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  • August 25, 2025

    Nexstar Says Pride Memo Apology Didn't Name Managers

    Nexstar Media Group Inc. has asked a Michigan federal judge to cut short lawsuits filed by two television station managers ousted for telling reporters to adjust Pride Month coverage to appease conservative viewers, saying the managers have unearthed no false or defamatory statements.

  • August 25, 2025

    Jury Awards Ex-Housing Worker $2.3M In Hostile Workplace Suit

    A federal jury on Monday awarded a former homeownership coordinator at the public housing authority in Charlotte, North Carolina, more than $2 million in damages in her suit claiming she was subject to a hostile work environment after she reported concerns that the agency was discriminating against elderly and disabled veterans and other housing applicants.

  • August 25, 2025

    Trenton Hit With Whistleblower Suit By Fired Housing Atty

    A former assistant city attorney for Trenton, New Jersey, has sued the city for allegedly firing her in retaliation for speaking out about supposed corruption and for cooperating with a state investigation into it.

  • August 25, 2025

    Honigman Adds 2 Employment Partners In Chicago

    Honigman LLP continued the growth of its Chicago office with the Monday announcement of two new partners in its labor and employment group, one from Baker McKenzie and another from Norton Rose Fulbright.

  • August 25, 2025

    Debevoise Wants Fired Atty's Suit Arbitrated Or Terminated

    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has told a Manhattan federal judge it wants to arbitrate a suit by a former attorney in its international dispute resolution practice group who claims he was wrongfully fired after taking medical leave, arguing the two sides already settled the dispute.

  • August 25, 2025

    EEOC Makes Clear Agencies Still Must File Workforce Data

    Federal employers must still file annual reports to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission outlining their employee demographics and efforts to keep the playing field even, the agency said, clarifying that President Donald Trump's policies have not eliminated the requirement.

  • August 22, 2025

    Worker Not Qualified For ADA Protection, 5th Circ. Says

    The Fifth Circuit declined Friday to revive an ex-worker's disability bias suit claiming a building products manufacturer wouldn't give her sedentary work to accommodate her diabetes-related complications before firing her, ruling her physical limitations made an accommodation impossible.

  • August 22, 2025

    Boeing Fights Disability Bias Suit Over Ratification Bonus

    A Washington state court should toss allegations that Boeing violated anti-discrimination law by excluding workers on long-term disability leave from a $12,000 contract ratification bonus, the aerospace giant argued, calling the proposed class action claims preempted by Section 301 of the Labor-Management Relations Act.

  • August 22, 2025

    9th Circ. Weighs Religious Bias Suit In LGBTQ+ Post Firings

    An attorney for two Christian flight attendants who say they were illegally fired by Alaska Airlines and abandoned by their labor union for opposing the airline's support for LGBTQ+ rights urged the Ninth Circuit Friday to revive their case, saying it is clear from the record that they were fired for their religious beliefs. 

  • August 22, 2025

    White Worker Fights Verizon's Dispute Of Judge's Bias Report

    Verizon's challenge to a federal magistrate judge's report about a fired white employee's race bias allegation incorrectly characterizes the court's analysis, the worker argued, defending the judge's recommendation that the company's summary judgment bid to toss a discrimination claim should be denied.

  • August 22, 2025

    Housing Supervisor Rebuts Ex-Employee's Retaliation Claim

    A former supervisor at the public housing authority in Charlotte, North Carolina, facing accusations of retaliation and creating a hostile work environment told jurors Friday that she never singled out a coordinator for punishment or had any inkling of discrimination within the organization that would rise to the level of violating federal housing laws.

  • August 22, 2025

    Employment Lawyers' Weekly DEI Cheat Sheet

    The U.S. Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to resume the termination of scientific grants that had been cut as part of its campaign against diversity, equity and inclusion, and the U.S. Department of Education accused George Mason University of unlawfully factoring race into employment decisions. Here, À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ looks at notable DEI-related legal developments from the past week.

  • August 22, 2025

    Trump Admin To Appeal Susman Godfrey Exec Order Ruling

    The Trump administration announced Friday its intention to appeal a June ruling that struck down as unconstitutional an executive order targeting Susman Godfrey LLP, after the court said the order was issued in retaliation for its representation of clients and causes the president opposes.

  • August 22, 2025

    EEOC Seeks To Pry Loose Info In Native American Bias Probe

    The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Friday that it asked a New Mexico federal judge to enforce subpoenas seeking testimony from school administrators in a workplace investigation into Native American bias, after the district balked at the probe and called it a "fishing expedition."

  • August 22, 2025

    Calif. Forecast: X Wants WARN Act Trial Away From Jury

    In the coming week, attorneys should keep an eye out for a hearing on whether a trial in a WARN Act suit against X Corp. Inc. will be by jury or by court. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters coming up in California.

  • August 22, 2025

    Ex-Calif. Judge Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Court Staffer

    A former California Superior Court judge has been charged with sexually assaulting a court employee and seeking to cover up that purported incident and another alleged assault, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday.

  • August 22, 2025

    NY Forecast: Judge Weighs Police Officer's Retaliation Suit

    This week, a New York federal judge will consider competing motions for wins before trial in a suit brought by a former police officer for a New York town who claims it has violated a settlement agreement and discriminated against him on the basis of race. Here, À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ looks at this and other cases on the docket in New York.

  • August 21, 2025

    Pa. Court Revives Fired County Worker's Whistleblower Claim

    A Pennsylvania appeals court on Thursday sent back a dispute to a lower court over a fired county employee's whistleblower allegation tied to her reporting that a union representative secretly taped meetings, determining the union official acted as a county employee when she made the recordings.

  • August 21, 2025

    6th Circ. Reinstates Fired USPS Worker's Medical Leave Suit

    The Sixth Circuit on Thursday told a lower court to reassess a fired USPS employee's medical leave suit alleging the agency illegally faulted him for sickle cell anemia-related absences, saying the trial judge erred by using a doctor's estimate to cap his time off.

  • August 21, 2025

    9th Circ. Seems Chilly To Fee Award In Cop's Retaliation Suit

    The Ninth Circuit appeared hesitant Thursday to approve an approximately $600,000 attorney fee award in a city police officer's retaliation case, with one judge suggesting that the gap between fees and a low five-figure damages award the officer received "almost shocks the conscience."

  • August 21, 2025

    Pro-Israel Group Seeks Sanctions Against Fired Emory Prof

    A pro-Israel foundation has demanded a Georgia federal court sanction a Palestinian-American former Emory University professor who said the foundation was complicit in her ouster from the school, arguing the professor and her attorney have baselessly blamed "an imaginary Jewish conspiracy" for her firing.

  • August 21, 2025

    UC Grant Cuts Over DEI Likely Stifle Speech, 9th Circ. Says

    The Ninth Circuit on Thursday refused to pause a preliminary injunction requiring three federal agencies to reinstate research grants terminated following two of President Donald Trump's executive orders seeking to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion, saying the terminations likely aimed to suppress speech favorable of DEI and environmental justice.

  • August 21, 2025

    American Airlines Knocks Out Class Cert. In Military Leave Suit

    A Pennsylvania federal judge has granted American Airlines' bid to revoke class certification in a suit alleging the airline unlawfully denied pilots pay and profit-sharing credit for time spent on military leave, agreeing the case raises too many individual questions.

  • August 21, 2025

    11th Circ. Backs Health System In Black Worker's Bias Suit

    The Eleventh Circuit ruled Thursday that a fired Black worker can't revive her race and disability bias suit against a Georgia health system, saying her failure to provide a proposed date to return from medical time off amounted to an unreasonable request for indefinite leave.

  • August 21, 2025

    NBA Tries To Alley-Oop Vax Ruling Across Manhattan Court

    A partial win for the NBA earlier this week on a New York federal discrimination lawsuit tied to its COVID-19 vaccine mandate prompted the organization to write a letter to a different judge urging him to consider the ruling on its similar case in the same court.

Expert Analysis

  • 7 Ways Employers Can Avoid Labor Friction Over AI

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    As artificial intelligence use in the workplace emerges as a key labor relations topic in the U.S. and Europe, employers looking to reduce reputational risk and prevent costly disputes should consider proactive strategies to engage with unions, say attorneys at Baker McKenzie.

  • 3rd Circ. Bias Ruling Offers Safety Policy Exception Lessons

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    The Third Circuit's decision in Smith v. City of Atlantic City, partially reinstating a religious bias suit over a policy requiring firefighters to be clean-shaven, cautions employers on the legal risk of including practical or discretionary exceptions in safety procedures, say Joseph Quinn and Mark Schaeffer at Cozen O'Connor.

  • Managing Risks As State AGs Seek To Fill Enforcement Gap

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    Given an unprecedented surge in state attorney general activity resulting from significant shifts in federal enforcement priorities, companies must consider tailored strategies for navigating the ever-evolving risk landscape, say attorneys at Cozen O'Connor.

  • How NY Appeals Ruling Alters Employers' Sex Abuse Liability

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    In Nellenback v. Madison County, the New York Court of Appeals arguably reset the evidentiary threshold in sexual abuse cases involving employer liability, countering lower court decisions that allowed evidence of the length of the undiscovered abuse to substitute as notice of an employee's dangerous propensity, say attorneys at Hurwitz Fine.

  • Protecting Workers Amid High Court-EEOC Trans Rights Rift

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    In Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services and U.S. v. Skrmetti, the U.S. Supreme Court clarified that Title VII protects employees from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, so employers should still protect against such discrimination despite the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's unclear position, says Ally Coll at the Purple Method.

  • How Latest High Court Rulings Refine Employment Law

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    The 2024-2025 U.S. Supreme Court term did not radically rewrite employment law, but sharpened focus on textual fidelity, procedural rigor and the boundaries of statutory relief, say attorneys at Krevolin & Horst.

  • Challenging A Class Representative's Adequacy And Typicality

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    Recent cases highlight that a named plaintiff cannot certify a putative class action unless they can meet all the applicable requirements of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, so defendants should consider challenging a plaintiff's ability to meet typicality and adequacy requirements early and often, say attorneys at Womble Bond.

  • Age Bias Ruling Holds Harassment Policy Lessons

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    A Kansas federal court's recent decision in Holman v. Textron Aviation, rejecting an employee's assertion that his termination for failing to report harassment was pretextual and due to age bias, provides insight into how courts analyze whether actions are pretextual and offers lessons about enforcing anti-harassment policies, say attorneys at Ogletree.

  • Employer Tips As Deepfakes Reshape Workplace Harassment

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    As the workplace harassment landscape faces the rising threat of fabricated media that hyperrealistically depict employees in sexual or malicious contexts, employers can stay ahead of the curve by tracking new legal obligations, and proactively updating policies, training and response protocols, say attorneys at Littler.

  • How To Balance AI Adoption With Employee Privacy Risks

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    As artificial intelligence transforms the workplace, organizations must learn to leverage AI's capabilities while safeguarding against employee privacy risks and complying with a complex web of regulations, including by vetting vendors, mitigating employee misuse and establishing a governance framework, say attorneys at Jackson Lewis.

  • How Ending OFCCP Will Affect Affirmative Action Obligations

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    As President Donald Trump's administration plans to eliminate the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, which enforces federal contractor antidiscrimination compliance and affirmative action program obligations, contractors should consider the best compliance approaches available to them, especially given the False Claims Act implications, say attorneys at Ogletree.

  • Employer Best Practices For Navigating Worker Separations

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    As job cuts hit several major industries, employers should take steps to minimize their exposure to discrimination claims, information leaks and enforcement challenges, such as maintaining sound documentation, strategic planning and legal coordination, says Mark Romance at Day Pitney.

  • Employer Tips For Responding To ICE In The Workplace

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    Increased immigration enforcement under President Donald Trump's administration has left employers struggling to balance their compliance obligations with their desire to provide a safe workplace, so creating a thorough response plan and training for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's presence at the workplace is crucial, say attorneys at Hanson Bridgett.