Employment & Labor
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7th Circuit Slams BIPA Plaintiffs, Axes 'Annihilative' Damages in Retroactive Ruling
A Seventh Circuit panel on Tuesday ruled that Illinois's 2024 amendment to the Biometric Information Privacy Act applies retroactively to pending cases, shar...
Eleventh Circuit Nixes 'Calendar Year' Requirement For Black Lung Claims
An Eleventh Circuit panel on Monday vacated a Benefits Review Board decision that required a coal miner to prove both calendar year employment and 125 workin...
Eleventh Circuit Slams Company's 'Exceedingly Reprehensible' Racial Bias, Affirms $3.4M Award
An Eleventh Circuit panel affirmed Monday that a transportation company's intentional racial hiring bias warranted $3.4 million in damages, rejecting appeals...
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Eleventh Circuit Slams Company's 'Exceedingly Reprehensible' Racial Bias, Affirms $3.4M Award
An Eleventh Circuit panel affirmed Monday that a transportation company's intentional racial hiring bias warranted $3.4 million in damages, rejecting appeals for a new trial and...
Eleventh Circuit Nixes 'Calendar Year' Requirement For Black Lung Claims
An Eleventh Circuit panel on Monday vacated a Benefits Review Board decision that required a coal miner to prove both calendar year employment and 125 working days to qualify fo...
Tenth Circuit Nixes Worker's Sex Bias Retaliation Claim Over 'Speculation' On Supervisor Knowledge
The Tenth Circuit on Monday affirmed summary judgment for Weiser Security Services against a former guard's Title VII retaliation claim, finding Juan Dominguez failed to show hi...
Sixth Circuit Slams Tennessee PBM Laws For 'Impermissible Connection' With ERISA
The Sixth Circuit on Tuesday affirmed a lower court ruling that Tennessee laws regulating pharmacy benefit managers are preempted by federal employee benefits law, finding the s...
EEOC Nixes Worker's Bias Claims, Says 'Routine' Management Decisions Not Discrimination
A Florida federal judge ruled Tuesday that an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigator's race and retaliation claims fail as a matter of law, with the court finding...
Delaware Judge Grants PestNow TRO Against Former Execs' 'Employee Raids'
A Delaware federal judge on Monday granted pest control company PestNow a temporary restraining order blocking four former executives from recruiting its employees, finding the...
Colorado Judge Nixes 'Deficient' Complaint Form In University Lawsuit
A Colorado federal judge Thursday ordered a pro se plaintiff to cure multiple deficiencies in his complaint against Metropolitan State University of Denver within 30 days or fac...
Judge Nixes Pro Se False Claims Act Suit, Orders 'Proper Form'
A Colorado federal judge on Monday directed a pro se plaintiff to cure multiple deficiencies in her employment lawsuit, ruling she cannot pursue False Claims Act retaliation cla...
Florida Judge Approves FLSA Settlement, Axes Rader City Wage Dispute
A Florida federal judge on Monday approved a Fair Labor Standards Act settlement agreement between a plaintiff and the City of New Port Richey, dismissing the wage dispute case...
F.W. Webb Seeks Summary Judgment In Employment Discrimination Case
A Massachusetts federal court is weighing a motion for summary judgment filed by F.W. Webb Company and employee Joseph Jaskal on Sunday, arguing plaintiff James Ross has 'no evi...
Texas Judge Nixes Restaurant Chain's Bid To Axe Worker Claims
A Texas federal judge on Monday partially denied W.K.S. Frosty Corporation's motion to dismiss employee Michael Wilcox's lawsuit, ordering the restaurant chain to answer the rem...
Tesla Dodges Federal Court After Judge Grants 'Binding Arbitration' Stay
A California federal judge on Sunday granted a joint stipulation to send all claims against Tesla Inc. to binding arbitration, staying court proceedings "in its entirety pending...
Judge Axes EEOC Sex Discrimination Claims Against Lush After Settlement
A California federal judge on Sunday dismissed with prejudice all sex discrimination and harassment claims against Lush Handmade Cosmetics after the parties reached a settlement...
Judge Axes Postal Worker's Claims Against DeJoy in Summary Judgment
A California federal judge on Monday granted summary judgment in favor of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, dismissing all claims brought by postal worker Zepuor Parsanian in an e...
Federal Judge Slams City's 'Nazi' Comments, Denies Summary Judgment In Firefighters' Free Speech Case
A California federal judge on Thursday denied Manhattan Beach's bid to escape a First Amendment retaliation lawsuit from firefighters, finding the city manager's comparison of u...
Judge Grants Summary Judgment, Remands Social Security Case To Commissioner
A California federal judge on Sunday granted summary judgment for a Social Security disability claimant and remanded the case to the Commissioner for further proceedings, enteri...
Ninth Circuit Certifies 'Retroactivity' Questions Over Arizona Police Rights
The Ninth Circuit on Thursday certified three questions to the Arizona Supreme Court about whether a 2022 amendment to Arizona's Peace Officers Bill of Rights can retroactively...
Sixth Circuit Nixes Construction Firm's ERISA Claims as 'Arguably Subject' to Labor Board
The Sixth Circuit on Thursday affirmed the dismissal of construction company Rieth-Riley's ERISA lawsuit against union benefit funds, holding that the claims were preempted by t...
Appeals Court Axes Councilman's 'Smoking Gun' Retaliation Claims
A federal appeals court on Thursday threw out a former Ohio city councilman's claims that officials retaliated against his political speech by reporting him to ethics authoritie...
7th Circuit Nixes Ford Drivers' Overtime Claims, Calls Shuttle Routes 'Interstate'
The Seventh Circuit on Tuesday affirmed summary judgment against shuttle truck drivers seeking overtime pay from Ford auto parts transporters, ruling their intrastate routes bet...