Employment

  • September 13, 2024

    Yellow Corp.'s Bid To Ax $7.8B Pension Liability Rejected

    A Delaware bankruptcy judge sided with the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. in its dispute with trucking firm Yellow Corp. over $7.8 billion in retirement fund withdrawal liability, ruling Friday that special federal funds from a 2021 COVID-19 stimulus package do not reduce or eliminate the debtor's liability.

  • September 13, 2024

    Walgreens To Pay $107M To End 3 False Billing Claims Suits

    Walgreens has agreed to pay $106.8 million to settle claims across three lawsuits that it violated the False Claims Act and state laws for billing government health programs for prescriptions it never dispensed, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday.

  • September 13, 2024

    Ex-Manager Says Amazon Fired Her For Same-Sex Marriage

    A former regional safety manager hit Amazon Inc. with a federal discrimination lawsuit alleging she was undermined, unfairly criticized and ultimately pushed out of the online retailer's workforce after she disclosed that she was married to another woman.

  • September 13, 2024

    Google, Cognizant Are Joint Employers, Union Tells DC Circ.

    The union representing workers at YouTube Music's content operation urged the D.C. Circuit to uphold a National Labor Relations Board decision that Google and contractor Cognizant jointly employ the video site's workers, saying there's a "mountain of evidence" to support the board's ruling that both companies need to bargain with the union.

  • September 13, 2024

    NFL QB Faces New Assault Claims, NCAA's NIL Woes Grow

    In this week’s Off The Bench, NFL quarterback Deshaun Watson is once again accused of sexual assault, and a group of former University of Michigan football players sue the NCAA for more than $50 million in NIL-related damages. In case you were sidelined this week, Law360 is here to catch you up on the sports and betting stories that had our readers talking.

  • September 13, 2024

    Trio Of BigLaw Mergers Expected To Drive More Deal Talks

    After months of a relatively steady pace of law firm mergers and acquisitions, the trio of proposed BigLaw tie-ups announced in recent days will likely spur more firms toward entertaining similar deal talks, experts say. Here, Law360 offers a snapshot of the proposed deals.

  • September 13, 2024

    Dentons Taps Norton Rose For 3 Disputes Pros In Hong Kong

    Dentons has recruited a team of three disputes lawyers from Norton Rose Fulbright in Hong Kong to boost its capabilities representing clients in international construction cases and other high-stakes matters.

  • September 13, 2024

    UFCW Pushes Supermarket To Produce Records In Labor Row

    The United Food and Commercial Workers Local 400 asked a federal judge to compel a grocery store to comply with a subpoena for records relating to grievances about workers' hours and pay.

  • September 13, 2024

    3rd Circ. Won't Undo Philly DA's Immunity From Cop's Suit

    The Third Circuit won't revive a Philadelphia police officer's lawsuit alleging that city District Attorney Larry Krasner violated his civil rights by hitting him with a murder charge that was ultimately tossed, finding that the officer couldn't overcome the immunity granted to prosecutors when advocating on behalf of the state.

  • September 13, 2024

    Boeing Machinists Strike For First Time Since 2008

    Thousands of Boeing machinists and other workers walked off the job Friday after rejecting a proposed contract that union leadership had recommended for approval.

  • September 13, 2024

    Calif. Delivery Co. To Pay $7.5M To Settle Drivers' Wage Suit

    A $7.5 million wage-and-hour settlement between a California-based transportation services company and some of its drivers secured a federal judge's final approval, resolving a five-year-old suit's minimum wage, expense reimbursement and follow-on claims.

  • September 13, 2024

    Mass. Justices Say Benefits Don't Accrue Under Leave Law

    Massachusetts' top court ruled Friday that the state's Paid Family and Medical Leave Act doesn't allow a group of state troopers to accrue certain benefits while on leave.

  • September 13, 2024

    Property Developer Claims To Be Target Of Legal 'Vendetta'

    The director of a defunct property developer has hit back against a claim that accuses him of breaching his duties to the company, as he argued that the "vexatious" case was brought as part of a "vendetta" by his former co-directors.

  • September 13, 2024

    EEOC Says Kids' Hospital Pulled Job Offer Over Egg Allergy

    A children's hospital in Atlanta violated federal disability bias law when it yanked back a job offer from an applicant whose allergy to eggs meant she needed a special flu vaccine, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said in a new lawsuit.

  • September 13, 2024

    4 UK Employment Law Developments To Watch In 2024

    A bill expected to bring in new rights for workers and unions is the main event in U.K. employment law in what's left of 2024 — but lawyers say that an upcoming law change on sexual harassment and major disputes could also shape employers' practices. Here, Law360 looks at what to keep an eye on for the rest of 2024.

  • September 13, 2024

    Ex-Fla. Law Prof's Retaliation Suit Moved North To Tallahassee

    A central Florida federal judge has transferred a retaliation and breach of contract case brought by a former law professor at Florida A&M University College of Law to another Florida federal district court, finding that the dispute's ties to the Tallahassee area overcame arguments for keeping the case in Orlando.

  • September 13, 2024

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

    This past week in London has seen a football agent sue Chelsea FC after being cleared of allegations he threatened the club’s former director, an ongoing patent dispute between Amgen and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, and a private school in Edinburgh suing Riverstone Insurance over compensation claims tied to historical abuse allegations made by former pupils. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

  • September 13, 2024

    UK Pensions Lifeboat Sets £100M Levy Amid Calls For Change

    Britain's pensions protection body has said that it is likely to maintain its £100 million ($131 million) levy on the sector for the next financial year, as analysts call for legislative change that would allow the redress program to lower it further.

  • September 13, 2024

    Carer Accused Of Fraud Wins £26K Over Forced Resignation

    A carer whose employer accused her of falsely filling in her timesheets has won more than £26,000 ($34,000) as a tribunal found that her boss refused to retract the allegations despite agreeing to extend her hours to cover travel time.

  • September 13, 2024

    Retraining Offer No Reason For NCA Investigator To Quit

    A National Crime Agency investigator who quit his job a day after he was offered the opportunity to regain his official accreditation has lost his claim that he was forced to resign.

  • September 12, 2024

    Southwest Leave Penalty Suit Cleared For Class Treatment

    A California judge gave her blessing Thursday to a class action accusing Southwest Airlines Co. of penalizing flight attendants who take family or medical leave, letting the suit move ahead on behalf of thousands of workers.

  • September 12, 2024

    6th Circ. Says Food Transporter Illegally Shuttered Warehouse

    A bulk food delivery contractor for grocery giant Kroger violated federal labor law when it closed its Louisville, Kentucky, terminal after a union representation election and fired employees, the Sixth Circuit has ruled, upholding a National Labor Relations Board decision.

  • September 12, 2024

    Ex-DHL Supply Worker Says Pregnancy Met With Hostility

    A former DHL Supply Chain worker's pregnancy led to hostility, not help, from supervisors who refused to accommodate her and made her work in an area called the cage before she eventually quit out of concern for her unborn child, she told a Pennsylvania federal court.

  • September 12, 2024

    US Sanctions Cambodian Tycoon For Forced Labor Scam

    A prominent Cambodian businessman and his business entities were hit with sanctions from the Treasury Department for their role in human rights abuses related to forced labor and human trafficking, the department announced Thursday.

  • September 12, 2024

    DOL Has Authority To Issue Salary Regs, 5th Circ. Affirms

    The U.S. Department of Labor has the authority to issue salary rules as part of its role in defining the overtime exemptions of the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Fifth Circuit affirmed, in a case that raised questions about the DOL's power to regulate a fundamental aspect of wage and hour law.

Expert Analysis

  • Opinion

    It's Time For A BigLaw Associates' Union

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    As BigLaw faces a steady stream of criticism about its employment policies and practices, an associates union could effect real change — and it could start with law students organizing around opposition to recent recruiting trends, says Tara Rhoades at The Sanity Plea.

  • Why DOJ's Whistleblower Program May Have Limited Impact

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    The U.S. Department of Justice’s new whistleblower pilot program aims to incentivize individuals to report corporate misconduct, but the program's effectiveness may be undercut by its differences from other federal agencies’ whistleblower programs and its interplay with other DOJ policies, say attorneys at Milbank.

  • CFPB's Earned Wage Access Rule Marks Regulatory Shift

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    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's newly issued interpretive rule on earned wage access products, classifying them as extensions of credit, marks a significant shift in their regulatory landscape and raises some important questions regarding potential fringe cases and legal challenges, say Erin Bryan and Courina Yulisa at Dorsey & Whitney.

  • How Calif. Justices' Prop 22 Ruling Affects The Gig Industry

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    The California Supreme Court's recent upholding of Proposition 22 clarifies that Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and other companies in the gig industry can legally classify their drivers as independent contractors, but it falls short of concluding some important regulatory battles in the state, says Mark Spring at CDF Labor.

  • Takeaways From Virginia's $2B Trade Secrets Verdict Reversal

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    The Virginia Court of Appeals' recent reversal of the $2 billion damages award in Pegasystems v. Appian underscores the claimant's burden to show damages causation and highlights how an evidentiary ruling could lead to reversible error, say John Lanham and Kamran Jamil at Morrison Foerster.

  • How Justices Upended The Administrative Procedure Act

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    In its recent Loper Bright, Corner Post and Jarkesy decisions, the U.S. Supreme Court fundamentally changed the Administrative Procedure Act in ways that undermine Congress and the executive branch, shift power to the judiciary, curtail public and business input, and create great uncertainty, say Alene Taber and Beth Hummer at Hanson Bridgett.

  • Employers Face Uncertainty After Calif. Justices' Slur Ruling

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    In Bailey v. San Francisco District Attorney's Office, the California Supreme Court recently ruled that a singular use of a racial slur may be sufficiently severe to support a hostile work environment claim, leaving employers to speculate about what sort of comments or conduct will meet this new standard going forward, says Stephanie Roeser at Manatt.

  • 9th Circ. Ruling Flags Work Harassment Risks Of Social Media

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    The recent Ninth Circuit ruling in Okonowsky v. Garland, holding an employer could be liable for a co-worker's harassing social media posts, highlights new challenges in technology-centered and remote workplaces, and underscores an employer's obligation to prevent hostile environments wherever their employees clock in, say Jennifer Lada and Phillip Schreiber at Holland & Knight.

  • 2 Vital Trial Principles Endure Amid Tech Advances

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    Progress in trial technologies in the last 10 years has been transformative for courtroom presentations, but two core communication axioms are still relevant in today's world of drone footage evidence and 3D animations, say Adam Bloomberg and Lisa Walters at IMS Legal Strategies.

  • Key Steps To Employer Petitions For Union Elections

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    Since the National Labor Relations Board shifted the burden of requesting formal union elections onto employers in its Cemex decision last year — and raised the stakes for employer missteps during the process — companies should be prepared to correctly file representation management election petitions and respond to union demands for recognition, says Adam Keating at Duane Morris.

  • Viral Layoffs: How Cos. Can Avoid Bad Social Media Exposure

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    A recent trend of employees using social media to document their experiences with layoffs and disciplinary actions in the workplace should prompt employers to take additional precautions to avoid former workers' negative viral reviews when deciding how, when and what to communicate to employees, say Scott McIntyre and Chrissy Kennedy at BakerHostetler.

  • Mirror, Mirror On The Wall, Is My Counterclaim Bound To Fall?

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    A Pennsylvania federal court’s recent dismissal of the defendants’ counterclaims in Morgan v. Noss should remind attorneys to avoid the temptation to repackage a claim’s facts and law into a mirror-image counterclaim, as this approach will often result in a waste of time and resources, says Matthew Selmasska at Kaufman Dolowich.

  • 6 Factors That Can Make For A 'Nuclear' Juror

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    Drawing from recent research that examines the rise in nuclear verdicts, Ken Broda-Bahm at Persuasion Strategies identifies a few juror characteristics most likely to matter in assessing case risk and preparing for jury selection — some of which are long-known, and others that are emerging post-pandemic.

  • Series

    Playing Dungeons & Dragons Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Playing Dungeons & Dragons – a tabletop role-playing game – helped pave the way for my legal career by providing me with foundational skills such as persuasion and team building, says Derrick Carman at Robins Kaplan.

  • Illinois BIPA Reform Offers Welcome Relief To Businesses

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    Illinois' recent amendment to its Biometric Information Privacy Act limits the number of violations and damages a plaintiff can claim — a crucial step in shielding businesses from unintended legal consequences, including litigation risk and compliance costs, say attorneys at Taft.

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