A Kentucky bourbon distillery is looking to dodge an order requiring it to reinstate a worker whom it fired for violating its attendance policy, telling a federal judge it was allowed to terminate the longtime... (more story)

The new year is poised to be consequential for labor practitioners as courts mull states' power to act and the U.S. Supreme Court considers whether to wade into a circuit split over the National Labor Relation... (more story)

The union that represents employees of the Federal Bureau of Prisons asked a Connecticut federal judge to unwind the cancellation of their collective bargaining agreement, saying the agency's reasons for endin... (more story)

The Trump administration shouldn't have laid off 93% of the staff of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service last spring, a New York federal judge ruled, reinstating the mediators who resolve labor disp... (more story)

A free market think tank is challenging an Oregon law that allows unions to sue anyone that falsely impersonates union representatives, according to a new lawsuit filed in Oregon federal court, arguing that th... (more story)

Federal labor law forbids courts from halting administrative suits by the National Labor Relations Board based on employers' assertions that those suits are invalid because the agency's powers are unconstituti... (more story)

In 2026, courts throughout the U.S. will consider cases weighing Second Amendment rights of cannabis users, a punitive federal tax policy that affects state-legal marijuana businesses, labor peace requirements... (more story)

An en banc Eighth Circuit panel reinstated a suit from two Missouri school district employees who said their free speech rights were violated through an equity training, after determining the workers could hav... (more story)

A violinist has sued Will Smith and his touring company in California state court, alleging sexual harassment and wrongful termination stemming from an "intrusion" into his hotel room while on tour with the aw... (more story)

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's recently established quorum will allow it to launch bigger, costlier and precedent-setting suits, and experts expect its Republican majority to wield that aut... (more story)

Casinos in Maryland, including Caesars Entertainment, violated federal disability bias law in firing a dealer after he had a heart attack at work that required surgery and subsequent workplace accommodations, ... (more story)

In the coming year, New Jersey litigators will be watching for the outcome of an appeal in a constitutional challenge to school segregation and an employment discrimination case brought by a former Johnson & J... (more story)

The coming year's major developments in New York courts include politically charged criminal cases with ties to President Donald Trump, gambling investigations that have snared high-profile athletes and charge... (more story)

President Donald Trump has set out a plan to eliminate state-level regulations on artificial intelligence, but several state laws governing AI use in workplaces will be taking effect in 2026. Here, Law360 look... (more story)

Battalion chiefs for the Alexandria Fire Department in Virginia are exempt from overtime pay requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Fourth Circuit has ruled, finding that they are paid on a salar... (more story)

A North Carolina hospital will pay $75,000 to end an overtime lawsuit alleging it automatically deducted meal breaks from nurses' pay, according to a federal judge's order initially approving the settlement.

A look at whether last-mile delivery drivers qualify for an exemption to federal arbitration requirements, disputes over courts using two steps for collective action certification and challenges to federal rul... (more story)

After a relatively quiet year in the wage and hour regulatory sphere, 2026 could see President Donald Trump's administration strategically rolling out some rules included in its regulatory agenda with states f... (more story)

In the new year, North Carolina state and federal courts are set to consider the intricacies of class action certification at the behest of thousands of fast-food workers and whether Chinese company TikTok Inc... (more story)

Legal experts expect California lawmakers and regulators to continue to grapple with the artificial intelligence boom, various battles with the Trump administration and new climate disclosure requirements in 2... (more story)

The U.S. Supreme Court justices will return from the winter holidays to tackle several constitutional disputes that range from who is entitled to birthright citizenship to whether transgender individuals are e... (more story)