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  • December 10, 2025

    6th Circ. Mulls NLRB's Injunction Burden After Justices' Tweak

    A Sixth Circuit panel on Wednesday probed a judge's inference that Michigan hospital workers would suffer without an order making their employer resume dealing with their union in the circuit's first National Labor Relations Board injunction case since the U.S. Supreme Court altered the courts' test last year.

  • December 10, 2025

    Utah Lawmakers Repeal Public-Sector Bargaining Ban

    The Utah Legislature has voted to repeal a controversial bill that banned public-sector unions from collective bargaining, a move that comes after months of backlash from labor unions.

  • December 10, 2025

    4th Circ. Icy To Reviving Retired Miners' Health Coverage Fight

    The Fourth Circuit seemed disinclined Wednesday to reopen a dispute over lifetime retirement health and life insurance benefits from a proposed class of retired coal miners, as two judges knocked the coal company's attempt to pick apart the results of a seven-day bench trial that broadly favored them.

  • December 10, 2025

    Unions Push For New Block On Federal Worker Layoffs

    A California federal judge who blocked State Department layoffs set for Dec. 5 should halt the government from dismissing any Education and State Department employees until Jan. 30, a union coalition argued, saying Congress set that timeline in its appropriations bill and the government is trying to defy it.

  • December 09, 2025

    7th Circ. Mulls Pension Plan's Decision To Expel Penske Unit

    A Seventh Circuit judge on Tuesday suggested Penske's push for the judicial review of trustees' internal decision-making was a "long and new stretch" in a dispute over whether a Teamsters pension plan had the power to expel a Penske bargaining unit in Dallas, questioning what law authorizes such scrutiny.

  • December 09, 2025

    Ohio Clinic Beats Firing Case Before NLRB Judge

    An Ohio addiction treatment clinic's 2022 firing of a receptionist didn't violate federal labor law, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled Tuesday, finding that a pair of letters the receptionist co-signed about work conditions that year didn't factor into her dismissal.

  • December 09, 2025

    United Says Labor Contract Pushes Wage Row To Arbitration

    Federal labor law requires United Airlines Inc. flight attendants to arbitrate their proposed wage class action, the airline told a New Jersey federal court, saying resolution of the claims hinges on the parties' collective bargaining agreement.

  • December 09, 2025

    NJ Builder Says Court Can Decide Tunnel Labor Row

    The Third Circuit's finding that federal labor law blocks courts from stopping National Labor Relations Board cases doesn't apply to a builder's bid to block an imminent bidding deadline on the lucrative Hudson Tunnel Project, the builder and a unionized employee told a New York federal judge.

  • December 09, 2025

    Ind. Casino Workers Vote For Teamsters After 7-Week Strike

    Workers at an Indianapolis casino have voted for representation by a Teamsters unit, ending a seven-week strike demanding that the casino recognize the unit as their representative.

  • December 09, 2025

    3rd Circ. Won't Let Post-Gazette Duck Benefits Injunction

    A Third Circuit panel is standing by its decision to let an injunction against the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette remain active while the newspaper appeals, saying it won't reconsider its Nov. 24 refusal to stay an injunction requiring the paper to restore its workers' pre-2020 benefits.

  • December 08, 2025

    11th Circ. Vacates Benefits Ruling In Black Lung Case

    The Eleventh Circuit on Monday vacated a ruling that awarded survivors benefits to the widow of a railroad engineer who died after yearslong exposure to coal dust, finding the U.S. Department of Labor review board wrongly determined that a preparation plant was part of an underground coal mine. 

  • December 08, 2025

    Conservative Justices Probe 'Husk' Of FTC Firing Protections

    The U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority pushed back Monday against the 90-year-old precedent permitting the removal only for cause of Federal Trade Commission members, and perhaps those serving other independent agencies, calling those safeguards a "dried husk" and wondering where to draw the line for protected agencies.

  • December 08, 2025

    NY Hotel Ordered To Pay $4.1M In Union Benefits Dispute

    A Manhattan hotel operator must hand over $4.1 million to a hotel and hospital workers union, a New York federal judge ruled, finding that the operator has failed to respond to accusations that it owes money to multiple health benefit funds.

  • December 08, 2025

    Pa. Court Halts Bucks College Project Over Labor Agreement

    Bucks County Community College in eastern Pennsylvania can't move ahead with a $2 million expansion of its HVAC training program because a potential bidder convinced a majority of the Commonwealth Court on Friday that the school's preexisting "public labor agreement" was likely discriminatory to nonunion workers and met no urgent need.

  • December 08, 2025

    Teamsters Local Defends Call Not To Arbitrate Worker's Firing

    A Teamsters local asked a Michigan federal judge to remove it as a defendant in a Black construction worker's bias lawsuit, saying it decided not to arbitrate the employee's firing grievance not because of his race, but because it didn't think it could win.

  • December 08, 2025

    Justices Block Union From Appealing 5th Circ. SpaceX Ruling

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied a union's bid to seek review of a Fifth Circuit ruling that entitles employers targeted by the National Labor Relations Board to court orders blocking the agency's cases.

  • December 08, 2025

    Arbitrator Erred In Tossing Firing Grievance, Union Tells Court

    An Indiana federal judge should vacate an arbitration award that allowed a landfill employee's firing to stand, the ex-worker's union argued, saying the arbitrator based his award not on the language of the union contract but on a rule that he "invented."

  • December 05, 2025

    Wash. AG, Lawmakers Pitch Bill To Protect Immigrant Workers

    Two Washington lawmakers and the state's attorney general Friday announced plans to introduce legislation that would attempt to protect immigrant workers from federal crackdowns, saying the state's "prosperity would not be possible without the contributions of immigrants."

  • December 05, 2025

    Teamsters Challenge NLRB's Bid To Block California Law

    The Teamsters have asked a California federal judge to preserve a state law that expanded the state labor board's power, telling the judge that the law can exist side by side with the National Labor Relations Act and that he should reject the National Labor Relations Board's bid to block it.

  • December 05, 2025

    NLRB Could Get Quorum Back After Nominee Added To Bloc

    The National Labor Relations Board may soon have a quorum again after Senate Republicans added a nominee who recently won the labor committee's approval to a bloc of nearly 100 nominees for positions across federal agencies that the Senate will consider together. 

  • December 05, 2025

    10th Circ. Won't Stay Order In Union Early Retirement Case

    A union pension plan must comply with an order compelling it to restore benefits to certain early retirees while it appeals the ruling that required it to do so, the Tenth Circuit held, denying the plan's request for a stay of the order.

  • December 05, 2025

    Judge Halts State Dept. Layoffs Under Shutdown Deal

    A California federal judge has granted a request from a group of unions to block the U.S. State Department from carrying out another round of federal employee layoffs, ruling that the previous deal ending the government shutdown prevents layoffs through the end of January.

  • December 05, 2025

    ERISA Recap: 4 Rulings Worth Paying Attention To From Nov.

    The Ninth Circuit striking down a class action win for transgender employee health plan participants who said their gender-affirming care denials were discriminatory is just one noteworthy Employee Retirement Income Security Act ruling from November. Here's a recap of that ruling and three others.

  • December 05, 2025

    Calif. Forecast: 9th Circ. Hears Travel Nurses' Wage Args

    In the coming week, attorneys should watch for oral arguments at the Ninth Circuit in a proposed class action by travel nurses alleging Kaiser Foundation Hospitals Inc. and a staffing company unlawfully relocated them through false representations about compensation. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters on deck in California.

  • December 05, 2025

    Divided DC Circ. Backs Trump's NLRB, MSPB Firings

    A split D.C. Circuit panel on Friday upheld President Donald Trump's firings of two labor agency officials in spite of their statutory job protections, saying they wield enough executive power that Congress can't restrict the president's authority to fire them.

Expert Analysis

  • A Close Look At The Rescinded Biden-Era NLRB Memos

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    National Labor Relations Board acting general counsel William Cowen's recent decision to rescind several guidance memoranda from his predecessor signals that he aims to move the board away from expanding organizing rights and to provide more room for employers to protect their operations and workforce, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.

  • 6 Criteria Can Help Assess Executive Branch Actions

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    With new executive policy changes announced seemingly every day, several questions can help courts, policymakers and businesses determine whether such actions are proper, effective and in keeping with our democratic norms, say Marc Levin and Khalil Cumberbatch at the Council on Criminal Justice.

  • 5 Key Issues For Multinational Cos. Mulling Return To Office

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    As companies increasingly revisit return-to-office mandates, multinational employers may face challenges in enforcing uniform RTO practices globally, but several key considerations and practical solutions can help avoid roadblocks, say attorneys at Baker McKenzie.

  • 7 Things Employers Should Expect From Trump's OSHA Pick

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    If President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is confirmed, workplace safety veteran David Keeling may focus on compliance and assistance, rather than enforcement, when it comes to improving worker safety, say attorneys at Fisher Phillips.

  • Water Cooler Talk: Takeaways From 'It Ends With Us' Suits

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    Troutman’s Tracey Diamond and Emily Schifter discuss how the lawsuits filed by “It Ends With Us” stars Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni hold major lessons about workplace harassment, retaliation and employee digital media use.

  • Issues To Watch At ABA's Antitrust Spring Meeting

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    Attorneys at Freshfields consider the future of antitrust law and competition enforcement amid agency leadership changes and other emerging developments likely to dominate discussion at the American Bar Association's Antitrust Spring Meeting this week.

  • NLRB Firing May Need Justices' Input On Removal Power

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    President Donald Trump's unprecedented removal of National Labor Relations Board member Gwynne Wilcox spurred a lawsuit that is sure to be closely watched, as it may cause the U.S. Supreme Court to reexamine a 1935 precedent that has limited the president's removal powers, say attorneys at Kelley Drye.

  • Weathering Policy Zig-Zags In Gov't Contracting Under Trump

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    To succeed amid the massive shift in federal contracting policies heralded by President Donald Trump's return to office, contractors should be prepared for increased costs and enhanced False Claims Act enforcement, and to act swiftly to avail themselves of contractual remedies, says Jacob Scott at Smith Currie.

  • Making The Case For Rest In The Legal Profession

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    For too long, a culture of overwork has plagued the legal profession, but research shows that attorneys need rest to perform optimally and sustainably, so legal organizations and individuals must implement strategies that allow for restoration, says Marissa Alert at MDA Wellness, Carol Ross-Burnett at CRB Global, and Denise Robinson at The Still Center.

  • 2 Areas Of Labor Law That May Change Under Trump

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    Based on President Donald Trump's recent moves, employers should expect to see significant changes in the direction of law coming out of the National Labor Relations Board, particularly in two areas where the Trump administration will seek to roll back the Biden NLRB's changes, says Daniel Johns at Cozen O’Connor.

  • Water Cooler Talk: 'Late Night' Shows DEI Is More Than Optics

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    Amid the shifting legal landscape for corporate diversity, equity and inclusion programs, Troutman's Tracey Diamond and Emily Schifter chat with their firm's DEI committee chair, Nicole Edmonds, about how the 2019 film "Late Night" reflects the challenges and rewards of fostering meaningful inclusion.

  • Considerations As Trump Admin Continues To Curtail saʴý

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    Recent sweeping moves from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's new leadership have signaled a major shift in the agency's trajectory, and regulated entities should prepare for broader implications in both the near and long term, say attorneys at Pryor Cashman.

  • NCAA Rulings Signal Game Change For Athlete Classification

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    A Tennessee federal court's recent decision in Pavia v. NCAA adds to a growing call to consider classifying college athletes as employees under federal law, a change that would have unexpected, potentially prohibitive costs for schools, says J.R. Webster Cucovatz at Gilson Daub.

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