May 10, 2024
This week, the Second Circuit is scheduled to consider a former Ramapo, New York, police officer's lawsuit claiming the town discriminated against her on the basis of her race and gender when it did not assign her a light duty assignment after she returned to the job from an injury. Here, Law360 explores this and other cases on the docket in New York.
April 17, 2024
A meatpacking business accused of improperly transferring union work told a New York federal court it shouldn't face fines for withholding some documents from National Labor Relations Board prosecutors, saying the prosecutors don't need them and are "bullying" a small business that "barely survived the pandemic."
March 27, 2024
National Labor Relations Board prosecutors asked a New York federal judge to hold two meatpacking companies in contempt of court for refusing to fully comply with a subpoena in a work transfer dispute, saying their stated reason for withholding certain documents is not valid.
October 31, 2023
A New York federal magistrate judge narrowed the scope of two subpoenas in a National Labor Relations Board case accusing a meat packaging company of improperly transferring union work from Brooklyn to Creston, Ohio, holding Tuesday that certain aspects of agency prosecutors' requests for documents are overbroad.
June 09, 2023
A former marketing director is expected to argue to the Second Circuit on Tuesday that a district court wrongly prevented her from arbitrating her $16 million sex discrimination claims against an Israeli medical device company and one of its executives. Here, Law360 looks at this case and other major labor and employment cases in New York next week.
May 31, 2023
The National Labor Relations Board is committing an "abuse of government power" by seeking enforcement of a subpoena as part of an unfair labor practice investigation, a meat packaging company told a New York federal judge, arguing that the requested documents are irrelevant.