A proposed rule clarifying when multiple employers are jointly liable for wage violations could reshape the risk landscape for employers that rely on contractors to supply temporary foreign workers, potentially making them joint employers by default.
A proposed rule clarifying when multiple employers are jointly liable for wage violations could reshape the risk landscape for employers that rely on contractors to supply temporary foreign workers, potentially making them joint employers by default.
A European winemaker slammed attempts by a U.S. importer and its Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP attorneys to "recast a frivolous appeal as a good-faith effort," saying they should have to pay monetary sanctions for pursuing what the Ninth Circuit called a "self-indulgent" appeal of a valid arbitration award.
A Minnesota federal judge Friday pushed back a looming trial in the U.S. Department of Justice's antitrust case against Agri Stats, after the sides told the court they're close to working out a deal.
The U.S. Department of Labor has urged a Kentucky federal judge to toss a tobacco farm’s constitutional challenge to its H-2A enforcement system, arguing that hiring foreign workers is a government-granted privilege rather than a private right.
Waffle House was sued in Georgia federal court by a former unit manager who alleged that the restaurant chain depleted her medical leave without authorization, denied her reasonable accommodations and twice demoted her due to her pregnancy.
The Federal Trade Commission is pushing back against bids from Syngenta Corp. and Corteva Inc. in North Carolina federal court to escape allegations of using loyalty rebate schemes to block competition from rival generic pesticides.
A former Sacramento City Council member has reached a plea deal regarding charges that he directed unauthorized immigrants employed at his grocery stores to lie to U.S. Department of Labor investigators, agreeing to pay over $1.4 million in restitution.
A pair of former Maggie McFly's servers have filed a proposed class and collective action against the restaurant chain in Connecticut federal court, claiming the business failed to pay them minimum wage for all the hours they worked and also unlawfully required them to pay for costly uniforms.
Two restaurant operators required workers to perform unpaid off-the-clock duties, denied legally required meal and rest breaks and manipulated time records, according to a proposed class action filed in Washington state court.
The American Bar Association struck a deal to end a suit claiming a scholarship program for racial and ethnic minorities discriminated against white applicants, in line with a vow it made last year that its programs would be race-neutral, according to a filing Monday in Illinois federal court.
For the second time in a year, a judicial nominee for a Florida federal court is under scrutiny for allegedly presiding over a state level case involving President Donald Trump while being considered for a federal judgeship.
Reed Smith LLP and two of its partners are facing a $262 million lawsuit in a long-running and bitter dispute over ownership of an international gas shipping company, as well as other issues that remain unresolved following the vacatur of an underlying $102 million arbitral award for fraud.
The Alabama Supreme Court tossed an appeal and sanctioned a Mobile, Alabama, attorney for filing "grossly deficient" briefs that contained multiple inaccurate legal citations that the justices attributed to artificial intelligence "hallucinations."
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to review $255,000 in sanctions on embattled attorney William Ramey and a client for bringing what a California judge said was a frivolous patent suit against Google, turning down his appeal arguing the decision used the wrong legal standard.
A defense strategy to fast-track the trial in a yearslong criminal foreign bribery case against a Mexican businessman in Texas appeared to backfire when he was convicted and sent to prison last year, but the gamble ultimately paid off when a judge permanently tossed the case earlier this month.
A Second Circuit judge said Monday that he is having a "hard time" understanding how the firing of a LVMH lawyer wasn't connected to her earlier harassment allegations, indicating a willingness to revive retaliation claims against the luxury goods giant.
The Delaware Chancery Court this past week tackled a fresh mix of deal litigation, procedural disputes and fiduciary duty claims, with several rulings and filings underscoring the court's continued focus on contractual precision, forum enforcement and the limits of stockholder challenges.
