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Trump's Ex-Labor Secretary Talks New PAC, Legacy

By Max Kutner

In her first interview since stepping down as secretary of labor, Lori Chavez-DeRemer told Law360 about the political action committee she’s starting with President Donald Trump’s blessing and what she’s proudest of from her time running the U.S. Department of Labor.

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9th Circ. Says Netflix Harassment Suit Belongs In Arbitration

By Patrick Hoff

A former Netflix employee must arbitrate her lawsuit alleging the streaming giant fired her for raising concerns about its sexually charged office environment, with the Ninth Circuit ruling Wednesday that her dispute began before a law banning mandatory arbitration of sexual harassment claims took effect.

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Split 3rd Circ. Revives UPMC Doc's Suit Over Anti-DEI Article

By Matthew Santoni

The Third Circuit partly revived a University of Pittsburgh Medical Center cardiologist's lawsuit over the professional backlash he faced for publishing an article criticizing race-based "affirmative action" in choosing medical students, with the court majority calling his bosses' reaction a defamatory "hit job."

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Fed Board Prevails Over Ex-Wells Fargo Exec's Comp Fight

By Kellie Mejdrich

Federal bank regulators rightly denied a golden parachute payout of more than $450,000 to a former Wells Fargo executive who was found responsible for significant problems that led to a consent order against the bank a decade ago, a California federal judge ruled.

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Medical Pot Dispensary Challenges NLRB's Jurisdiction

By Emily Brill

A Utah medical marijuana dispensary that stands accused of firing four union supporters has asked a federal judge to block a National Labor Relations Board case against it, telling the judge that the agency lacks jurisdiction over it due to the nature of the business.

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UNC Must Face Retaliation Suit Over Abbreviated Fellowship

By Patrick Hoff

The University of North Carolina can't escape an ophthalmologist's lawsuit alleging it shortened his fellowship for complaining that a colleague mistreated him because he's Egyptian and in his 40s, with a federal judge finding enough evidence to link his complaint to the decision to let him go.

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Brief

McDonald's Ends Suit Alleging Rampant Sex Harassment

By Grace Elletson

McDonald's has struck a deal with two workers to end their proposed class action claiming the fast food giant allowed sexual harassment to go unchecked in its restaurants, prompting an Illinois federal judge to formally shutter the case.

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Ex-Worker Says KPMG Fired Him For Resisting Easter Work

By Patrick Hoff

Accounting giant KPMG LLP fired a manager for complaining that his supervisors fabricated negative performance feedback to justify an unwarranted performance improvement plan after he objected to working on religious holidays, according to a lawsuit filed in Georgia federal court.

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Ga. Judge Rejects UPS Plaintiff's Bid To Force Recusal

By Madison Arnold

A Georgia federal judge reportedly disciplined for having sexual intercourse in her chambers and attending a political event has opted not to recuse herself in the case of a former UPS employee in his dismissed racial discrimination lawsuit.

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Boston TV Station Stiffed Storm Crew On Pay, Suit Says

By Benjamin Morse

A Boston television station ordered employees to hotels ahead of severe weather, then refused to pay them for the travel, preparation and extended storm shifts that followed, according to a complaint filed in Massachusetts federal court.

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Telehealth Co. Wage Suit Alive But Moved To SC

By MJ Koo

A federal judge ruled that a California telehealth company cannot escape a misclassification lawsuit on venue grounds but ordered the case moved to South Carolina where the physician plaintiff lives and works.

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Home Depot Hit With Security Screening Wage Suit In Conn.

By Aaron Keller

Home Depot USA Inc. on Wednesday was accused of failing to pay regular and overtime wages to Connecticut workers required to pass security checkpoints and walk to time clocks inside a warehouse, with a proposed statewide class of current and former hourly employees seeking compensation dating back three years.

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Brief

Amazon Nears Deal In Colorado Holiday OT Pay Suit

By MJ Koo

Amazon.com Services LLC and a Colorado warehouse worker have reached a tentative settlement in a proposed class action alleging the company improperly excluded holiday incentive pay from overtime calculations, asking a Colorado federal court for more time to finalize the agreement.

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Workers Say UPS Didn't Pay For Time In Security Screenings

By Rachel Konieczny

UPS did not pay its hourly workers for time spent completing mandatory security screenings before and after their shifts and otherwise did not properly compensate them for all hours worked, employees alleged in a proposed class action in Colorado federal court.

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Kroger Failed To Pay For Security Screenings, Suit Says

By Benjamin Morse

The Kroger Co. shortchanged hourly employees by requiring unpaid security screenings before and after shifts and denying delivery drivers required meal and rest breaks, according to a proposed class action filed in Colorado federal court.

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NY Fights H-2A Farmworker's Bid To Block Union Contract

By Katherine Smith

The state of New York has asked a federal judge to reject a farmworker's bid to block the state from imposing a union contract on him and his co-workers, arguing the farmworker failed to show he will face irreparable harm without an injunction.

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NC Treasurer Can Now Tap Private Attys To Rep Pension Plans

By Hayley Fowler

A bill that crossed the North Carolina governor's desk Tuesday will let the state treasurer hire private outside counsel to represent the state's retirement systems instead of relying on attorneys in the state Department of Justice.

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Georgia Healthcare Co. Says Ex-Staff Stole Patient Records

By Zach Dupont

Two former employees of a Georgia-based healthcare company stole patient and caretaker compensation data days before leaving the company's Pueblo, Colorado, branch for one of its rivals, according to the healthcare company's complaint filed in Colorado federal court Wednesday.

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Turf Co. Drops Trade Secrets Suit Against Former Exec

By Kelcey Caulder

Turf manufacturer FieldTurf USA has agreed to dismiss its lawsuit accusing one of its former executives of taking confidential information when he jumped ship to work for a rival company.

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Archer Looks To Toss Remainder Of Joby's Trade Secret Suit

By Elliot Weld

Archer Aviation has asked a California federal judge to throw out what's left of rival electric air taxi-maker Joby Aviation's trade secret suit, saying Joby had ignored the court's instructions to proceed with narrowed claims and instead tried to expand its allegations without adding more substance.

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Longtime Fed. Prosecutor Joins Sanford Heisler In San Diego

By Adrian Cruz

Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight LLP announced Wednesday a longtime federal prosecutor and former executive counsel at energy equipment company GE Vernova has joined the firm's San Diego office as a partner.

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Pregnancy Bias Suits Highlight EEOC's Expanding Reach

Recent U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suits show that enactment of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act has drawn scrutiny to a wider range of employment decisions and an increasing focus on individual decisions as indicators of whether an employer's policies comply with evolving federal requirements, say attorneys at Krevolin Horst.

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Fighting The Evidentiary Risks Of Deepfakes In Court

Though courts and federal rules are only slowly developing frameworks for assessing digital evidence that could have been created or generated by artificial intelligence, litigators should understand what steps they'll likely need to take to successfully challenge potentially deepfaked exhibits — and fight questions about the authenticity of their own, say attorneys at MoFo.

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