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August 06, 2024
A janitorial franchiser told a California federal court that a worker's suit claiming he was misclassified as an independent contractor cannot stand after the Ninth Circuit kept in arbitration his individual California Private Attorneys General Act claims.
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August 06, 2024
A group of Democratic lawmakers is supporting the Federal Trade Commission in its suit to block Kroger's $25 billion acquisition of Albertsons, telling an Oregon federal judge in a friend-of-the-court brief that the agency's fears the deal would harm grocery workers and consumers are well-founded.
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August 06, 2024
Farming companies accused of human trafficking, forced labor and underpaying H-2A foreign temporary workers have urged a Virginia federal judge to dismiss the workers' suit, saying they failed to show the companies brought them to the U.S. for "involuntary servitude."
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August 06, 2024
A trade association representing small trucking businesses told the Ninth Circuit that California's classification test in Assembly Bill 5 will obliterate the lease owner-operator system, urging the panel to flip a federal court's decision keeping the law running.
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August 06, 2024
Labor and employment firm Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP is growing its San Diego footprint with the addition of a new outpost manned by an office managing partner and three associates who made the leap from Jackson Lewis PC.
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August 06, 2024
Davis Saperstein & Salomon PC said eight former employees and the attorney representing them should be sanctioned for filing a pair of lawsuits in New Jersey state court alleging the firm violated wage and discrimination laws.
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August 06, 2024
There are plenty of wage and hour topics for employment attorneys to keep an eye on in the coming months. Whether it's the November elections, the role of artificial intelligence in arbitration or the implementation of the U.S. Department of Labor's overtime rule, here are five issues to watch.
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August 06, 2024
A former KBR worker who said he was cheated out of overtime while working at a Texas chemical plant told a federal court he resolved his proposed collective action claiming violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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August 06, 2024
MoneyGram has agreed to settle a former employee's suit claiming she was fired for taking medical leave to treat a stomach illness, according to a Texas federal court filing.
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August 05, 2024
The Fifth Circuit is set to hear oral arguments this week in two cases challenging U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour rules, paving the way for a potential undoing of those regulations, given how the court has operated in the past. Here, Law360 explores what to expect during arguments.
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August 05, 2024
A trucking company that regularly hires owner-operator truck drivers has urged a New Mexico federal judge to vacate a new U.S. Department of Labor rule for classifying independent contractors, arguing in a motion for summary judgment that the rule makes classifying workers more confusing.
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August 05, 2024
A collective of mortgage loan officers seeking unpaid overtime won't land in front of the Fourth Circuit, a North Carolina federal judge ruled Monday, turning down Bank of America's bid to sort out which method to use for certifying collectives.
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August 05, 2024
The State of Texas argued that increasing the minimum wage for federal contractors to $15 per hour invokes the major question doctrine, telling the Fifth Circuit that a sister appellate court addressed a similar issue when it paused the Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality rules.
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August 05, 2024
An Ohio chain of smoke shops was hit with an unfair labor lawsuit by an employee who claims she and others were forced to stay at the shops for long hours, both working and eating with the boss, but were never compensated for their time
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August 05, 2024
A Michigan-based carnival agreed to pay $72,200 to the seasonal workers who built and operated rides and staffed games and food stands to resolve the U.S. Department of Labor's claims of underpaying them.
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August 05, 2024
A group of metal workers presented enough evidence to dodge sanctions related to their now-defunct overtime suits, a split Seventh Circuit panel ruled, affirming a lower court decision to turn down a company's bid for punishment.
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August 02, 2024
A group of 14 red states joined Texas in calling for a federal court to strike down the U.S. Department of Labor's rule raising salary thresholds for a federal overtime exemption, claiming in a brief that the new rule would hit their states particularly hard.
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August 02, 2024
In this inaugural edition of Wheeling & Appealing, Law360 recaps recent appellate opinions that made waves, quizzes readers about a new word for judicial grievances, and previews August arguments in circuit courts over controversial wage rules and a seven-figure attorney fee award after a digital age intellectual property trial.
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August 02, 2024
A California Supreme Court majority opinion barring ride-hail drivers behind Private Attorneys General Act cases from intervening in a separate case asserting overlapping claims could make companies and workers willing to settle for less, some plaintiffs-side attorneys said, while employers' attorneys pushed back against such concerns.
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August 02, 2024
A California federal magistrate judge declined to grant a construction materials company a win on a truck driver's proposed wage and hour class action, saying to the extent the allegations were based on his work as a mobile sweeper driver, they were not superseded by a collective bargaining agreement.
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August 02, 2024
Two Southern California workers who conducted background checks on applicants for federal government jobs for about a year have settled their wage and hour suit with the company that employed them, according to paperwork filed in California federal court.
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August 02, 2024
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP can arbitrate its former partner's gender discrimination suit claiming she was retaliated against for raising concerns about the firm's "unethical billing practices," a California state court judge ruled Friday, staying the entire case pending arbitration.
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August 02, 2024
This week, a New York federal judge will consider a New York City preschool's motion to trim an employment discrimination lawsuit brought by a former administrator who claims she was falsely promised a promotion and faced discrimination after an accident.
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August 02, 2024
A group of more than 600 sales representatives at a Massachusetts-based plumbing and HVAC wholesaler are eligible for overtime pay, the First Circuit concluded on Thursday, affirming a lower court's finding on a Fair Labor Standards Act complaint brought by the government.
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August 02, 2024
U.S. law firm Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC has opened an office in Munich, its second in Germany, in a move to expand its legal services in Europe.