President Donald Trump’s proposal for federal employees to sign nondisclosure agreements would flip government business from being presumed public information to punishing workers for talking about it, setting up a high-stakes battle over free speech and transparency.
A federal appeals court declined to revive a US Coast Guard Auxiliary’s free speech challenge to his removal, ruling that he ignored warnings about his political remarks on LinkedIn while in uniform.
The US Labor Department is proposing exemptions that would allow a pair of corporate retirement plans and one union to make transactions that would otherwise be prohibited under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
A Venezuelan man is seeking monetary damages from the Department of Homeland Security after he was detained for eight days despite holding lawful status in the US.
The National Labor Relations Board is putting its hopes of restoring one of its core powers in the full Sixth Circuit, a conservative federal appeals court that has ruled against the agency in key cases in recent years.
Regulations the EPA is crafting to reduce unreasonable chemical risks are behind schedule, but when they come, the plans are expected to ban fewer uses of chemicals than previous regulations did.
Who are the leaders of the legal industry? Bloomberg Law’s Leading Law Firms list, now in its second year, recognizes the top performers across the key pillars of finance, growth, talent, and tech & innovation. The list identifies which firms—big or small, based in the US or abroad—are raising the bar for their competitors.
President Donald Trump’s executive order stripping key civil-service protections from 8,000 top-level federal employees falls short of a wholesale remake of government, but it addresses a longstanding contention by Republicans that senior non-political employees who shape policy operate with little accountability to the president—and the voters who elected him.
Generative AI is forcing law firm leaders to chart their own course. It is true strategic competition, something rarely so visible in Big Law outside of the lateral hiring horse race.
Moderna, Robinhood, and other corporate giants are bracing for significant financial setbacks and business disruptions, as President
Labor Department management officials racially discriminated against and sexual harassed a workplace safety inspector, then unjustifiably issued a poor performance review that blocked her from receiving a promotion, a new complaint says.
California Supreme Court justices were urged Wednesday to ease restrictions on electronic courtroom recordings as the state deals with a shortage of court reporters to produce hearing transcripts that an attorney for the courts called a “constitutional crisis.”
A federal judge ruled that Democratic states can proceed with a lawsuit claiming the Trump administration violated their rights to regulate medicine through its push to criminalize gender affirming care for young people.
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High profile unionization efforts at companies like Amazon and Starbucks have drawn renewed interest in labor laws. In this video, we look at what’s legal and what isn't when a company's employees want to unionize.
Who are the leaders of the legal industry? Bloomberg Law’s Leading Law Firms list, now in its second year, recognizes the top performers across the key pillars of finance, growth, talent, and tech & innovation. The list identifies which firms—big or small, based in the US or abroad—are raising the bar for their competitors.
Generative AI is forcing law firm leaders to chart their own course. It is true strategic competition, something rarely so visible in Big Law outside of the lateral hiring horse race.
Moderna, Robinhood, and other corporate giants are bracing for significant financial setbacks and business disruptions, as President
Several states are weighing an ABA-led push to encourage attorneys handling intellectually disabled and elderly clients to consider alternatives to legal guardianships.
States that allow nonlawyers to own and run law firms will encourage legal innovation, improve access to legal services, and expand transparency in law firm structure and operations, ClaimsHero CEO Matt Freund says.
A reported drop in patent infringement filings from early 2025 to early 2026 was unexpected, given improving conditions for patent enforcement.
A Wisconsin federal district court granted summary judgment to a vice president on breach of contract and state law wage claims against Clinity Talent, LLC, awarding $169,227 for unpaid commissions and statutory wage violations. Mandeville v. Clinity Talent, LLC, 2026 BL 202169, W.D. Wis., 25-cv-104-jdp, 6/1/26
The Seventh Circuit affirmed summary judgment for the Coast Guard on a First Amendment claim by a White vice flotilla commander removed for inappropriate LinkedIn posts while in uniform, finding the Coast Guard’s disciplinary interests outweighed his speech rights. Wenzler v. United States Coast Guard, 2026 BL 201262, 7th Cir., 25-1896, 6/1/26
A Maryland federal district court granted summary judgment to the Maryland Department of Human Services on state law disability discrimination and retaliation claims by a human services specialist with ADD and anxiety, finding the settlement agreement’s broad release barred his claims. Mack v. Md. Dep’t of Hum. Servs., 2026 BL 201652, D. Md., Civ. No. DLB-23-1577, 6/1/26
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