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May 30, 2025
Employment Authority: The Future Of NY Late Pay Claims
Law360 Employment Authority covers the biggest employment cases and trends. Catch up this week with a look at how the amended New York's pay frequency law leaves an uncertain future for manual worker claims, how a recent National Labor Relations Board charge challenging a production company's use of artificial intelligence to voice Darth Vader in a video game highlights AI-related challenges and how, despite Trump's push, Congress might be needed to make changes on workplace vaccine mandates
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May 30, 2025
Calif. Card Rooms Say AG's Gambling Regs Will Gut Local Biz
A gambling advocacy group has said proposed regulations against the California card room industry by the state's attorney general would eliminate 50% of the rooms' jobs and revenue, arguing that the plan to ban blackjack and baccarat may hurt local economies around the state.
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May 30, 2025
Ex-Wells Fargo Exec Sues To Enforce DOL Retaliation Order
A former senior official with Wells Fargo Bank NA has filed suit in a California federal court to force the bank to comply with an order from a U.S. Department of Labor agency finding he is entitled to more than $20 million for purported retaliation after he blew the whistle on legal concerns and was subsequently fired.
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May 30, 2025
Solar Energy Co. Hits Ex-Employees With Trade Secrets Suit
A solar energy company has sued four former employees in New Jersey federal court, claiming one of them altered his name to conceal criminal history, then left to start a competing company, and that three others aided him in taking trade secrets on his way out.
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May 30, 2025
Insurance Cos. Can't Force Arbitration Of Race, Sex Bias Suits
American Income Life Insurance Co. and a brokerage firm can't make Black and female former employees arbitrate several lawsuits claiming they were forced to endure rampant harassment, a New Jersey state appeals court ruled Friday, saying the workers' arbitration agreement didn't properly explain what they were giving up.
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May 30, 2025
Ga. Panel Ends County Workers' Whistleblower Suit
A Georgia appellate panel said that Fulton County should have been handed an early win in a whistleblower suit from two ex-employees who said they were canned for reporting corruption by an elected official, ruling the county was justified in firing them for their own financial indiscretions.
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May 30, 2025
Colo. Judge Won't Halt $14M Wage Fines Against Strip Clubs
A group of strip clubs made "conclusory assertions" in their bid to dodge $14 million in fines the city of Denver lodged against them for pay practice allegations, a Colorado federal judge ruled, saying that the entities didn't prove a constitutional violation.
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May 30, 2025
Atlanta Seeks Win In Ex-Building Officials' Age Bias Suit
A former Atlanta building official has failed to show his age was the deciding factor in not being promoted to a chief inspector role, the city told a federal court, urging it to toss the man's discrimination lawsuit.
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May 30, 2025
Sikorsky Aircraft Workers Can't Back Bias Claims, Court Told
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
Radar Co. Saves Trade Secret Claims In Suit Against Ex-Exec
A Washington federal judge has preserved a radar company's claims that a former executive stole confidential information as he left to start his own company, while dismissing other breach of contract claims against the executive and another former employee.
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May 30, 2025
Coal Miners Re-Up Bid For $15.2M Wage Deal Approval
Coal miners again asked a Kentucky federal judge Friday to greenlight a $15.2 million deal resolving their unpaid wage suit against several mining companies, presenting a restructured agreement that eliminates collective claims and discusses the degree of similarity among workers in a proposed, nearly 7,000-member settlement class.
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May 30, 2025
Trump Taps Paul Ingrassia To Lead Special Counsel's Office
President Donald Trump has nominated Paul Ingrassia, a lawyer and former right-wing writer, to lead the Office of Special Counsel after firing the previous one.
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May 30, 2025
Prosecutors Bet On Diddy's Ex-Workers To Build RICO Case
Witnesses who worked for Sean "Diddy" Combs and saw his alleged abuses are a crucial component of federal prosecutors' racketeering case against the music icon, legal experts told Law360, as testimony from another anguished former worker came into the high-profile trial on Friday.
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May 30, 2025
Farm Groups' Challenge To H-2A Wage Rule Back On Track
The U.S. Department of Labor failed to show it would be necessary to push back litigation challenging a Biden-era H-2A wage rule, especially in the context of farm groups' ongoing harm allegations, a Florida federal judge ruled.
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May 30, 2025
Off The Bench: NASCAR V. Crypto, Puig Doc, NCAA Eligibility
In this week's Off The Bench, NASCAR beats defamation claims from a cryptocurrency founder regarding the spurious value of the coin, former MLB star Yasiel Puig sues the media companies behind a series documenting his entanglements in a federal gambling probe, and a Seventh Circuit panel appears receptive to the NCAA's defense of its eligibility rules.
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May 30, 2025
Texas Law Firm Beats Atty's Suit Over Stock Redemption
A Texas state appeals court has upheld Friedman Suder & Cooke PC's win in its decade-long dispute with a former shareholder over the redemption of his shares when he was let go, affirming a trial court ruling declaring the redemption "effective and operative."
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May 30, 2025
Jenner & Block Fights DOJ Motion Over Exec Order
Jenner & Block LLP on Friday fought a bid from the U.S. Department of Justice to carve out part of a March executive order targeting the firm after the bulk of the order was tossed last week, in a dispute that could relate to future actions against the firm.
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May 30, 2025
Mich. Workers Get Final OK For Boot-Up Suit Settlement
A Michigan federal court greenlighted an $86,000 settlement resolving an insurance specialist's collective action accusing a home healthcare company of failing to pay employees for the time they spent booting up their computers.
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May 30, 2025
Giant Eagle Worker Seeks Initial OK For $669K ERISA Deal
A proposed class of employees at Pennsylvania-based gas and grocery chain Giant Eagle asked a federal court for preliminary approval of an almost $669,000 settlement of their claims that the company overspent their retirement savings on administrative fees.
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May 30, 2025
Temple U., Cancer Center Can't Dodge Prof's Sex Bias Claims
Temple University and its cancer research center can't shut down the bulk of a researcher's suit claiming her supervisor refused to support her after she complained about his unwanted advances, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled, finding she plausibly alleged harassment interfered with her job.
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May 30, 2025
Trump Opposes Quick Ruling In Copyright Chief's Firing Suit
The Trump administration on Friday asked a D.C. federal judge to deny Shira Perlmutter's request for expedited briefing in her lawsuit challenging her firing as head of the U.S. Copyright Office, saying she has not shown there is an urgency to resolve the matter.
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May 30, 2025
Judge Balks At Trimming Ex-GC's Bias Suit Before Arbitration
A New York federal judge rejected a recommendation to narrow and then send to arbitration a Black former general counsel's suit claiming she was fired from The Palm steakhouse chain out of race bias after her cancer diagnosis, saying the whole dispute needs to go to an arbitrator.
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May 30, 2025
Bass Pro Reels In Final Approval For $5M Tobacco Suit Deal
A Missouri federal judge has granted final approval to a $4.95 million settlement in a lawsuit that accused Bass Pro Shops of failing to tell employees who used tobacco how they could avoid incurring an extra $2,000-per-year charge for health insurance.
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May 30, 2025
Rehab's Ex-Kitchen Worker Drops Unpaid Wage Case
A former kitchen worker for a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center is no longer pursuing his claims that the nonprofit failed to pay him minimum and overtime wages, and sometimes didn't pay him at all, according to a filing Friday in Georgia federal court.
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May 30, 2025
3rd Circ. Preview: Tribal Immunity Limits On Deck For June
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.
Expert Analysis
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What Public View Of CEO's Killing Means For Corporate Trials
Given the proliferation of anti-corporate sentiments following recent charges against Luigi Mangione in connection with the killing of UnitedHealthcare's CEO, attorneys who represent corporate clients and executives will need to adapt their trial strategy to account for juror anger, says Clint Townson at Townson Litigation Consulting.
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4 Employment Law Areas Set To Change Under Trump
President Donald Trump's second term is expected to bring significant changes to the U.S. employment law landscape, including the potential for updated worker classification regulations, and challenges to diversity, equity and inclusion that are already taking shape, say attorneys at Debevoise.
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What Employment Bias Litigation Looks Like After Muldrow
Nine months after the U.S. Supreme Court created an undemanding standard for discrimination claims in Muldrow v. St. Louis, Eric Schnapper at the University of Washington discusses how the Title VII litigation landscape has changed and what to expect moving forward.
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8 Lessons Yellow Corp. Layoffs Can Teach Distressed Cos.
A Delaware bankruptcy court’s recent decision, examining trucking company Yellow Corp.’s abrupt termination of roughly 25,500 employees, offers financially distressed businesses a road map for navigating layoffs under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, say attorneys at King & Spalding.
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The 7th Circ.'s Top 10 Civil Opinions Of 2024
Attorneys at Jenner & Block examine the most significant decisions issued by the Seventh Circuit in 2024, and explain how they may affect issues related to mass arbitration, consumer fraud, class certification and more.
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10 Key Worker-Friendly California Employment Law Updates
New employment laws in California expand employee rights, transparency and enforcement mechanisms, and failing to educate department managers on these changes could put employers at risk, says Melanie Ronen at Stradley Ronon.
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Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: Nov. And Dec. Lessons
In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy discusses five federal court decisions and identifies practice tips from cases involving takings clause violations, breach of contract with banks, life insurance policies, employment and automobile defects.
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Artfully Conceding Liability Can Offer Defendants 3 Benefits
In the rare case that a company makes the strategic decision to admit liability, it’s important to do so clearly and consistently in order to benefit from the various forms of armor that come from an honest acknowledgment, says Ken Broda-Bahm at Persuasion Strategies.
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Mentorship Resolutions For The New Year
Attorneys tend to focus on personal achievements or career milestones when they set yearly goals, but one important area often gets overlooked in this process — mentoring relationships, which are some of the most effective tools for professional growth, say Kelly Galligan at Rutan & Tucker and Andra Greene at Phillips ADR.
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How PAGA Reform Can Inform Employer Strategies In 2025
While recent changes to California's Private Attorneys General Act will not significantly reduce PAGA claims, employers can use the new law to potentially limit their future exposure, by taking advantage of penalty reduction opportunities and more, say attorneys at Thompson Coburn.
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Coaching Little League Makes Me A Better Lawyer
While coaching poorly played Little League Baseball early in the morning doesn't sound like a good time, I love it — and the experience has taught me valuable lessons about imperfection, compassion and acceptance that have helped me grow as a person and as a lawyer, says Alex Barnett at DiCello Levitt.
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7 Employment Contracts Issues Facing DOL Scrutiny
A growing trend of U.S. Department of Labor enforcement against employment practices that limit workers' rights and avoid legal responsibility shines a light on seven unique contractual provisions that violate federal labor laws, and face agressive litigation from the labor solicitor, says Thomas Starks at Freeman Mathis.
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5 Litigation Funding Trends To Note In 2025
Lawyers and their clients must be prepared to navigate an evolving litigation funding market in 2025, made more complicated by a new administration and the increasing overall cost of litigation, says Jeffery Lula at GLS Capital.
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How Deregulation Could Undermine Trump's Anti-DEI Agenda
While rolling back federal agency power benefited conservative policies during the Biden administration, it will likely undermine President Donald Trump's ability to wield agencies like the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives beyond the federal workforce and into the private sector, says Ally Coll at the Purple Method.
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Rethinking Litigation Risk And What It Really Means To Win
Attorneys have a tendency to overestimate litigation risk before summary judgment and underestimate risk after it, but an eight-stage litigation framework can clarify risk at different points and help litigators reassess what true success looks like in any particular case, says Joshua Libling at Arcadia Finance.