A Washington state appeals court has sided with Starbucks and its corporate leadership in two shareholders' proposed class action claiming union-busting activity hurt the coffee giant's reputation, concluding ... (more story)

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 courts may finally resolve the debate over the National Labor Relations Board's constitutionality this year, with uncertain stakes for the agency charged with protecting private-sector workers' rights to organize.

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)

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has struck deals with two employers worth a combined $135,000 that ended probes into whether pregnant workers were illegally denied accommodations, and asked th... (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)

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)

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)

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)

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)