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GOP States Urge Justices To Clarify Collective Cert. Standard

A coalition of 21 states and two business groups told the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday that lower courts' allegedly premature certification of collective actions drives up the cost of litigation and forces employers into multimillion-dollar settlements, backing Eli Lilly & Co. in a worker's age bias case.

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Calif., Unions Urge Justices Not To Review Orientation Law

California and two teachers' unions urged the U.S. Supreme Court not to take up a challenge to a state law limiting who gets to know when new public employees have their orientations, disputing that the law discriminates against a group that informs state workers of their right not to be union members.

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9th Circ. Strikes Down Trans Patients' Win In ACA Bias Case

The Ninth Circuit upended a win Monday for patients who challenged Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois' administration of their employer-provided health plans containing gender-affirming care exclusions, ordering a lower court to reexamine the case in light of intervening authority from the U.S. Supreme Court.

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How To Prepare If Justices Curb Gov't Contractor Immunity

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Given the very real possibility that the U.S. Supreme Court will determine in GEO v. Menocal that government contr... (more story)

What To Mull After 9th Circ. Ruling On NLRB Constitutionality

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The Ninth Circuit recently rejected three constitutional attacks on the National Labor Relations Board in NLRB v. ... (more story)

Recent Rulings Show When PIPs Lead To Employer Liability

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Performance improvement plans may have earned their reputation as the last stop before termination, and while a PI... (more story)

Labor More

Union Accused Of Discrimination Against Worker With PTSD

The Teamsters discriminated against a longtime employee with post-traumatic stress disorder by scheduling her to work during her therapy sessions and requiring her to rent cars, which triggers her, a lawsuit f... (more story)

Judge Halts White House Bid To Strip VOA Union Rights

The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees said they have scored a "major victory" after a D.C. federal judge blocked the federal government's cancellation of collective bargaining rights... (more story)

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Pittsburgh Newspaper Workers Offer To End 3-Year Strike

Workers at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette who have been on strike for more than three years may soon be back on the job after offering to return Monday, a week after the Third Circuit affirmed a National Labor Re... (more story)

Union Benefit Plans Ask 9th Circ. Not To Revive Worker's Suit

A California federal judge was right to toss a carpenter's attempt to compel a group of union benefit plans to resume covering him and his coworkers, the plans told the Ninth Circuit, asking the appellate cour... (more story)

MVP: Paul Hastings' Cameron W. Fox

Cameron W. Fox, chair of Paul Hastings LLP's traditional labor practice group and partner in its employment law department, persevered through a trial during the Palisades and Eaton fires in Los Angeles and se... (more story)

Ex-Delta Worker Fights To Keep Breaks Suit Alive

Delta Air Lines should not be able to end a former employee's suit that said the company's understaffing issues forced workers to miss their meal and rest breaks, a former worker said, telling a Washington sta... (more story)

Amazon, New York Square Off Over State's NLRB Fill-In Law

The state of New York on Friday urged a Brooklyn federal judge to reject Amazon's bid to block a law allowing the Empire State's labor board to adjudicate private sector unionization matters and labor-manageme... (more story)

Discrimination More

NJ Justices Unsure Boys & Girls Club Abuse Suit Belongs In NJ

New Jersey Supreme Court justices on Monday appeared skeptical of the breadth of relief sought in litigation over alleged sexual abuse in the 1970s and '80s by a then-counselor at the Boys and Girls Clubs of A... (more story)

Hospital Inks $335K Deal To End EEOC Gender Bias Suit

A Kentucky federal judge signed off Monday on a $335,000 settlement to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming a hospital system fired its chief nursing officer after she complained th... (more story)

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NJ Prison Officer Can't Revive Retaliation Suit At 3rd Circ.

The Third Circuit on Monday backed the dismissal of a Black New Jersey prison sergeant's suit claiming she was hit with a retaliatory 30-day suspension for filing complaints about her boss, saying she failed t... (more story)

Fired Atty Says Debevoise Can't Force Arbitration Of ADA Suit

An attorney who accused Debevoise & Plimpton LLP of unlawfully refusing to rehire him because he took protected medical leave has urged a New York federal court not to dismiss his suit or send it before an arb... (more story)

NY Jets Can't Force Fired Executive's Suit To Arbitration

The New York Jets can't force a former finance executive to arbitrate her lawsuit alleging she was fired because her husband accused the team president of sexual harassment, a New Jersey state court ruled, say... (more story)

Corporate Pilot Fired For Flagging Safety Concerns, Suit Says

The former head of aviation for an oral surgery management services company in North Carolina says he was canned because of his age and hearing disability and for allegedly reporting flight scheduling practice... (more story)

Justices Won't Review Ex-Examiner's Patent Bar Rejection

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away a former patent examiner's petition, which alleged that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office wrongly rejected his request to practice before the agency based on a s... (more story)

Wage & Hour More

Geico Flouted Mass. Wage Laws For Adjusters, Suit Alleges

Geico required field claims adjusters to work up to 10 hours a day without overtime pay and improperly dinged them for "personal use" of company-issued vehicles, according to a proposed class action filed in M... (more story)

Ex-Finnegan Associate Gets Wage Theft Suit Revived In DC

The D.C. Court of Appeals revived a former Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner LLP associate's lawsuit alleging the firm reneged on its promises to pay tuition reimbursement and productivity bonuses, s... (more story)

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4th Circ. Won't Toss Anheuser-Busch's Appeal In OT Suit

Anheuser-Busch can continue challenging a Virginia federal court's decision granting class certification and declining to untangle a collective of workers seeking unpaid wages for work performed outside their ... (more story)

Tyson Shorted Wash. Workers On Breaks And OT, Suit Says

Tyson Foods has been accused of systematically shorting Washington state workers on breaks, sick leave and overtime pay, according to a proposed class action the meat processing giant removed to federal court on Friday.  

Ga. Staffing Firm To Pay $450K To End OT Suit

A Georgia-based staffing and project management agency has agreed to pay nearly $450,000 to two dozen former workers who accused it of stiffing them on overtime by "slapping a 'salary' label" on their paycheck... (more story)

JetBlue Accused Of Pushing Workers To Drop Wage Claims

Former employees suing JetBlue for allegedly shorting them on breaks and wages are urging a Washington state judge to block the airline's alleged efforts to coerce members of a proposed class into settlements,... (more story)

Junior Hockey Players Fight Wage Case Dismissal In Appeal

Junior hockey players have asked the Ninth Circuit to reverse a lower court toss of their wage suppression suit against the National Hockey League and Canadian leagues, arguing that the territorial reach of U.... (more story)