Steven A. Cohen’s investment firm lost a bid to seal a current employee’s lawsuit alleging widespread sexual discrimination Tuesday when a New York federal judge ruled there was no reason to keep the allegations confidential while the parties suss out ...read more
The former CEO of bankrupt solar panel installer Level Solar Inc. hit back on Tuesday against the debtor’s attempts to subpoena him for information, calling the probe a cynical ploy to “defame” and “harass” him “to ...read more
A high-profile complaint filed by Massachusetts' top securities cop against Scottrade for allegedly violating conflict-of-interest laws is a sign that state regulators will be stepping in to fill a perceived void in federal policing of retirement ...read more
A group of 80,000 cashiers claiming Wal-Mart Stores Inc. failed to provide them with California state law-required seating defended its class certification in federal court Friday, arguing that Walmart’s own studies and prior testimony back up the ...read more
The Weinstein Co. asked a New York federal judge Tuesday to nix a federal racketeering class action over Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein’s alleged history of sexual assault, arguing the actresses who filed the suit seek to “hook” ...read more
The U.S. Supreme Court declined petitions to review several employment cases Tuesday, including a ruling that Consol Energy illegally pushed out a miner who refused to use biometric hand scanners he believed would tag him with the biblical “mark ...read more
Mixed martial arts fighters urged a Nevada federal judge Friday to grant class certification in a lawsuit claiming UFC’s parent company stifled wages and blocked rivals in the market using an anti-competitive scheme, saying they can prove that the ...read more
Uber Technologies Inc. pushed back against a remark made by New York taxi drivers awaiting a ruling on whether their wage-and-hour claims can be heard as a collective, saying in a letter on Friday it wasn’t intentionally delaying the case. ...read more
A federal judge on Tuesday offered promising remarks to settling parties in a class action accusing Chicago steakhouse Lawry’s The Prime Rib of forcing its servers to study for mandatory assessments without pay, saying it is “highly likely” ...read more
Chicago-based Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP announced Tuesday that labor attorney Philip Miscimarra has returned to the firm after serving more than four years as a member of the National Labor Relations Board and nearly all of 2017 as the NLRB chairman ...read more
An institutional investor in the parent company of United Airlines filed an amended derivative suit Tuesday in Delaware Chancery Court alleging the company’s directors breached their fiduciary duties by awarding $37 million in severance packages ...read more
A slew of au pair companies urged a Colorado federal judge Friday to rule in their favor in a class action brought by tens of thousands of au pairs accusing them of conspiring to set unreasonably low pay rates for program participants, saying they were ...read more
A Massachusetts legislator is pushing a bill to ban agreements that prevent victims of harassment or discrimination from speaking out about their allegations and end the process of forced arbitration to settle claims. ...read more
A class of people accusing an Indiana-based insurance company of rescinding job offers to applicants after receiving their consumer reports urged the Seventh Circuit to revive their lawsuit Tuesday, saying they should have been able to pursue its adverse ...read more
Unions representing Disney World workers filed a federal labor complaint on Monday claiming Disney has improperly withheld $1,000 bonuses announced by the company after Congress passed the GOP tax cut bill. ...read more
A city in Kansas asked the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday to hold that the Constitution’s guarantee against self-incrimination is a trial right only, and wasn’t violated when the government used compelled statements at a probable cause hearing ...read more
A former on-air “sidekick” for radio host John DeBella has accused the longtime Philadelphia host of sexual harassment, including unwanted groping, posting sexually explicit photos in his office, making derogatory comments about women and ...read more
The largest health system in New Jersey was slapped with a whistleblower lawsuit in state court Friday from two employees claiming they were fired over complaints related to billing practices, sexual harassment and other conduct, with one worker allegedly ...read more
David Chang, the celebrity chef behind Manhattan’s Momofuku Noodle Bar, has attempted to exit a suit alleging a slew of restaurants implemented a no-tipping policy in a “conspiracy” to overcharge consumers, arguing in California federal ...read more
Subsidiaries of the Canadian National Railway Co. asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to reverse a Seventh Circuit decision and conclude that $13.3 million in stock options given to their employees was not taxable income under a federal railroad law ...read more
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that a California law requiring IMDb to remove an actor’s age information upon request, an effort to fight age discrimination, was “clearly unconstitutional.” ...read more
The U.S. Supreme Court held Tuesday that the Sixth Circuit relied on an invalidated legal precedent for inferring the lifetime vesting of benefits when it ruled that CNH Industrial NV retirees’ had a right to lifetime health benefits even after ...read more
State and local laws that overlap and intersect with the Fair Credit Reporting Act's requirements have proliferated in recent years. New York state and New York City employers face perhaps the greatest burden in navigating these competing paradigms ...read more
Workplace harassment persists, in part, because employees are often reluctant to report it. However, there is another barrier which, although less recognized, may be even more important: Quietly, more and more employers have been taking drastic steps ...read more
National Labor Relations Board member and former Littler Mendelson PC shareholder Bill Emanuel’s participation in a recent case altering the board’s joint employment standard calls into doubt both the validity of that ruling and the adequacy ...read more