By Erin Mulvaney | July 2, 2018
Here are early takeaways and predictions from employment attorneys on the impact of the court's ruling in Janus v. AFSCME.
By Marcia Coyle | June 27, 2018
Justice Samuel Alito Jr. wrote that the majority recognized that the loss of payments from nonmembers may cause unions to experience "unpleasant transition costs in the short term." However, he added, "We must weigh these disadvantages against the considerable windfall that unions have received under Abood for the past 41 years."
By Tony Mauro | June 21, 2018
But the court does not address DOJ's request about the power of the president to fire officers of the United States. "No court has addressed that question, and we ordinarily await 'thorough lower court opinions to guide our analysis of the merits,'" Justice Kagan wrote.
By R. Robin McDonald | June 20, 2018
The Federal Circuit gave new impetus to a long-running battle between Atlanta's The Coca-Cola Co. and rival Royal Crown Cola/Dr. Pepper Snapple over the use of the word Zero in no-calorie sports and soft drinks.
By Ross Todd | June 6, 2018
Justice Ming Chin asked "when you find out that you're representing two parties in a litigation … isn't there a duty to give notice rather than hiding it under all this complexity?"
By Erin Mulvaney | May 31, 2018
The high court petition said the Second Circuit's decision—which aligned with a Seventh Circuit ruling last year—departed from more than 50 years of precedent to conclude that sexual orientation is a subset of “sex” discrimination protected under Title VII. The Second Circuit case pitted Trump's U.S. Justice Department against the EEOC, which argued for greater LGBT workplace protections.
By Marcia Coyle | Tony Mauro | May 21, 2018
"The policy may be debatable but the law is clear: Congress has instructed that arbitration agreements like those before us must be enforced as written," Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote for the majority. In dissent, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg called the decision "egregiously wrong."
By Tony Mauro | May 14, 2018
The justices in Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association found the 1992 Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act infringed on state sovereignty. The decision could transform sports and sports gambling from coast to coast.
By Erin Mulvaney | May 10, 2018
The predicted spike in worker classification litigation—following the California Supreme Court's big gig economy ruling—is beginning. Two new suits challenge how Lyft and Postmates classify their workforce.
By Erin Mulvaney | May 9, 2018
Short breaks of 20 minutes or less are "properly understood to be part of the compensable workday," the U.S. Justice Department tells the U.S. Supreme Court.
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