Employment

  • September 26, 2025

    Wells Fargo Nears Deal With Investors In 'Sham' Hiring Suit

    Wells Fargo and investors who said they lost money after allegations surfaced that the bank conducted fake interviews to show it met diversity goals have told a California federal court they've reached a settlement in principle, less than two weeks after the company announced a deal in a derivative lawsuit over similar claims.

  • September 26, 2025

    Insurer Owes No Defense To HR Co. In Embezzlement Suit

    An insurer for a human resources company had no duty to defend it in a client's lawsuit alleging that a recently hired employee the company had screened embezzled more than $1 million, a California federal court ruled, finding a misappropriation of funds exclusion applied to bar coverage.

  • September 26, 2025

    Southwest Airlines Inks $18.5M Deal In Military Leave Suit

    Southwest Airlines Co. will fork over $18.5 million to end a proposed class action from workers who alleged the company's handling of short-term military leave violated a federal military nondiscrimination law, according to filings in California federal court.

  • September 26, 2025

    UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

    This past week in London has seen Sanjeev Gupta’s Liberty OneSteel sue its collapsed former lender Greensill Capital, television personality Janice Dickinson hit ITV with a personal injury claim after falling over while appearing on “I’m a Celeb …”, and energy investor Blasket bring fresh litigation against Spain amid a row over a $416 million arbitration award. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

  • September 25, 2025

    Carnival Says Housekeeper Must Arbitrate Lupus Claim

    Carnival Corp. told a Florida federal judge that a woman suing the cruise company on claims she contracted lupus while working as a housekeeper aboard a ship must take her claims to arbitration in Panama, arguing she signed an agreement to arbitrate any disputes there.

  • September 25, 2025

    Fed's Cook Warns Justices Of Fed Independence 'Death Knell'

    Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to reject President Donald Trump's bid to immediately oust her, warning that allowing her dismissal at this juncture would "sound the death knell" for an independent Fed.

  • September 25, 2025

    Judge Seeks More Info Before Splitting Corrections OT Trial

    A Colorado federal judge said she wouldn't make a determination on whether a proposed collective action against the state Department of Corrections, alleging the agency didn't pay its criminal investigators while on call, should be split into different trials until she has more information on each side's expectations for the case.

  • September 25, 2025

    NJ Justice Hints 'Essential' A Key Term In Benefits Case

    New Jersey Supreme Court Justice Rachel Wainer Apter asked Thursday if a worker can be considered an "essential employee" under an executive order but not under a COVID-19 law governing workers' compensation, as the court considered a school district's bid to deny the designation to a deceased teacher.

  • September 25, 2025

    UFCW Faces Negligence Suit Over Data Breach Affecting 55K

    A United Food and Commercial Workers local was hit with a putative class action in Colorado federal court Thursday looking to hold it liable for allegedly failing to protect more than 55,000 individuals' personal information from a cybersecurity attack and waiting more than nine months to inform the victims.

  • September 25, 2025

    Property Manager Didn't Pay For Meal Break Work, Suit Claims

    Leasing agents and maintenance technicians, in a proposed collective and class action filed on Thursday, have accused a property management company of making them work during unpaid meal breaks, while not keeping track of this time and refusing to pay overtime. 

  • September 25, 2025

    Norfolk Southern Can't Escape Rockslide Derailment Suit

    A Pennsylvania federal judge on Thursday denied Norfolk Southern Railway Co.'s bid to throw out a suit by a conductor and engineer over injuries they suffered when their train derailed, saying they've put forth enough evidence that a jury could conclude the railway should've been better prepared for a rockslide.

  • September 25, 2025

    Unions' Challenge To Trump Resignation Program Tossed

    A Massachusetts federal judge shut the door on three unions' suit to block the president's deferred resignation program, saying the groups' challenge belongs before the agencies Congress created to handle federal personnel disputes.

  • September 25, 2025

    EEOC Seeks Partial Win In Suit Over Remote Work Refusal

    The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission asked a Georgia federal judge on Wednesday to grant it partial summary judgment in its disability discrimination lawsuit against a utility services provider that the commission said fired a worker after refusing to accommodate disabilities arising from a stroke. 

  • September 25, 2025

    Feds Want USPTO Union Suits Over Trump Order Reassigned

    The Trump administration has asked for two cases from labor unions that represent employees of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and other agencies challenging an executive order that ended their collective bargaining rights to be reassigned to different judges, saying the cases in D.C. federal court are unrelated to other suits challenging the order.

  • September 25, 2025

    Widow Sues Philly Port Authority Over Husband's Death

    The wife of a warehouse worker is suing the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority and others, alleging their negligence led to her husband being crushed to death by a bale of wood pulp while working at a PRPA-owned warehouse.

  • September 25, 2025

    8th Circ. Backs UPS In Driver's Bias, Retaliation Suit

    A Black UPS driver has lost his suit accusing the company of coming down harder on him for skipping Saturday shifts than it did on white drivers at a facility in Des Moines, Iowa, with the Eighth Circuit affirming the dismissal of the litigation Thursday.

  • September 25, 2025

    Apple Affiliate Pushes To Undo Classes After Wage Case Loss

    Five classes of workers in a $840,000 a wage suit against an Apple-affiliated repair company in North Carolina federal court are rootless after a Fourth Circuit decision, the company said, accusing the workers of fabricating quotes from a case they relied on in their opposition.

  • September 25, 2025

    Aetna Can't Rein In LGBTQ+ Bias Suit Over Fertility Coverage

    Aetna can't narrow a proposed class action alleging it unlawfully required nonheterosexual patients to spend thousands of dollars before covering fertility treatments, as a Connecticut federal judge said the insurer failed to fully acknowledge its role in creating the health plan in question.

  • September 25, 2025

    Ohio Airport Must Face Union's Picket Restriction Challenge

    A union may continue pursuing its lawsuit accusing the Columbus airport of violating workers' First Amendment rights by placing restrictions on picketing, an Ohio federal judge ruled, rejecting the argument that the union lacks standing to sue.

  • September 24, 2025

    DC Judge Won't Reinstate IGs Over 'Obvious' Trump Violation

    A Washington, D.C., federal judge on Wednesday declined to reinstate eight inspectors general whom President Donald Trump fired without warning or rationale, finding that while it is "obvious" the president violated federal law governing the removal of inspectors general, the plaintiffs have not shown irreparable harm.

  • September 24, 2025

    ABA Says Trump's Firm Intimidation Policy Isn't Hypothetical

    The American Bar Association on Wednesday urged a D.C. federal court not to dismiss its suit claiming the Trump administration has launched an unconstitutional campaign of intimidation against law firms, arguing that the intimidation firms have experienced isn't hypothetical or imagined, as the government contends.

  • September 24, 2025

    Atty & Ex-CEO Dodges Default Over Missed Court Hearing

    The fired CEO of a Wyoming flavoring and aroma firm on Wednesday was ordered to reimburse the company $8,945 for missing a court hearing but escaped a default liability entry after telling a Connecticut state judge he was "not a very good lawyer" and "not a very good businessman."

  • September 24, 2025

    Minn. Judge Suspended For Attempting To Boost Staffer's Pay

    A Minnesota state judge should not have presided over proceedings to increase his longtime court reporter's salary, the state Supreme Court said, disciplining him with a public censure and a suspension for nine months without pay.

  • September 24, 2025

    Swimmers, Divers Rip School, NIL Deal After Team Dropped

    Four former swimming and diving team members at California Polytechnic State University have filed objections in federal court to the NCAA's $2.78 billion name, image and likeness settlement, after university officials pointed to the financial consequences of the settlement as the reason the swimming and diving program was eliminated.

  • September 24, 2025

    High Court Won't Review Legality Of Wilcox, Harris Firings

    The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected former National Labor Relations Board member Gwynne Wilcox's and former Merit Systems Protection Board member Cathy Harris' requests for decisions on whether their firings were lawful, saying it will only review the legality of former Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter's ouster.

Expert Analysis

  • What Employers Should Know Ahead Of H-2B Visa Changes

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    Employers should be aware of several anticipated changes to the H-2B visa program, which allows employers to hire temporary foreign workers, including annual prevailing wage changes and other shifts arising from recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions and the new administration, say Steve Bronars and Elliot Delahaye at Edgeworth Economics, and Chris Schulte at Fisher Phillips.

  • Opinion

    Int'l Athletes' Wages Should Be On-Campus Employment

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    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security should recognize participation in college athletics by international student-athletes as on-campus employment to prevent the potentially disastrous ripple effects on teams, schools and their surrounding communities, says Catherine Haight at Haight Law Group.

  • Series

    Playing Guitar Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Being a lawyer not only requires logic and hard work, but also belief, emotion, situational awareness and lots of natural energy — playing guitar enhances all of these qualities, increasing my capacity to do my best work, says Kosta Stojilkovic at Wilkinson Stekloff.

  • Addressing PFAS Risks In Public Company Disclosures

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    As individual lawsuits and class actions over PFAS risks spanning multiple sectors and products increase, and rapidly evolving and often unclear regulatory initiatives on both the federal and state levels proliferate, it's more important than ever for companies to know how and when to complete PFAS-related disclosures, say attorneys at Venable.

  • Takeaways From DOJ's Latest FCA Customs Fraud Intervention

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    The U.S. Department of Justice's recent intervention in a case alleging customs-related reverse False Claims Act fraud underlines the government’s increased scrutiny of, and importers’ corresponding exposure from, information related to product classification, country of origin and pricing, say attorneys at Bass Berry.

  • 4 Trends Responsible For Declining FLSA Filings

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    In 2024, the number of Fair Labor Standards Act claims filed in federal courts continued to decrease, reflecting a steady decline in federal FLSA filings since 2015 due to a few trends, including increased compliance and presuit resolution, say attorneys at Seyfarth.

  • Crisis Management Lessons From The Parenting Playbook

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    The parenting skills we use to help our kids through challenges — like rehearsing for stressful situations, modeling confidence and taking time to reset our emotions — can also teach us the fundamentals of leading clients through a corporate crisis, say Deborah Solmor at the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and Cara Peterman at Alston & Bird.

  • When Physical And Cyber Threats Converge: 6 Tips For Cos.

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    Amid an ongoing trend of increased digital threats of harm made against corporations, organizations and high-profile individuals, an emerging legal framework is providing a risk management road map for general counsel and their teams to navigate the increasingly fraught landscape, say attorneys at Covington.

  • 4 Ways To Leverage A Jury's Underdog Perceptions

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    Counsel should consider how common factors that speak to their client's size, power, past challenges and alignment with jurors can be presented to try and paint their client as a sympathetic underdog, says Ken Broda-Bahm at Persuasion Strategies.

  • Wash. Justices' Moonlight Ruling Should Caution Employers

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    The Washington Supreme Court's recent decision in David v. Freedom Vans, which limited when employers can restrict low-wage workers from moonlighting, underscores the need for employers to narrowly tailor restrictive covenants, ensuring that they are reasonable and allow for workforce mobility, say attorneys at Perkins Coie.

  • Why Hiring Former Jurors As Consultants Can Be Risky

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    The defense team's decision to hire former juror Victoria George in the high-profile retrial of Karen Read shines a spotlight on this controversial strategy, which raises important legal, ethical and tactical questions despite not being explicitly prohibited, says Nikoleta Despodova at ND Litigation.

  • Series

    Adapting To Private Practice: From NY Fed To BigLaw

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    While the move to private practice brings a learning curve, it also brings chances to learn new skills and grow your network, requiring a clear understanding of how your skills can complement and contribute to a firm's existing practice, and where you can add new value, says Meghann Donahue at Covington.

  • Trump's 1st 100 Days Show That Employers Must Stay Nimble

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    Despite the aggressive pace of the Trump administration, employers must stay abreast of developments, including changes in equal employment opportunity law, while balancing state law considerations where employment regulations are at odds with the evolving federal laws, says Susan Sholinsky at Epstein Becker.

  • Combs Case Reveals Key Pretrial Scheduling Strategies

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    The procedural battles over pretrial disclosure deadlines leading up to the criminal trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs show how disclosure timing can substantially affect defendants’ ability to prepare and highlight several scheduling pointers for defense counsel, says Sara Kropf at Kropf Moseley.

  • Top 3 Litigation Finance Deal-Killers, And How To Avoid Them

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    Like all transactions, litigation finance deals can sometimes collapse, but understanding the most common reasons for failure, including a lack of trust or a misunderstanding of deal terms, can help both parties avoid problems, say Rebecca Berrebi at Avenue 33 and Boris Ziser at Schulte Roth.

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