Expert Analysis

Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: July Lessons

In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy discusses four recent rulings involv... (more story)

Flashpoints In Focus: Employer Risk After Trans Sports Ruling

Following the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in West Virginia v. B.P.J. that allowed states to limit trans w... (more story)

EEOC Enforcement Plan Signals DEI, Religious Bias Scrutiny

In light of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently publishing its national enforcement plan cov... (more story)

Labor More

Kroger Unlawfully Stopped Dues Collection, NLRB Says

Kroger violated federal labor law when it stopped deducting union dues from workers' paychecks while they were between union contracts, the National Labor Relations Board ruled, upholding an agency judge's fin... (more story)

9th Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of Investor Suit Against SunPower

The Ninth Circuit on Friday affirmed the dismissal of a proposed securities class action accusing solar power equipment company SunPower and some of its leaders of concealing a product defect, finding the plai... (more story)

Judicial gavel resting on a sound block that bears the label "Legal Aid"
Over 100 Legal Aid Staffers Strike In Harlem And The Bronx

Over 100 legal aid attorneys, social workers and advocates in Harlem and the Bronx went on strike Friday, with the possibility of more to come in the New York City area.

Pa. Court Won't Hear CSX, Union Contract Dispute

A Pennsylvania federal judge tossed a labor union's suit that accused CSX Transportation of violating a collective bargaining pact by using non-union personnel to train engineers, saying the dispute didn't bel... (more story)

Med Spa Fired Worker Over Wage Talk, NLRB Judge Says

A Texas medical spa violated federal labor law by telling an employee she wasn't allowed to discuss her wages with a co-worker and firing her when she did, a National Labor Relations Board judge has ruled.

NY Forecast: NY Judge Hears Claims Of Faulty Tip Class List

This week, a New York federal magistrate judge will consider a class of restaurant workers' claims that a steakhouse has not provided accurate information necessary to administer an $800,000 settlement that th... (more story)

Calif. Forecast: $24.8M Grubhub Wage Deal Up For Final OK

In the week ahead, attorneys should watch for a final settlement approval hearing in a worker misclassification suit against Grubhub that went to the Ninth Circuit. Here's a look at that case and other labor a... (more story)

Discrimination More

Ex-Immigration Judge Says Firing Part Of Biased Anti-DEI Push

A former immigration judge has sued the U.S. Department of Justice in California federal court claiming she was pushed off the bench because she is Black, female and previously advocated for immigrant clients ... (more story)

Property Co. Fired Director Amid Cancer Diagnosis, Suit Says

The former director of operations for a property management company has alleged in a federal lawsuit that she was fired in the midst of finding out she had cancer, saying her ex-employer knew she might seek ac... (more story)

8th Circ. Backs Builder's Win In Female Worker's Bias Suit

The Eighth Circuit declined Friday to reinstate a female former construction worker's suit claiming she was forced to resign after her employer failed to curb sex discrimination, ruling her case falls apart be... (more story)

Car Dealerships, EEOC Strike $925K Sex Harassment Suit Deal

A group of Texas car dealerships will pay $925,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging they did nothing to curb managers' rampant harassment of female employees and trans... (more story)

Texas Barber School Settles EEOC Pregnancy Bias Suit

A Texas barber and hairstylist school has struck a deal to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming it rescinded a job offer to a pregnant applicant because the school already had anoth... (more story)

2nd Circ. Revives Fired Benefit Fund Worker's ADA Suit

The Second Circuit said Thursday that an ex-employee should get a second shot at his claim that a union benefit fund failed to accommodate his pulmonary embolism complications, stating the lower court needed t... (more story)

Smithfield Should Face Trial In EEOC Bias Suit, Judge Says

Meat processor Smithfield Foods shouldn't escape a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit claiming it terminated a Georgia-based senior sales employee because she was almost 60, with a federal ma... (more story)

Wage & Hour More

Ariz. Sheriff Lieutenants' OT Collective Heads To Trial

Patrol lieutenants for an Arizona sheriff's department who claim they have been misclassified as overtime-exempt will take their case to a jury after a federal judge Friday denied both sides' bids for an early... (more story)

Va. Hospital System Accused Of Shaving Workers' Time

A Virginia hospital system systematically shaved minutes off workers' pay by rounding away time worked before and after their scheduled shifts, according to a proposed class and collective action filed in Virg... (more story)

A row of automated teller machines is set into a blue wall beneath an illuminated Citibank logo.
Citi Wins Bid To Arbitrate Workers' Wage Claims

Two former Citibank employees must take to arbitration their proposed class and collective claims alleging the bank underpaid workers by requiring inaccurate time reporting, a New York federal judge ruled, fin... (more story)

Colo. Doctor Says Billing Co. Skimmed Pay, Mishandled Data

A Colorado doctor has sued a medical billing company in state court, saying it mishandled patients' protected health information, skimmed her earnings and tried to pressure her into signing a new agreement all... (more story)

Nordstrom Worker Claims Missed Breaks Cost Wash. Staff Pay

A Nordstrom Inc. worker has hit the Seattle-based retailer with a proposed wage-and-hour class action in Washington state court, accusing the company of failing to provide employees with legally mandated meal ... (more story)

Colo. Panel Clarifies Worker Retaliation Claim Requirements

The Colorado Court of Appeals held for the first time Thursday that two Colorado statutes meant to close gender pay gaps do not require workers to allege gender discrimination, partially reviving a former huma... (more story)

Domino's Noncompete Rules Illegal In Wash., Ex-Worker Says

Domino's Pizza LLC illegally blocked its Washington workers from moonlighting at certain businesses, a former employee claimed in a proposed class action filed Tuesday, alleging that a company conflict-of-inte... (more story)