Employment

  • March 11, 2025

    Car Dealership Settles Salesman's Race, Disability Bias Suit

    A BMW dealership has struck a deal with a Black former salesperson to close his suit claiming the business yanked his business leads out of racial and disability bias after he requested to wear footwear that aided his diabetes, according to a Pennsylvania federal court filing.

  • March 11, 2025

    Ex-Officers Dodge Flight Attendant Union's Fiduciary Claims

    Former officers of the union representing American Airlines flight attendants escaped the union's allegations that they breached their fiduciary duties after an arbitrator found they misappropriated union funds, a Texas federal judge has ruled, with the district court finding the allegations weren't filed in a timely manner.

  • March 11, 2025

    Netflix Gets 'Surviving R. Kelly' Libel Suit Tossed, For Now

    Netflix Inc. and Lifetime Entertainment Services won dismissal Tuesday of a defamation lawsuit alleging the latest iteration of their hit documentary series "Surviving R. Kelly" defamed a former assistant to the now-imprisoned R&B singer, although a Delaware federal judge gave the plaintiff another shot at pleading actual malice.

  • March 11, 2025

    Google Trade Secrets Case Against Ex-Engineer Resolved

    A Texas federal judge closed Google LLC's trade secrets lawsuit against a former employee on Monday after the parties agreed last December to an injunction forbidding him from possessing or sharing any of the company's confidential information.

  • March 11, 2025

    Ex-EEOC Chair Dhillon Nominated To Lead Pension Corp.

    President Donald Trump on Tuesday tapped Janet Dhillon, a former U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission chair and commissioner, to lead the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.

  • March 11, 2025

    2nd Circ. Affirms Union Fund's Win In COVID-19 Test Fight

    The Second Circuit upheld a win for a union benefit fund Tuesday in a medical practice's suit alleging it was owed reimbursements for COVID-19 testing from a union employee health benefit plan, finding a lower court properly tossed the complaint for failure to exhaust administrative remedies.

  • March 11, 2025

    Appeals Court Nixes Ex-UCLA Worker's Promotion Bias Suit

    A Persian worker who served as interim director of UCLA's continuing education center's marketing department failed to show the school violated the law when it hired someone else as the department's permanent leader, a California appeals court held.

  • March 11, 2025

    5th Circ. Upholds Exxon's Win In Pension Payout Dispute

    A former Exxon employee's claim that the company failed to pay his entire pension fund is preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, the Fifth Circuit ruled, keeping in place the company's win in Louisiana federal court.

  • March 11, 2025

    Seyfarth Employment Litigator Joins McGuireWoods In LA

    McGuireWoods LLP is strengthening its California labor and employment team, announcing Tuesday it is bringing in a Seyfarth Shaw LLP employment litigator as partner in its downtown Los Angeles office.

  • March 11, 2025

    California Entities Escape State Judge's Underpayment Suit

    A California state judge threw out some claims in a proposed class action from a judge who alleges she was underpaid the last several years, saying the state's retirement agency and its controller showed they didn't have much authority over judges' pay.

  • March 11, 2025

    Trump's Special Counsel Firing Seems OK, DC Circ. Says

    The president appears to have the power to remove the feds' internal unfair firing watchdog because he's the sole head of an agency with executive power, a D.C. Circuit panel said, explaining its decision last week to stay a trial court's reinstatement order.

  • March 11, 2025

    Software Co. Says Ex-Employees Stole AI Trade Secrets

    A software company that uses artificial intelligence to automate appeals when insurers deny a healthcare provider's payment request has sued two former staffers, alleging they used confidential information gathered through their employment to launch a competing company.

  • March 11, 2025

    Ex-J&J Atty Says She Was Fired For Making Ethics Complaint

    A former in-house data privacy attorney for Johnson & Johnson has sued the company for discrimination in New Jersey federal court, alleging that she was passed over for a promotion based on her Latina ethnicity and fired for reporting unethical behavior by the attorney who got the job.

  • March 11, 2025

    Goldstein Wants Look At Testimony On Alleged Obstruction

    U.S. Supreme Court lawyer and SCOTUSblog publisher Tom Goldstein asked a Maryland federal judge to let him see grand jury material related to the government's claim that he offered to pay a potential witness cryptocurrency in his tax evasion case.

  • March 11, 2025

    Dykema Doubles Houston Roster With 7 New Atty Hires

    Dykema Gossett PLLC has expanded in Houston with the addition of seven attorneys, five of whom joined from Kane Russell Coleman Logan PC and two who came aboard from Hirsch & Westheimer PC.

  • March 11, 2025

    Mining Equipment Co., Worker Strike Deal To End Bias Suit

    A mining equipment company agreed to settle a Hispanic employee's suit claiming it unlawfully revoked his mentorship responsibilities and meddled with his accommodations after an on-the-job finger injury, according to a filing in Texas federal court.

  • March 11, 2025

    Bipartisan Bill Penalizing Child Labor Violations Reintroduced

    A bill that would heavily penalize companies that have been found in violation of child labor laws and would bar them from securing government contracts has been reintroduced by two senators.

  • March 11, 2025

    6th Circ. Backs Motorola In Fired Tech's Disability Bias Suit

    A split Sixth Circuit panel upheld the dismissal of a Motorola worker's suit claiming he was fired after he requested a schedule change due to his nocturnal epilepsy, ruling his case fell flat because he never filed a formal accommodation request with the company.

  • March 11, 2025

    Staffing Co. Recruiters Certified As Class, Collective In OT Suit

    A group of recruiters showed that the staffing agency they accused of misclassifying them as overtime-exempt under federal law applied the same policies to its workforce, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled, greenlighting a collective and several classes.

  • March 11, 2025

    Trump Admin Must Restore $250M In Teacher Grants For Now

    A federal judge in Massachusetts late Monday ordered the Trump administration to temporarily restore $250 million in funding for teacher training grants that it had slashed over their ties to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

  • March 10, 2025

    Whole Foods Workers Can't Have Class Cert. In Bonus Suit

    A Washington, D.C., federal judge Monday refused to certify a class of past and present Whole Foods employees who accuse the grocery chain of gaming its employee bonus program, saying there are too many individualized questions to resolve the plaintiffs' claims on a classwide basis.

  • March 10, 2025

    Dynata Would 'Hopefully' Have Paid Bill, Staffing Co. Says

    The CEO of a staffing company told an attorney for Dynata LLC that it has nobody to blame but itself for a class action accusing Dynata of misclassifying workers' employment status, adding during a trial in Texas state court that the company can't claim breach of contract to justify withholding $8 million to the staffing company.

  • March 10, 2025

    Kyocera AVX Defeats Suit Over 2023 Data Breach

    A South Carolina federal judge has freed Kyocera AVX from a proposed class action that accused the electronic components manufacturer of failing to protect more than 39,000 employees' sensitive personal information in a 2023 cyber attack, saying former employees failed to allege a substantial risk of fraud or identity theft.

  • March 10, 2025

    J. Crew Wins Confirmation Of Ex-GC's Arbitration Loss

    A New York federal judge confirmed an arbitrator's ruling Monday that found J. Crew hadn't fired its former legal chief, Maria DiLorenzo, in retaliation for her complaints about colleagues' discriminatory comments about her hearing loss.

  • March 10, 2025

    NPR Botched Chinese Worker's Visa App, Bias Suit Says

    A former National Public Radio brand director on Friday hauled the American public broadcaster into D.C. federal court, claiming NPR botched her application for a work visa and then refused to rehire her when she later secured the visa.

Expert Analysis

  • Series

    Playing Rugby Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My experience playing rugby, including a near-fatal accident, has influenced my legal practice on a professional, organizational and personal level by showing me the importance of maintaining empathy, fostering team empowerment and embracing the art of preparation, says James Gillenwater at Greenberg Traurig.

  • Opinion

    No, Litigation Funders Are Not 'Fleeing' The District Of Del.

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    A recent study claimed that litigation funders have “fled” Delaware federal court due to a standing order requiring disclosure of third-party financing, but responsible funders have no problem litigating in this jurisdiction, and many other factors could explain the decline in filings, say Will Freeman and Sarah Tsou at Omni Bridgeway.

  • The Compliance Trends And Imperatives On Tap In 2025

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    The corporate ethics and compliance landscape is rapidly evolving, posing challenges from conflicting stakeholder expectations to technological disruptions, and businesses will need to explore human-centered, data-driven and evidence-based practices, says Hui Chen at CDE Advisors.

  • How Trump Presidency May Influence NLRB's Next Phase

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    Attorneys at Paul Hastings discuss how last year’s key National Labor Relations Board developments may progress once President-elect Donald Trump takes office, including the wave of lawsuits challenging the board’s constitutionality and two landmark board decisions that upset decades of precedent.

  • Top 10 Noncompete Developments Of 2024

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    Following an eventful year in noncompete law at both state and federal levels, employers can no longer rely on a court's willingness to blue-pencil overbroad agreements and are proceeding at their own peril if they do not thoughtfully review and carefully enforce such agreements, say attorneys at Faegre Drinker.

  • 5 E-Discovery Predictions For 2025 And Beyond

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    In the year to come, e-discovery will be shaped by new and emerging trends, from the adoption of artificial intelligence provisions in protective orders, to the proliferation of emojis as a source of evidence in contemporary litigation, say attorneys at Littler.

  • Celebs' Suits Show Limits Of Calif. Anti-SLAPP Laws

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    Two recent cases including Amanda Ghost v. Rebel Wilson and Leviss v. Sandoval highlight the delicate balancing act courts must perform in weighing free speech against privacy and reputational harm under California's robust anti-strategic lawsuit against public participation laws, say attorneys at Nixon Peabody.

  • 2 Cases May Signal Where FTC Is Headed On Labor Issues

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    Two recent Federal Trade Commission challenges to no-hire clauses in agreements between building service firms and their customers include comments by future FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson that may offer insight into the direction the FTC is headed on labor issues, says Michael Wise at Squire Patton.

  • How Decline Of Deference Will Affect Trump Policymaking

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    An administrative law regime without Chevron deference may limit the Trump administration’s ability to implement new policies in the short term, but ultimately help it in the long term, and all parties with an interest in regulatory changes will have to take a fresh approach to litigation, say attorneys at Covington.

  • 5 Evolving Concerns For Family Offices In 2025

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    Complex regulatory changes and emerging operational risks will force family offices to stay on their toes in 2025, with timely action particularly necessary to address several tax and reporting developments that may affect their investments and business operations, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

  • New Law In NY Places Employee NIL Rights In Spotlight

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    New York recently became the first state to codify name, image and likeness rights for models, but as such protections seemingly expand for individual employees across industries, employers may want to brush up on related case law, and update their handbooks and policies accordingly, says Timothy Bechen at Woods Rogers.

  • Expect A Big Shake Up At The EEOC Under 2nd Trump Admin

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    During President-elect Donald Trump’s second term, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is likely to significantly shift its focus and priorities, especially where workplace DEI initiatives, immigration enforcement, LGBTQ+ rights and pregnancy protections are concerned, say attorneys at Stoel Rives.

  • Defense Strategies For Addressing Conspiracy-Minded Jurors

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    As conspiracy theories continue to proliferate and gain traction in the U.S., defense attorneys will need to consider ways to keep conspiracy-minded jurors from sitting on the jury, and to persuade them when this isn’t possible, say consultants at IMS Legal Strategies.

  • 7 Ways 2nd Trump Administration May Affect Partner Hiring

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    President-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House will likely have a number of downstream effects on partner hiring in the legal industry, from accelerated hiring timelines to increased vetting of prospective employees, say recruiters at Macrae.

  • 4 Novel Issues From The Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni Suits

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    A series of lawsuits arising from actress Blake Lively's sexual harassment and retaliation complaint against her "It Ends With Us" co-star, Justin Baldoni, present novel legal issues that employment and defamation practitioners alike should follow as the litigation progresses, say attorneys at Dorsey & Whitney.

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