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Union Busting: What Employers Can and Cannot Legally Do

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.

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Case: Discrimination/Sex Discrimination (M.D. Fla.)

A federal court denied attorneys’ fees to the Florida Department of Management Services that prevailed against transgender employees’ Title VII claims, finding that plaintiffs’ arguments weren’t frivolous despite changing case law which ultimately defeated their claims. Claire v. Fla. Dep’t of Mgmt. Servs., 2026 BL 46050, N.D. Fla., 4:20cv20-MW/MAF, 1/30/26

Case: Discrimination/Sex Discrimination (N.D. Tex.)

A Texas federal court granted a motion to partially seal documents containing confidential information in a Title VII case, finding privacy and trade secret protection interests outweighed public access rights. Coon v. Crawford & Co., 2026 BL 44996, N.D. Tex., 3:23-CV-2732-S, 2/11/26

Case: Discrimination/Religious Accommodation (N.D. Ill.)

An Illinois federal district court granted summary judgment to Cook County on a Chrisian nurse’s religious discrimination claim, finding that accommodating her Covid-19 vaccine exemption request would cause undue hardship. Harris v. Cook Cnty., 2026 BL 45264, N.D. Ill., 24 CV 957, 2/11/26