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April 11, 2024
A former Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP associate's suit saying she was fired for protesting sexual harassment should return to state court, a New York federal judge recommended, saying the federal court can't enforce arbitration pacts invalidated by a 2022 amendment to the Federal Arbitration Act.
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April 11, 2024
United Airlines workers failed to furnish "basic factual details" to back up their case alleging the airline discriminated against employees for their religious beliefs by requiring a COVID-19 vaccination, an Illinois federal judge said, tossing the suit.
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April 11, 2024
A California federal judge narrowed a former Apple executive's suit alleging his age led the company to withhold bonuses, though the suit stands, as the judge said it sufficiently showed a contract was breached when the company did not pay a hefty stock retention bonus.
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April 10, 2024
The Walt Disney Co. and Lucasfilm Ltd. asked a California federal judge to toss Gina Carano's claims that she was unlawfully fired from "The Mandalorian" for her social media posts, arguing they have a constitutional right as artistic creators to decide which actors to employ to express their artistic messages.
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April 10, 2024
A Marshalls cashier said in a suit filed in New York federal court Wednesday that the company failed to step in when she complained that a male co-worker sexually harassed her and other customers, and instead moved her into more physically demanding jobs out of retaliation.
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April 10, 2024
Littler Mendelson PC brought on a shareholder who beefed up his practice serving as acting chief legal counsel to former Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, a role that now informs his work defending employers undergoing government investigations.
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April 10, 2024
Wells Fargo lost its bid to stop the lawyer of a fired investment director, who is accusing the bank of disability discrimination, from questioning his former supervisor, with a North Carolina federal judge saying the bank fell short of showing that the attorney's previous representation of the supervisor was related in any way to the current action.
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April 10, 2024
An attorney representing a former Novant Health executive should receive about $140,000 after prevailing on claims that his client was fired for being white amid a diversity push, the healthcare network said, urging a North Carolina federal judge to reduce the ex-executive's request for about $152,000 in attorney fees.
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April 10, 2024
The Third Circuit breathed new life Wednesday into a former district office manager's lawsuit alleging she was fired by the Pennsylvania House Republican Caucus for reporting she had discovered mold in a state representative's office, finding she was acting outside her job duties when she spoke up.
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April 10, 2024
An Arkansas school district violated federal anti-discrimination law when it denied an asthmatic employee's request to switch to temporary telework during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Justice.
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April 10, 2024
An Ohio appeals court sent back to a lower court an arbitration award dispute over a township's claim that a maintenance worker "abandoned his position," finding Wednesday that an arbitrator did had the power under a labor contract to order reinstatement and make the employee whole.
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April 10, 2024
Alston & Bird LLP urged a Georgia federal court to reject a former aide's objection to a magistrate judge's recommendation to force her to arbitrate her claims alleging she was fired after refusing to get vaccinated for COVID-19.
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April 10, 2024
A former Reed Smith LLP attorney failed in her bid to have a New Jersey state judge disqualified from her gender discrimination suit against the firm, with the judge on Wednesday turning down her argument that he improperly reviewed a certification from the firm's general counsel.
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April 10, 2024
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Workday shouldn't be able to dodge a Black job seeker's California federal court suit claiming it uses biased algorithms to screen out applicants, arguing that the software company can't evade liability by claiming it's not an employer.
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April 10, 2024
A former Major Lindsey & Africa LLC employee's sexual assault lawsuit against the legal recruiting giant must go to arbitration, a New York state judge has decided.
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April 10, 2024
A former in-house attorney at South Korean conglomerate Coupang told a Washington federal judge this week that his whistleblower claims against the company are valid according to the terms of his employment contract.
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April 10, 2024
A New Jersey municipal court administrator has agreed to end a suit alleging she was sexually harassed by a former municipal court judge after a state superior court ruled she could not include the Administrative Office of the Courts as a defendant in the case.
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April 10, 2024
A former executive for an India-based information technology company was let go as part of an unlawful scheme to offload older American workers and make room for younger college graduates, he claimed in a suit in Florida federal court.
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April 10, 2024
A Starbucks manager berated a barista who suffered from anxiety and depression until he had a panic attack, then fired him, according to a suit filed in Florida federal court.
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April 10, 2024
Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC has expanded its ranks in Minneapolis with a lawyer who said she is looking to use her new position to help clients navigate remote work challenges and increasing disability bias issues stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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April 10, 2024
The union that represents Long Island Rail Road workers is suing the commuter railroad for firing an employee who had been with it for 25 years after he allegedly tested positive for marijuana when returning to work after being treated for cancer.
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April 09, 2024
A Starbucks employee brought a proposed class action in California state court on behalf of similarly situated workers in the Golden State over the coffeehouse chain's "systemic failure" to provide adequate lactation spaces and sufficient pumping time for nursing employees.
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April 09, 2024
Kent State University "twisted itself into knots" to justify its alleged discrimination, a transgender professor has told an Ohio federal court, as the school in turn claimed the scholar was denied a promotion for bad-mouthing colleagues online.
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April 09, 2024
Two worker-side attorney organizations told the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday it should review an Eleventh Circuit decision finding only current employees can lodge disability discrimination lawsuits related to post-employment benefits, arguing the appeals court deepened a circuit split harming both workers and employers.
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April 09, 2024
A newly amended bill in California would give employees a legal right to ignore after-hours work communications, though Golden State employment lawyers on both sides of the bar said the bill would likely need more changes in order to have its desired impact. Here are four open questions attorneys have about the legislation.