National Law Journal

Trump Administration Faces Legal Challenge Over EO Impacting Federal Workers

"This Executive Order, which generally reinstates the one issued in 2020, is intended to cover as many as 50,000 employees, leaving them vulnerable to being fired for any reason, including political agenda," counsel for the National Treasury Employees Union alleged in a complaint challenging President Donald Trump's workforce policy.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

The Intersection of Labor Law and Politics Following the Presidential Election

In the case of the Dartmouth basketball team, this legal issue has taken on significant importance. This unionization movement would set a precedent for collegiate athletes nationwide, challenging the long-standing tradition of categorizing them as “student-athletes” rather than workers entitled to the protections and rights afforded to employees under federal labor law.
8 minute read

National Law Journal

Three Akin Sports Lawyers Jump to Employment Firm Littler Mendelson

The three attorneys, who join the Am Law 100 firm as shareholders, have extensive experience in the realm of labor and employment law related to professional and collegiate sports employers and organizations.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Blank Rome Snags Two Labor and Employment Partners From Stevens & Lee

Daniel Sobol and Brandon Shemtob, who served for around six and a half years at Stevens & Lee, joined the firm effective on Jan. 15, seeking out a larger platform for their national traditional labor practice.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Ogletree Deakins Names 5 New Office Managing Shareholders

The majority of new office leaders in four U.S. cities and Montreal are women.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Southwest Airlines Faces $100M Class Action Over Pay Periods

A lawsuit has been filed against Southwest Airlines for allegedly violating New York labor law by paying baggage and cargo handlers bi-monthly instead of weekly.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Impact of New NYS Workers’ Compensation Work-Related Stress Relief on Discrimination Claims

Andrew Lieb discusses how New York State’s expansion of workers' compensation benefits, (effective 1/1/25), to cover claims for mental injury premises upon extraordinary work-related stress will impact an employee's workplace discrimination claim.
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

How the Trump II Administration Can Combat Antisemitism

The second Trump Administration has a unique opportunity to combat antisemitism by taking a multifaceted, whole-of-government approach.
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

Storefront Pro Bono: Proposal for Modest Law Firm Commitment to Provide Direct Legal Services

The authors write "We propose a new model for law firm pro bono, provisionally called “Storefront Pro Bono,” to help mitigate the access to civil justice gap in New York through modest pro-bono commitments from the city’s law firms and other law organizations (law firms). The essence of the proposal is to encourage law firms to commit fifty hours of pro bono work for each of their lawyers (as already recommended by the ABA), whether litigators or transaction lawyers, to provide direct legal services dealing with the issues presented by individuals/families who do not qualify for publicly funded legal aid and cannot afford private counsel."
22 minute read

New York Law Journal

Recent Developments Regarding the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021

On March 3, 2022, President Joe Biden signed the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021 (EFAA) into law. The EFAA amends the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) to prohibit employers from enforcing mandatory arbitration provisions that relate to a “sexual assault dispute” or a “sexual harassment dispute.”
9 minute read

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