The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear a case Wednesday that will likely help set the stage for a "perfect storm" of litigation if the justices decide to ease the path for plaintiffs from majority groups, at a time when workplace diversity programs are already taking fire from the Trump administration.
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.
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.