sa国际传媒

Expert Analysis

Handbook Hot Topics: Shifting Worker Accommodation Rules

Since President Donald Trump took office, many changes have directly affected how employers must address accommoda... (more story)

What Calif. Appeals Split Means For Litigating PAGA Claims

After two recent California state appeals court rulings diverged on whether a former employee with untimely indivi... (more story)

Shifting DEI Expectations Put Banks In Legal Crosshairs

The Trump administration's rollbacks on DEI-friendly policies create something of a regulatory catch-22 for banks,... (more story)

Labor More

NLRB Rightly Dinged Starbucks' Subpoenas, 5th Circ. Told

The Fifth Circuit should uphold the National Labor Relations Board's finding that Starbucks sent overbroad subpoenas to two union-represented California workers who were testifying against the company, board a... (more story)

Court Halts Trump Order Curbing Federal Union Bargaining

Several federal agencies must stop enforcing a part of President Donald Trump's executive order that would ax labor contracts covering agencies that have "national security" aims, a California federal judge ru... (more story)

close-up of pickles in brine
Pickle Co. Wants To Put A Lid On NLRB Judge's Bargain Order

A pickle manufacturer in Brooklyn asked the National Labor Relations Board not to order the company to negotiate with a UFCW local, challenging an agency judge's conclusions that the business illegally refused... (more story)

Arkansas Insurance Dept. Fights Teamsters Plan's ERISA Suit

The Arkansas Insurance Department is looking to sink a challenge to a state insurance regulation filed by a Teamsters healthcare plan, telling an Illinois federal judge that the regulation isn't preempted by t... (more story)

Cornell, Arb. Group Team Up For Dispute Resolution Service

Cornell University and the American Arbitration Association are working together to establish a nationwide service offering assistance with dispute resolution and mediation for labor contracts, with a former F... (more story)

Pitcher's Widow Keeps Up Fight For Benefits From MLB Plan

The widow of a former Cincinnati Reds pitcher is pushing to keep her lawsuit against Major League Baseball's pension plan alive, urging a Florida federal judge to preserve her legal fight for surviving spouse ... (more story)

Trump Admin Says Justices' Ruling Should Kill SSA Data Suit

The Trump administration is looking to scrap a union-brought challenge to the Department of Government Efficiency's ability to access Americans' Social Security information, telling a Maryland federal judge th... (more story)

Discrimination More

Colorado Attorney Settles Bias Suit With DC-Area Firm

A Colorado lawyer has settled claims she brought against her former employer in December, when she accused the law firm of having "abruptly and unlawfully" terminated her employment due to her age and gender.

4th Circ. Backs Biz Management Co. In Retaliatory Firing Suit

The Fourth Circuit declined to reinstate a retaliation suit from a maintenance company director who said he was fired for complaining that a female colleague was being sexually harassed, ruling his case lacked... (more story)

a white oval sign featuring the Meta logo hanging from a black ceiling
Muslim Worker Says Meta Censored Pro-Palestinian Views

Facebook parent Meta disciplined a Muslim employee for statements that supported Palestinians, while declining to penalize those who supported other social and humanitarian movements, according to a new religi... (more story)

New EEOC Suits Plummeted In The 1st Half Of 2025

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed 20 fewer lawsuits in the five months since the second Trump administration began than it did during the same time period in 2024. Here鈥檚 a look at the cas... (more story)

4th Circ. Tosses Trans Man's Appeal Over Canceled Surgery

The Fourth Circuit declined to revive a transgender man's constitutional claims against a religious hospital run by the University of Maryland Medical System over a canceled hysterectomy for gender dysphoria, ... (more story)

X Corp. Fights Ex-Twitter Workers' Arbitration Bid

X Corp. challenged a request from former Twitter employees in Washington state to make the social media giant arbitrate claims about unpaid severance and bonuses, telling a federal judge that there is a lack o... (more story)

10th Circ. Says Ex-US Bank VP Can't Relitigate Bias Suit

The Tenth Circuit backed the dismissal Tuesday of a suit from an ex-U.S. Bank executive who blamed his termination on age bias, ruling his state law allegations could have been addressed when his federal discr... (more story)

Wage & Hour More

DOL Says Trump Order Moots Contractor Wage Case

A Colorado federal court should throw out an outdoor group's challenge to a Biden-era mandate requiring federal contractors to pay a $15 minimum wage, the U.S. Department of Labor argued, saying President Dona... (more story)

Foxwoods Restaurant Wage Suit Deal Gets Initial Nod

A Connecticut state court judge has given her preliminary approval to a $425,000 settlement between Sugar Factory American Brasserie, a restaurant at the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation's Foxwoods Resort Cas... (more story)

Company name and logo on a building's exterior
ByteDance Can't Arbitrate Pay Bias Suit, Calif. Court Says

A California state appellate court has rejected TikTok parent ByteDance Inc.'s bid to make a former employee arbitrate pay discrimination claims against it, saying that an underlying arbitration agreement was ... (more story)

Curaleaf Says Class Cert. Wrong For Budtenders' Tips Suit

Curaleaf Inc. is urging a Maryland federal court to deny conditional class certification to a class of budtenders who allege the company illegally shares tips with store leads, arguing that they haven't shown ... (more story)

Hanford Contractor To Pay $6.5M To Settle Fraud Allegations

A contractor tapped to manage and operate a tank farm holding millions of gallons of hazardous and radioactive waste at the Hanford nuclear site in Washington will pay $6.5 million to settle claims it overchar... (more story)

Fed. Circ. Backs Navy's Win In OT Pay Contract Dispute

The Federal Circuit declined Wednesday to reverse a decision finding a government contractor is not owed money for the cost of paying out overtime wages it incurred from trying to meet a U.S. Navy deadline, sa... (more story)

Bloomberg 2020 Staffers Say Campaign Broke Pay Pledge

Former workers on Michael Bloomberg's 2020 presidential campaign said in a proposed class action filed in Massachusetts state court Tuesday that the media magnate and former New York City mayor reneged on a pr... (more story)