High Court Won't Wade Into Fight Over CBA Leave Provision

By Kellie Mejdrich

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned down a Minnesota teachers union local's bid for review of an Eighth Circuit decision that revived a taxpayer challenge to a collective bargaining agreement's policy letting workers take paid time off to work for their union.

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Can Unread Emails Trigger Arbitration? 9th Circ. Airs Doubts

By Jeff Overley

Medical supplies giant Thermo Fisher Scientific pressed a Ninth Circuit panel Monday to agree that the company's repeated emails about litigation waivers should send an ex-employee's proposed class action to arbitration, but the judges repeatedly questioned why no one simply asked if the worker saw the emails.

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Workday Can't Knock Calif. Law Claims Out Of AI Bias Suit

By Patrick Hoff

Workday can't cut California law claims from a proposed class action alleging its artificial intelligence tools discriminated against job applicants, as a federal judge ruled Monday that the company's Golden State headquarters provided a solid enough foundation for the state-based allegations.

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EEOC Escapes Miami Supervisor's Retaliation Lawsuit

By Patrick Hoff

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission defeated a supervisor's lawsuit alleging her performance rating was unlawfully lowered because she refused to alter evaluations of other workers and complained about a district director, with a Florida federal judge finding her actions weren't protected by civil rights law.

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Uber Must Produce Docs In Cal/OSHA Probe Of Driver's Death

By Y. Peter Kang

A California appeals court has ordered Uber to comply with a state workplace safety agency's request for information regarding an Uber Eats driver's fatal fall, ruling the agency was acting within its authority and can demand records regarding whether the worker could be considered an employee.

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10th Circ. Says Fire Chief Immune From Termination Suit

By Katherine Smith

A district court erred in denying a Colorado fire chief qualified immunity in a former union president's lawsuit alleging he was unlawfully terminated, the Tenth Circuit ruled Monday, finding that the former president failed to show the chief's actions violated "clearly established law."

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EV Charging Co. Ends Fired Worker's Religious Bias Suit

By Grace Elletson

An electric vehicle charging station company and a former employee have agreed to end his religious discrimination suit filed in Georgia federal court claiming the business fired him for leaving work early so that he could observe the Jewish Sabbath.

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NJ Prosecutor Improperly Shared Meeting Video, Cop Says

By George Woolston

The Hunterdon County Prosecutor's Office improperly shared a video of a meeting with its investigators about a now-suspended police officer's gender discrimination and internal affairs complaints against her department, according to a lawsuit filed in New Jersey state court.

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Ex-NJ Judge's Femininity Bias Fight Ends After Settlement

By Carla Baranauckas

A former New Jersey state judge who alleged that court administrators discriminated against her because of her upscale clothing and accessories has settled her federal civil rights lawsuit against court officials.

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Airline Trade Group Beats Bid To End Mich. Sick Leave Suit

By MJ Koo

A federal judge allowed a national airline trade group's challenge to Michigan's earned sick leave law to move forward Monday in a Michigan federal court, finding the group plausibly alleged the law is preempted by a federal aviation deregulation statute.

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Energy Co., Worker Settle Overtime Misclassification Suit

By MJ Koo

A Georgia energy company and a former technician reached a settlement Monday in a Georgia federal court in a proposed collective action alleging the company misclassified maintenance workers as independent contractors to avoid paying overtime.

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Stop & Shop Accused Of Flouting Mass. Pay Rule

By Julie Manganis

A former Stop & Shop employee says the supermarket chain is violating the Massachusetts Wage Act by failing to give terminated workers all owed pay on their final day of employment, according to a proposed class action filed in state court.

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Ex-CEO Says Credit Union Can't Seek $80K For Business Unit

By Aaron Keller

The ex-CEO of Sound Federal Credit Union asked a Connecticut state judge on Monday to dismiss portions of the credit union's two counterclaims asking him to return $80,000 for services he didn't perform because he was fired, saying it was not the correct party to bring such counterclaims.

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Fire Chiefs Must Face Union President's Retaliation Claims

By Emily Brill

Two men who served as fire chief in the city of High Point, North Carolina, must face a firefighter's claims that they retaliated against him for speaking up about workplace issues in his capacity as union president, a North Carolina federal judge ruled, denying the men's motion for summary judgment.

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Mich. Appeals Court Affirms $3M Award In Equity Dispute

By Susan Smiley

The Michigan Court of Appeals upheld a $3 million award to a former employee of a wealth management company, saying Monday that enough evidence supported a jury's finding that CIG Capital Advisors deliberately misled the plaintiff about his ownership status and diverted revenue to hide profits.

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Home Depot Worker Seeks Class Of 21K In Moonlighting Suit

By Ben Adlin

A Home Depot employee called on a Seattle federal judge to certify a class of more than 21,000 current and former low-income workers whom the home improvement store chain allegedly barred from working additional jobs in violation of Washington state law.

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Boston Beer Settles With 2 Ex-Workers Over Noncompete

By Julie Manganis

Two former Boston Beer Co. sales representatives who sued the company over noncompete agreements have reached a settlement with the Sam Adams brewer, according to a Monday order.

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Contractor Says Ex-VP Used Secrets To Divert FAA Work

By Elaine Briseño

An information technology contractor accused its former vice president and his new company of scheming to recruit employees, steal trade secrets and withhold critical information to sabotage the company's Federal Aviation Administration data analytics contract.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court this past week handled disputes involving executive compensation, take-private transactions, books and records demands, tender offers and alleged insider misconduct.

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Fluor Says Trafficking Claims Were Public Before FCA Action

By Ganesh Setty

Fluor Corp. is urging a D.C. federal court to not let a former federal prosecutor pursue a newly amended False Claims Act lawsuit accusing it of labor trafficking under a military logistics contract in Afghanistan, arguing his lawsuit alleges nothing new.

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Atty's Bid To Void Wrongful Firing Award Revived

By David Minsky

A Florida appellate court revived an attorney's attempt to invalidate a nearly $353,000 award handed to a former employee in her wrongful termination case, ruling that the lawyer was entitled to challenge the judgment without satisfying the stay requirements under the state's Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act. 

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California Antitrust Bill Raises New Risks For Dealmakers

A pending California bill would turn the state attorney general's office into a more powerful antitrust enforcer, introducing a host of implications for dealmakers beyond whether deals close, such as deal certainty and risk allocation, say attorneys at Baker Botts.

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Attorney Reprimanded In $256M Defamation Case

By Rachel Rippetoe

A former Conrad & Scherer LLP managing partner must pay an Alabama coal company's attorney fees after being publicly reprimanded by an Alabama federal judge, who found he lied to the court and paid witnesses to change their testimony in his repeated lawsuits against the company.

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NJ Firm Accused Of 'Double-Dipping' On Pelvic Mesh Fees

By Daniel Connolly

Four women allege in a recently filed lawsuit that a New Jersey law firm overcharged them on legal fees related to a settlement in pelvic mesh litigation, and the recent lawsuit also relates to a long-running conflict between lawyers who formerly worked together.

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Justices Seek Input On NJ State Bar Diversity Challenge

By George Woolston

The U.S. Supreme Court has asked the federal government to weigh in on a Garden State appellate court's decision that approved a New Jersey State Bar Association system for fostering diversity in its leadership that was accused of being discriminatory.

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Blanche, Pirro Can't Be DQ'd From Trump DC Shooting Case

By Craig Clough

A D.C. federal judge held Monday that the man accused of attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner can't disqualify U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro and acting Attorney General Todd Blanche from prosecuting him because of their presence at the dinner.

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