The Labor Department’s top internal watchdog isn’t distancing himself from his political affiliations and public persona: For the former New York Republican congressman, they’re assets to advancing an anti-fraud agenda.
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Kathryn Rosen and Devin Smith joined Seyfarth Shaw as partners in its labor and employment practice in Seattle, the firm announced.
MiRi Song joined McDermott Will & Schulte as a partner in its employment practice group in Los Angeles, the firm announced.
The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued Buc-ee’s Ltd. in Texas federal court for allegedly refusing to provide workplace accommodations to a cashier with a muscle disorder and firing him because of his disability.
The DC Circuit declined to weigh in on the National Labor Relations Board’s authority to order employers to pay for the economic consequences of their unlawful conduct in a case involving a software company.
A fired Amazon worker’s case alleging they were discriminated against after a hiring manager asked about their pronouns will not advance to a trial, a federal judge said.
Alain Mathieu joined Foley Hoag as a partner in its litigation department in Boston, the firm announced Tuesday.
Brooke Nixon joined Ogletree Deakins as a shareholder in its Birmingham office, the firm announced Tuesday.
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.
A Mississippi federal district court granted summary judgment to a state agency on a White regional director’s Title VII race discrimination claim, finding no pretext for discrimination in the agency’s legitimate nondiscriminatory reasons for the termination.
Schroeder v. Miss. Dep’t of Hum. Servs., 2026 BL 186832, S.D. Miss., 1:25cv93-LG-RPM, 5/20/26
A Florida federal district court granted summary judgment to Ibanera on Title VII and state law employment discrimination claims, finding the company didn’t meet the 15-employee threshold to qualify as a covered employer. Doe v. Ibanera, 2026 BL 188653, S.D. Fla., 1:25-cv-24118-LEIBOWITZ/AUGUSTIN-BIRCH, 5/20/26
A New York federal court denied Chartwell Pharmaceuticals’ motion to dismiss a retaliation claim by an executive who reported unsafe manufacturing practices, finding adequate causation was pleaded. Boise v. Chartwell Pharms. LLC, 2026 BL 185752, S.D.N.Y., 25-cv-8407 (LJL), 5/20/26
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