Expert Analysis

Navigating Rising AI Use In Pro Se Employment Suits

As federal pro se employment filings climb, largely due to increased use of artificial intelligence, defense attor... (more story)

Trending Legal Implications Of Employee Influencer Programs

Employee-generated content is rapidly becoming a popular marketing strategy, as illustrated by Starbucks' new TikT... (more story)

Flashpoints In Focus: Shifting Workplace Violence Responses

Amid recent threats of violence against artificial intelligence company executives and Jewish-owned businesses, em... (more story)

Labor More

Feds Aim To Give Employers Clarity On Wellness Programs

The U.S. Department of Labor and other federal agencies on Wednesday issued guidance on employer wellness programs that permit fees on workers' health premiums for things like tobacco use, which the agencies s... (more story)

Alaska Airlines Beats Bias Suit Tied To TikTok Video On Plane

A California federal judge tossed a biracial former flight attendant's suit claiming Alaska Airlines fired her out of racial prejudice for posting a TikTok video of her dancing in uniform to an explicit song, ... (more story)

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NLRB Refers Fire Co. Rep. For Investigation Over AI Use

The National Labor Relations Board referred the representative of a fire suppression company for investigation Tuesday after determining a document she filed in the company's dispute with two plumbers locals i... (more story)

Union Couldn't Deny Nonmember Job Referral, Judge Says

A sheet metal workers' union committed an unfair labor practice when it refused to refer a nonunion worker for a job at an Ohio Ford plant, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled, saying the union's refe... (more story)

Nurse's Staffing Complaints Weren't Protected, Hospital Says

A South Carolina hospital urged a National Labor Relations Board judge to toss a complaint alleging that it unlawfully fired a clinical nurse coordinator for complaining about short staffing, arguing that her ... (more story)

Del. Police Captains' OT Exemption Fight Heads To Trial

A Delaware federal court has declined to rule before trial on whether Wilmington police captains are exempt from overtime pay, finding genuine factual disputes about whether their primary duty is frontline law... (more story)

Wash. Court Gives Final OK In Teamsters Data Breach Deal

A Washington state judge has approved a settlement in a class action filed against two Teamsters locals over a June 2025 data breach, ending claims that the affiliates failed to put adequate data security safe... (more story)

Discrimination More

Co-Workers Speaking Spanish Can't Sustain Bias Claim

A housing manufacturer defeated a white former manager's lawsuit alleging he was fired for complaining that he was treated differently compared to his Hispanic co-workers, with a Texas federal judge ruling col... (more story)

Sunroom Co. To Pay $150K To Settle EEOC Harassment Suit

An Oklahoma sunroom builder will pay $150,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging its owner sexually harassed female employees and forced out a woman who complained, acco... (more story)

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Pillsbury Settles Ex-Recruiting Director's Pregnancy Bias Suit

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP has settled a Black former director's suit claiming the law firm fired her weeks after she shared that she was pregnant and would need accommodations, according to a Tenness... (more story)

Arizona Atty Reprimanded For Series Of AI Errors

An Arizona federal judge has formally reprimanded a lawyer who admitted to filing four briefs that contained errors including false quotes and a faulty case summary generated with artificial intelligence amid ... (more story)

Colo. School District Says Ex-Coach's Bias Suit Lacking

A Colorado school district is urging a federal court to dismiss a discrimination lawsuit brought by a Black assistant basketball coach who claims he was forced to resign after raising concerns about racism in ... (more story)

Missouri Drops Bid To Block Minority Contracting Program

Missouri Attorney General Catherine L. Hanaway has withdrawn her attempt to block Kansas City's contracting program for minority- and women-owned businesses after the city passed an ordinance repealing the program.

11th Circ. Won't Upend Ex-Deputy's $250K Retaliation Suit Win

The Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday upheld a jury's $250,000 award to a former sheriff's deputy who claimed he was fired for filing a bias charge against a Florida county sheriff's office, ruling statements in the... (more story)

Wage & Hour More

Translation Co. Wants Quick Appeal Of PAGA Timing Ruling

A translation services company asked a California federal judge to let it immediately appeal a ruling that kept alive a former worker's Private Attorneys General Act claim based on an alleged wage-statement vi... (more story)

Candy Factory Worker Says Preshift Time Wasn't Paid

A Chicago candy manufacturer required hundreds of hourly workers to spend 15 to 20 minutes changing into uniforms, boots and hair nets before clocking in, resulting in unpaid overtime hours, a warehouse forkli... (more story)

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Construction Groups, DOL Revive Davis-Bacon Rule Fight

Construction groups and the U.S. Department of Labor have asked a Texas federal court to rule on dueling early win bids in a challenge to 2023 Davis-Bacon Act regulations, saying a series of stays that paused ... (more story)

Health Exec Says CFO, Atty Knew Wage Claim Was Wrong

A former corporate officer has sued his ex-colleague and the colleague's attorney in Connecticut state court, alleging they named him as a personal defendant in a federal wage lawsuit without any factual basis... (more story)

BofA Looks To Crush Mortgage Officers' Collective In OT Suit

Bank of America told a North Carolina federal judge on Tuesday that the individualized nature of a group of mortgage loan officers' jobs makes collective certification impossible in their overtime suit, saying... (more story)

Potato Processor Fights Collective Bid In Break, OT Suit

A Washington potato processor urged a federal judge to reject a former forklift driver's bid to conditionally certify a statewide collective of hourly workers who say they were denied pay for automatically ded... (more story)

Greenberg Traurig Adds Morgan Lewis Employment Attorney

A veteran Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP employment attorney in Miami has moved her practice to Greenberg Traurig LLP, the firm announced Tuesday.