Employment

  • May 28, 2026

    Abbott Labs Settles Ill. Genetic Privacy Suit

    Abbott Laboratories has inked a settlement with a proposed class of workers alleging the company's onboarding materials asked for employees' medical history in violation of an Illinois law aimed at protecting residents' genetic information, prompting an Illinois federal judge to dismiss the case Thursday.

  • May 28, 2026

    HSBC Defeats Most Claims In First Citizens' Poaching Suit

    A California federal judge has dismissed the bulk of First Citizens Bank & Trust Co.'s suit against HSBC alleging the latter induced a mass resignation and misappropriated trade secrets, saying the court still didn't have any jurisdiction over some defendants and that an amended complaint had not cured issues with a previously dismissed complaint.

  • May 28, 2026

    Fla. Justices Say Ex-Power Co. Welder Didn't Prove Retaliation

    The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a welder's appeal alleging that a power company terminated him in retaliation for blowing the whistle on unsafe work conditions, ruling he didn't prove beyond a subjective belief that his former employer violated the law. 

  • May 28, 2026

    Ex-Perrigo Workers Say Lax Security Led To Cyberattack

    Perrigo, a company that manufactures branded and private-label over-the-counter healthcare products, was hit with a proposed class action in Michigan federal court Wednesday following a cyberattack linked to a notorious hacking group that claims to have accessed personal data belonging to current and former employees.

  • May 28, 2026

    Athletes Blast Antitrust Immunity In Senate College Sports Bill

    College athlete advocacy groups have criticized a proposed bipartisan U.S. Senate bill that provides congressional oversight to college sports and allows athletes to have agents, but also limits player movement and compensation and grants the NCAA antitrust immunity.

  • May 28, 2026

    EEOC Urges 11th Circ. To Restore Sex Harassment Verdict

    The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said the Eleventh Circuit should reinstate a jury win for a female former host of a Georgia restaurant who claimed that managers failed to stop male co-workers' lewd behavior toward her, faulting the trial court for minimizing the men's conduct.

  • May 28, 2026

    Fed. Circ. Reinstates PTAB Challenge To E-Learning Patent

    Employee training platform Go1 won its bid to revive its challenge to a cloud learning patent it has been accused of infringing, after the Federal Circuit on Thursday threw out the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's finding that the company failed to show the patent was invalid.

  • May 28, 2026

    9th Circ. Won't Revisit FCA Ruling Over Drug Price Program

    The Ninth Circuit has said it will not disturb its March ruling allowing a hospital chain to pursue a False Claims Act lawsuit against various pharmaceutical companies for allegedly causing the government to overpay for drugs under a discount program.

  • May 28, 2026

    4th Circ. Rules IRS 'Cooperation' Doesn't Sink Tax Convictions

    The Fourth Circuit on Thursday affirmed the convictions of two software executives found guilty at trial of failing to pay employment taxes to the Internal Revenue Service, rejecting the notion that their alleged cooperation with the IRS somehow undermined the charges.

  • May 28, 2026

    Curaleaf Can't Block NJ Pot Law's Labor Deal Requirement

    A New Jersey federal judge won't allow Curaleaf to block enforcement of a provision of the state's cannabis law requiring labor peace agreements between cannabis operators and their employers, saying the company's slow movement doomed its motion.

  • May 28, 2026

    Justices Say 'Last-Mile' Drivers Can Skip Arbitration

    An exemption to federal arbitration requirements for workers engaged in interstate commerce can extend to what are known as last-mile drivers who locally deliver goods that travel interstate, the U.S. Supreme Court held Thursday, resolving an issue that lingered after previous high court decisions.

  • May 27, 2026

    Bumble Bee Beats Injunctive Relief Claim In Forced Labor Suit

    A California federal judge nixed Indonesian villagers' requests to have Bumble Bee Foods change its practices stemming from their suit claiming it benefited from forced labor, ruling Wednesday the plaintiffs lacked standing since they don't say they're currently working as fishers or that the alleged practices prevented them from working as fishers.

  • May 27, 2026

    NFL's High Court Loss Is Lesson For Fair Employee Contracts

    The NFL's failed bid at the U.S. Supreme Court to resolve a former coach's racial discrimination claims via arbitration serves as a warning to businesses seeking to draft employment contracts with few options and limited rights for workers.

  • May 27, 2026

    West Point Prof. Wins Speech Injunction Over Approval Rule

    A New York federal court has blocked West Point from requiring civilian faculty to get permission before using their school affiliation in external engagements involving their area of expertise, finding a civilian professor will likely prevail in his First Amendment challenge.

  • May 27, 2026

    Screening Co. Calls EEOC Subpoena Bid 'Fishing Expedition'

    A candidate screening company urged a Colorado federal judge to reject the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's bid to enforce subpoenas seeking information about preoffer assessments for sheriff's office applicants, calling the demand an overbroad "fishing expedition."

  • May 27, 2026

    Colo. Panel Questions Trial Court's Reading Of Wage Laws

    The Colorado Court of Appeals appeared poised Wednesday to revive the retaliation claims of a former human services caseworker against the county department she had worked for, pushing back on a lower court's interpretation of statutes meant to close gender pay gaps.

  • May 27, 2026

    3rd Circ. Asks If Denny's Must Notify Servers Of Notification

    The Third Circuit appeared startled Wednesday at the notion that the Fair Labor Standards Act requires employers to notify workers that they're required to notify them of various aspects of the wage law, as Denny's seeks to overturn certification of a server's suit accusing it of violating the act's disclosure requirement.

  • May 27, 2026

    DC Circ. Backs Fired Employee In Salary Spreadsheet Case

    The D.C. Circuit on Tuesday partially upheld a National Labor Relations Board decision finding that a Vermont software company illegally fired an employee for creating a spreadsheet to help coworkers compare salaries, but found the board relied on protected activity unrelated to the subject of the complaint in the case to find the company illegally fired three other workers.

  • May 27, 2026

    Fla. Judge Strikes Ex-Chartwell Atty's Sanctions Motion

    An attorney who claims Chartwell Law Offices LLP fired her over social media posts about Gaza won't win sanctions against the firm after a Florida federal judge on Wednesday struck her motion as unfounded and said she would consider monetary sanctions over hallucinated AI citations in the motion.

  • May 27, 2026

    Pot Co. Urges 9th Circ. To Weigh Labor Law Constitutionality

    A cannabis retailer challenging the constitutionality of a California law that requires marijuana businesses to have labor peace agreements with unions is urging the Ninth Circuit to consider its claims against the state on the merits rather than remanding the issue to a lower court.

  • May 27, 2026

    Southwest Union Says Airline Shouldn't Access Member Texts

    Southwest's union asked a Texas federal court to bar the airline from accessing every text message of two of its members at the center of a suit alleging Southwest retaliated against union activity, saying that the airline failed to show why it should get complete access.

  • May 27, 2026

    NC Gov. Bars State Employees From Insider Prediction Betting

    North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein on Wednesday signed an executive order banning public employees from using information they learn at work to make bets on prediction markets.

  • May 27, 2026

    Baseball Podcaster Sued By Ex-Producer Over Pay

    Baseball podcaster Jared Carrabis and his production company were hit with a proposed class action in Massachusetts on Wednesday by a former producer who says Carrabis used the end of a sponsorship deal to stop paying him and other personnel on his podcasts at the end of February.

  • May 27, 2026

    Judge Denies Relief In Challenge To La. Forced Prison Labor

    A federal court ruled that forced agricultural labor at Louisiana State Penitentiary does not violate federal law, leaving intact a form of punishment that prisoners and critics say exposes workers to degrading and unsafe conditions.

  • May 27, 2026

    Judge Suggests Calif. Law Applies In Workday AI Bias Suit

    A California federal judge suggested Wednesday that Workday was wrong when it argued California civil rights law didn't apply in a lawsuit alleging its artificial intelligence tools discriminated against job applicants, ordering the company and workers to address her tentative conclusion at a hearing.

Expert Analysis

  • New Connecticut Law On Employers' AI Use Is Inventive

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    A recently passed Connecticut law regulating the use of artificial intelligence in employment decisions innovates by using third-party risk assessments to vet and certify AI models, and by recognizing a division of responsibility between developers and deployers, potentially influencing pending legislation in other states, say attorneys at Littler.

  • Series

    Studying Foreign Languages Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Studying Italian and Japanese has shown me that learning a new language can benefit a legal career in several ways, including by demonstrating the importance of approaching problems from a fresh perspective and the value of practicing patience with colleagues and clients, says Anna King at Genworth Financial.

  • Mortgage Co. Ruling Shows Risks Of Broad Noncompetes

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    The Federal Trade Commission and a Pennsylvania state court recently took actions against Mortgage Connect that demonstrate that overbroad noncompetes may not be worth the regulatory trouble they invite, especially amid heightened federal scrutiny, proliferating state restrictions and increasingly skeptical courts, say attorneys at A&O Shearman.

  • NIL Contracts Test Limits On College Football Transfers

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    College football's new legal era of direct payments to players and fewer transfer restrictions has put contractual provisions in play, and stipulations such as termination clauses and repayment obligations require added scrutiny as the name, image and likeness system evolves, says Kevin Paule at Hill Ward Henderson.

  • Operational AI Washing: Fortifying The Disclosure Record

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    The same artificial intelligence-driven workforce narratives that once appeared in earnings calls and Form 8-Ks can easily become raw material for future operational AI washing claims, so companies must be careful when drafting public disclosures because winning a federal motion to dismiss starts months before a lawsuit is ever filed, say attorneys at Akerman.

  • How The High Court Expanded Freight Broker Liability

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    After the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II that freight brokers may be liable for selecting unsafe motor carriers, the key question will be whether brokers used reasonable care in selecting a given motor carrier, with the concurring opinion offering some clues as to what reasonable care might look like, says Marc Blubaugh at Benesch.

  • The Leeway And Limits Of DOL's Joint Employer Proposal

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    A recent U.S. Department of Labor proposal would make joint employment harder to prove, giving employers more flexibility to add nonemployee labor without triggering shared liability, but businesses should be mindful that it likely won't affect state law tests or the standards that courts use, says Todd Lebowitz at BakerHostetler.

  • 'Anderson Method' Ruling Shows Copyright Limits In Fitness

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    The Ninth Circuit's ruling in Tracy Anderson Mind and Body v. Megan Roup, finding that sequences of exercises developed and recorded by Tracy Anderson were not copyrightable choreographic works, is a reminder that even highly creative fitness programming can fall outside the scope of copyright protection, says Meredith Bobber Strauss at Michelman & Robinson.

  • Mitigating Risks Under New Pay Disclosure Laws In Maine, Va.

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    To prepare for pay transparency laws that go into effect this summer in Maine and Virginia, employers should consider comprehensive audits of existing recruiting, compensation and recordkeeping practices — and be prepared to uncover disparities that create both legal and employee relations risks, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

  • Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: May Lessons

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    In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy discusses four recent rulings from cases involving allegations of Title VII violations, the Employment Retirement Income Security Act, prison dental care violations and overcharging for PACER access.

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    NY Times Word Puzzles Make Me A Better Lawyer

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    Every morning I let The New York Times humble me with word games, which offer a chance to recalibrate my brain before the day's chaos arrives and remind me that a solution — whether to a puzzle or employment law issue — almost always exists once I find the right angle, says Amy Epstein Gluck at Pierson Ferdinand.

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    Law School's Missed Lesson: Diagnose Before Arguing

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    Law school often skips over explicitly teaching students how to determine what kind of problem a case presents before they commit to a particular doctrinal path, which risks building arguments that are internally coherent but externally misaligned, says Melanie Oxhorn at Kobre & Kim.

  • Becoming The Biz-Savvy GC That Portfolio Companies Need

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    Candidates for general counsel roles at private equity-backed portfolio companies should prioritize proving their sector-specific experience, commercial judgment and ease with uncertainty — and attorneys hoping to be candidates in five to 10 years should start working on those skills now, says Dimitri Mastrocola at Major Lindsey.

  • Operational AI Washing: The Section 220 Information Strategy

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    Plaintiffs filing AI washing claims will likely use Section 220 of the Delaware General Corporation Law to obtain internal board records, but 2025 amendments have fundamentally changed the landscape of presuit shareholder document demands in ways that create both risk and opportunity for companies, say attorneys at Akerman.

  • AI Agents Will Test The Bounds Of Expert Witness Rules

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    Rule 702 of the Federal Rules of Evidence does not address whether a testifying expert must be human, but as the rule’s amended admissibility framework intersects with the accelerating capabilities of agentic AI, courts may be forced to confront whether AI-generated expertise fits within existing evidentiary doctrine, says Steven Cordero at Akerman.

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