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Employment - December, 2021

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• The Most-Read Legal Industry Guest Articles Of 2021
• Fla. Judge Latest To Block Biden Contractor Vax Mandate
• High Court To Review Federal Vaccine Mandates Next Month
• 8th Circ. Affirms Tree Trim Co.'s Win In Heat Stroke Death Suit
• Ill. Firm Accused Of Shorting Workers In $2.5B Stock Deal
• Ill. Racetrack Hawthorne Hit With Suit Over Security Scans
• CBD Co. Seeks Quick Win Over Ex-CEO In $5M Tax Bill Row
• Trans Ex-Staffer Says Walmart Used 'Deadname' To Harass
• House Committee Seeks Answers In Astroworld Tragedy
• Moderna Faces Complaint To SEC Over Vax Patent Row
• Injunctions May Only Pause Gov't Contractor Vaccine Mandate
• Houston Law Firms Spar Over Fees After Atty's Termination
• IRS Agents Can't Duck Immigration Raid Suit, Workers Say
• 11th Circ. Refuses New Trial In Booze Sales Tech IP Row
• Pot Shop Accused Of Firing Delivery Driver After Robbery
• Illinois Train Crew Law Still Preempted Despite 9th Circ. Ruling
• DOL Warns Retirement Managers About Private Equity's Risks
• County Atty Fired After Akin Gump Call Can Pursue Bias Claim
• A Law Firm Leader's Guide To Seeking Effective Feedback
• Ex-Assistant Seeks To Trim Lawsuit Over Her Mary Kay Book
• How SEC Proposal Would Change Stock Buyback Landscape
• Calif. Must Balance Privacy And Rigor In Background Checks
• Littler Opens Third Mexico Office In Saltillo
• The Top NJ Supreme Court Rulings From 2021
• Top Transportation Rulings Of 2021
• Biggest Illinois Decisions Of 2021
• 27 States, Groups Appeal Vax-Or-Test Rule To Justices
• Ill. Judge Refuses To Block Chicago, State Vax Mandates
• Top 5 Gov't Contracting Policies Of 2021
• Candy Biz Can't Nix Worker Suit Over Spouse's COVID Death
• Tetra Tech Fights Tribal Immunity In Fire Cleanup Wage Row
• DPD Drivers Lose Bid For Employee Status At Tribunal Appeal
• Texas CBD Retailers Hit With Worker's OT Class Action
• Ga. Judge Pauses Fed. Contractor Vaccine Row For Appeal
• Prudential Says Refiled ERISA Class Action Still Falls Short
• Court Approves $4.2M OT Deal For Giant Eagle 'Team Leaders'
• Jackson Lewis Wants Conn. Doc's Defamation Bid Axed
• Counsel Scolded For Anti-Chinese Remarks During Deposition
• Saxton & Stump Adds Shareholder For Enviro, Safety Launch
• Md. Agency Must Face Gay, HIV-Positive Ex-Worker's Bias Suit
• Michigan Firm Miller Canfield Adds Detroit's Former Chief Atty
• Pandemic Liability Act Dooms Texas Meatpackers' Suit
• Washington Nationals Tap Lorenger & Carnell For Vax Suit
• EEOC Claims Georgia Co. Fired Its CFO Over His Depression
• Judge Skeptical Of Amazon COVID Race Bias Claims
• Ex-USC Football Player Charged With COVID Benefits Fraud
• 7th Circ. Wants Ill. Justices To Weigh In On BIPA Accrual Issue
• DOJ Fight Over Treatment Of No-Poach Cases Heats Up
• Cognizant Slams 'Manifest Errors' Keeping FCA Suit Alive
• Ill. Accounting Firm Sued For Late Disclosure Of Data Breach
• AbbVie Urges ITC To Block Humira Rival Over Trade Secrets
• Ex-Citibank Exec In Contempt For Bid To Enforce $9.5M Award
• 11th Circ. Won't Stay Contractor Vax Mandate Injunction
• Restaurateurs Ask Texas Judge To Block Tipped Worker Rule
• Firm Fires Back In Legal Malpractice Coverage Dispute
• The Biggest 3rd Circ. Decisions From 2021
• Smith Gambrell Merges With Rogers & Hardin In Atlanta
• Ex-WilmerHale Temp Moves To DQ Judge In Employment Case
• Ex-NFLers Waited Too Long For Painkiller Suit, Judge Says
• BNSF Worker Awarded $4.9M Over Car Accident Injuries
• Embracing ESG: Whirlpool CLO Talks Structural Improvement
• The Major Antitrust Conduct Cases Of 2021
• Inside Ex-Prosecutor's Suit Alleging Honesty Cost Him Job
• Split 6th Circ. Nixes 5th Circ. Stay Of Biden's Vax-Or-Test Rule
• Employment Authority: Looking Back On 2021 Developments
• Indiana Justices Toss FELA Injury Suit Against Rail Operator
• NJ Virus Benefit Recipients Sue BofA Over Debit Card Fraud
• CBD Store Franchisee Launches New Suit Against Company
• Amtrak Vaccine Mandate Suit's Fate Uncertain After Ga. Ruling
• Wage-Fixing Defendant Seeks Rethink On Rejected DOJ Deal
• McDonald's Agrees To $33.5M Buyout To End Race Bias Suit
• Fla. High Court Is Wrong To Ban CLE Diversity Requirements
• Metra Points To Federal Law In Union Vax Mandate Dispute
• Fired Casino GC Wants Quick Decision In Whistleblowing Suit
• Worker Can't Be Fired For Rebutting Review, Mass. Court Says
• Key Trade Secret Developments Of 2021: Part 1
• Produce Seller Owes $62M, Pension Fund Says
• Morgan Lewis Settles Ex-Assistant's Disability Bias Claims
• Dan Snyder Scandal Shows Investigations Can't Be Black Box
• Calif. County Can't Sink Jewish Prosecutor's Bias Claims
• Biden Asks Supreme Court To Revive Health Worker Vax Rule
• Ex-Farmers Legal Chief Fired Over Bias Suit Awarded $155M
• Davis Wright, Partner Sanctioned $40K For 'Bad Faith' Filings
• NCAA Governors Greenlight New Streamlined Constitution
• NFL's Diversity Fail Informed 'Women On Boards,' Judge Told
• 6 Aerospace Execs Indicted Over No-Poaching Agreement
• San Francisco Asks Judge To Toss 15% Delivery Fee Cap Suit
• J. Crew GC Says She Was Belittled, Fired After Hearing Loss
• Ill. Justices Say Failure To Refile Dooms Trucker's Crash Suit
• Texas Court Temporarily Stops Health Care Vaccine Mandate
• Lawyers Must Prepare For Contract Tech Co. Consolidation
• Prognosis Is Mixed For COVID-19 Post-Acute Care Staffing
• Pitt Can't Shake White Ex-Coach's Race, Age Bias Claims
• Alsup Miffed At Fee Provision In Apple's $30M Bag Check Deal
• Atkinson Andelson Adds Employment Atty In LA Region
• Fired McDonald's CEO Gives Back $105M To End Lawsuit
• Attorney Can't Front Sanctions For Clients, Pa. Court Says
• Ill. Appeals Court Pauses Workers' Biometric Privacy Claims
• Anheuser-Busch Worker Says Retaliation Claim Is Timely
• 5th Circ. Dials Back Block Of Health Care Vaccine Mandate
• Texas Woman Can't Sue Lyft Over Partial Foot Amputation
• SEC Takes Aim At Corporate Insider Abuses In New Proposals
• Ill. Jury Awards Man's Estate $3.5M For Mesothelioma Death
• Gordon & Rees Unveils Immigration & Naturalization Group
• Ticket Reseller Settles Trade Secrets Suit With Ex-Workers
• Boston Says Detective's $2M Gender Bias Verdict Can't Stand
• Oilfield Services Co. Sued Over Worker's COVID-19 Death
• Security Contractor Says Whistleblower Claims Already Public
• Raytheon, Others Hit With Antitrust Suits Amid DOJ Probe
• Insurer Ordered To Defend WTA In $10M Blood Test Arbitration
• Insurer Ends Dispute Over Ill. Cafe's Coverage For Wage Suit
• Senate Confirms Labor Lawyer Jennifer Sung To 9th Circ.
• 7th Circ. Won't Revive United Pilots' Sick Pay Accrual Claim
• Justices Will Hear Union Pacific Engineer's Negligence Suit
• High Court To Decide Scope Of Military Discrimination Law
• BigLaw's Big Guns Of Revenue Keep Growing
• New China Data Law Demands Distinct Compliance Approach
• High Court To Weigh Calif. Arbitration Pacts Carveout
• SoulCycle Settles Claim It Used COVID-19 As Firing Pretext
• Ill. Judge Pauses McDonald's BIPA Dispute Over Similar Case
• Bias Suit Time Limit Should Have Been Paused, 3rd Circ. Told
• Ill. Panel Upholds Doc's $4.5M Arbitration Win In Wage Row
• FilmOn Founder Can't Reverse $11M Sexual Battery Loss
• 'Salt Bae' Celebrity Chef's Eatery Hit With Staff Bias Suit
• VA Worker Can't Move Equal Pay Dispute Out Of Claims Court
• CBD Co. Sued By Ex-CEO Over Surprise $5M Tax Bill
• Former Mass. AG Deputy Joins Morgan Brown & Joy
• 4th Circ. Ruling Offers Guidance On Scope Of WARN Act
• How Firms Can Adapt Amid COVID's Shifting Legal Needs
• Jones Day Tells Court It Fired Paralegal For Lying, Denies Bias
• Ex-Pharma Worker's 'Dark Web' Suit Can Stand, 3rd Circ. Told
• Former Northwest Airlines Workers Sue Delta Over Pensions
• K&L Gates Adds White & Case, Jones Day Attys In DC
• Ex-Ga. Law Firm Leader Asks 11th Circ. To Nix His Prison Time
• Prestige Draws Young Attys, But Keeping Them Takes Work
• Split 5th Circ. Won't Block United Vax Mandate Amid Appeal
• Deal Averts Women's Soccer Strike Amid Equal Pay Appeal
• 'Unlikely' Calif. Can Intervene In $18M Activision EEOC Deal
• Latinx Former Exec Sues ViacomCBS For Race Discrimination
• NH Teachers Say 'Divisive Concepts' Law Chills Free Speech
• Teamsters Pension Fund Wants $4.8M From NY Businessman
• Toolmaker Matco Inks $15.8M Deal In Misclassification Suit
• 12 AGs Back DOL's Proposed ESG Retirement Investing Rule
• Best Buy Settles Ga. Worker's $1.9M Forklift Injury Case
• Past Guidance Gives NYC Employers Clues On New Vax Rules
• OSHA Starts Probe Into Amazon Building Collapse In Illinois
• Embracing ESG: Synchrony Counsel Talk Role Of Legal Teams
• Arbitration's Advantages Make It A Superior Solution
• Insurer Ducks Coverage For John Varvatos Discrimination Suit
• NY Bar Tells Attys To Steer Clear Of Non-Atty-Owned Firms
• Pandemic-Era Lessons In Jury Selection, Court Dynamics
• Minor League Players Say MLB Can't Kill Fla. Wage Claims
• DOL Unveils Timeline For OT, Davis-Bacon Work Rules
• High Court Won't Block NY Health Care Worker Vax Mandate
• Calif. Atty Sues Ex-Firm For Defamation, Breach Of Contract
• Mass. Justices Say Contractor Test Unfit For Joint Employers
• Convergys Wraps Up Fired Worker's FMLA Suit
• What New FTC Workshop Revealed About Noncompete Regs
• Prestige Leaders: A Look At Our New Law Firm Ranking
• The 2021 Law360 Pulse Prestige Leaders
• Prestige Leaders: Sizing Up Firms By Revenue
• Employment Authority: NLRB May Gut Union Avoidance Move
• Univ. Fights To Keep Alive TM Suit Over Fired Coach's Tweet
• H-1B Program Rife With Wage Theft, Report Says
• Truck Drivers Want To OK $9.5M Deal In Misclassification Suit
• Justices Will Hear Southwest Supervisor Arbitration Fight
• Ill. Gov Asks 7th Circ. To End Court Oversight Of State Hiring
• How Personnel Files Can Affect Medical Malpractice Claims
• Couple Claim Amazon Drivers' Attack Made Them Flee Ga.
• US Soccer Says 4th Circ. Ruling Doesn't Affect Equal Pay Suit
• Pa. Law Firm Wants Fired Atty's Bias Suit Tossed
• 6th Circ. Affirms $50K Sanction For Attys Of Ex-MSU Recruiter
• Ex-PharmaCann Worker Fired After Reporting Mold, Suit Says
• Republican Senators Bash DOL's ESG Retirement Proposal
• Monsanto To Plead Guilty, Pay $12M For Hawaii Pesticide Use
• Men Don't Lose Out In 'Women On Boards' Law, Prof Testifies
• Pair Of 9th Circ. Nominees Clear Procedural Vote In Senate
• Ga. Judge Will Pay $25K Fine To End Campaign Funds Probe
• Citizens, Hanover Assert No Coverage For Privacy Suit
• 5th Circ. Told Firm's $2.1M Atty Fee Fight Belongs In Texas
• Jackson Lewis Hires Employment Attys In LA, New Jersey
• Minor Leaguers Look To Strike 'Improper' MLB Wage Filings
• SEIU Says Hospital Owes $2.3M In Benefit Fund Contributions
• Hostess Brands Fired Quarantined Worker, ADA Suit Says
• 3 Railroads Suspend Vax Mandates After Judge Blocks Rule
• Faegre Drinker Grabs Benefits Expert From Jackson Lewis
• NY AG James Drops Her Campaign For Governor
• Bid Protest Spotlight: Availability, Documents, Deference
• Utica Fights To Keep Travelers In $5.6M Trade Secrets Suit
• For Junior Lawyers, Authenticity And A Solid Pitch Are Key
• DOJ Accuses Likely Pratt & Whitney Exec Of Wage Violations
• Women 'Grossly' Underrepresented On Calif. Boards: Prof.
• DOJ Asks Top Court To Pass On Harvard Admissions Suit
• Fired Atty Wraps Up Suit Ripping Firm's 'Sweatshop Culture'
• Surgical Care Can't Get Antitrust Trial 'Preview,' DOJ Says
• Mass. Justices Eye Narrow Ruling In 7-Eleven Worker Case
• GEO Group Can't Cut Wash. Detainees' $17M Wage Suit Award
• The Argument Against No-Poach Provisions In Buyer NDAs
• Security Contractor Strikes $1.2M Deal In DOL Pay Bias Probe
• Ga. Atty Accuses State Agency Of Sex, Race Bias In Pay Suit
• A Compliance Primer For Attorneys Outsourcing Legal Work
• NJ Judge Can't Avoid More Surveillance In Pension Suit
• 'Bad Grammar' Doesn't Make Contract Ambiguous: 6th Circ.
• 4th Circ. Revives Former Hyatt Chef's Disability Benefits
• Judge Who Brought Bias Suit Fights Bid For Psych Exam
• Court Nixes Bid To Void Fogo De Chao's Arb. Agreement
• BLM Mask Ban Doesn't Flout Free Speech, 3rd Circ. Told
• What Vaccine Mandate Injunctions Mean For Health Employers
• Ex-Clinic Director Seeks Early Win In FCA Kickbacks Suit
• Justices Urged To Fix Law On Medical Pot Reimbursements
• Judge Stays Challenges To Pa. County's Vaccine Mandate
• Weinstein, Boies Defeat Actress's Suit After Missed Deadline
• Amazon Takes Most Heat As Senate Scrutinizes Tech Sector
• Amazon Urges Judge To Toss Mistaken Military Leave Claim
• DeCotiis FitzPatrick Absorbs Most Of Kaufman Semeraro
• USW Asks 5th Circ. To Back NLRB Order, Acting GC's Power
• USA Taekwondo, Insurer Leave Athletes' Sex Abuse Suit
• Navigating Nondisplacement Rule Reboot For Gov't Contracts
• In Reversal, DOJ Recognizes Immigration Judges Union
• Ga. Judge Blocks Contractor Vaccine Mandate Nationwide
• Agent Slams Knicks Player's 'Fishing Expedition' In $58M Suit
• When And How To Depose Fact Witnesses Remotely In 2022
• 11th Circ. Denies Fla. Bid To Halt Fed Health Workers Vax Rule
• DOJ Wants 1st Wage-Fixing Win To Become 1st Domino
• 3rd Circ. Backs L'Oreal's Win In Atty's Whistleblower Suit
• Cruise Co. Can Arbitrate Ship Doctor's COVID-Linked Suicide
• DOT Rule On Truckers' Hours Flouts Safety, DC Circ. Told
• 9th Circ. Won't Revisit Feds' Win In Tribal Exec's Firing Suit
• DOJ Antitrust Chief Says Expect More Collaboration With FTC
• Flowers Foods Must Face Distributors' Misclassification Suit
• Ga. Payment Co. Settles Contract Suit With Ex-Sales Exec
• Insurer Rejects Car Dealer's Coverage Bid For Worker's Killing
• Tyson Escapes Pa. Meatpacker's COVID-19 Death Suit
• 9th Circ. Snuffs VW Sales Reps' Bid To Save Lost-Income Suit
• Former NLRB General Counsel Joins Bond Schoeneck & King
• Metra Illegally Skirted Vax Policy Bargaining, Rail Unions Say
• Davis Polk Again Seeks End To Associate Discrimination Case
• Embracing ESG: PayPal CLO Talks Gauging Impact And Intent
• Legal Sector Adds 2,700 Jobs In November
• Feds Seek To Stay Order Blocking Contractor Vax Mandate
• Employment Authority: Omicron Variant & Amazon Vote Redo
• Calif. Denied Early Win In Bench Trial On Board Diversity Law
• California Pizza Kitchen Ex-Employees Sue After Data Breach
• LSU Employee's Racketeering Claim Cut From Retaliation Suit
• Textile Co. Settles With Medical Pot User Over Nixed Job Offer
• American Airlines, Pilots Seek Military Pay Info From DOD
• Netflix Improperly Poached Fox Execs, Calif. Panel Says
• Feds, Trump Tell 2nd Circ. Defamation Case Belongs With DOJ
• Conagra Must Face Trade Secret Suit From Schwan's
• Former NY Tax Dept. Worker Indicted In Sick Leave Scheme
• 3rd Circ. Won't Revive Retaliation Suit Against Rice Energy
• Boston Cop's Attys Seek $1.3M In Fees After Gender Bias Win
• Oil & Gas Co. Hit With OT Suit By 'Day Rate Workers'
• 3rd Circ. Preview: BLM Masks, $1.4B Award Fight End 2021
• Ala. Mill To Pay Plaintiff Attys In 'Poisoned' Employment Case
• Trail Blazers Fire GM After O'Melveny Toxic Workplace Probe
• Payment Co. Accused Again Of Stiffing Sales Reps On OT Pay
• Claims Court Won't Extend FLSA Deadline In VA Overtime Suit
• Associate Pay In Atlanta Hits NYC Levels As Demand Heats Up
• Bloomberg Reporter Suffers Setback In Whistleblowing Suit
• Calif. Board Diversity Law Essentially Voluntary, Judge Told
• King & Spalding Gets Ex-Eversheds Exec Compensation Atty
• Southwest Eyes Exit From Pilot's COVID Leave Benefits Suit
• Texas Justices Told 'Employee' Defined Broadly In $3.8M Fight
• Calif. Tribe Wants To Duck Casino Worker's Harassment Suit
• DOL Floats New Formula For H-2A Guest Worker Wages
• Texas Hospital Inks $18M Deal To End False Claims Fight
• NJ Precedent On Vicariously Liable Employers Is Still Narrow
• Fight Over Pharma Co. CEO's Firing To Go To Arbitration
• Kroger Fights Allegations Of Broken Job, Benefits Promises
• 5th Circ. Says Construction Co. On Hook For OSHA Violation
• Medical Association Wants States' Vax Mandate Suit Denied
• Military Members Can't Fight DOD Vax Mandate Anonymously
• Pentagon Official's Suit Over Security Clearance Is Paused
• Meet The 3 Ex-BigLaw Attys Trying To Solve The MLB Lockout
• Calif. AG Defends Corp. Board Diversity Law As Trial Opens
• NJ Cops Kept Off Beat For Failing To Follow Vaccine Policy
• Amazon Gets Flex Driver Privacy Suit Paused For Appeal
• Anheuser-Busch Fights Union Steward's Reprisal Claim
• 8th Circ. Won't Ax Worker's Disability Benefits Win
• Construction Co. Must Pay Up In ERISA Case
• Canadian Cannabis Co. Can't Escape Georgia IP Theft Suit
• 3rd Circ. Cans Wrongful Firing Suit Against Campbell Soup
• Partners Accuse NY Chef Of Sabotaging Hell's Kitchen Eatery
• House Transpo Chair DeFazio Won't Seek Reelection
• Union Challenges Pa. Nursing Home's Staff Vaccine Mandate
• NorthShore Workers Denied Injunction In Vax Mandate Suit
• Caesars Hit With ADA Suit From Ex-Sportsbook Cashier
• Delivery Workers, NYC Food Court Settle OT Claims
• Attys In Law Firm Bias Suit 'Acting Like Children,' Judge Says
• Bloomberg Reporter Says He Was Fired For Climate Coverage
• Match Agrees To Pay Tinder Founders $441M To End Trial