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Sanctioned Penn Law Professor Amy Wax Sues University, Alleging Discrimination

The university sanctioned Wax in September following a long history of controversial speech, including derogatory comments about Asian immigrants and claims Black students underperform academically.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Courts Have Hostile Work Environment, Ex-Employee Claims

The case isn't the first time remote work was shown to be a sensitive topic in the state judiciary. The judicial disciplinary system touched off a firestorm last January when it brought a complaint against Mercer County Superior Court Presiding Civil Judge Douglas Hurd for allowing his secretary to work remotely, allegedly in violation of a state policy.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

High Court Rejects 'Heightened' Standard for Employers Defending FLSA Cases

The Supreme Court unanimously held that employers need only show by a "preponderance of the evidence" that a worker is exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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National Law Journal

Supreme Court Wrestles With Disabled Ex-Firefighter's Discrimination Case

The justices considered whether retirees can sue their former employers for disability discrimination in benefits plans.
4 minute read

Law.com

Arbitrators Under Fire for Allegedly Forcing Workers to 'Stay or Pay' Employers

"By continuing to administer arbitrations of 'stay or pay' provisions, however, the [American Arbitration Association] essentially facilitates indentured servitude and endangers its legitimacy as an impartial tribunal," the ACLU letter claimed.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

An AG Just Specified How AI Could Get You in Hot Water

As an example, the advisory cited decision-making tools used by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service to select individuals to audit for under-reporting their tax liability.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

The FTC’s Noncompete Rule Is Likely Dead

Republicans will soon hold a majority of the five-member FTC and will likely withdraw the pending appeals discussed below, effectively killing the rule, a version of which the FTC first unveiled for public comment in January 2023 and which it finalized in April 2024.
6 minute read

Law.com

COVID-19 Vaccine Suit Against United Airlines Hangs on Right-to-Sue Letter Date

"Although unlikely, it is possible that McCladdie El didn’t receive the right-to-sue letter until 32 days after the EEOC sent it," said U.S. District Judge Lindsay C. Jenkins for the Northern District of Illinois.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Essential Labor Shifts: Navigating Noncompetes, Workplace Politics and the AI Revolution

With the Aug. 20, 2024, nationwide permanent injunction issued by Judge Ada Brown, for the Northern District of Texas federal court, a contentious FTC rule prohibiting the use of most non-compete agreements is not going into effect. The rule is likely to remain in legal limbo until other courts also considering it finalize their rulings and any appeals run their course—which may ultimately involve the U.S. Supreme Court weighing in.
8 minute read

The Recorder

Lawsuit alleges racial and gender discrimination led to an Air Force contractor's death at California airfield

The family of a civilian contractor who was killed in 2023 at a California airfield alleges her death was the result of a discrimination campaign by her testing director, who they claim had a history of hostility against Hispanic employees.
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