Lawyers Turn Athletic Directors in Era of NIL Deals, Lawsuits
As litigation and money for athletes change college sports, schools are increasingly turning to lawyers to run their athletic departments.
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Trump 2.0 to Set Off Fresh Round of Labor Board Flip-Flopping
The start of the second Trump administration will trigger a partisan shift at the National Labor Relations Board, where the accomplishments of the past four years will become the targets of the next board majority and top agency lawyer.
Appeal Over University Caste Bias Ban Encounters 9th Cir. Doubts
A federal appeals court panel expressed skepticism Thursday over two Hindu professors’ claims that their California university’s addition of caste to its anti-discrimination policy violated their constitutional rights, as the judges questioned whether they’d shown the change caused them harm.
Labor Law, Anti-Bias Statutes Work in Harmony, NLRB Lawyer Says
Employers worried about perceived tensions between federal labor law anti-bias statutes shouldn’t raise their obligations under one as a reason to dodge their responsibilities under the other, according to the National Labor Relations Board’s top lawyer.
Shift to Remote-Controlled Dams, Trains Raises Unions’ Alarm
While economists and policymakers have sounded alarms that workers will someday be replaced by artificial intelligence and automation technology, critical pieces of infrastructure essential to the US supply chain, such as dams and trains, are already doing so, prompting safety warnings from unions.
Top Court Makes It Easier for Employers to Dodge Overtime Claims
A new US Supreme Court ruling will boost companies’ ability to defeat claims they wrongly exempted workers from federal overtime pay, putting them on equal footing with other civil defendants who use a more lenient evidentiary standard.
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Transgender Protections From Biden Targeted in School Board Suit
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Cedars-Sinai Accused of Contract Breach by Famed Sports Practice
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Christian Teacher’s Suit Over Transgender Policy Gets Trimmed
A Maryland teacher who said she lost her job for refusing to help elementary school students transition genders saw most of her suit nixed Friday but can pursue a workplace accommodation claim.
EEOC Recovers $700 Million in Bias Cases for Fiscal Year 2024
The EEOC brought in $700 million for nearly 21,000 victims of workplace discrimination in fiscal year 2024, the agency said in an annual performance report.
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Kentucky Attorney’s Attempt to Revive Mask Mandate Suits Fails
A former staff attorney for a Kentucky state agency was unable on Friday to reinstitute her lawsuit accusing state agencies and a county attorney of firing her for refusing to comply with a mask mandate, in violation of a state whistleblower law.
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‘Were You Lying?’: The Great CEO Flip-Flop Over Trump Hits Davos
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Lawyers Turn Athletic Directors in Era of NIL Deals, Lawsuits
As litigation and money for athletes change college sports, schools are increasingly turning to lawyers to run their athletic departments.
DOJ Union Effort Faces Challenge From Labor Resistance Group
A legal organization focused on curbing labor movement power is intervening to try to block Justice Department lawyers from unionizing in the final days before President-elect Donald Trump takes power.
Paul Weiss Hire From Latham Shows Non-Equity Tier Pays Off (1)
Paul Weiss’ creation of a non-equity partner tier is paying off with the hire of a corporate lawyer in Los Angeles from Latham & Watkins.
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The Artificial Intelligence Dilemma: Can Laws Keep Up?
The risks that artificial intelligence represents have come into sharper focus: disinformation, potential job loss, perhaps even an existential threat to humanity. Is government capable of putting guardrails around such a fast-moving technology?
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View MoreCase: Labor Arbitration/Discharge (Arb.)
Arbitrator Gerard A. Fowler ruled that Heartland Coca Cola didn’t have just cause to discipline and discharge the grievant for violating a company rule regarding the security of company assets by leaving his vending machine service keys in his company-issued van at night instead of taking them inside his home to secure them. Heartland Coca Cola, 2024 BL 480915, Arb., 240308-04238, G. Fowler, 9/9/24
Case: Labor Arbitration/Workplace Violence (Arb.)
Arbitrator Lee Hornberger ruled that Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital & Clinics, Inc. had just cause to discharge the grievant, a registered nurse who willfully brought an unloaded rifle to the workplace, for violating a code of conduct and workplace violence/no weapons policy prohibiting weapons on the premises, despite the union’s contention that she lacked intent and there was no safety risk Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital & Clinics, Inc. , 2024 BL 480914, Arb., 230630-07342, L. Hornberger, 10/21/24
Case: Disabilities Discrimination/Retaliation (N.D. Ill.)
An Illinois federal district court denied summary judgment to the city of Chicago on a veteran with vertigo’s ADA retaliation and USERRA claims, finding he sufficiently showed potential retaliatory animus and pretext for his termination, and that fact issues remain as to causation. Venticinque v. City of Chicago, 2025 BL 10250, N.D. Ill., 21 C 3084, 1/13/25
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