FILE - Arian Simone, left, and Ayana Parsons, right, of the Fearless Fund, attend a news conference, Aug. 10, 2023, in New York. Foundations and major donors aren't just watching court cases like the Supreme Court’s June decision ending affirmative action at universities, the ongoing lawsuit against a grant program aimed at supporting Black women entrepreneurs, and other legal challenges targeting corporate diversity programs. They are mobilizing to respond. One battleground will be the lawsuit challenging grants from the Fearless Fund, which awarded $20,000 to businesses that are at least 51% owned by Black women, among other requirements. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

3 Things To Know As Grant Program For Black Women Halts

The Eleventh Circuit this week blocked a venture capital fund's grant program for Black women entrepreneurs, a ruling that experts say will only embolden opponents of workplace diversity, equity and inclusion, and should serve as the latest warning to employers to fine-tune their inclusion initiatives. Here, Law360 looks at three observations discrimination lawyers had after Monday's ruling.  

FILE - National Rifle Association members listen to speakers during the NRA's Annual Meetings and Exhibits at the George R. Brown Convention Center, May 4, 2013, in Houston. An NRA lawyer acknowledged in court Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, that some former executives and outside vendors may have ripped off the influential gun rights group with lavish spending and self-dealing. (Johnny Hanson/Houston Chronicle via AP, File)

Calif. AG Tells 9th Circ. NRA Ruling Doesn't Impact AB 5 Case

The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision siding with the National Rifle Association on its free speech claims has nothing to do with Uber and Postmates' challenge to California's Assembly Bill 5 governing worker classification, the state attorney general told the Ninth Circuit.

A National Labor Relations Board judge found Starbucks violated federal labor law when it sent its workers home for wearing union T-shirts. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Starbucks Can't Justify Union Shirt Crackdown, Judge Says

Starbucks violated federal labor law by sending baristas home for wearing union T-shirts at a Brooklyn cafe, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled, saying the company can't point to a dress code rule to excuse this behavior because it wasn't otherwise enforcing the rule in the region.

Expert Analysis

New OSHA Memo Helps Clarify Recordkeeping Compliance

Heather MacDougall, Kaiser Chowdhry and Megan Lipsky

Based on recent Occupational Safety and Health Administration guidance on whether musculoskeletal disorders are re... (more story)

A Closer Look At Feds' Proposed Banker Compensation Rule

Jina Davidovich, Sheri Adler and James Earle

A recently proposed rule to limit financial institutions' ability to award incentive-based compensation for risk-t... (more story)

DOL's New OT Rule Will Produce Unbalanced Outcomes

Stephen Bronars

The U.S. Department of Labor's new salary level for the Fair Labor Standards Act overtime exemption is about 65% h... (more story)

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NFL Says Labor Law Preempts Ex-Player's Estate's CTE Claim

The National Football League isn't to blame for a former football player's head trauma, the league told a South Carolina federal judge, arguing federal labor law preempts a negligence claim from a representati... (more story)

MLBPA Says Bad Bunny Sports Firm Hurt By Its Own Actions

The Major League Baseball Players Association told a Puerto Rico federal judge that the sports agency linked to music superstar Bad Bunny has grossly overstated the impact it had on the business, arguing it is... (more story)

Workers urged the NLRB to reverse an agency judge's decision finding that Whole Foods employees’ wearing of Black Lives Matter gear lacked protection under the National Labor Relations Act. (Jimin Kim/Sipa via AP Images)
Workers Ask NLRB To Reverse Whole Foods BLM Case Ruling

Wearing Black Lives Matter apparel at Whole Foods is protected under federal labor law, a group of workers argued to the National Labor Relations Board, saying employees wore BLM masks and attire on the job to... (more story)

NLRB Official Dismisses Union Petition At Conn. Nightclub

A National Labor Relations Board official has tossed a petition for a union representation election at a New Haven, Connecticut, nightclub, saying some of the workers the union sought to represent are security... (more story)

6th Circ. Backs Construction Co. Refusal Of Union's Audit Ask

The Sixth Circuit upheld a Michigan construction company's defeat of a lawsuit seeking to compel an audit of company contributions to a union local's fringe benefit funds, saying the funds didn't have a valid ... (more story)

Union Asks NY Court To Toss Musicians' Representation Row

An American Federation of Musicians local urged a New York federal court Wednesday to dismiss duty of fair representation claims from two orchestra musicians, arguing that the plaintiffs didn't raise allegatio... (more story)

3rd Circ. Revives Union Harassment Claims Against County

The Third Circuit revived claims Wednesday accusing Hudson County, New Jersey; its department of corrections; and three county employees of retaliating against a corrections officer because of his union activi... (more story)

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Ex-Telemundo Worker Urges Panel To Revive Harassment Suit

A former Telemundo advertising executive urged an Eleventh Circuit panel Thursday to reverse a lower court's ruling to dismiss her sexual harassment lawsuit against the company, saying she sufficiently alleged... (more story)

PNC Settles Former Worker's Race Bias Suit

PNC National Bank has reached an agreement to end a former employee's racial discrimination suit in a federal court in Pittsburgh, the parties said Wednesday.

The jury found that the former employee showed he faced an adverse employment action because of the complaints he raised, justifying an award of about $85,000 in damages and $450,000 in punitive damages. (GDA via AP Images)
Jury Says Black Tech Worker Owed $535K In Retaliation Suit

A Georgia federal jury awarded a Black tech company worker $535,000 in damages after finding he was fired in retaliation for complaining that his supervisor discriminated against him and that he was denied a r... (more story)

Pharmacy Pushed Its Own Services On Workers, EEOC Says

A pharmacy recruited workers who have hemophilia or family members with the condition and pressured them to let the company take over their prescriptions and switch to medications that would benefit the pharma... (more story)

Navy Denied IT Worker Promotions For Race, 11th Circ. Told

A Florida-based Navy information technology worker urged the Eleventh Circuit in a hearing Thursday to reverse a lower court's decision to toss his discrimination lawsuit, saying he was passed over for promoti... (more story)

Catholic Bishops' PWFA Suit Too Hypothetical, EEOC Says

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission urged a Louisiana federal court to reject Catholic institutions' attempt to block recently finalized Pregnant Workers Fairness Act regulations, arguing the reli... (more story)

Ex-Globetrotters Player Says GM Sexually Harassed Her

The general manager of the Harlem Globetrotters declined to renew a female player's contract after she rejected his romantic advances, and covered up the scheme by blaming the nonrenewal on her inability to le... (more story)

Wage & Hour More

FTC Says Kroger Hasn't Turned Over Promised Documents

The Federal Trade Commission urged an administrative law judge on Tuesday to require Kroger to fork over documents related to negotiations for its divestiture plan amid the commission's in-house challenge to t... (more story)

Wynn, Casino Worker Ink $600K Deal In Tip Suit

The Wynn Las Vegas has agreed to pay $600,000 to end a slot attendant's suit alleging the casino shared tips with managers and diverted some to the casino itself claiming misplacement of tips, according to a m... (more story)

The full Fourth Circuit declined to review a ruling tossing Baltimore County’s summary judgment win in a wage lawsuit brought by incarcerated individuals. (Jessey Dearing for The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
Full 4th Circ. Won't Rehear Inmates' Wage Suit

The full Fourth Circuit won't review a panel's ruling that the purpose of the job of incarcerated individuals performed at a Baltimore County recycling plant determines whether federal minimum wage laws apply,... (more story)

Teachers Want Cozen O'Connor Kicked Off Equal-Pay Case

Rather than having a Pennsylvania federal judge who has presided over their equal-pay case for years recuse himself over having a son-in-law who's a shareholder at Cozen O'Connor, a class of female teachers as... (more story)

TJ Maxx Hit With Rest Break, Sick Pay Class Action

TJ Maxx has been requiring thousands of California workers to work through their rest breaks but forcing them to mark otherwise on their time sheets in violation of state labor law, a worker alleged in a propo... (more story)

Tastykake Co. Can't Duck Bias Suit Over Prayer Breaks

The maker of Tastykake snacks can't escape the bulk of a Black, Muslim ex-worker's suit claiming it unfairly docked time from him for taking prayer breaks, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled, finding the suit ... (more story)

NYC Thai Eateries Owe $1.5M In Chefs' Wage, OT Suit

A New York federal judge ordered several companies that owned and operated four now-shuttered Thai restaurants in Manhattan to pay over $1.5 million to settle class action claims that they failed to pay full m... (more story)