Google Settles With Ex-Director Who Won Gender Bias Verdict

By Rae Ann Varona

Google and a woman former engineering director who accused the company of discriminating against her because of her gender have reached a settlement, the parties told a New York federal judge Wednesday, months after the judge declined to throw out a jury's verdict in the woman's favor.

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DOL IG Says Info-Sharing Pacts Lacked Safeguards

By Irene Spezzamonte

U.S. Department of Labor Inspector General Anthony P. D'Esposito testified Wednesday before a U.S. House subcommittee that during the Biden administration, the department shared confidential information with plaintiffs' attorneys without notifying the Wage and Hour Division or the Employee Benefits Security Administration.

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Exxon Convinces 5th Circ. To Scrap OSHA Mental Illness Reg

By Patrick Hoff

The Fifth Circuit nixed an Occupational Safety and Health Administration rule requiring employers to keep track of employees' work-related mental illnesses, concluding that Congress didn't give the agency authority to regulate mental health in the workplace.

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DLA Piper Says Deception, Not Bias, Cost Palestinian Atty Job

By Grace Elletson

DLA Piper urged an Illinois federal judge to toss a Palestinian attorney's suit claiming the firm revoked a job offer out of discrimination, arguing it rescinded the offer because she concealed allegations that she assaulted someone at a protest.

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AI Training Platform Misclassifies College Workers, Suit Says

By Benjamin Morse

A company that recruits workers to train artificial intelligence models misclassified thousands of college students and others as independent contractors while controlling their assignments, pay and work methods, a proposed class and collective action in California federal court alleges.

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Federal Judge Blocks NYC Uber, Lyft Driver Deactivation Law

By Linda Chiem

A New York federal judge has blocked New York City from enforcing a new ordinance prohibiting Uber and Lyft from "deactivating" drivers without formal notice and investigation, saying the ride-hailing companies have made a strong showing that the regulation unconstitutionally interferes with their contractual rights.

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9th Circ. Won't Reopen Vax Bias Suit Against Wash. Officials

By Patrick Hoff

The Ninth Circuit upheld a Washington state agency's win in a suit alleging it unlawfully fired over a dozen employees rather than accommodate their religious objections to the COVID-19 vaccine, ruling they hadn't shown the agency was purposely hostile toward religion.

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Ex-DHL Workers Ask Court To Keep Discrimination Suit Intact

By Spencer Brewer

Two former DHL Supply Chain employees have urged a Texas federal judge to preserve their lawsuit alleging the company has a pervasive culture of racial discrimination against Black workers, saying summary judgment in favor of the company would be improper.

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Ex-Players Seek $4M In Legal Fees In NFL Race-Norming Fight

By Alex Lawson

Ex-NFL players who settled a suit over racially discriminatory assessments made by the league's disability and retirement plans are asking a Maryland federal judge for over $4 million in legal fees.

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States Seek Win Over Trump Admin In DEI Contracts Dispute

By Madeline Lyskawa

Nineteen states and the District of Columbia are urging a Maryland federal judge to vacate federal agencies' implementation of President Donald Trump's executive order requiring government contractors to agree that they won't engage in "racially discriminatory" diversity, equity and inclusion activities.

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Lockheed Guard Wants Video In Gun Handling Dispute

By Corey Rothauser

A former Sikorsky Aircraft security officer has asked a Connecticut state court to order Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. and parent company Lockheed Martin Corp. to turn over surveillance footage that he says is critical to determining whether he can bring legal claims over his termination after his union declined to take his grievance to arbitration.

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Glass Maker Lands Final OK For Data Breach Settlement

By Kelcey Caulder

A Georgia federal judge on Wednesday gave final approval to glass products maker AGC America Inc.'s nearly $600,000 settlement resolving claims that it failed to safeguard the personal data of thousands of its workers in a December 2023 data breach.

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Jackson Lewis Names New Employment Litigation Co-Leaders

By Anna Sanders

Jackson Lewis PC announced the elevation of two office managers and longtime firm attorneys to co-leaders of the employment litigation group this week.

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Mamdani Taps Lina Khan, McKinsey Partner For EDC Roles

By Craig Clough

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Wednesday named former Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan board chair of the ​New York City Economic Development Corp. and Anthony E. Shorris, a partner at consulting giant McKinsey & Co., as its president.

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EEOC Enforcement Plan Signals DEI, Religious Bias Scrutiny

In light of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently publishing its national enforcement plan covering through fiscal year 2029, employers should expect increased scrutiny of practices that conflict with the administration's positions on diversity, equity and inclusion, national origin discrimination, and religious accommodations, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

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Holland & Knight Hit With $1.2B Malpractice Suit

By Madison Arnold

A real estate firm is accusing Holland & Knight LLP and three attorneys of malpractice in a new complaint filed in Florida state court and is seeking up to $1.2 billion in damages after more than 30 states opened investigations into the company's practices.

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Co. Turned Away Simpson Thacher's Deal Meeting, Jury Told

By Cara Salvatore

A retired Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP partner who handled the fundraising round alleged to have destroyed Patriot National Inc. testified in a Florida state malpractice trial Wednesday that the insurance services company waved off his attempt to present details to the board.

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Pillsbury Data Breach Suit Voluntarily Dismissed

By Matt Perez

A proposed class action against Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP over a data breach last year has been voluntarily dismissed by the named plaintiffs, following a granted motion to stay in April to discuss mediation.

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DC Bar Leaders Say DOJ Ethics Suit Encourages Misconduct

By Emily Sawicki

Washington, D.C., attorney regulators continue to garner support in their effort to toss a Justice Department lawsuit over alleged "weaponizing" of executive branch lawyer discipline, with D.C. bar organizations, scores of legal scholars and more than 500 former DOJ attorneys backing the disciplinary authorities.

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Mich. Gets Judge With Blue Slips In 1st For Trump Admin

By Courtney Bublé

The U.S. Senate voted 62-36 on Wednesday to confirm Michael Martin, a longtime federal prosecutor, to the Eastern District of Michigan and Benjamin Flowers, former solicitor general of Ohio, to the Sixth Circuit.

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Gov't Attys May Face Broader Duty To Report Misconduct

By Alison Knezevich

Attorneys representing the government could face "more demanding" obligations to disclose misconduct by people within their client organizations than attorneys representing private entities, according to an ethics opinion issued Wednesday by the American Bar Association.

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Retired Judges Rip Bid To Ban Foreign-Born Federal Judges

By Courtney Bublé

A group of 58 retired federal judges, appointed by presidents of both parties, on Wednesday came out strongly against recent proposals from Republican lawmakers that would require federal judges to be natural-born U.S. citizens and relinquish any citizenship that is not of the United States.

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US Marshals Can't Make Immigration Arrests In DC Court

By Rae Ann Varona

A D.C. federal judge Wednesday refused to toss a lawsuit from a certified class of immigrants challenging immigration arrests by U.S. marshals in D.C. Superior Court, declaring that the marshals lack authority and necessary training for the arrests.

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Securities Class Action Deals On Target To Hit 6-Year High

By Katryna Perera

The value of class action settlements is on track to reach a six-year high of $4.4 billion, fueled in part by a handful of "mega settlements" and other high-dollar deals, a Cornerstone Research report released Wednesday said. 

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