A constitutional challenge to New Jersey’s race-and gender-conscious hiring requirements for construction project labor agreements portends an emerging state and local front in Trump-era battles against diversity efforts.
EEOC Chair Andrea Lucas touted the agency’s discrimination lawsuit alleging The New York Times’ hiring and promotion practices are discriminatory as the first race and sex bias case the agency has brought on behalf of a White man in at least the last decade.
President Donald Trump unlawfully fired a Biden-appointed commissioner to the independent agency that hears appeals to mine safety disputes, a new lawsuit says.
A New York federal judge upheld a state law amendment barring extra damages in wage cases brought by manual labor workers who seek to be paid weekly.
One or more states have teamed up to sue the federal government nearly 100 times since January 2025. That pace, if it continues, is likely to smash the record set during Trump’s first term, according to one political scientist tracking the cases.
The operator of an Alabama nursing facility should have factored in Covid-era hazard pay rates when calculating the overtime pay of its medical staff, a federal appeals court panel found.
United Parcel Service Inc. violated federal labor law when it told employees at a Kentucky airport facility that they would not receive a pay raise during a pending union election, a National Labor Relations Board Judge said.
The Treasury Department is “working diligently to get guidance out” on various provisions of the Republican tax-and-spending bill that was enacted last year, an agency official said at a tax law conference Friday.
Trader Joe’s defeated claims that it mishandled forfeited money in its 401(k) plan, but the ongoing trial over the plan’s fees and investment options will continue, a Boston federal judge ruled Friday.
The Department of Labor’s employee benefits agency will prioritize enforcement actions on plan managers who focus on socially-conscious investing or diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, its top official said Friday.
A Lincoln, Nebraska, local minimum wage proposal that conflicts with the state minimum wage law would be invalid if the city enacts it, according to a May 7 opinion issued by the Nebraska Department of Justice.
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A federal appeals court affirmed Alabama State University’s victory over a former athletic department official’s pay discrimination lawsuit, finding no evidence that her male colleagues earned more.
An ex-Army contractor diagnosed with autism and social anxiety lost his bid to revive his lawsuit alleging his employer didn’t provide a reasonable accommodation to telework and retaliated by terminating him.
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.
An attempt to disqualify New York Attorney General Letitia James’ office from representing the state’s cannabis agency in a lawsuit over its licensing scheme for businesses failed when a federal magistrate judge rejected arguments that the state’s lead lawyer has an advantage in the case.
Rhode Island’s top federal judge is tasking a special counsel with helping the court determine whether to pursue disciplinary action against a federal prosecutor for failing to disclose details about a detained immigrant’s criminal history.
Litigation funder Burford Capital Ltd. said Friday it recorded a $2.4 billion drop in assets last quarter because of its major court loss over the seizure of state-run oil company YPF SA.
An Austin law firm co-founded by former Texas Solicitor General Judd Stone will mediate sexual harassment claims filed by an ex-employee.
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Leaders of litigation boutique Hecker Fink said its years of taking on matters opposite the government, including the Trump administration, have been worth the risk.
A North Carolina federal district court granted class certification to a bartender on Pennsylvania wage law claims against Craft Revolution, LLC for tip credit notification violations. Bell v. CRAFT Revolution, LLC, 2026 BL 165515, W.D.N.C., 3:24-cv-12-MOC, 3/28/26
An Illinois federal district court denied summary judgment to Helia Healthcare of Salem, LLC on Title VII harassment and retaliation claims and ADA accommodation claims by a female nurse with an ankle injury, finding factual disputes for jury determination. United States EEOC v. Helia Healthcare of Salem, LLC, 2026 BL 167451, S.D. Ill., 3:24-CV-02152-DWD, 5/6/26
A federal district court granted summary judgment to the University of Louisiana Monroe on Title VII race discrimination and FMLA retaliation claims by a Black lab manager/professor, finding his claims time-barred, lacking similarity to comparators, or barred by immunity. Walker v. Univ. of La. Monroe, 2026 BL 166246, W.D. La., 24-1181, 5/6/26
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