Expert Analysis

Viral 'Brewers Karen' Incident Teaches Employers To Act Fast

An attorney who was terminated after a viral video showed her threatening to call U.S. Immigration and Customs Enf... (more story)

Strategic Use Of Motions In Limine In Employment Cases

Because motions in limine can shape the course of employment litigation and ensure that juries decide cases on adm... (more story)

$233M Disney Deal Shows Gravity Of Local Law Adherence

A California state court recently approved a $233 million settlement for thousands of Disneyland workers who were ... (more story)

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Alcoa Can't Stay Benefits Injunction During 7th Circ. Appeal

Alcoa must comply with an injunction compelling it to reinstate life insurance benefits for a group of union-represented retirees, an Indiana federal judge ruled Friday, rejecting the aluminum producer's motio... (more story)

Firefighters Union Wants To Arbitrate Promotion Dispute

The union representing a Denver Fire Department captain has asked a Colorado state court judge to force the city into arbitration hearings over a grievance the captain filed to protest the hiring of a differen... (more story)

8th Circ. Upholds EpiPen Co. Worker's Reinstatement

The Eighth Circuit affirmed an arbitration award ordering EpiPen maker Meridian Medical to reinstate an employee accused of falsifying job training records, ruling Friday the decision doesn't violate public po... (more story)

Pension Corp. Installs EEOC Ex-Chair Dhillon As Director

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. swore in former U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission chair and commissioner Janet Dhillon as the 17th director of the federal agency, which runs two insurance program... (more story)

Indiana City Can't Bar Union Picketing, Teamsters Local Says

The city of Shelbyville, Indiana, can't legally ban the Teamsters from picketing on the sidewalk outside a casino, a union local said in a complaint, asking a federal judge to forbid the city from sending in c... (more story)

Attys Spar Over Dismissal Motion In Nurse Strike Pay Suit

A Colorado federal judge on Thursday questioned the parties on both sides of a complaint in determining if it has enough details to move forward in the lawsuit from nearly 40 nurses who claim they were not pro... (more story)

9th Circ. Backs NLRB Ruling On Nurses' Pandemic Pay Fight

The Ninth Circuit has affirmed the National Labor Relations Board's order finding a trio of Southern California hospitals violated federal labor law by unilaterally implementing a COVID-19 pandemic pay program... (more story)

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Ex-Polsinelli Atty Agrees To Dismiss Sexual Harassment Case

A former Polsinelli PC equity shareholder agreed to drop her suit alleging two former partners sexually harassed her, and she was fired after reporting it, according to a notice filed Friday in Washington, D.C... (more story)

Ex-Calif. Judge Seeks To Toss Sex Assault, Coverup Charges

A former California state judge on Friday moved to toss federal criminal charges alleging that he sexually assaulted a court employee and lied to investigators, saying the employee was not under his direct sup... (more story)

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EEOC Chair Lucas Says Quorum Enables Larger-Scale Cases

Andrea Lucas, chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, told an audience of lawyers Friday that the agency's newly solidified quorum enables it to pursue a "larger suite" of lawsuits, includin... (more story)

Jeffer Mangels Hit With Pregnancy Bias Suit By Ex-Associate

A former Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP associate has accused the firm of discriminating against women, especially pregnant women, claiming that she was harassed throughout her pregnancy and eventually f... (more story)

Cornell Inks $60M Deal To End Feds' Civil Rights Probes

Cornell University said Friday it agreed to pay $60 million to the Trump administration in order to restore $250 million in funding and close investigations into whether the school failed to protect Jewish stu... (more story)

Well Fargo Ignored Sexual Harassment Claims, Worker Says

Wells Fargo was dismissive of a former associate personal banker's sexual harassment complaints and included nondisclosure clauses in her employment contract limiting her ability to talk about discrimination i... (more story)

Ex-NY Jets Exec 'Not A Victim,' Team Tells NJ Court

The New York Jets urged a New Jersey state judge Friday to send to arbitration a former finance executive's case alleging retaliatory firing after her husband reported sexual harassment by the team's president... (more story)

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Up Next At High Court: Religious Rights & Gov't Contracts

The U.S. Supreme Court will return Monday for a short week of arguments, in which the justices will consider whether state and local government officials can be held personally liable for alleged religious rig... (more story)

Colo. Nonprofit Studio Hit With OT, Worker Classification Suit

A defunct nonprofit art studio and nightclub is facing a proposed class and collective action brought by a former employee who says he is owed nearly $40,000 in unpaid wages due to being misclassified as an in... (more story)

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11th Circ. Partially Revives FedEx Freight Worker's FMLA Suit

An Alabama federal court correctly handed FedEx a win on a former freight handler's retaliation and discrimination suit alleging he was punished for leaving work to take care of his pregnant wife, the Eleventh... (more story)

Ex-Emory Worker Says She Was Fired For Seeking Owed Pay

A former employee sued Emory Healthcare Inc. in Georgia federal court Friday, claiming the healthcare provider violated federal law by firing her for complaining that it broke a promise to pay her extra for working late.

Amid Investor Cheers, Musk Gets His $1 Trillion Pay Package

In a landmark vote that turned corporate governance on its head, Tesla Inc. shareholders on Thursday thumbed their noses at both Delaware Chancery Court and top proxy advisers by awarding CEO Elon Musk an esti... (more story)

Insurer Says No Defense For Dog Care Co. In Suits, AG Probe

A dog training and grooming business's insurer told a Washington federal court it should owe no coverage for two cases and a civil investigative demand from the state attorney general's office relating to cust... (more story)

Food Co. Can't Keep Worker's Wage Suit In Federal Court

A food and beverage company wrongly assumed that all its employees were subject to overtime violations alleged in a worker's proposed class action, a Washington federal court ruled, remanding the case to state... (more story)