Legal Groups Back DOL's H-2A Fine Power At High Court
By MJ Koo
A coalition of worker advocacy and legal aid organizations urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to uphold the Department of Labor's authority to collect monetary penalties from agricultural employers through its in-house adjudication system, arguing that H-2A visa program enforcement actions involve public rights that Congress may assign to the executive branch.
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Employment Authority: Amazon Row May Spark Cemex Test
Law360 Employment Authority covers the biggest employment cases and trends. Catch up this week with coverage on how an ongoing bargaining dispute between Amazon and the Teamsters may have created a path to review a Biden-era bargaining order standard, the unanswered questions arising from a New York Court of Appeals decision on age limits for state judges, and how the Ninth Circuit is currently considering whether an employee can consent to arbitrate a dispute if they don't open emails with arbitration opt-out instructions.
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3rd Circ. Decision Sheds Light On BIPA Bank Exemption
The Third Circuit's recent decision in McGoveran v. Amazon illuminates how courts are extending the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act's financial institution carveout beyond banks and insurers to technology vendors and other businesses handling biometric data, a defendant-friendly shift that still casts uncertainty around BIPA's enforcement, say attorneys at Dorsey & Whitney.
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The End Of An 'Independent' FTC
By Bryan Koenig
Federal Trade Commission members, responsible for merger review, antitrust enforcement, consumer protection safeguards and rulemaking, and industry analysis, no longer serve at a remove from presidential authority, thanks to Monday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling that could dramatically remake the FTC and other independent agencies.
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