Expert Analysis

Issues To Watch At ABA's Antitrust Spring Meeting

Attorneys at Freshfields consider the future of antitrust law and competition enforcement amid agency leadership c... (more story)

Navigating The Use Of AI Tools In Workplace Investigations

Artificial intelligence tools can be used in workplace investigations to analyze evidence and conduct interviews, ... (more story)

NLRB Firing May Need Justices' Input On Removal Power

President Donald Trump's unprecedented removal of National Labor Relations Board member Gwynne Wilcox spurred a la... (more story)

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Nexstar Challenges Deference To NLRB Order At 5th Circ.

The Fifth Circuit must not defer to the National Labor Relations Board's determination that Nexstar Media Inc. shift leads in Denver are statutory employees who can unionize, the company contended, citing the ... (more story)

Dialysis Centers Illegally Fought Union, NLRB Judge Says

A network of dialysis centers in the Bay Area violated federal labor law by withholding its unionizing workers' raises, firing a nurse for her organizing activity and implicitly threatening to close a center i... (more story)

A Puerto Rico hospital says the D.C. Circuit “demonstrated substantial deference” in its February 2024 ruling, in which the appeals court supported a divided NLRB panel’s unfair labor practice findings against the hospital. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
Hospital Fights DC Circ.'s Deference To NLRB Successor Bar

A Puerto Rico hospital urged the D.C. Circuit to take a fresh look at the National Labor Relations Board's so-called successor bar doctrine, challenging the appeals court's prior deference to the board on rema... (more story)

2nd Circ. Says NLRB Severance Doesn't Stop Enforcement

The Second Circuit has joined a handful of other circuits in finding that it can rule on a National Labor Relations Board enforcement request when the agency has severed part of the underlying case, rejecting ... (more story)

Justices Told 'No Serious Question' Federal Firings Broke Law

Federal employee unions and advocacy groups urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to reject the Trump administration's bid to pause a California court order reinstating tens of thousands of probationary wor... (more story)

Jackson Walker Adds Chamberlain Hrdlicka Labor Duo In Texas

Jackson Walker LLP has strengthened the firm's labor and employment offerings with a pair of lawyers in Houston who came aboard from Chamberlain Hrdlicka White Williams & Aughtry.

Transfer Of SpaceX NLRB Challenge To Calif. Paused For Now

A Texas federal judge has paused an order transferring SpaceX's lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the National Labor Relations Board's structure to California, saying he had mistakenly thought a Fif... (more story)

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Ex Jushi Exec Says Pot Co. Fired Him For Whistleblowing

The former chief operating officer for Jushi Holdings Inc. is suing the cannabis company, saying he was wrongly terminated after working to ensure the company's facilities met safety and compliance standards.

Law Firm Fights Ex-Paralegal's Anonymity Bid In Bias Suit

A former paralegal at a Pennsylvania law firm made speculative and illogical arguments to take her identity away from her overtime and retaliation suit, the firm said Thursday, urging a federal court to keep her name known.

Cooley, Hogan Lovells, Kirkland & Ellis, Latham & Watkins and Morgan Lewis & Bockius are among 20 law firms that have been asked by a group of Republican state attorneys general to provide information about their diversity, equity and inclusion practices. (iStock.com/Seiya Tabuchi)
Echoing EEOC, Red State AGs Target Law Firms Over DEI

A dozen Republican state attorneys general on Thursday urged 20 law firms to fork over information the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission requested last month about their workplace diversity practice... (more story)

DLA Piper Can't Escape Vax Refuser's Religious Bias Suit

An Illinois federal judge rejected DLA Piper's bid to shut down a suit accusing the firm of firing a Christian worker for shirking its COVID-19 vaccine mandate, saying it was too early to tell if the firm offe... (more story)

6 Argument Sessions Bias Attys Should Watch In April

A trio of age bias cases will be argued at federal appeals courts in April, as the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh circuits are scheduled to hear from a geologist, a Chili's restaurant general manager and a United Ai... (more story)

Ally Bank, White Ex-Worker End Suit Alleging Illegal Quotas

Ally Bank and a white, male former employee have agreed to end his discrimination suit alleging he was passed over for a senior role in favor of a woman with less experience so the company could check off dive... (more story)

Perkins Coie Urges Court To End Trump's 'Assault' On Firm

Perkins Coie LLP on Wednesday asked a D.C. federal judge to permanently block enforcement of President Donald Trump's "unconstitutional assault" on the firm and the rule of law, filing a summary judgment bid t... (more story)

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Anheuser-Busch Gets Manager's Unpaid OT Suit Arbitrated

A former shift manager at Anheuser-Busch must arbitrate his claims that the company misclassified him as a manager to avoid paying him overtime, a Delaware federal judge ruled Thursday, saying his claims fall ... (more story)

Rent-A-Center Faces PAGA Suit Over Unpaid OT Claims

A rent-to-own company and several alter-ego companies pressured employees to meet productivity quotas despite being understaffed and discouraged them from recording off-the-clock work, a worker alleged in a su... (more story)

A Harvard University coach of nearly 30 years alleged she was forced to retire after complaining about being treated worse than male colleagues and that her pay was consistently lower than male coaches’ pay. (Photo by Scott Eisen/Getty Images)
Harvard Says Judge Ignored Time Limits In Coach's Bias Suit

A Massachusetts federal judge got it wrong when she recommended keeping in play a former ice hockey coach's sex bias lawsuit, Harvard University said, arguing that the judge's findings that the statute of limi... (more story)

Security Workers Say Firm Edits Their Overtime Hours

A security firm manipulates the hours employees record in a timekeeping app in order to short them on overtime pay and cuts workers' hours if they complain about the practice, two security guards alleged in a ... (more story)

Loan Fraud Plea Adds 6 Mos. To Pizzeria Owner's Prison Term

The owner of a Boston-area pizzeria chain who was sentenced to 8½ years in prison in October for an alleged forced-labor scheme will spend an additional six months behind bars after pleading guilty to submitti... (more story)

6th Circ. Says Jury Form Issues Don't Merit New Pay Bias Trial

A lower court didn't err by accepting a jury's finding that a Tennessee school board gave a legitimate reason for offering a female school psychologist lower pay than a previous male candidate, the Sixth Circu... (more story)

Potbelly Says Insurer Must Cover Wage Transparency Suit

Sandwich chain owner Potbelly Inc. told a Washington state court that its insurer wrongly refused to cover it in a proposed underlying class action alleging the business violated Washington's wage transparency... (more story)