work but failed to pay them accordingly, while also giving them so much work that they were forced to take their meals at their desks, a former employee s... (more story)

HVAC Co. To Pay Workers $850K to End Wage Class Deal

An HVAC company has agreed to pay $850,000 to settle an ex-technician's proposed class action alleging meal break and wage violations, according to a bid for preliminary approval filed in Washington state court.

Mich. School Staffing Co., Ex-Worker Settle OT Suit

A Michigan school staffing firm has agreed to pay employees double their overtime rate to settle a lawsuit alleging the company denied workers overtime wages, according to a filing Monday, resolving a proposed... (more story)

Amazon Tells Wash. Court It Rightfully Filed Arbitration Bids

Amazon properly moved to arbitrate in districts where drivers accusing the e-commerce giant of misclassifying them as independent contractors agreed to arbitrate their claims, the company told a Washington fed... (more story)