By Erin Mulvaney | September 4, 2018
Jones Day, representing Fresno's school superintendent, wants the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a Ninth Circuit ruling that said employers are forbidden from using pay history to justify paying men and women differently for comparable posts.
By Erin Mulvaney | August 15, 2018
Leading a federal appeals panel, Thapar said the Fair Labor Standards Act doesn't "displace" the requirement that judges enforce arbitration agreements as they are written. The Supreme Court this term, confronting the National Labor Relations Act, ruled against workers.
By Caroline Spiezio | July 12, 2018
Kavanaugh's track record on issues like immigration, net neutrality and business regulations shows that if confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court, his relationship with tech might be more of a mixed bag than initially expected.
By Rhys Dipshan | July 10, 2018
Kavanaugh's past opinions on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit have shown that he shares a similar jurisprudence to that of former Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy when it comes to privacy and tech.
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 Marcia Coyle | June 11, 2018
“We hold that American Pipe does not permit a plaintiff who waits out the statute of limitations to piggyback on an earlier, timely filed class action,” Ginsburg wrote for the court Monday in "China Agritech v. Resh." The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Washington Legal Foundation and others supported China Agritech in amicus briefs.
By Tony Mauro | Marcia Coyle | June 4, 2018
Misconduct in the federal courts is more than "isolated," a judiciary working group reports. “Of the inappropriate behavior that does occur, incivility, disrespect, or crude behavior are more common than sexual harassment,” the report, released Monday, stated.
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.
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