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  • March 20, 2025

    CFPB Union Narrows Injunction Bid In Shutdown Suit

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau would be barred from idling its workforce under a narrowed injunction bid filed Wednesday in Washington, D.C., federal court, where the agency's employee union is squaring off with the Trump administration.

  • March 20, 2025

    Biz Groups Fight NLRB's Captive Audience Order At 11th Circ.

    The U.S. Chamber of Commerce along with other business groups told the Eleventh Circuit that the National Labor Relations Board's order deeming so-called captive audience meetings unlawful flouts the First Amendment, arguing the board's decision targets an employer's speech about unions.

  • March 20, 2025

    3rd Circ. Backs NLRB Order For New Union Vote At Waste Co.

    A New Jersey waste management company must hold a new union representation election after it tainted the first vote by creating the impression that workers wouldn't get a raise if they unionized, the Third Circuit has ruled, upholding a National Labor Relations Board decision.

  • March 19, 2025

    NY-NJ Elevator Constructors Union Fights Reinstatement Bid

    An elevator constructors union that serves New York and New Jersey is fighting a former member's bid to be reinstated, telling a New York federal judge that the "reprehensible" behavior that led to the member's dismissal would likely recur if he were brought back.

  • March 19, 2025

    Union Says NY Contractor Owes $1.5M In Contributions

    A roofers union, its benefit funds and trustees accused a Long Island contractor of failing to pay at least $1.5 million in contributions, telling a New York federal judge that the company breached its collective bargaining agreement.

  • March 19, 2025

    Texas Justices Skeptical Boeing Can Dodge Airline Union Suit

    Texas Supreme Court justices seemed wary of Boeing Co.'s argument that a pilot's union can't sue over lost compensation after a pair of deadly crashes involving the company's 737 Max airplanes, saying during oral arguments Wednesday it was seemingly making "policy arguments for Congress."

  • March 19, 2025

    Law360 Announces The Members Of Its 2025 Editorial Boards

    Law360 is pleased to announce the formation of its 2025 Editorial Advisory Boards.

  • March 19, 2025

    UPS Manager Says He Can Sue Union Local He Isn't Part Of

    A UPS manager who accused an Indianapolis Teamsters local of falsely painting him as racist can sue the union even though he isn't a member, he argued in Indiana federal court, saying Title VII of the Civil Rights Act doesn't require people to be union members to sue unions.

  • March 18, 2025

    Feds Say On-Leave Staffers Don't 'Skirt' Alsup's Rehire Order

    The Trump administration Tuesday told Judge William Alsup that fired federal probationary employees are being put on administrative leave as part of the reinstatement process he ordered and not to "skirt" the preliminary injunction, after the judge said Monday putting the workers on leave isn't permissible under his order.

  • March 18, 2025

    Teamsters Lose Bid To Nix Driver's Benefits Suit

    A Teamsters local can't escape a delivery driver's claims that the union breached its fiduciary duty by denying him early retirement benefits, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled Tuesday.

  • March 18, 2025

    DraftKings Must Face Claims In MLB Players' NIL Suit

    DraftKings has failed to convince a Pennsylvania federal judge to toss a lawsuit against it claiming the company unlawfully used images of MLB players for promotional purposes, as the court rejected the argument that using the pictures was protected speech.

  • March 18, 2025

    Chamber Backs Macy's In 9th Circ. Rehearing Bid

    The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other business advocacy groups encouraged the Ninth Circuit to rethink its split enforcement of the NLRB's expanded relief against Macy's for an unlawful lockout, arguing the board can't issue so-called Thryv remedies under federal labor law and the U.S. Constitution.

  • March 18, 2025

    Maynard Nexsen Adds 5 Constangy Employment Attys In LA

    Maynard Nexsen PC has brought a 5-lawyer team from labor and employment firm Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP to its Los Angeles office, bringing on a team that is experienced in management-side employment law and can converse in six languages.

  • March 18, 2025

    News Union Backs NLRB Order Against Pittsburgh Paper

    The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette bargained in bad faith with its reporters' union by insisting on unilateral control over their job terms based on vague concerns about the journalism industry, the union told the Third Circuit, urging a panel to enforce a National Labor Relations Board ruling.

  • March 18, 2025

    White House Asks Agencies For Info On Union Contract Costs

    The Office of Personnel Management has asked federal agencies to detail how much they have spent on bargaining with the unions that represent their workers, launching a probe of potentially "substantial" costs as the Trump administration reexamines the relationship between the government and federal unions.

  • March 18, 2025

    NLRB Judge Won't Issue Bargaining Order At Mo. Starbucks

    Starbucks violated the National Labor Relations Act once during Workers United's organizing drive at a Missouri store, but the violation wasn't severe enough to have caused the union's loss in a representation election, a National Labor Relations Board judge said, rejecting board prosecutors' request for a bargaining order.

  • March 17, 2025

    Judge Extends Block On Data Sharing With DOGE

    A Maryland federal judge extended her temporary restraining order blocking the U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Office of Personnel Management from turning over sensitive personal information on federal employees to Department of Government Efficiency workers Monday, giving herself another week to rule on the workers' preliminary injunction request.

  • March 17, 2025

    NCAA, States Ask Judge To OK Deal On NIL Recruiting Rules

    A coalition of states and the NCAA asked a Tennessee federal judge to sign off Monday on a settlement that seeks to resolve antitrust litigation over the NCAA's ban on athlete recruits' name, image and likeness compensation, revealing new details of the deal, including a permanent bar on future policies.

  • March 17, 2025

    Calif. Fights Business Bid To Block Captive Audience Ban

    California has urged a federal judge to reject a business-led challenge to a new state law that prohibits employers from holding so-called captive audience meetings, saying the law does not violate the First Amendment because it targets conduct, not speech.

  • March 17, 2025

    Apprentice Program Seeks To Toss Black Worker's Bias Suit

    An apprenticeship program called on a New Jersey federal judge to nix hostile work environment and race bias allegations from a former participant, saying the worker had not presented enough evidence to prove the training organization committed discrimination.

  • March 17, 2025

    NLRB Prosecutors Withdraw Immigrant Detainee Complaint

    National Labor Relations Board prosecutors have pulled a novel suit accusing immigrant detention center operator GEO Group of violating federal labor law by punishing detainees for protesting their working conditions.

  • March 17, 2025

    American Airlines Pension Data Suit Transferred To Texas

    American Airlines can ship to Texas a proposed class action alleging the company used outdated statistics to calculate retirees' pension payments, an Illinois federal judge ruled, finding the worker leading the case was one of the only things tying the suit to Illinois.

  • March 17, 2025

    Yellow Corp. Creditors Threaten To File Competing Ch. 11 Plan

    The official committee of unsecured creditors for troubled trucking company Yellow Corp. told a Delaware bankruptcy judge Monday the group would push its own version of a Chapter 11 proposal if the debtor cannot reach a global settlement with its creditors.

  • March 17, 2025

    Pittsburgh Workers Challenge City's Residency Requirement

    A bargaining unit representing maintenance workers for the city of Pittsburgh claims an amendment to the city charter requiring them to live within city limits should be thrown out, pointing to a court ruling that tossed a similar requirement for Pittsburgh police officers.

  • March 17, 2025

    NLRB's Leadership Signals New Stance On Noncompetes

    National Labor Relations Board prosecutors are no longer taking the stance that certain noncompete agreements are illegal, the board's acting general counsel has indicated in a new brief in an unfair labor practice case.

Expert Analysis

  • Weathering Policy Zig-Zags In Gov't Contracting Under Trump

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    To succeed amid the massive shift in federal contracting policies heralded by President Donald Trump's return to office, contractors should be prepared for increased costs and enhanced False Claims Act enforcement, and to act swiftly to avail themselves of contractual remedies, says Jacob Scott at Smith Currie.

  • Making The Case For Rest In The Legal Profession

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    For too long, a culture of overwork has plagued the legal profession, but research shows that attorneys need rest to perform optimally and sustainably, so legal organizations and individuals must implement strategies that allow for restoration, says Marissa Alert at MDA Wellness, Carol Ross-Burnett at CRB Global, and Denise Robinson at The Still Center.

  • 2 Areas Of Labor Law That May Change Under Trump

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    Based on President Donald Trump's recent moves, employers should expect to see significant changes in the direction of law coming out of the National Labor Relations Board, particularly in two areas where the Trump administration will seek to roll back the Biden NLRB's changes, says Daniel Johns at Cozen O’Connor.

  • Water Cooler Talk: 'Late Night' Shows DEI Is More Than Optics

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    Amid the shifting legal landscape for corporate diversity, equity and inclusion programs, Troutman's Tracey Diamond and Emily Schifter chat with their firm's DEI committee chair, Nicole Edmonds, about how the 2019 film "Late Night" reflects the challenges and rewards of fostering meaningful inclusion.

  • Considerations As Trump Admin Continues To Curtail CFPB

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    Recent sweeping moves from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's new leadership have signaled a major shift in the agency's trajectory, and regulated entities should prepare for broader implications in both the near and long term, say attorneys at Pryor Cashman.

  • NCAA Rulings Signal Game Change For Athlete Classification

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    A Tennessee federal court's recent decision in Pavia v. NCAA adds to a growing call to consider classifying college athletes as employees under federal law, a change that would have unexpected, potentially prohibitive costs for schools, says J.R. Webster Cucovatz at Gilson Daub.

  • How DOGE's Severance Plan May Affect Federal Employees

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    President Donald Trump's administration, working through the Department of Government Efficiency, recently offered a severance package to nearly all of the roughly 2 million federal employees, but unanswered questions about the offer, coupled with several added protections for government workers, led to fewer accepted offers than expected, says Aaron Peskin at Kang Haggerty.

  • Rethinking 'No Comment' For Clients Facing Public Crises

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    “No comment” is no longer a cost-free or even a viable public communications strategy for companies in crisis, and counsel must tailor their guidance based on a variety of competing factors to help clients emerge successfully, says Robert Bowers at Moore & Van Allen.

  • Axed ALJ Removal Protections Mark Big Shift For NLRB

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    A D.C. federal court's recent decision in VHS Acquisition Subsidiary No. 7 v. National Labor Relations Board removed long-standing tenure protections for administrative law judges by finding they must be removable at will by the NLRB, marking a significant shift in the agency's ability to prosecute and adjudicate cases, say attorneys at Proskauer.

  • The Future Of ALJs At NLRB And DOL Post-Jarkesy

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    In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2024 Jarkesy ruling, several ongoing challenges to the constitutionality of the U.S. Department of Labor's and the National Labor Relations Board's administrative law judges have the potential to significantly shape the future of administrative tribunals, say attorneys at Wiley Rein.

  • Water Cooler Talk: 'Harry Potter' Reveals Magic Of Feedback

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    Troutman Pepper's Tracey Diamond and Emily Schifter chat with Wicker Park Group partner Tara Weintritt about various feedback methods used by "Harry Potter" characters — from Snape's sharp and cutting remarks to Dumbledore's lack of specificity and Hermione's poor delivery — and explore how clear, consistent and actionable feedback can transform workplaces.

  • What To Expect From Trump's Deputy Labor Secretary Pick

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    President Donald Trump's nominee for deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor, Keith Sonderling, has a track record of prioritizing clear guidance on both traditional and cutting-edge issues, which can provide insight into what employers can expect from his leadership, say attorneys at Littler.

  • A Look At Order Ending Federal Contractor Affirmative Action

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    To comply with President Donald Trump's executive order revoking affirmative action requirements in the next 90 days, federal contractors should focus on identification of protected groups, responsibilities of "diversity officer" positions and annual compliance reviews, says Jeremy Burkhart at Holland & Knight.