The Sixth Circuit's decision striking down a bargaining order against a distiller could cause the National Labor Relations Board to rethink its 2023 Cemex ruling that established a new standard for issuing such orders, but also raises fundamental questions about how the board changes precedent through its decisions, experts said.
The beginning of 2026 brought noteworthy moves in the wage and hour sphere, including the U.S. Department of Labor’s new independent contractor rule and federal contractors' minimum wage and two U.S. Supreme Court denials on collective issues. Here, Law360 looks at four notable developments since January.
DLA Piper should not be permitted to represent itself at trial in a pregnancy discrimination case brought by a senior associate who was fired in 2022, lawyers for the plaintiff told a Manhattan federal judge.