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Employer-Side Ties May Pose Conflicts For NLRB GC Pick

National Labor Relations Board general counsel nominee Crystal Carey has taken some criticism for her employment with Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, a prominent management-side firm that represents big-name clients before the board. Here, Law360 explores federal officials' ethics obligations and what they may mean for Carey's potential role as the labor board's next top cop. 

An illustration, against a light blue background, has 12 outreached hands of varying shades of brown and tan arranged in a circle with the fingertips all pointing to a red circle in the center that has a white background that has the letters DEI in black letters inside the circle and a red line crossing diagonally over the three letters.

Employment Lawyers' Weekly DEI Cheat Sheet

Harvard University sued the government over its threat to yank billions in funding unless the elite institution undertakes reforms including shuttering diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, and three federal judges threw up roadblocks to the U.S. Department of Education's effort to eliminate DEI in public schools.

Equal Pay Day symbolizes how far into a given year a woman must work to earn what a man earned in the previous year. (Photo by Julian Stratenschulte/picture alliance via Getty Images)

What's Behind The Wider Pay Gap Amid Equal Pay Innovation

Equal pay laws have evolved at a rapid clip in recent years, yet the pay gap widened, illustrating the lingering impact of COVID-19 on the workforce and the importance of continued innovation, attorneys say.

Expert Analysis

How To Address FCA Risk After 4th Circ. Ruling On DEI Orders

Jaime Jones, Brenna Jenny and Matt Bergs

Following the Fourth Circuit's ruling in National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education v. Trump, ... (more story)

Tracking FTC Labor Task Force's Focus On Worker Protection

Leonard Gordon and Shannon Sansom

The Federal Trade Commission recently directed its bureaus to form a joint labor task force, shifting the agency's... (more story)

2nd Circ. Ruling May Aid Consistent Interpretation Of ADA

Michelle Grant

In Tudor v. Whitehall Central School District, the Second Circuit joined the majority of circuits by holding that ... (more story)

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Feds Fight Unions' Bid To Reverse Cuts To FMCS

A group of unions lack standing to ask a New York federal judge to reverse staffing cuts and field office closures at the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, the federal government has argued, opposing... (more story)

Local Gov'ts, Union Sue Over COVID Grant Cancellations

Four local governments have joined with a government employees union to challenge the federal government's termination of $11 billion in grants stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, seeking an injunction restor... (more story)

President Donald Trump's March 27 executive order sought to end collective bargaining for some unionized workers at a wide range of agencies in the federal government. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Judge Blocks Trump Order Limiting Fed. Worker Bargaining

A Washington, D.C., federal judge on Friday blocked President Donald Trump's order last month seeking to end collective bargaining for workers at more than a dozen federal agencies with national security roles... (more story)

Mich. Co. Challenges Acting NLRB GC's 'Procedural Ambush'

A Detroit water infrastructure company accused the National Labor Relations Board's acting general counsel of a "procedural ambush" when his office asked to pursue "direct or foreseeable" harms under the board... (more story)

Calif. Forecast: Workday AI Bias Suit Up For Class Cert.

In the coming week, attorneys should watch for arguments regarding conditional collective certification in a discrimination suit against Workday Inc. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment m... (more story)

Teachers Union Blocks Feds From Freezing Funds Over DEI

The federal government can't revoke funding from schools associated with the National Education Association and two other educator groups because of the institutions' diversity, equity and inclusion policies, ... (more story)

NY Forecast: 2nd Circ. Hears Suit Over Contract Translation

This week, the Second Circuit will consider whether to revive a lawsuit brought by a former New York City day care center worker who claims he was denied overtime pay under state and federal law.

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9th Circ. Revives Fired Clorox Worker's Gender Bias Claim

A Ninth Circuit panel on Friday revived a gender discrimination claim brought by a former employee of The Clorox Co. in Washington who alleged he was wrongfully fired during a reorganization, but the panel rul... (more story)

19 AGs Sue Trump Admin Over Anti-DEI School Funding Threat

Nearly 20 state attorneys general sued the U.S. Department of Education in Massachusetts federal court Friday accusing it of embarking on efforts to withhold funding from educational institutions that engage i... (more story)

An Eighth Circuit panel agreed with a lower court that tossed a race bias and retaliation lawsuit brought by a Black ex-healthcare system worker who missed the deadline to file her suit, according to court documents. (iStock.com/ALENA DZIHILEVICH)
'Computer Glitch' Can't Save Race Bias Suit, 8th Circ. Says

The Eighth Circuit backed the dismissal of a Black ex-healthcare system worker's suit claiming she was fired out of race bias and for taking medical leave, rejecting her defense Friday that a "computer glitch"... (more story)

Boston Consulting Group Hit With Pregnancy Bias Suit In Ga.

The Boston Consulting Group was hit with a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit Friday from a former payroll worker who alleges her boss told her she "conned" the company by taking parental leave early on in her t... (more story)

Judge Asks How Ed Dept. Can Fulfill Mandates Without Staff

A Massachusetts federal judge on Friday appeared skeptical of arguments by the Trump administration that it can continue delivering legally mandated services without reinstating hundreds of U.S. Department of ... (more story)

2nd Circ. Says Withdrawn Application Dooms Age Bias Suit

The Second Circuit refused Friday to reopen a sleep doctor's lawsuit claiming a hospital refused to consider him for a job because he was 66 years old, saying his decision to turn down an interview after recei... (more story)

J&J Unit Sees Claims Trimmed In Engineer's Bias Suit

A Johnson & Johnson-owned prosthetics company does not have to face claims that an engineer filed his lawsuit, alleging violations of the Family and Medical Leave Act, too late, a Massachusetts federal judge r... (more story)

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Defunct Media Co. To Pay $4.5M In NY WARN Act Case

Former digital media startup The Messenger has agreed to pay $4.5 million to a class of 275 workers who claimed in New York federal court that the company didn't give them enough notice about its layoffs and s... (more story)

NJ Firm Says Worker's Discovery Failures Doom Wage Suit

A former employee of a personal injury law firm has failed to respond to its discovery requests in her lawsuit alleging she was paid less than men and harassed while she was pregnant, and her case should there... (more story)

A former ice hockey coach at Harvard University will get a chance to have her sex bias lawsuit against the school proceed after a Massachusetts federal judge ruled her claims were filed in a timely manner. (Photo by Scott Eisen/Getty Images)
Harvard Can't Escape Ousted Ice Hockey Coach's Bias Suit

A Massachusetts federal judge refused to nix a former Harvard University ice hockey coach's sex bias suit alleging she was paid less than her male colleagues, issuing an order Friday that agreed with a magistr... (more story)

X Can't Nix Unjust Discharge Claim In $20M Severance Suit

Twitter's former chief marketing officer will keep her claim accusing X, Elon Musk and others of unlawfully firing her after suggesting that Musk meet with an employee who didn't agree to let President Donald ... (more story)

Health Insurance Cos. Deny Agents OT Pay, Suit Says

A group of health insurance companies failed to pay agents at a time-and-a-half rate for their hours worked over 40 per week and improperly calculated workers' pay rates, according to a proposed collective act... (more story)

Ex-Guard Claims Security Co. Cheated Her On Pay, Insurance

A security company failed to pay a former security guard wages while also making illegal deductions from her pay, including for bogus health insurance coverage, and fired her once she complained, the former em... (more story)

Pa. Justices To Say If Wage Law Permits Suits Over Late Pay

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will determine if employees can sue for withheld wages and the liquidated damages state law allows if their employer misses payday but catches up more than a month later, the cou... (more story)