Employment

  • October 23, 2024

    Penn State To Pay $1.25M To Resolve FCA Cybersecurity Suit

    Pennsylvania State University will pay $1.25 million to settle a False Claims Act suit accusing it of failing to comply with cybersecurity requirements for defense and NASA contracts, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.

  • October 23, 2024

    Fired Norton Rose Worker Ends Suit Over COVID Vax Mandate

    A Texas federal judge on Wednesday signed off on a former Norton Rose Fulbright IT worker's agreement to drop his lawsuit, which accused the firm of discriminating against the ex-employee when it fired him after he refused to get a COVID-19 vaccine because he didn't feel peace with the Holy Spirit about being inoculated.

  • October 23, 2024

    United Worker Fired Over Online Pics Gets Bias Suit Revived

    A California appeals court revived a United Airlines flight attendant's sex bias suit claiming she was unlawfully fired for appearing in uniform on a social media page advertising her OnlyFans account, crediting her argument that male flight attendants didn't face the same consequences for similar behavior.

  • October 23, 2024

    Trial Consulting Firm Says Ex-Worker Stole Trade Secrets

    Jury analysis firm Jury-X has accused a former employee of taking off with its trade secrets and exploiting a "backdoor" she put in the company's data tables to start her own competing juror selection services business that also copied her old employer's appearance online.

  • October 23, 2024

    Law Firm Accuses Ex-Paralegal Of 'Sabotage' In Bears Case

    An Illinois law firm has accused one of its former paralegals of attempting to stiff the firm for work it did settling his discrimination suit against the Chicago Bears, alleging that the erstwhile employee declined to file key paperwork and deleted critical files.

  • October 23, 2024

    5th Circ. Upholds Workers' Win In Health Co. Wage Suit

    A group of workers for an at-home healthcare company are employees, not independent contractors, a Fifth Circuit panel ruled, affirming a Louisiana federal court decision in three consolidated cases claiming the company cheated workers out of overtime.

  • October 23, 2024

    Chemical Co. GC Fires Back At Pregnancy Bias Claims In NJ

    Arxada and its general counsel struck back at a former in-house attorney's claims in a New Jersey state court lawsuit that the specialty chemicals company unlawfully dismissed her in the days after she talked about taking leave to recover from a miscarriage.

  • October 23, 2024

    Harvard Enabling 'Outrageous' Antisemitism, Court Told

    Harvard University is intentionally protecting students and faculty accused of antisemitism and an assault on a Jewish student last year, "hoping this whole thing goes away," a lawyer for two student groups said during a hearing Wednesday on the Ivy League school's bid to end a second civil rights lawsuit.

  • October 23, 2024

    Harvey Weinstein Must Face All NY Charges At Retrial

    A New York state judge on Wednesday denied Harvey Weinstein a separate trial for his new sexual assault charge, ruling that he must face that allegation alongside his original indictment at a retrial that is now expected to begin in early 2025.

  • October 23, 2024

    Mercedes, Staffing Firm Failed To Pay OT, Ex-Worker Says

    Mercedes-Benz and a staffing agency failed to pay a former employee at all for the hours she worked over 40 per week, let alone at the federally mandated time-and-a-half rate, she said in a suit filed in Georgia federal court.

  • October 22, 2024

    UFC Fighters Win Initial OK On $375M Wage Suppression Deal

    A Nevada federal judge on Tuesday gave his blessing to a $375 million settlement resolving a group of former UFC fighters' claims that the organization for years underpaid match participants, the fighters' counsel confirmed.

  • October 22, 2024

    Connecticut GOP Challenges Ex-Aide's Bias Suit Timeline

    A former press secretary for Republican lawmakers in the Connecticut House of Representatives failed to prevent or correct alleged workplace harassment that included cursing by waiting a year to report a key incident cited in her complaint, state House Republicans argued in an answer to the ex-spokesperson's discrimination lawsuit.

  • October 22, 2024

    Calif. Panel Says Panera Must Face PAGA Claims

    A California state appeals court on Monday reversed a state trial court's ruling compelling a Panera restaurant employee to arbitrate Private Attorneys General Act claims against the bakery and café chain, saying an arbitration agreement the worker had entered explicitly excluded PAGA claims.

  • October 22, 2024

    Ex-Worker Says DOJ Retaliated Over Accommodation Request

    A former human resources officer in the Southern District of Texas lodged a retaliation suit against the U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday, claiming she had to wait 100 days for her post-traumatic stress disorder-related accommodation request to be approved.

  • October 22, 2024

    Supervisor Could've Prevented Electrician's Death, Widow Says

    The widow of a man who was electrocuted told a Texas appeals court during oral arguments Tuesday that it wouldn't matter if there was a supervisor looking over the deceased man's shoulder, claiming the question never came up because there wasn't a qualified supervisor on site.

  • October 22, 2024

    IQVIA, Veeva Blast Summary Judgment Bids In Secrets Suit

    Life sciences data giant IQVIA Inc. and competitor Veeva Systems Inc. slammed each other's summary judgment bids made public Tuesday in a trade secrets lawsuit in New Jersey federal court, with Veeva arguing that IQVIA's purported trade secrets are hardly confidential and IQVIA saying Veeva's assertions are "a last-ditch effort to avoid liability."

  • October 22, 2024

    Ga. Tech Says No Basis For Feds' Cybersecurity FCA Suit

    The Georgia Institute of Technology has urged a Georgia federal judge to toss a False Claims Act suit accusing the university of knowingly failing to comply with U.S. Department of Defense cybersecurity standards, saying those rules didn't apply to its research contracts.

  • October 22, 2024

    Israeli Intel VP Must Use Real Name In Bias Suit, Judge Says

    A former Intel executive must reveal his name in his suit claiming the company fired him for complaining that his boss openly supported Hamas, a New York federal judge ruled Tuesday, finding concerns of retaliation from Hamas or anti-Israel protesters are too speculative to justify anonymity.

  • October 22, 2024

    Ohio Pension Funds Say Boeing Puts Profits Over Safety

    Two Ohio pension funds joined a Virginia federal lawsuit accusing Boeing executives and board members of putting profits over safety and regulatory compliance, causing a series of catastrophes and losing millions of dollars for investors, the Ohio Attorney General's Office said Tuesday.

  • October 22, 2024

    Fla. Union Says License Application Was Wrongfully Denied

    A public sector union told a Florida appeals court Tuesday that the state's Public Employees Relations Commission erred in holding the union to newly passed higher standards for re-registration before the law went into effect and upholding this decision would allow administrative agencies to simply ignore effective dates.

  • October 22, 2024

    Ill. Temp Worker Fight Restarts Over Amended Statute

    An Illinois federal judge agreed on Monday to reopen a federal benefits lawsuit challenging an Illinois law that mandates benefits for long-term temporary workers so a group of staffing agencies and the state can relitigate injunction issues under amended statutory language.

  • October 22, 2024

    Elevance Wants Weight Loss Drug Discrimination Suit Tossed

    Elevance asked a Maine federal court to toss a worker's proposed class action alleging subsidiary Anthem violated healthcare nondiscrimination law by denying coverage for a weight loss drug to treat obesity, arguing the insurer's decision was based on her employer's plan exclusion and not bias.

  • October 22, 2024

    UFC Parent Can't Escape Remaining Wages Suit, Fighters Say

    The fighters in a wage dispute against UFC that remains unsettled told a Nevada federal court that it is too early for the MMA organization's parent company, Endeavor Group, to exit the ongoing class action without proper discovery.

  • October 22, 2024

    WNBA Players Opt To Redo Labor Deal After Growth Season

    The Women's National Basketball Players Association has opted out of its collective bargaining agreement with the WNBA and will negotiate a new deal following a season that saw massive jumps in viewers and attendance.

  • October 22, 2024

    Paper's NLRB Constitutional Claims Can't Halt Injunction Case

    The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette can't stop the National Labor Relations Board's injunction request to make the newspaper bargain with three unions based on constitutional claims about the agency, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled Tuesday, saying the court would not "ignore nearly a century's worth of settled jurisprudence."

Expert Analysis

  • Patent Lessons From 5 Federal Circuit Reversals In June

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    A look at June cases where the Federal Circuit reversed or vacated decisions by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board or a federal district court highlights a potential path for branded drugmakers to sue generic-drug makers for off-label uses, potential downsides of violating a pretrial order offering testimony, and more, say Denise De Mory and Li Guo at Bunsow De Mory.

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    Rock Climbing Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Rock climbing requires problem-solving, focus, risk management and resilience, skills that are also invaluable assets in my role as a finance lawyer, says Mei Zhang at Haynes and Boone.

  • What's Next After NLRB Ruling On Overbroad Noncompetes

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    If the National Labor Relations Board's recent ruling on noncompete provisions and its extension of Section 7 rights to limit noncompetes is adopted, this interpretation of the National Labor Relations Act will have to survive scrutiny by the courts without the deference previously afforded under the U.S. Supreme Court's recent overturning of Chevron, say attorneys at Littler.

  • Think Like A Lawyer: Dance The Legal Standard Two-Step

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    From rookie brief writers to Chief Justice John Roberts, lawyers should master the legal standard two-step — framing the governing standard at the outset, and clarifying why they meet that standard — which has benefits for both the drafter and reader, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.

  • Recent Settlement Shows 'China Initiative' Has Life After Death

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    Though the U.S. Department of Justice shuttered its controversial China Initiative two years ago, its recent False Claims Act settlement with the Cleveland Clinic Foundation demonstrates that prosecutors are more than willing to civilly pursue research institutions whose employees were previously targeted, say attorneys at Benesch.

  • How Calif. Ruling Alters Worker Arb. Agreement Enforcement

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    The California Supreme Court’s recent ruling in Ramirez v. Charter Communications should caution employers that while workers’ arbitration agreements will no longer be deemed unenforceable based on their number of unconscionable provisions, they must still be fair and balanced, says Sander van der Heide at CDF Labor.

  • Congress Quietly Amends FEPA: What Cos. Should Do Now

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    Last week, Congress revised the Foreign Extortion Prevention Act — passed last year to criminalize demand-side foreign bribery — to address inconsistencies and better harmonize the law with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and companies should review their compliance programs accordingly, say Mark Mendelsohn and Benjamin Klein at Paul Weiss.

  • How First-Of-Its-Kind NIL Lawsuit Is Shaping College Athletics

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    College quarterback Jaden Rashada's recent fraudulent inducement allegations filed against the University of Florida’s head football coach in Florida federal court provide a glimpse into how universities and collectives are navigating novel name, image and likeness issues, and preview potential future legal challenges these institutions may face, say attorneys at O'Melveny.

  • CFTC Action Highlights Necessity Of Whistleblower Carveouts

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    The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's novel settlement with a trading firm over allegations of manipulating the market and failing to create contract carveouts for employees to freely communicate with investigators serves as a beacon for further enforcement activity from the CFTC and other regulators, say attorneys at Davis Wright.

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    Being A Luthier Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    When I’m not working as an appellate lawyer, I spend my spare time building guitars — a craft known as luthiery — which has helped to enhance the discipline, patience and resilience needed to write better briefs, says Rob Carty at Nichols Brar.

  • Defending Against Aggressive DOL Child Labor Enforcement

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    The U.S. Department of Labor's recent unsuccessful injunction against an Alabama poultry facility highlights both the DOL's continued focus on child labor violations and the guardrails and defenses that employers can raise, say attorneys at Littler.

  • Lead Like 'Ted Lasso' By Embracing Cognitive Diversity

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    The Apple TV+ series “Ted Lasso” aptly illustrates how embracing cognitive diversity can be a winning strategy for teams, providing a useful lesson for law firms, which can benefit significantly from fresh, diverse perspectives and collaborative problem-solving, says Paul Manuele at PR Manuele Consulting.

  • 2 Lessons From Calif. Overtime Wages Ruling

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    A California federal court's recent decision finding that Home Depot did not purposely dodge overtime laws sheds light on what constitutes a good faith dispute, and the extent to which employers have discretion to define employees' workdays, says Michael Luchsinger at Segal McCambridge.

  • Questions Remain After 3rd Circ.'s NCAA Amateurism Ruling

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    The Third Circuit's recent holding that college athletes can be considered employees under the FLSA adds to the trend of student-athletes obtaining new legal status in collegiate athletics, but leaves key questions unanswered, including how the economics of the decision will be applied, say attorneys at Reed Smith.

  • Justices' Starbucks Ruling May Limit NLRB Injunction Wins

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    The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Starbucks v. McKinney, adopting a more stringent test for National Labor Relations Board Section 10(j) injunctions, may lessen the frequency with which employers must defend against injunctions alongside parallel unfair labor practice charges, say David Pryzbylski and Colleen Schade at Barnes & Thornburg.

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