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February 05, 2025
Jay-Z Sex Assault Suit Invalid Under Law, Rapper Says
A suit accusing Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old with Sean "Diddy" Combs more than 20 years ago is invalid because it was filed under a New York City civil rights statute that didn't exist at the time of the alleged incident, the rapper said in a dismissal bid Tuesday.
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February 05, 2025
Colo. University Hit With Suit Over 'Culture Of Chauvinism'
A doctor and former genetics researcher at the University of Colorado sued the institution in Denver federal court on Tuesday alleging her supervisor created a "culture of chauvinism and misogyny" and that she was fired and badmouthed throughout the industry after complaining.
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February 05, 2025
DOL Scores Partial Win In Farmworker Union Wage Rate Fight
A Washington federal judge has granted the U.S. Department of Labor a partial win in a farmworker union's challenge to federal policies that have allegedly depressed farmworker wages, concluding that some claims challenge DOL actions that aren't final agency actions.
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February 05, 2025
PTAB Judges Ordered Back To The Office, Sparking Outcry
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's roughly 230 administrative law judges dedicated to patent disputes and appeals must start working from an office, according to a directive implementing President Donald Trump's return-to-office order that former board judges said Wednesday threatens to destabilize a largely remote workforce and risks mass resignations and retirements.
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February 05, 2025
Musk Can't Access DOL Data, Labor Groups Say
The AFL-CIO, the Economic Policy Institute and four unions sued the U.S. Department of Labor and Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency in D.C. federal court Wednesday, seeking a temporary restraining order to stop DOL leadership from complying with any attempt by DOGE to access DOL data.
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February 05, 2025
Mich. State Settles Former Biz School Dean's Removal Suit
Michigan State University has settled allegations that its senior leadership fired the dean of the Eli Broad College of Business and intentionally defamed him in an effort to remove him from contention as a possible candidate for the university's next president.
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February 05, 2025
Laborers Want NLRB Suit Paused Over Wilcox Ouster
A Laborers union local on Wednesday called on the National Labor Relations Board to pause a suit accusing the union of mishandling job referrals and the board's chairman to sit the case out following member Gwynne Wilcox's firing.
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February 05, 2025
Key IRS Workers Can't Do 'Resign' Deal Until After Tax Season
Internal Revenue Service workers were notified Wednesday that employees working in positions considered necessary to the tax filing season can't accept President Donald Trump's resignation offer until mid-May.
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February 05, 2025
Honeywell Settles Black Ex-Marketing Manager's Bias Suit
Honeywell struck a deal with a Black former global marketing manager to close her suit claiming she was laid off after complaining that her white manager mistreated women and people of color, according to a Wednesday filing in North Carolina federal court.
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February 05, 2025
Worker, Nonprofit Mental Health Co. Agree To End Work Row
A former case manager sanctioned for faking evidence and the nonprofit mental health and addiction treatment center she accused of not paying full wages told a North Carolina federal court they agreed to end the case a month before the trial was set to start.
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February 05, 2025
Cuts To Medicaid Will Devastate Tribal Healthcare, Experts Say
As talks of big funding slashes to Medicaid loom among federal lawmakers, Indigenous communities say they will face devastating losses if any anticipated legislation passes, leading to cuts in Indian Country's healthcare workforce, a large gap in services for children and a rise in preventable illnesses.
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February 05, 2025
Blake Lively Sued By PR Rep Over 'It Ends With Us' Claims
Another front has opened in the messy legal drama over the movie "It Ends With Us," as an Austin-based public relations consultant filed a defamation suit in Texas federal court alleging Blake Lively falsely roped him into her headline-making sexual harassment and retaliation claims.
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February 05, 2025
Ex-Atlanta Private School Teacher Drops Race Bias Suit
A Georgia educator and the affluent Atlanta private school she sued over alleged racial discrimination by administrators agreed Tuesday to end their litigation after a federal magistrate judge previously recommended that her claims be tossed.
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February 05, 2025
College Baseball Player Seeks Pause Of NCAA Eligibility Rule
A college baseball player on Wednesday asked a Massachusetts federal court to temporarily pause the NCAA's five-year rule that the organization cited in denying him one more year of eligibility, in yet another lawsuit challenging the regulation.
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February 05, 2025
2nd Circ. Says Xerox Must Arbitrate Union's Benefits Dispute
The Second Circuit upended on Wednesday an order in favor of Xerox in a union's challenge to the company's decision to terminate health benefits for more than 2,000 retirees, saying the parties can arbitrate the dispute despite the collective bargaining agreement, or CBA, between them having expired.
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February 05, 2025
NJ Supreme Court Will Review Immigrant's Wage Case
The New Jersey Supreme Court said it will review rulings that denied a bid for unpaid wages by an immigrant living in the country without legal permission, which stemmed from an arrangement that had him performing tasks for a property management company in exchange for an apartment.
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February 05, 2025
Va. Law Firm Ends Ex-Worker's Harassment, Retaliation Suit
A Virginia law firm has agreed to resolve a former accounts payable specialist's lawsuit claiming she was fired for repeatedly complaining that a male contractor followed her to the restroom and acted threateningly toward her, according to a Wednesday federal court filing.
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February 05, 2025
Goldstein, Saying He's Mired In Debt, Asks To Redo Bail Terms
Prominent U.S. Supreme Court attorney and SCOTUSblog publisher Tom Goldstein has a negative net worth of more than $3.3 million and is mired in debt to his attorneys, he said in a filing Wednesday seeking to modify the conditions of his release ahead of a trial on federal criminal tax evasion charges.
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February 05, 2025
Justices' Ruling Nixes Md. Court's FLSA Order, 4th Circ. Told
A Maryland federal court's decision imposing a stricter standard for an employer to claim an overtime exemption is no longer valid after the U.S. Supreme Court said the heightened evidence standard isn't necessary, an international food distributor told the Fourth Circuit.
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February 05, 2025
Feds Must Face Air Marshal Union's Harassment Claims
Three government agencies must face claims they engaged in union-busting tactics when dealing with federal air marshals in Philadelphia, with a Pennsylvania federal judge preserving most of a union's lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the Transportation Security Administration and the Federal Air Marshal Service.
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February 05, 2025
Ex-CBD Co. Franchisee Says Magistrate Can't Rule On DQ Bid
A former franchisee for CBD company American Shaman Franchise System LLC on Wednesday objected to an order from a magistrate judge rejecting his bid to disqualify her, saying that a magistrate judge has no authority to decide on a posttrial motion.
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February 05, 2025
Wagner Law Scoops Up Benefits Expert From Paul Hastings
The Wagner Law Group has added a benefits and executive compensation attorney from Paul Hastings LLP to its ranks in Washington, D.C., picking up a lawyer who can draw on almost three decades of experience to assist the boutique firm's clients.
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February 05, 2025
11th Circ. Backs Navy Win In IT Worker's Promotion Bias Suit
The Eleventh Circuit upheld the U.S. Navy's defeat of a civilian tech employee's suit claiming he was passed over for several promotions because he was Hispanic and in his 50s, saying he failed to show that supervisors considered his age or race when making decisions.
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February 05, 2025
Women's Soccer League Will Pay $5M To Abused Players
The National Women's Soccer League on Wednesday agreed to a $5 million settlement with a trio of attorneys general that had been investigating the league's widespread mistreatment of its players.
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February 05, 2025
Fired NLRB Member Sues In Test Of President's Power
Fired NLRB member Gwynne Wilcox challenged her removal in federal court Wednesday, arguing in a test of 90-year-old Supreme Court precedent that the National Labor Relations Act blocked her ouster.
Expert Analysis
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5 Proactive Immigration Best Practices For Employers In 2025
Businesses that depend on foreign talent should take specific steps in anticipation of changes to federal immigration policies that could affect the H-1B visa and other programs, and likely require changes in organizational operations and compliance strategy, says Dustin O'Quinn at Ballard Spahr.
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Top 10 Employer Resolutions For 2025
While companies must monitor for policy shifts under the new administration in 2025, it will also be a year to play it safe and remember the basics, such as the importance of documenting retention policies and conducting swift investigations into workplace complaints, say attorneys at Krevolin Horst.
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NLRB Likely To Fill Vacuum After NMB Jurisdiction Ruling
The National Mediation Board's recent ruling in Swissport Cargo Services LP abandoned decades of precedent by concluding the Railway Labor Act doesn’t apply to airline service providers, likely leading the National Labor Relations Board to assert its jurisdiction instead and potentially causing more operational disruptions and labor strife, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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What To Expect From EEOC Next Year After An Active 2024
While highlights this year for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission include its first-ever Pregnant Workers Fairness Act cases and comprehensive workplace harassment guidance, the question for 2025 is whether the commission will sustain its momentum or shift its focus in a new direction, says Shannon Kelly at GrayRobinson.
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Series
Fixing Up Cars Makes Me A Better Lawyer
From problem-solving to patience and adaptability to organization, the skills developed working under the hood of a car directly translate to being a more effective lawyer, says Christopher Mdeway at Kaufman Dolowich.
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2024 Has Been A Momentous Year For ESG
Significant developments in the environmental, social and governance landscape this year include new legislation, evolving global frameworks, continued litigation and enforcement actions, and a U.S. Supreme Court decision that has already affected how lower courts have viewed some ESG challenges, say attorneys at Katten.
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Opinion
A New Tax On Employers Could Help Curb Illegal Immigration
To better enforce the law against hiring immigrants unauthorized to work in the U.S., Congress should enact a punitive excise tax on compensation paid to such immigrants and amend the False Claims Act to allow qui tam actions against employers for failure to pay such tax, says Ajay Gupta at Moore Tax Law Group.
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Making The Pitch To Grow Your Company's Legal Team
In a compressed economy, convincing the C-suite to invest in additional legal talent can be a herculean task, but a convincing pitch — supported by metrics and cost analyses — may help in-house counsel justify the growth of their team, say Elizabeth Smith and Roger Garceau at Major Lindsey.
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4 Trade Secret Pointers From 2024's Key IP Law Developments
Four significant 2024 developments in trade secret law yield practical tips about defending trade secrets overseas, proving unjust enrichment claims, forcing compliance with posttrial orders and using restrictive covenants to prevent employee leaks of confidential intellectual property, say attorneys at Faegre Drinker.
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Opinion
1 Year After Rule 702 Changes, Courts Have Made Progress
In the year since amendments to the Federal Rules of Evidence went into effect, many federal judges have applied the new expert witness standard correctly, excluding unreliable testimony from their courts — but now state courts need to update their own rules accordingly, says Lee Mickus at Evans Fears.
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Ledbetter's Legacy Shines In 2024 Equal Pay Law Updates
The federal Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act turned 15 this year, and its namesake's legacy is likely to endure in 2025 and beyond, as demonstrated by 2024's state- and local-level progress on pay equity, as well as several rulings from federal appellate courts, say attorneys at Fisher Phillips.
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Gov't Scrutiny Of Workplace Chat Apps Set To Keep Growing
The incoming Trump administration and Republican majorities in Congress are poised to open numerous investigations that include increasing demands for entities to produce communications from workplace chat apps, so companies must evaluate their usage and retention policies, say attorneys at Orrick.
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Using Contracts As Evidence Of Trade Secret Protection
Recent federal and U.S. International Trade Commission decisions demonstrate an interesting trend of judges recognizing that contracts and confidentiality provisions can serve as important evidence of the reasonable secrecy measures companies must take to prove the existence of protected trade secrets, say attorneys at Finnegan.
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An Underutilized Tool To Dismiss Meritless Claims In Texas
In Texas, special appearances provide a useful but often overlooked tool for out-of-state defendants to escape meritless claims early in litigation, thus limiting discovery and creating a pathway for immediate appellate review, say attorneys at Winston & Strawn.
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Top 10 Whistleblowing And Retaliation Events Of 2024
From a Florida federal court’s ruling that the False Claims Act’s qui tam provision is unconstitutional to a record-breaking number of whistleblower tips filed with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, employers saw significant developments in the federal and state whistleblower landscapes this year, say attorneys at Proskauer.