More Employment Coverage

  • February 13, 2025

    Tesla, Objector Appeal $730M Chancery Board Pay Deal

    Tesla Inc. and a stockholder objector have appealed a Delaware Court of Chancery approval of the return of more than $730 million in director stock, option and grant awards to the company that would resolve a suit accusing the electric-car maker's board of raking in "outrageous" compensation packages that cost the company hundreds of millions of dollars.

  • February 13, 2025

    Tax Atty's Firing Not Due To Husband's Testimony, Judge Says

    A man failed to prove that his testimony against a Connecticut Department of Revenue Services official during a state legislative hearing cost his high-level tax attorney wife her job, a federal judge has ruled, issuing a win to two agency leaders.

  • February 13, 2025

    Wash. Justices Say Cops At Jan. 6 Riot Can't Stay Incognito

    The Washington State Supreme Court on Thursday said four Seattle police officers who attended the Jan. 6 "Stop the Steal" mayhem in D.C. can't litigate their privacy claims under John Doe pseudonyms as the justices rejected their claim that their identities should be shielded under the state's public records law.

  • February 13, 2025

    Walmart Says CFPB Suit Should Wait Amid Agency Chaos

    Walmart and fintech company Branch Messenger Inc. asked a Minnesota federal judge to stay the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's enforcement case over allegedly mandatory deposit accounts for delivery drivers until policymakers untangle the agency's role under the Trump administration.

  • February 13, 2025

    Ex-VP's Defamation Suit Against Cardinals Sent To Arbitration

    An Arizona federal judge has sent the defamation suit by a former Arizona Cardinals executive to an arbitration process overseen by the NFL, making a previous tentative ruling official after the two sides agreed to call off a scheduled Thursday hearing.

  • February 13, 2025

    Ohio Ordered To Get Rescinded Unemployment From DOL

    An Ohio court on Wednesday ordered the state government to "take all action necessary" to get its share of a COVID-19 pandemic unemployment relief program that Gov. Mike DeWine pulled it out of in 2021 and to distribute that money to qualified residents who missed out.

  • February 13, 2025

    Cruise Co.'s Bid To Force Spa Worker Into Arbitration Fails

    A Florida federal judge denied Norwegian Cruise Line's bid to force a masseuse's negligence and unseaworthiness lawsuit into Bahamian arbitration, saying the company isn't a signatory to her underlying employment agreement and that it failed to establish an exception to send the case out of court.

  • February 13, 2025

    Small But Mighty Busy: 1st Circ. A Hub For Anti-Trump Suits

    The Boston-based First Circuit will play an outsize role in litigation challenging the aggressive start to President Donald Trump's second administration, but the liberal stronghold's philosophic divergence with the U.S. Supreme Court may make any victories fleeting.

  • February 12, 2025

    Feds Cleared Of Intentional Intrusion Over Diddy's Jail Notes

    Prosecutors did not intentionally invade Sean "Diddy" Combs' attorney-client privilege when they received photographs of his handwritten notes that were taken during a security sweep of the prison, a Manhattan federal judge ruled Wednesday, rejecting the music mogul's request for relief in his sex-trafficking case.

  • February 12, 2025

    OSC Sues FEMA Worker Who Skipped Trump Houses

    The U.S. Office of Special Counsel, whose leader President Donald Trump is attempting to fire, filed a complaint Tuesday seeking to discipline a Federal Emergency Management Agency staffer who instructed employees last fall to avoid homes with Trump campaign signs.

  • February 12, 2025

    Dementia Society, CEO Must Face Workplace Spying Suit

    Three former Dementia Society of America employees who claim they found listening devices hidden in their workspaces can move forward with their lawsuit against the nonprofit, a Pennsylvania federal judge has ruled, holding that that they put forth plausible claims that the organization violated the federal and Pennsylvania wiretap acts.

  • February 12, 2025

    Ex-Schwab Employee Enjoined From Using Client Info

    A Texas federal judge on Wednesday barred a former Charles Schwab employee from using the brokerage firm's allegedly stolen client information, requiring him to return all records and submit any devices with relevant materials for forensic examination.

  • February 12, 2025

    Judge Jackson Bars White House's Special Counsel Switch

    A D.C. district judge late Wednesday issued a temporary restraining order preventing the Trump Administration from replacing the head of the U.S. Office of Special Counsel until the court rules on request for a preliminary injunction blocking the move.

  • February 12, 2025

    Tribal Healthcare In Danger Due To Hiring Freeze, Letter Says

    The top Democratic ranking members for subcommittees that oversee federal funding for the Indian Health Service are demanding the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services intervene to stop cuts to the agency's workforce, saying without it Indigenous communities' access to needed services is in jeopardy.

  • February 12, 2025

    Atty Says Ex-Partner Filed Bogus Police Report Over Router

    Connecticut attorney Ryan McKeen made "material misrepresentations" when reporting his ex-law partner Andrew Garza to the police for entering their former firm's office early one morning to retrieve an internet router, Garza told a state court judge in a renewed bid for sanctions against McKeen.

  • February 12, 2025

    Tobacco Fee Couldn't Have Injured Worker, Campbell's Says

    The Campbell's Co. urged a New Jersey federal court to toss a suit from a former worker alleging the company's tobacco-free wellness program is violating federal benefits law by making workers who use tobacco pay more for health insurance, arguing the ex-employee can't bring his claims because he never enrolled in the program.

  • February 12, 2025

    Ex-Client Slams Buzbee's Sanctions Bid In Fraud Suit

    A former client suing prominent Houston attorney Tony Buzbee for fraud has hit back against Buzbee's attempt to sanction him, claiming he's well within his rights to mention other instances in which Buzbee allegedly stole from clients.

  • February 12, 2025

    8 Ousted Inspectors General Sue Over Firings

    Eight inspectors general fired by President Donald Trump sued the administration Wednesday, asking a D.C. federal judge to declare their terminations "legal nullities" and to order their reinstatement.

  • February 11, 2025

    Ex-Seton Hall Law Worker Gets 8 Months For Embezzlement

    A former employee at Seton Hall University School of Law was sentenced Tuesday to eight months in prison for taking part in a 13-year embezzlement scheme that defrauded the school of $1.3 million.

  • February 11, 2025

    Chinese Co. Must Clarify Trade Secret Claims Against TikTok

    A Chinese company suing TikTok for allegedly stealing proprietary information to develop a video-editing tool must provide more information about the trade secrets and copyrights claimed in its suit so that TikTok can prepare its defenses, a special master appointed to the case has ordered.

  • February 11, 2025

    Law Firm Equity Doesn't Offset Workers' Comp, NC Panel Told

    A former partner at Cranfill Sumner LLP stuck in a 19-year struggle with his former law firm over workers' compensation told the North Carolina Court of Appeals on Tuesday that his equity stake shouldn't offset the amount of disability benefits he's paid.

  • February 11, 2025

    Factual Dispute Keeps Walmart BIPA Suit In Court, For Now

    An Illinois jury will determine whether a driver for Walmart's grocery delivery platform Spark signed an arbitration agreement during his onboarding before a federal judge can decide whether his underlying biometric privacy claims should be redirected away from court, the judge said Tuesday.

  • February 11, 2025

    Lapsed Atty License Adds Twist In Ex-Ariz. Cardinals VP's Suit

    A hearing this week on the Arizona Cardinals' bid to send the dispute over the alleged defamation of their former vice president to arbitration might not take place, after the judge overseeing the case pointed out that the plaintiff's lead attorney was not licensed to practice in the state.

  • February 11, 2025

    Hospital Worker Didn't Need Note For COVID Benefits

    A woman who quit her job at a Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, hospital due to concerns over COVID-19 didn't need to present medical evidence that her health put her at higher risk in order to collect pandemic-related unemployment benefits, a split Pennsylvania appellate court ruled Tuesday.

  • February 10, 2025

    Trump's Firing Of Watchdog Office Head Paused By Judge

    The recently fired head of the U.S. Office of Special Counsel will remain in his position, at least for a few more days, after a D.C. federal judge on Monday ordered a short pause on his termination the same day he sued to challenge the allegedly "unlawful" removal.

Expert Analysis

  • In-House Counsel Pointers For Preserving Atty-Client Privilege

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    Several recent rulings illustrate the challenges in-house counsel can face when attempting to preserve attorney-client privilege, but a few best practices can help safeguard communications and effectively assert the privilege in an increasingly scrutinized corporate environment, says Daniel Garrie at Law & Forensics.

  • What Banks Need To Know About Trump's Executive Orders

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    While the numerous executive orders and memos from the last few weeks don't touch on many of the issues the banking industry expected the Trump administration to address, banks still need to pay attention to the flurry of orders from strategic, compliance and operational perspectives, say attorneys at Arnold & Porter.

  • Applying ABA Atty Role Guidance To White Collar Matters

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    The American Bar Association’s recently published guidance, clarifying the duties outside counsel owes to both organizational clients and those organizations' constituents, provides best practices that attorneys representing companies in white collar and other investigative matters should heed, say attorneys at MoFo.

  • Tax-Free Ways To Help Employees After The LA Wildfires

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    Following the recent wildfires in Los Angeles, there are various tax-free ways to give employees the resources and flexibility they need, including simpler methods like disaster relief payments under Internal Revenue Code Section 139 and leave-sharing programs, and others that require more planning, says Ligeia Donis at Baker McKenzie.

  • Improving Comms Between Trial Attys And Tech Witnesses

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    In major litigation involving complex technology, attorneys should employ certain strategies to collaborate with companies' technical personnel more effectively to enhance both the attorney's understanding of the subject matter and the expert's ability to provide effective testimony in court, say attorneys at Buchalter.

  • Collecting Rare Books Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My collection of rare books includes several written or owned by prominent lawyers from early U.S. history, and immersing myself in their stories helps me feel a deeper connection to my legal practice and its purpose, says Douglas Brown at Manatt Health.

  • New DOJ Leaders Should Curb Ill-Conceived Prosecutions

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    First-of-their-kind cases have seemingly led to a string of overly aggressive prosecutions in recent years, so newly sworn-in leaders of the U.S. Department of Justice should consider creating reporting channels to stop unwise prosecutions before they snowball, says Jonathan Porter at Husch Blackwell.

  • Tips For Pharma-Biotech Overlap Reporting In New HSR Form

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    While there’s no secret recipe for reporting overlaps to the Federal Trade Commission in the new Hart-Scott-Rodino Act form, there are several layers of considerations for all pharma-biotech companies and counsel to reflect on internally before reporting on any deal, say attorneys at A&O Shearman.

  • Lights, Camera, Ethics? TV Lawyers Tend To Set Bad Example

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    Though fictional movies and television shows portraying lawyers are fun to watch, Hollywood’s inaccurate depictions of legal ethics can desensitize attorneys to ethics violations and lead real-life clients to believe that good lawyers take a scorched-earth approach, says Nancy Rapoport at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

  • What Employers Should Know For Next Round Of H-1B Filings

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    With the fiscal year 2026 H-1B visa period opening soon, employers should brush up on the registration and filing procedures, as well as organize applicable data, to ensure they are ready for this dynamic, multistep process, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

  • Ga. Tech Case Shows DOJ Focus On Higher Ed Cybersecurity

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    The Justice Department’s ongoing case against the Georgia Institute of Technology demonstrates how many colleges and universities may be unwittingly exposed to myriad cybersecurity requirements that, if not followed, could lead to False Claims Act liability, say attorneys at Woods Rogers.

  • Will 4th Time Be A Charm For NY's 21st Century Antitrust Act?

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    New York's recently introduced 21st Century Antitrust Act would change the landscape of antitrust enforcement in the state and probably result in a sharp increase in claims — but first, the bill needs to gain traction after three aborted attempts, says Tyler Ross at Shinder Cantor.

  • Accountant-Owned Law Firms Could Blur Ethical Lines

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    KPMG’s recent application to open a legal practice in Arizona represents the first overture by an accounting firm to take advantage of the state’s relaxed law firm ownership rules, but enforcing and supervising the practice of law by nonattorneys could prove particularly challenging, says Seth Laver at Goldberg Segalla.