Expert Analysis

Initial Virginia AG Actions Signal Focus On Multistate Efforts

Now that Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones has reached the 100-day mark in office, his first set of actions reve... (more story)

What We Did And Didn't Learn From DOJ's 1st Illegal DEI Deal

IBM's recent $17 million deal with the U.S. Department of Justice marks the first resolved False Claims Act enforc... (more story)

New DEI Clauses Will Reshape FCA Exposure For Contractors

As federal agencies mandate new procurement language aimed at curbing contractors' DEI practices and embedding Fal... (more story)

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Hartford HealthCare Misused Privilege, Teamsters Plan Says

Hartford HealthCare should be forced to produce 182 documents withheld under the attorney-client privilege from an antitrust lawsuit, say a Teamsters health plan and a transit district that claim the hospital ... (more story)

Labor To Make AI A Key Issue In Midterms, AFL-CIO Head Says

Organized labor intends to make guardrails on artificial intelligence a key issue in the coming midterm elections and beyond, AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler said Tuesday amid the federation's public campaign to ... (more story)

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Oncor Wins Long-Running Union Firing Fight At DC Circ.

A major Texas electric company was allowed to fire a union-represented worker for testifying that the company's smart meters were damaging people's homes, a D.C. Circuit panel ruled Tuesday, finding the worker... (more story)

NFL Players Union Wants Out Of Ex-Raven's Grievance Suit

The National Football League Players Association and its attorney have urged a Texas federal court to toss allegations that they delayed and then dropped a former linebacker's knee injury dispute with the Balt... (more story)

Union Urges Toss Of Tobacco Co.'s Retiree Health Fight

A North Carolina federal judge should let a tobacco workers' union keep its win in a retiree healthcare fight with the company that makes Winston and Salem cigarettes, the union argued, saying the company's ch... (more story)

Blood Org. Retaliated Over Scrubs Protest, NLRB Attys Say

A Texas blood donation nonprofit violated federal labor law by taking an employee off a promotion track after he called on medical field workers to wear black scrubs as a form of protest, National Labor Relati... (more story)

12th REI Location Takes Steps To Unionize

Workers at REI's San Diego store have gone public with their organizing drive with the United Food & Commercial Workers, placing the store on track to become the outdoor retailer's 12th unionized location.

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Booz Allen Should Defeat Retaliation Suit, Judge Says

A Georgia federal judge has recommended granting Booz Allen Hamilton's bid to toss a whistleblower suit from a Black former senior executive after finding that his suit failed to allege his bosses knew about h... (more story)

Mich. Atty Seeks Devices, Privilege Logs In Discovery Fight

A law firm managing partner accused of sexually harassing an attorney when she worked at his firm has asked a Michigan federal court to force the woman to hand over allegedly withheld communications and forens... (more story)

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Strip Club Strikes $200K Deal In EEOC Harassment Suit

A Chicago strip club agreed to pay $200,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming the business imposed discriminatory appearance standards on Black women and stood by while cu... (more story)

Wells Fargo Says DEI Whistleblower's Suit Belongs In Fla.

Wells Fargo told a California federal court a former employee's suit alleging he was retaliated against for challenging what he described as the bank's fake commitment to diverse hiring should be tossed or tra... (more story)

Attys Want To See Examples In New Mental Health Parity Rule

The Trump administration's plans to promulgate new regulations governing mental health parity requirements for employee health plans are currently causing headaches for benefits attorneys, but a rule that incl... (more story)

Ex-PR Director Seeks Early Win In Vacation Pay Delay Suit

A former director of public relations and marketing for an automotive company urged a North Carolina federal court to grant her an early win on her remaining wage claim, saying the company failed to timely pay... (more story)

BU Flouted Student's Brain Injury Accommodations, Suit Says

A former student and instructor at Boston University says she was forced out of her doctoral program after a faculty adviser and an administrator interfered with previously approved disability accommodations f... (more story)

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Restaurant Can't Sink EEOC Sex Harassment Suit

A Missouri restaurant can't dodge a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit alleging its owner made lewd comments to a female manager and paid her less than a male colleague, a federal judge ruled, r... (more story)

DOL Says FLSA Lets It Seek Punitive Damages In Pizzeria Suit

The U.S. Department of Labor told a Kentucky federal court Monday that the statutory language of the Fair Labor Standards Act allows the agency to seek punitive damages in its retaliation lawsuit against a piz... (more story)

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Nurses Fight 'Deceptive' Opt-Out Push In $14M Wage Deal

Nurses involved in a $14 million wage-and-hour class settlement are urging a Colorado federal judge to block what they call a misleading opt-out campaign by a named plaintiff in a related action in state court... (more story)

Canada Provinces Back Hockey League's Antitrust Dismissal

The governments of four Canadian provinces have urged the Ninth Circuit to reject an appeal from junior hockey players accusing the National Hockey League and its developmental organizations of suppressing compensation.

Casino Dealer Sues Atlantic City Resort Over Tip Pool Policy

A table game dealer has sued Ocean Casino Resort in New Jersey federal court, claiming the Atlantic City casino illegally underpaid tipped workers by applying a tip credit to time when dealers were barred from... (more story)

Nursing Home Hit With Wage Suit Over Meal, OT Pay

Two former caregivers have hit a Michigan assisted living and memory care facility with a proposed collective action, alleging the facility failed to properly pay overtime by requiring hourly employees to work... (more story)

Conn. Sushi Restaurant Says Chef Can't Certify OT Class

A Connecticut sushi restaurant urged a federal judge Monday to reject class certification in a wage lawsuit brought by a former chef, arguing the case lacks evidence and the only other worker to join the suit ... (more story)