Employment

  • September 10, 2024

    Scientist Nabs $3.8M Win In U. Of Alabama Harassment Suit

    A federal jury found that a former University of Alabama at Birmingham scientist should receive nearly $4 million in damages after allegedly enduring years of harassment based on her race and Iranian national origin, an assault by her supervisor and a trumped-up arrest after she complained about the mistreatment.

  • September 10, 2024

    EEOC Accuses Semitrailer Maker Of Pregnancy Bias

    The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Tuesday filed what it called its first lawsuit to enforce the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, taking aim at a trailer manufacturer that it accused of failing to accommodate a pregnant assembly-line worker.

  • September 10, 2024

    Time Lag Dooms Coach's Retaliation Suit, 5th Circ. Says

    The Fifth Circuit refused to revive a lawsuit from a high school basketball coach who said that reporting that he'd been sexually harassed cost him his coaching gig, saying too much time elapsed between his harassment complaint and the alleged retaliation to infer a connection.

  • September 10, 2024

    Texas Farm Bureau Beats OT Claims In Jury Trial

    Farm insurance agents are not entitled to overtime pay after a jury in Texas federal court found they had not proved they worked more than 40 hours a week, according to a verdict form released as the case was dismissed Tuesday.

  • September 10, 2024

    Ex-Conn. Town Atty Slams Official's Defamation Suit Defense

    The former attorney for Newington, Connecticut, and the town's tax assessor bickered over whether the latter's allegedly defamatory sentiments linked to now-dismissed ethics complaints were made publicly, with the lawyer insisting the statements were made to select groups of individuals and therefore weren't motivated by concern for the municipality's citizens.

  • September 10, 2024

    Ex-McElroy Deutsch CFO's Ch. 11 Case Nixed As 'Bad Faith'

    McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP convinced a New Jersey bankruptcy judge to throw out the Chapter 11 filing of its former chief financial officer, who is behind bars for stealing over $1 million from the firm, with the judge finding Tuesday that the petition was brought in "bad faith" to stall related state litigation. 

  • September 10, 2024

    Calif. NLRB Judge OKs Union Vote At Social Services Org.

    Workers at a San Francisco-based social services nonprofit can proceed with their union representation election, a National Labor Relations Board official has ruled, rejecting the employer's bid to exclude some employees from the vote on the grounds that they exercise supervisory power.

  • September 10, 2024

    Ballot Selfie Can't Tank Cannabis Firm Election, Union Argues

    A United Food and Commercial Workers union local blasted a Massachusetts cannabis dispensary for trying to throw out a union election based on one worker's voluntary photograph of his ballot, telling the National Labor Relations Board that its precedent supports tossing only that vote and not the whole election.

  • September 10, 2024

    Fulton County Tries To Chop Court Staffer's Harassment Suit

    A Georgia county this week fired back against a former courts employee's claims she was disciplined, passed over for promotion and threatened with a longer commute for speaking out about a supervisor's sexual abuse, contending her lawsuit is missing key supporting facts.

  • September 10, 2024

    Retention Bonus Not Wages Under Mass. Law, Court Finds

    A retention bonus does not count as wages under Massachusetts' wage laws because it is a form of "contingent compensation," a state appellate division court ruled.

  • September 10, 2024

    Lewis Brisbois Lands 9 Litigators From Pillinger Miller

    Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP has added more litigation muscle with a nine-attorney pickup from Pillinger Miller Tarallo LLP, expanding the larger firm's head count in locations including New Jersey and New York.

  • September 10, 2024

    Middle Temple Beats Catering Head's Unfair Dismissal Claim

    The former head of catering at one of London's four inns of court has failed in his unfair dismissal claim, as a tribunal found on Tuesday that the professional association for barristers had treated him fairly during the redundancy process.

  • September 10, 2024

    Ex-Michigan Football Stars Hit NCAA With $50M NIL Suit

    A group of former University of Michigan football players are seeking more than $50 million in damages through a proposed class action filed Tuesday that alleges a decades-long scheme by the NCAA and Big Ten Network to unlawfully exploit athlete names, images and likenesses for commercial gain.

  • September 10, 2024

    YMCA Manager Wins Quitting Claim After Dispute Over Printer

    A night manager at the YMCA was forced to quit after she was disciplined for printing out her son's exam practice papers at work — but her support for a colleague's dispute did not influence the actions of the association, an employment tribunal has ruled.

  • September 10, 2024

    FAMU Must Face Law Professor's Race Bias Claims

    A Florida federal judge won't toss a Florida A&M University College of Law professor's suit claiming that she was subjected to race-based discrimination, ruling that although her latest complaint could benefit from "significant refinement," it properly alleges her claims.

  • September 10, 2024

    State Pension Likely To Rise 4% Under Triple Lock

    The U.K. government is likely to push through an inflation-busting increase to the state pension of approximately £460 ($600) a year from April, after official figures revealed on Tuesday a rise in average earnings.

  • September 10, 2024

    Ex-Barclays VP Loses Bid To Retry Lost Promotion Claim

    An attempt by a former Barclays vice president to revive her claim that she faced racial discrimination during a promotion round has failed, as an employment tribunal ruled that she was merely trying to "have another bite at the cherry."

  • September 10, 2024

    Bolt Drivers Gear Up For Group Claim Over Workers' Rights

    More than 12,500 Bolt drivers will argue at an employment tribunal on Wednesday that they deserve worker status, as the ride-hailing app becomes the latest company to face group action from gig economy workers fighting for better pay conditions.

  • September 09, 2024

    Calif. State Senator's Ex-Staffer Sues For Sexual Harassment

    California State Sen. Marie Alvarado-Gil created a toxic work environment for her former chief of staff, demanding he perform sex acts to prove his loyalty and firing him for objecting to her "sexualized abuse of power," the former staffer alleged in a new complaint filed in Sacramento Superior Court.

  • September 09, 2024

    Pa. Supreme Court Snapshot: Benefits, Cannabis, Taxes

    The Pennsylvania Supreme Court's September schedule will have the justices pondering when to cancel tax exemptions for hospitals, if stormwater fees are taxes in disguise, and the potential resurrection of requiring medical marijuana products to be tested and approved by two separate laboratories.

  • September 09, 2024

    SpaceX Urges Arbitration Of Sex Harassment Suit

    Attorneys for SpaceX urged a California state court judge Monday to rethink a tentative ruling that declined to send a sexual harassment claim by an employee to arbitration but found 10 other claims are arbitrable, arguing the harassment claim predates a statute requiring that it be adjudicated in court. 

  • September 09, 2024

    Qorvo Gets Nearly $12M In Fees After $39M Trade Secrets Win

    A federal judge said Monday that wireless company Qorvo Inc. was entitled to more than $11.7 million in legal fees after a jury earlier this year awarded the business $38.6 million in a trade secrets case against Akoustis Technologies Inc.

  • September 09, 2024

    Abbott Says Illinois OT Suit Should Join Similar Case In Ohio

    Abbott Laboratories asked an Illinois federal judge Friday to send two workers' dispute over unpaid sanitary gear changes and hand washings to Ohio where a similar suit is pending, arguing that the move would promote consistent judgments across the "nearly identical" claims.

  • September 09, 2024

    Mich. Judge Denies Injunction Bid In NLRB Constitutional Row

    An auto parts maker didn't prove the company would be harmed when facing an unfair labor practice proceeding before National Labor Relations Board officials with allegedly unconstitutional removal protections, a Michigan federal judge ruled Monday, while greenlighting a delay to the agency case pending an appeal. 

  • September 09, 2024

    NC Sheriff Settles Former Jailer's Bias Suit On Eve Of Trial

    The Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office and an ex-detention officer reached a deal in the officer's sex discrimination lawsuit on the eve of trial, according to a notice filed with a North Carolina federal court.

Expert Analysis

  • Lead Like 'Ted Lasso' By Embracing Cognitive Diversity

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    The Apple TV+ series “Ted Lasso” aptly illustrates how embracing cognitive diversity can be a winning strategy for teams, providing a useful lesson for law firms, which can benefit significantly from fresh, diverse perspectives and collaborative problem-solving, says Paul Manuele at PR Manuele Consulting.

  • 2 Lessons From Calif. Overtime Wages Ruling

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    A California federal court's recent decision finding that Home Depot did not purposely dodge overtime laws sheds light on what constitutes a good faith dispute, and the extent to which employers have discretion to define employees' workdays, says Michael Luchsinger at Segal McCambridge.

  • Questions Remain After 3rd Circ.'s NCAA Amateurism Ruling

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    The Third Circuit's recent holding that college athletes can be considered employees under the FLSA adds to the trend of student-athletes obtaining new legal status in collegiate athletics, but leaves key questions unanswered, including how the economics of the decision will be applied, say attorneys at Reed Smith.

  • Justices' Starbucks Ruling May Limit NLRB Injunction Wins

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    The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Starbucks v. McKinney, adopting a more stringent test for National Labor Relations Board Section 10(j) injunctions, may lessen the frequency with which employers must defend against injunctions alongside parallel unfair labor practice charges, say David Pryzbylski and Colleen Schade at Barnes & Thornburg.

  • Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: July Lessons

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    In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy considers cases touching on pre- and post-conviction detainment conditions, communications with class representatives, when the American Pipe tolling doctrine stops applying to modified classes, and more.

  • Biden Policy Gives Employers New Ways To Help Dreamers

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    A new Biden administration immigration policy makes the process more predictable for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients to seek employment visas, and, given uncertainties surrounding DACA’s future, employers should immediately determine which of their employees may be eligible, says Jennifer Kim at Moore & Van Allen.

  • How To Comply With Chicago's New Paid Leave Ordinance

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    Chicago's new Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance went into effect earlier this month, so employers subject to the new rules should update leave policies, train supervisors and deliver notice as they seek compliance, say Alison Crane and Sarah Gasperini at Jackson Lewis.

  • Opinion

    A Way Forward For The US Steel-Nippon Deal And Union Jobs

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    Parties involved in Nippon Steel's acquisition of U.S. Steel should trust the Pennsylvania federal court overseeing a key environmental settlement to supervise a way of including future union jobs and cleaner air for the city of Pittsburgh as part of a transparent business marriage, says retired judge Susan Braden.

  • How NJ Worker Status Ruling Benefits Real Estate Industry

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    In Kennedy v. Weichert, the New Jersey Supreme Court recently said a real estate agent’s employment contract would supersede the usual ABC test analysis to determine his classification as an independent contractor, preserving operational flexibility for the industry — and potentially others, say Jason Finkelstein and Dalila Haden at Cole Schotz.

  • Opinion

    H-2 Visas Offer Humane, Economic Solution To Border Crisis

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    Congress should leverage the H-2 agricultural and temporary worker visa programs to match qualified migrants with employers facing shortages of workers — a nonpolitical solution to a highly divisive humanitarian issue, say Ashley Dees and Jeffrey Joseph at BAL.

  • PAGA Reforms Encourage Proactive Employer Compliance

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    Recently enacted reforms to California's Private Attorneys General Act should make litigation under the law less burdensome for employers, presenting a valuable opportunity to streamline compliance and reduce litigation risks by proactively addressing many of the issues that have historically attracted PAGA claims, say attorneys at Mintz.

  • Opinion

    Now More Than Ever, Lawyers Must Exhibit Professionalism

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    As society becomes increasingly fractured and workplace incivility is on the rise, attorneys must champion professionalism and lead by example, demonstrating how lawyers can respectfully disagree without being disagreeable, says Edward Casmere at Norton Rose.

  • The Show Must Go On: Noncompete Uncertainty In Film, TV

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    The Federal Trade Commission has taken action to ban noncompetes while the entertainment industry is in the midst of a massive shift away from traditional media, so it is important for studio heads and content owners alike to understand the fate of the rule and their options going forward, say Christopher Chatham and Douglas Smith at Manatt.

  • 'Outsourcing' Ruling, 5 Years On: A Warning, Not A Watershed

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    A New York federal court’s 2019 ruling in U.S. v. Connolly, holding that the government improperly outsourced an investigation to Deutsche Bank, has not undercut corporate cooperation incentives as feared — but companies should not completely ignore the lessons of the case, say Temidayo Aganga-Williams and Anna Nabutovsky at Selendy Gay.

  • Series

    Serving In The National Guard Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My ongoing military experience as a judge advocate general in the National Guard has shaped me as a person and a lawyer, teaching me the importance of embracing confidence, balance and teamwork in both my Army and civilian roles, says Danielle Aymond at Baker Donelson.

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