By Marcia Coyle | July 6, 2017
The recent switch by the Trump administration's U.S. Justice Department from opposing to defending bans on class actions in workplace arbitration agreements will have consequences beyond a trio of challenges the U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear this fall. The government this week, citing the high court switch, said it will no longer defend a class action provision in the U.S. Labor Department's fiduciary rule.
By Scott Graham | July 5, 2017
The Federal Circuit on Wednesday ordered Judge Rodney Gilstrap of the Eastern District of Texas to award attorney fees to Newegg, writing that deference to district court judges "is not absolute."
By Mike Scarcella | July 3, 2017
The U.S. Labor Department late Monday urged a federal appeals court to largely uphold Obama-era regulations that confronted and sought to curtail conflicts of interest in the retirement-investment market. The government asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to vacate one provision that restricts class-action waivers.
By Erin Mulvaney | June 30, 2017
The U.S. Labor Department told a federal appeals court Friday that while it intends to revise the Obama-era rule that made millions of workers eligible for overtime pay the agency will continue to defend its authority to create and enforce such a regulation.
By C. Ryan Barber | June 26, 2017
Federal appellate courts have struggled recently over exactly when a corporate insider becomes a whistleblower who's entitled to the Dodd-Frank Act's protections against retaliation. The U.S. Supreme Court's now jumping into the fray to resolve tension among the lower courts. The justices agreed Monday to take up the case from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
By Erin Mulvaney | June 26, 2017
Fifty major companies, including Microsoft Corp., Google Inc. and S&P Global Inc., urged a New York federal appeals court Monday to embrace sexual orientation protection under civil rights laws, arguing that discrimination against gay and lesbian workers "takes a heavy toll" on bottom lines.
By Marcia Coyle | June 21, 2017
Big-business advocates are lining up with the Trump administration's new position in the U.S. Supreme Court that workplace arbitration agreements banning class actions do not violate federal labor law.
By Marcia Coyle | June 16, 2017
The U.S. Justice Department on Friday reversed its position in a key labor case, telling the U.S. Supreme Court that workplace agreements that ban class actions do not run afoul of federal labor law.
By C. Ryan Barber | June 9, 2017
The U.S. Labor Department moves to rescind the Obama-era "persuader rule," which opened a door to greater disclosures about how companies try to thwart union-building efforts. Meanwhile, the DOL's fiduciary rule takes effect today, but court clashes continue. And this: the SEC calls cyber the biggest threat to markets. This is a roundup from ALM and other publications.
By Erin Mulvaney | June 1, 2017
Whole Foods Market Group policy that bars employees from recording is unlawful and could create a "chill" for workers to express their rights, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.
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