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February 25, 2025
PLA Amendment Moots Contractor Dispute, Gov't Says
The federal government has asked the U.S. Court of Federal Claims to dismiss a case challenging the requirement that contractors submit a project labor agreement with their solicitations for government projects, saying the requirement has already been removed from the solicitations at issue.
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February 25, 2025
4th Circ. Shuts Down HHS Chemist's 'Grinch' Harassment Suit
The Fourth Circuit shut down a chemist's bid Tuesday to revive his suit claiming he faced sex bias and retaliatory harassment within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services when a colleague called him the "Grinch," ruling his case is devoid of proof of discrimination.
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February 25, 2025
6th Circ. Upholds County Employee's Pension Retaliation Win
The Sixth Circuit upheld on Tuesday a $180,000 jury victory in favor of a former Michigan county employee who alleged his pension payments were cut off because he publicly criticized the retirement system, backing a lower court's conclusion that his comments were protected by the First Amendment.
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February 25, 2025
Ex-Privacy Board Members Sue Trump Over Firings
Two Democrats who had served on Congress' privacy watchdog over the executive branch's counterterrorism policies are suing the Trump administration, claiming they were illegally fired from the nonpartisan board to deny it a quorum and end its oversight.
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February 25, 2025
FTC Probing $615M Healthcare Staffing Merger
Talent software and staffing company Aya Healthcare Inc.'s roughly $615 million bid to buy Cross Country Healthcare Inc. and take the staffing and recruitment company private hit a snag last week with a Federal Trade Commission merger probe that prevents the transaction from closing, for now.
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February 25, 2025
5th Circ. Asks NLRB To Back Up Coercion Claim Against Apple
A Fifth Circuit panel asked the National Labor Relations Board to spell out how Apple Inc. was coercive to a worker during a unionization push in New York, pondering Tuesday whether affirming the board's finding would tamp down on the company's freedom of expression.
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February 25, 2025
Payments Weren't Admission Philly Cop Got COVID At Work
A Philadelphia police officer's "excused time," or E-Time, payments when he contracted COVID-19 were not a substitute for workers' compensation or an acknowledgment that he caught the disease on the job, so a state appellate court said Tuesday that he could not reinstate those payments under the workers' comp law.
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February 25, 2025
Insulet May Face Choice: $452M Award Or Stifling Rival
A Boston federal judge on Tuesday suggested that a medical device maker could have to choose between portions of its nine-figure trade secrets verdict it won against a rival or its request for a court order to permanently block sales of products based on the stolen technologies.
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February 25, 2025
Attys Seek $1.7M Fees For Union 401(k) Plan Case Settlement
Lawyers for two elevator company employees who settled a proposed class action against their union's retirement plan for $5 million asked a Pennsylvania federal judge to approve about $1.7 million in attorney fees, saying it represents the standard one-third fee dispensed in these cases.
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February 25, 2025
5th Circ. Eyes Congress' Quorum As Texas Fights PWFA
The Fifth Circuit grappled Tuesday with whether the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was rightly blocked from enforcing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act against the state of Texas, with several judges struggling to pinpoint whether the U.S. Constitution requires lawmakers' physical presence to have a quorum.
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February 25, 2025
Fired Worker Couldn't Justify COVID Vax Refusal, 3rd Circ. Says
A software engineer who refused to comply with his company's COVID-19 vaccine policy couldn't claim he had a "sincere religious objection" while shielding his medical records from disclosure and vacillating on his reasons, a Third Circuit panel ruled Tuesday.
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February 25, 2025
Outdoor Co. Renews Challenge To Fed. Contractor Wage Hike
An outdoor group renewed its bid to block former President Joe Biden's minimum wage hike for federal contractors after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review a ruling rejecting the group's preliminary injunction request, telling a Colorado federal court the wage hike is illegal.
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February 25, 2025
NJ Appeals Panel Upends Custodians' COVID Pay Award
A New Jersey appellate court reversed an arbitration award Tuesday granting extra money to school custodians who worked during the COVID-19 state of emergency, saying the award conflicts with a state statute that provided school employees with regular pay throughout the pandemic.
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February 25, 2025
Pa. Health System Strikes Deal To Exit Workers' OT Suit
A Pennsylvania health system reached a deal Tuesday to resolve a proposed class action accusing it of stiffing unionized hospital workers on overtime wages, according to a report filed in federal court announcing a successful mediation.
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February 25, 2025
5th Circ. Backs FedEx's Win In Worker's Age Bias Suit
The Fifth Circuit refused to reopen a former FedEx manager's lawsuit alleging he was terminated because he was in his 50s, finding he couldn't overcome the delivery company's assertion that he was fired for failing to take action when a co-worker brought a BB gun to work.
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February 25, 2025
Ex-NJ Judge Says Judiciary Still Retaliating In Pension Fight
A former New Jersey Superior Court judge has asked a state court to amend her suit challenging the denial of her disability pension application a second time, alleging that the state judiciary has further retaliated against her by requiring her to spend over $200,000 to qualify for a deferred early retirement pension.
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February 25, 2025
VA Fires Another 1,400 Employees Amid Dems' Pushback
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced Tuesday it is dismissing another 1,400 probationary employees from "non-mission critical" positions amid criticism from Democrats over a round of cuts announced earlier this month.
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February 25, 2025
Masimo Aims To DQ Hueston Hennigan As Ex-CEO's Counsel
Masimo Corp. is urging the Delaware Chancery Court to disqualify Hueston Hennigan LLP from representing its founder and former CEO in a lawsuit over his quest for a $450 million payout from the medical technology company, arguing the firm has a conflict of interest.
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February 25, 2025
DOL Taps Former Agency Official As Exec Secretary
The U.S. Department of Labor announced Tuesday that a former agency official who served under President Donald Trump's first administration was appointed as its executive secretary.
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February 25, 2025
20 Republican AGs Back Trump's Firing Of Wilcox From NLRB
A coalition of 20 Republican attorneys general asked a Washington, D.C., federal judge to uphold President Donald Trump's removal of Gwynne Wilcox from the National Labor Relations Board, backing the administration's position that board members' job protections written into the National Labor Relations Act are unconstitutional.
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February 25, 2025
King & Spalding Beats Bias Suit Over Summer Program
King & Spalding LLP won't have to face a discrimination suit filed by a straight white woman who says she was dissuaded from applying to a summer associate program open only to "diverse" applicants, a Maryland federal court has ruled, saying she has not sufficiently demonstrated a real intent to apply to the position and therefore lacks standing.
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February 25, 2025
Special Counsel Calls Out Illegal Federal Worker Firings
The firings of six probationary federal employees amid the Trump administration's mission to trim the federal workforce were unlawful, the head of the U.S. Office of Special Counsel said, urging the Merit Systems Protection Board to halt the dismissals while indicating more workers are in the same boat.
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February 25, 2025
Jones Day, Married Ex-Associates End Suit Over Family Leave
Jones Day and two former associates have settled their acrimonious and long-running legal battle over the firm's allegedly sexist family leave policy, they told a Washington, D.C., federal court Tuesday.
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February 25, 2025
Union Says Train Co.'s Lawsuit Frustrates Bargaining
A Florida high-speed rail operator is not bargaining in good faith with a transport workers union by claiming it is not subject to federal railway labor law, the union alleged in a lawsuit filed in federal court Tuesday.
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February 24, 2025
9th Circ. Axes Fee Award In California Pizza Kitchen Hack Deal
The Ninth Circuit on Monday scrapped an attorney fee award of $800,000 given to class counsel as part of a deal resolving data breach litigation against California Pizza Kitchen, finding that the lower court had failed to properly compare the "actual value" of the settlement — which the panel put around $950,000 — to the requested fees.
Expert Analysis
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NYC Hotel Licensing Law's Costs May Outweigh Its Benefits
A hotel licensing bill recently approved by New York's City Council could lead to the loss of many nonunionized hotels that cannot afford to comply, says Stuart Saft at Holland & Knight.
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E-Discovery Quarterly: Recent Rulings On Metadata
Several recent rulings reflect the competing considerations that arise when parties dispute the form of production for electronically stored information, underscoring that counsel must carefully consider how to produce and request reasonably usable data, say attorneys at Sidley.
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2nd Circ. Hostile Workplace Ruling Widens Arbitration Pitfalls
The Second Circuit’s recent decision, affirming the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act applies to a worker whose workplace hostility claims arose before the law’s 2022 enactment, widens the scope of the law — and the risks of unenforceable arbitration agreements for employers, say attorneys at Hinshaw.
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Title VII Compliance Lessons From Raytheon Age Bias Suit
A Texas federal court’s recent refusal to dismiss age discrimination claims from a former Raytheon employee, terminated after he admitted to acts that Raytheon says violated its harassment policy, nonetheless illustrates strategies employers can use to protect themselves when facing competing Title VII workplace obligations, say attorneys at Segal McCambridge.
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How The Presidential Election Will Affect Workplace AI Regs
The U.S. has so far adopted a light-handed approach to regulating artificial intelligence in the labor and employment area, but the presidential election is unlikely to have as dramatic of an effect on AI regulations as it may on other labor and employment matters, say attorneys at Littler.
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Striking A Balance Between AI Use And Attorney Well-Being
As the legal industry increasingly adopts generative artificial intelligence tools to boost efficiency, leaders must note the hidden costs of increased productivity, and work to protect attorneys’ well-being while unlocking AI’s full potential, says Ed Sohn at Factor.
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Empathy In Mediation Offers A Soft Landing For Disputes
Experiencing a crash-landing on a recent flight underscored to me how much difference empathy makes in times of crisis or stress, including during mediation, says Eydith Kaufman at Alternative Resolution Centers.
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Being An Artist Makes Me A Better Lawyer
My work as an artist has highlighted how using creativity and precision together — qualities that are equally essential in both art and law — not only improves outcomes, but also leads to more innovative and thoughtful work, says Sarah La Pearl at Segal McCambridge.
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Consider The Impact Of Election Stress On Potential Jurors
For at least the next few months, potential jurors may be working through anger and distrust stemming from the presidential election, and trial attorneys will need to assess whether those jurors are able to leave their political concerns at the door, says Ken Broda-Bahm at Persuasion Strategies.
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How Judiciary Can Minimize AI Risks In Secondary Sources
Because courts’ standing orders on generative artificial intelligence and other safeguards do not address the risk of hallucinations in secondary source materials, the judiciary should consider enlisting legal publishers and database hosts to protect against AI-generated inaccuracies, say attorneys at Lankler Siffert & Wohl.
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3 Steps For Companies To Combat Task Scams
On the rise in the U.S., the task scam — when scammers offer a victim a fake work-from-home job — hurts impersonated businesses by tarnishing their name and brand, but companies have a few ways to fight back against these cons, says Chris Wlach at Huge.
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Tips For Employers As Courts Shift On Paid Leave Bias Suits
After several federal courts recently cited the U.S. Supreme Court's Muldrow decision — which held that job transfers could be discriminatory — in ruling that paid administrative leave may also constitute an adverse employment action, employers should carefully consider several points before suspending workers, says Tucker Camp at Foley & Lardner.
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3rd. Circ. Ruling Shows Employers Where To Put ADA Focus
A recent Third Circuit decision in Morgan v. Allison Crane & Rigging, confirming that the Americans with Disabilities Act protects some temporarily impaired employees, reminds employers to pursue compliance through uniform policies that head off discriminatory decisions, not after-the-fact debates over an individual's disability status, says Joseph McGuire at Freeman Mathis.
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A Look At Calif. Biz Code And The Fight Over Customer Lists
To ensure Uniform Trade Secret Act security, California staffing agencies and their attorneys should review Section 16607 of the state Business Code, which prohibits contracts that restrain employees from engaging in other lawful types of business, to understand the process for determining whether a customer list constitutes a trade secret, says Skye Daley at Buchalter.
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How Attorneys Can Break Free From Career Enmeshment
Ambitious attorneys can sometimes experience career enmeshment — when your sense of self-worth becomes unhealthily tangled up in your legal vocation — but taking the time to discover and realign with your core personal values can help you recover your identity, says Janna Koretz at Azimuth Psychological.