Expert Analysis

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

Troutman Pepper's Tracey Diamond and Emily Schifter chat with Wicker Park Group partner Tara Weintritt about vario... (more story)

What To Expect From Trump's Deputy Labor Secretary Pick

President Donald Trump's nominee for deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor, Keith Sonderling, has a tra... (more story)

A Look At Order Ending Federal Contractor Affirmative Action

To comply with President Donald Trump's executive order revoking affirmative action requirements in the next 90 da... (more story)

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Federal Unions Challenge Trump's 'Fork' Resignation Program

Unions representing federal employees slammed the Trump administration's "deferred resignation" offer in a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday in Massachusetts, saying the "Fork in the Road" directive is an unlawful... (more story)

Ex-Philly Union Head's Nephew Avoids Jail In Extortion Case

The nephew of a now-imprisoned former leader of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98 received a nonincarceratory sentence in Philadelphia federal court Tuesday after admitting that he t... (more story)

An apparently split Fifth Circuit panel weighed whether to uphold an NLRB decision that let an acting prosecutor pull a lawsuit in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision to scale back courts' deference to federal agencies. (Getty images)
5th Circ. Panel Split On NLRB Case After Post-Loper Remand

Members of a Fifth Circuit panel appeared split Monday about whether to once again uphold a National Labor Relations Board decision letting its acting prosecutor pull a pending suit in the wake of the U.S. Sup... (more story)

Teamsters Steward Threatened Violence, NLRB Judge Says

A Teamsters local violated federal labor law when a union steward threatened to take things outside after a worker questioned the union's negotiating strategy, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled Tues... (more story)

NLRB Union Says Members Won't Accept Resignation 'Scam'

The union representing National Labor Relations Board field staff said Tuesday its members won't take up the president's government-wide resignation offer, deriding it as a highly dubious scam.

DC Circ. Must Abandon NLRB Nonunit Info Order, Co. Says

An internet service provider in Montana challenged an NLRB decision finding the company must hand over requested information about non-bargaining unit workers to an International Brotherhood of Electrical Work... (more story)

NLRB Attys Won't Address Member Removal In 5th Circ. Row

National Labor Relations Board attorneys told the Fifth Circuit that they won't defend NLRB members' firing protections at a Feb. 5 hearing on the agency's constitutionality in the wake of the president's remo... (more story)

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Baltimore, Advocacy Orgs. Sue Trump Over Anti-DEI Orders

The city of Baltimore and a coalition of academic and restaurant advocacy groups hit the Trump administration with a suit Monday in Maryland federal court over the president's push to curtail diversity, equity... (more story)

FCC Drops 5th Circ. Defense Of Nonbinary Gender Category

The Federal Communications Commission will no longer defend a nonbinary gender category on its employment diversity forms amid challenges brought by religious broadcasters in the Fifth Circuit, where judges gr... (more story)

A colorblind train conductor, who will urge the Fifth Circuit to revive his Americans with Disabilities Act lawsuit against BNSF, will have the support of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. (Joe Shearer/The Daily Nonpareil via AP) 
Interplay Between ADA, Rail Safety Regs Teed Up At 5th Circ.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Wednesday will chime in as amicus on behalf of a colorblind train conductor at Fifth Circuit oral arguments, saying the lower court incorrectly gave railway saf... (more story)

Trump Trans Care Order Usurps Congress' Power, Suit Says

The Trump administration overstepped when it issued an executive order cutting off gender-affirming care for people under 19, a group of transgender adolescents, young adults and their families told a Maryland... (more story)

Ex-Meta Marketing Director Alleges Sex Bias, Retaliation

A former Meta marketing director sued the tech giant in federal court Monday for sex discrimination and retaliation, saying despite her "distinguished" 15 years working to grow the company, she was treated dif... (more story)

Severance Pact Sinks Ex-Mercedes Exec's Age, Race Bias Suit

The Sixth Circuit upheld the dismissal Tuesday of a former executive's suit claiming the financial arm of Mercedes-Benz pushed her out of the company due to age and racial bias, rejecting her argument that a s... (more story)

UPS, Ex-VP Resolve Race Bias Suit Over Promotion Dispute

UPS agreed to end a Black former vice president's lawsuit claiming she was passed over for promotion and then replaced by a less experienced white subordinate whom she had trained, according to a Tuesday filin... (more story)

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Amazon Wants Drivers Locked Out Of Collective Wage Suit

Amazon is asking a Washington federal judge to oust nearly a dozen plaintiffs from a collective action accusing the e-commerce giant of misclassifying Amazon Flex delivery drivers as independent contractors, c... (more story)

1st Circ. Doubts Arbitration Bid 4 Years Into Au Pair Wage Row

The First Circuit on Tuesday questioned an au pair placement agency's assertion that it is still entitled to force wage violation claims into arbitration in Switzerland despite more than four years of U.S. lit... (more story)

A Fifth Circuit panel overturned a Texas trial court’s order largely granting summary judgment to Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi in their lawsuit alleging the Biden administration’s wage hike for federal contractors violated the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act, or Procurement Act. (iStock.com/Rex_Wholster)
5th Circ. Backs Biden's Gov't Contractor Wage Hike

The Fifth Circuit upended on Tuesday a ruling that blocked an executive order increasing the minimum wage for federal contractors to $15 per hour, saying former President Joe Biden acted within his authority w... (more story)

Southwest Worker Says Airline Only Paid For In-Flight Time

Southwest Airlines only compensated flight attendants for the time between a plane's departure from its gate and arrival at its destination, disregarding the work they performed outside that time frame, accord... (more story)

Battery Co. Wants 3rd Circ. Redo In $22M Wage Suit

A Third Circuit panel disregarded U.S. Supreme Court precedent when affirming a $22 million verdict for Pennsylvania battery manufacturer workers in a suit over time spent donning and doffing gear before and a... (more story)

Pa. Fines Allegheny Co. Contractor For Misclassified Workers

An Allegheny County contractor will pay $144,000 to settle claims from the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry that it had misclassified nearly 200 workers, the department announced Monday.

Insurer Points To Limits In McDonald's Franchisees' Policies

An insurer told a Washington federal court that it owes limited coverage to two McDonald's franchisees it insures in suits accusing them of illegally withholding specific pay figures in job postings.