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December 04, 2024
Sephora Should Face Worker's Retaliation Suit, Judge Says
Sephora shouldn't get to toss a Latina former store manager's claims that she was fired for refusing to use a hiring strategy that would have prioritized white applicants, a Georgia federal judge recommended Wednesday, finding her retaliation lawsuit is detailed enough to stay in court.
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December 04, 2024
9th Circ. Open To Reviving Wash. Profs' Email Privacy Suit
A Ninth Circuit panel on Wednesday expressed support for two University of Washington professors who allege their constitutional rights were violated by a state ethics board probe of their emails, with one judge saying he was troubled by the state's contention the professors' claims were merely speculative.
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December 04, 2024
Building Contractor Agrees To End No-Hire Pacts
Guardian Service Industries Inc. has agreed to stop enforcing no-hire agreements in its contracts that prevent building owners and managers from hiring the service contractor's employees after pressure from the Federal Trade Commission and state enforcers.
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December 04, 2024
Ex-Worker Says Contractor Fired Him Over Religious Needs
An electric vehicle charging station contractor was sued in Georgia federal court by a former employee who alleged he was fired for utilizing a religious accommodation that allowed him to leave work early on Fridays to observe the Jewish Sabbath.
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December 04, 2024
Mass. Justices Probe Extent Of State Immunity In 2 Cases
The Massachusetts high court on Wednesday mulled how far immunity extends for public employees and state agencies, with one justice questioning why the state is proposing that children in foster care should face the same legal standard as prison inmates.
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December 04, 2024
Groundskeeper's Race Bias Suit Should Advance, Judge Says
A Georgia chiropractic university shouldn't escape a lawsuit claiming it fired a groundskeeper because he repeatedly complained about his supervisor's mistreatment of Black workers, a federal judge recommended, saying a jury could find the school fabricated a time sheet violation to get rid of him.
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December 04, 2024
Mich. Justices Mull If Pizza Driver Deal Bars Franchise Claim
A woman suing Jet's Pizza told the Michigan Supreme Court on Wednesday that she should be able to continue suing the pizza franchise after settling with the delivery driver who rear-ended her, pushing the justices to cast aside what she described as an antiquated rule that extinguished her claims.
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December 04, 2024
Ex-Tiffany Manufacturing Supervisor Gets Prison For Theft
A former manager at a Tiffany & Co. jewelry factory was sentenced to 59 days in prison Wednesday, after he pled guilty to stealing $1.7 million in gold, silver and platinum from his employer.
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December 04, 2024
Pitt, UPMC Say Fired Doctor Didn't State How DEI Broke Law
A fired University of Pittsburgh medical school program director's article criticizing diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives isn't protected activity, since he did not specify in suing that Pitt or the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center used DEI initiatives to discriminate, the institutions' lawyers told a federal judge during oral argument Wednesday.
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December 04, 2024
Retaliation Case Over Mostly Nude Trucker Gets Green Light
A North Carolina federal judge declined to shut down a lawsuit from a trucker who said she was unlawfully fired for complaining about a co-worker walking around in his underwear, saying she was terminated suspiciously soon after she accused him of sexual harassment.
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December 04, 2024
Foley & Lardner Gets Pro-Palestinian Atty's Suit Pared Down
A former Foley & Lardner LLP summer associate who says the firm rescinded an employment offer over her public support for Palestinians saw part of her suit dismissed this week, with an Illinois federal judge finding that the firm never promised to hire her regardless of what kinds of activism she took part in.
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December 04, 2024
No 6th Circ. Rehearing For Ohio City In Cop's Age Bias Suit
The Sixth Circuit has declined a Cincinnati suburb's request for it to reconsider its precedential panel decision reviving a former police officer's discrimination suit claiming he was given low-level tasks and overly scrutinized because he was in his 50s.
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December 04, 2024
NJ Atty Denies Harassment, Accuses Ex-Secretary Of Theft
A New Jersey lawyer who is facing a state court lawsuit brought by a former secretary accusing him of sexual harassment has denied the claims and alleged in a counterclaim that the ex-employee had converted property belonging to him and the law firm.
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December 04, 2024
Timothy Hutton, Production Co. Settle Over Firing From Show
Academy Award-winning actor Timothy Hutton has settled a $3 million dispute over his ouster from the Amazon crime drama reboot "Leverage: Redemption" amid sexual assault allegations, two months before he and the show's production company had been set to square off at trial in California state court.
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December 04, 2024
Justices Clash Over Tenn. Transgender Care Ban
The U.S. Supreme Court justices, including members of the conservative majority, appeared to sympathize Wednesday with transgender minors unable to access gender-affirming medical treatments banned by a Tennessee law.
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December 04, 2024
LexShares Must Face Claims In Ex-CEO's Race Bias Suit
Racial discrimination claims by a Black former CEO of litigation financier LexShares Inc. are not time-barred, a Massachusetts federal judge has ruled, though she dismissed claims against the chairman of the company's board and another board member.
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December 04, 2024
5th Circ. Won't Revive Prison Psychologist's Sex Bias Suit
The Fifth Circuit refused to reinstate a former Federal Bureau of Prisons psychologist's suit claiming she was harassed and discriminated against for complaining about her supervisor's inappropriate relationships with female colleagues, saying she hadn't backed up her bias allegations with evidence that men were treated better.
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December 04, 2024
Apple Forced Exec Out For Flagging Unequal Pay, Court Told
Apple gave the former head of an audio division an "awful" choice — work under a performance improvement plan or quit — after she raised concerns that she received less pay than her male counterparts and participated in an investigation into her supervisor, she told a California state court.
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December 04, 2024
Worker Accuses Delivery Robot Maker Of Wage Violations
A former operations coordinator sued a California robotics company making food delivery in partnership with Uber Eats, claiming in his proposed class action in state court that the company cheated workers out of wages and failed to provide meal and rest breaks.
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December 03, 2024
Ex-Apple Workers Accused Of Swiping Charity Match Funds
A Northern California district attorney's office on Tuesday unveiled charges against six former Apple Inc. workers accused of scheming to convince their employer to match thousands of dollars in nonexistent donations to children's charities, according to an announcement from the office.
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December 03, 2024
5th Circ. Judge Doubts Deepwater Horizon Claims Can Survive
A Fifth Circuit judge on Tuesday questioned whether cleanup workers' claims following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill can survive in the face of a demanding evidence standard adopted from toxic tort cases.
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December 03, 2024
Judge Won't Strike AECOM's 'New' Claims In Army Billing Suit
A New York federal judge rejected a whistleblower's attempt to strike AECOM's purportedly new arguments in litigation accusing it of falsely billing the U.S. Army on a $1.9 billion support deal, writing "denied" in the margin of the whistleblower's request.
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December 03, 2024
Ex-Dish Marketing Leader Says She Suffered In A 'Boys' Club'
The former head of a Dish Network marketing division has accused the company of fostering a "boys' club" in management, alleging in Colorado federal court that she was fired for failing to report sexual harassment even though male employees were let off the hook for doing the same thing or worse.
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December 03, 2024
MTA, NY Officials Rip Bid To Block Revised Congestion Pricing
New York officials have told a federal judge that residents, truckers and community groups cannot sideline Manhattan's recently resurrected congestion pricing, saying there's zero merit to the plaintiffs' claims that they'd be irreparably harmed by allegedly unconstitutional and discriminatory tolls.
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December 03, 2024
DC Circ. Rejects Dispensary's Challenge To Union Vote
The D.C. Circuit tossed a Phoenix cannabis dispensary's challenge to union certification Tuesday, saying the dispensary forfeited the right to raise the argument in federal court by failing to bring it to the National Labor Relations Board first.
Expert Analysis
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How Trump's 2nd Term May Alter The Immigration Landscape
Rhetoric from Donald Trump's campaign and his choice of hardline appointees indicate that a more restrictive and punitive approach to immigration is in our immediate future, especially in areas like humanitarian relief, nonimmigrant visa processing, and travel and green card eligibility, says John Quill at Mintz.
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Litigation Inspiration: Reframing Document Review
For attorneys — new ones especially — there is much fulfillment to find in document review by reflecting on how important, interesting and pleasant it can be, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.
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7th Circ. Travel Time Ruling Has Far-Reaching Implications
In a case of first impression, the Seventh Circuit’s recent holding in Walters v. Professional Labor Group will have significant implications for employers that must now provide travel time compensation for employees on overnight assignments away from home, says Anthony Sbardellati at Akerman.
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Pa. Ruling Highlights Challenges Of Employer Arb. Appeals
A Pennsylvania federal court's recent ruling in Welch Foods v. General Teamsters Local Union No. 397 demonstrates the inherent difficulties employers face when seeking relief from labor arbitration decisions through appeals in court — and underscores how employers are faced with often conflicting legal priorities, says Daniel Johns at Cozen O'Connor.
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7 Ways To Prepare For An I-9 Audit Or Immigration Raid
Because immigration enforcement is likely to surge under the upcoming Trump administration, employers should take steps to ensure their staff is trained in employment eligibility verification requirements and what to do in the event of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement I-9 audit or workplace raid, say attorneys at Littler.
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Args In 2 High Court Cases May Foretell Clarity For Employers
Mary Anna Brand at Maynard Nexsen examines possible employment implications of two cases argued before the Supreme Court this fall, including a higher bar for justifying employees as overtime exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act, and earlier grants of prevailing party status for employee-plaintiffs seeking attorney fees.
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California Supreme Court's Year In Review
Attorneys at Horvitz & Levy highlight notable decisions on major questions from the California Supreme Court's last term, including voter initiatives, hostile work environment and the economic loss rule.
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Disentangling Various Forms Of Workplace Discrimination
Pay inequity can be missed where it exists and misidentified due to incorrect statistics, leaving individuals to face multiple facets of discrimination connected by a common root cause, meaning correct identification and measurement is crucial, says Daniel Levy at Advanced Analytical.
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What Lawyers Can Learn From High School AI Suit
A pending Massachusetts lawsuit regarding artificial intelligence use in an academic setting underscores the need for attorneys to educate themselves on AI technology and tools that affect their clients so they can advise on establishing clear expectations and limits around the permissible use of AI, say attorneys at Hinckley Allen.
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Calif. Ruling May Shield Public Employers From Labor Claims
In Stone v. Alameda Health System, the California Supreme Court recently exempted a county hospital from state-mandated rest breaks and the Private Attorneys General Act, granting government employers a robust new bulwark against other labor statutes by undermining an established doctrine for determining if a law applies to public entities, say attorneys at Hunton.
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Best Practices For Effective Employee Assistance Programs
Employee assistance programs can be a powerful tool for establishing health and wellness initiatives in workplaces, and certain implementation steps can help both employers and workers gain maximum benefit from EAPs, say attorneys at Foley & Lardner.
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Flying Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Achieving my childhood dream of flying airplanes made me a better lawyer — and a better person — because it taught me I can conquer difficult goals when I leave my comfort zone, focus on the demands of the moment and commit to honing my skills, says Ivy Cadle at Baker Donelson.
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NLRB One-Two Punch Curbs Employer Anti-Organizing Tools
The National Labor Relations Board’s recent decisions in Siren Retail and Amazon, limiting employer speech about the impact of unionization and outlawing captive audience meetings, severely curtail employers' arsenal of tools to combat an organizing campaign — though this may soon change under a new administration, say attorneys at Benesch.
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Key Requirements In New Maryland Pay Transparency Laws
Although several jurisdictions now require pay transparency in job advertisements, Maryland's new law is among the broadest in the country, both in terms of what is required and the scope of its applicability, says Sarah Belger at Quarles & Brady.
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What Trump's Next Term May Mean For Biz Immigration
Leonard D'Arrigo at Harris Beach discusses the employment-based immigration policies businesses can potentially expect during President-elect Donald Trump’s second term, based on policies enacted during his first administration, statements made during his campaign and proposals in Project 2025.