April 10, 2024
The Ninth Circuit appeared open Wednesday to restoring the U.S. Department of Labor's power to deny California transit funding because of a perceived conflict between state pension law and bargaining rights, focusing on the state's standing in a dispute that began between the DOL and a union.
March 29, 2024
In the coming two weeks, attorneys should watch for Ninth Circuit oral arguments in a pair of cases involving the ministerial exception. Here's a look at those cases and other labor and employment matters coming up in California.
October 30, 2023
California told the Ninth Circuit a trial court correctly ruled the U.S. Department of Labor wasn't allowed to reverse its position on whether a federal transit funding law conflicts with a state pension statute by curbing workers' collective bargaining rights, arguing the shift flouted the agency's rulemaking process.
August 15, 2023
The Amalgamated Transit Union urged the Ninth Circuit to revive its lawsuit alleging a California statute ran afoul of state workers' collective bargaining rights by cutting back on pension benefits, saying a 1964 federal law makes clear that those rights can't be tampered with if states want to receive federal funding.
August 08, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor told the Ninth Circuit that the agency properly declared it had changed its stance on the conflict between a federal transit funding law and a California pension statute, urging the appeals court to reverse a lower court's judgment.