Trump’s Play for Recess Appointments Is Unprecedented: QuickTake
President-elect Donald Trump is asking the incoming Senate, which will be controlled by his Republican Party, to temporarily go out of session once he’s inaugurated Jan. 20 so that he can jam through ...
Audits of DEI Grow Amid Legal Threat, Dollar Tree Executive Says
Companies will audit vulnerabilities in their diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in response to mounting legal and ...
Christian Delaware Healthcare Workers Lose Covid-Vaccine Appeals
Eight Christian employees fired for refusing to receive Covid-19 vaccines failed to link their shot objections to their ...
Man Pleads Guilty to Fictitious Interest Tax Refund Fraud Scheme
A South Carolina man currently residing in Brazil pleaded guilty to conspiracy to submit a false tax refund claim, the Justice Department announced Thursday.
Former D.C. Official Pleads Guilty to Paycheck Protection Fraud
A former Washington D.C. Homeland Security Commissioner and current Agriculture Department official pleaded guilty in a scheme to submit fraudulent applications seeking money from the Paycheck ...
NHS Management Wins Data-Breach Appeal Before Alabama High Court
A proposed class action alleging that NHS Management LLC negligently failed to protect the personal information of employees and nursing-home patients that was exposed in a 2021 data breach was ...
Nvidia Highlights Justices' Struggle in Drawing Lines (Podcast)
The US Supreme Court struggled with where to draw the appropriate lines in bread-and-butter cases involving Nvidia Corp., ...
Case: Disability Discrimination/Constructive Discharge (E.D. Ky.)
A former United Ground Express compliance coordinator with multiple sclerosis is entitled to a trial on her Americans with Disabilities Act discrimination claim, where her supervisor’s testimony that ...
Trump Pivots to Silence on US Steel Deal Amid Growing Tensions
On the final day of his election campaign, Donald Trump stood on stage in Pittsburgh flanked by steelworkers and promised to protect American jobs and manufacturing. Curiously absent from his speech ...
Case: Discrimination/Hostile Work Environment (D.D.C.)
A District of Columbia federal court granted summary judgment to WMATA on the Title VII claims of a female employee that she faced a hostile work environment, as well as retaliation and discharge, due ...
John Muir Inks $950,000 Deal Over Retirement Fees, Forfeitures
Hospital system John Muir Health agreed to pay $950,000 to resolve a proposed class action challenging its retirement plan’s fees and how it handles plan money forfeited by departing workers, ...
Tennessee County Law Enforcement Workers Reach Overtime Pay Deal
A Tennessee county has settled a Fair Labor Standards Act lawsuit filed by law enforcement employees who alleged that they ...