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June 03, 2025
The U.S. should work with partners at the World Trade Organization to apply further trade pressure on China, making sure the country is complying with rules and trading fairly, a Skadden partner nominated by President Donald Trump to represent the U.S. at the WTO told lawmakers Tuesday.
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June 03, 2025
The Fourth Circuit has upheld a National Labor Relations Board decision concluding a trucking company in Virginia made an illegal threat to workers in response to a union organizing push, and also clarified what messages from employers are protected under federal labor law.
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June 03, 2025
A rebound in client work sent the nation’s largest law firms into growth mode last year, driving a wave of hiring, mergers and strategic moves that reshaped the top tier of the Law360 400. Here's a preview of the 100 firms with the largest U.S. attorney headcounts.
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June 02, 2025
A Washington federal judge on Monday blocked the U.S. Department of Homeland Security from scrapping a union deal for Transportation Security Administration workers, saying the American Federation of Government Employees had a "strong" argument that DHS was retaliating for challenging the Trump administration's "attacks on federal workers."
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June 02, 2025
The National Labor Relations Board has proposed trimming its budget by $14 million and eliminating close to 100 jobs, cuts that experts said will further slow the agency's sluggish case-handling pace if they hold.
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June 02, 2025
The First Circuit on Monday mostly upheld the convictions of a former Massachusetts state police union president and a Beacon Hill lobbyist who were found guilty of running a kickback scheme, but ordered new sentencing hearings for them after vacating some of the guilty findings.
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June 02, 2025
President Donald Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to lift a California federal judge's order barring the implementation of layoffs and reorganization plans at various federal departments and agencies, arguing the order imposes nonexistent congressional limits on his presidential authority.
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June 02, 2025
A Teamsters local in Virginia violated federal labor law by not using an objective standard when referring drivers to work on film productions, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled while also finding the union unlawfully refused to refer a worker who filed an unfair labor practice charge against it.
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June 02, 2025
A pickle manufacturer violated federal labor law by not bargaining with a union over the effects of the sale of its retail business and related layoffs, a National Labor Relations Board judge has ruled, rejecting the company's argument that its only bargaining obligations were those in its labor contract.
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June 02, 2025
The Fifth Circuit must find that the National Labor Relations Board rightly concluded former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz illegally told a pro-union worker they could "go work for another company," the board argued, saying a reasonable employee would consider the remark as a threat.
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June 02, 2025
A longshoremen's union has lost its bid to disqualify an attorney from representing a former member in a wrongful termination suit in New Jersey federal court that alleges the union gave him bad advice that prevented him from properly fighting claims that led to his termination.
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June 02, 2025
An acute care hospital must reimburse a group of nurses it put on leave and offer reinstatement to one it fired because the hospital disciplined them in retaliation for their union-protected activities, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled.
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May 30, 2025
A split Ninth Circuit on Friday refused to lift a California federal judge's preliminary block of President Donald Trump's executive order directing layoffs at federal agencies, handing a win to a coalition of unions, nonprofits and cities that argue the order exceeded the president's authority.
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May 30, 2025
Saying that June's circuit court calendars include important arguments in all practice areas would be hyperbolic — but just slightly. That's because significant showdowns are imminent involving appellate procedure principles, "click-to-cancel" rules, government procurement protests, judiciary employment protections and litigation risk insurance — as well as President Donald Trump's felony convictions and extraordinary deportation measures.
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May 30, 2025
Attorneys in the National Labor Relations Board's Division of Advice recommended not pursuing a case accusing Starbucks of issuing overly broad subpoenas and unlawfully questioning witnesses during an unfair labor practice prosecution due to "limited agency resources," according to a memo.
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May 30, 2025
A New Jersey state appeals court on Friday supported a state employment board's conclusion that Teamsters-represented workers at a concrete manufacturing company who went on strike are eligible for unemployment benefits, finding federal labor law does not preempt the state agency's decision.
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May 30, 2025
Two Black ex-employees should lose their federal racial discrimination lawsuit against Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. because one was fired for stealing time, and the other has shown "no evidence of any adverse employment action," the company said in seeking summary judgment Thursday.
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May 30, 2025
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling to stay an order reinstating fired National Labor Relations Board member Gwynne Wilcox doesn't preclude the D.C. Circuit from finding NLRB members fit an exception to the president's firing power, Wilcox told an appeals panel.
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May 30, 2025
A union can't seek to represent liquor sales employees in St. Louis, an acting National Labor Relations Board regional director concluded, finding workers in the proposed bargaining unit have similar employment terms to those at the alcohol distributor's other facilities in Missouri.
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May 30, 2025
In the coming week, attorneys should watch for California Supreme Court oral arguments regarding what an employer must show for a good faith defense in a wage case. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters on deck in the Golden State.
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May 30, 2025
This week, a New York federal judge will hear arguments over whether a class of former workers at a Four Seasons hotel can withdraw their request for a jury trial in their suit claiming the hotel did not provide required notices before laying them off.
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May 30, 2025
The Third Circuit's June argument lineup will find a finance company fighting a proposed class action over allegedly predatory payday loan fees because of its tribal ties, while a plumbing company argues that it does not have to arbitrate a union grievance.
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May 29, 2025
A Michigan woman is seeking at least $1 million in a lawsuit filed Wednesday in Michigan federal court against the U.S. subsidiary of Dutch automaker Stellantis and the United Auto Workers on allegations she was replaced as a team leader by less experienced male colleagues and that the union would not represent her — both due to her gender.
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May 29, 2025
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters asked a New York federal judge to toss a former United Airlines technician's lawsuit seeking to force arbitration of a grievance over his firing, saying federal labor law does not give individual employees the right to arbitrate grievances over their union's objection.
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May 29, 2025
The Office of Personnel Management on Thursday issued two memos outlining plans for hiring federal workers based on merit, following President Donald Trump's executive orders declaring that the federal hiring system focuses too much on anti-discrimination and not enough on employees willing to serve the executive branch.