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Spencer Fane Partner Remembered for Leadership in Houston Legal Community

The Greater Houston legal community is mourning the passing of Ruthie Yvette Nelson White, a Spencer Fane partner who for decades was a leader among African-American women in law.
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New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Attorney General Files First Complaint Under Enhanced Workers' Comp Laws

"When employers unlawfully and callously toss their workers into the 'independent contractor' category they are not only depriving them of a steady paycheck, they are also stripping them of earned sick leave, workers compensation, minimum wage, and more," Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said. "These are national, profitable corporations with deep pockets who are padding their profits with illegal labor schemes, and they seem to have no plans to stop this kind of behavior."
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Microsoft Deepens Commitment to Unions Amid Workers' AI Anxiety

"We are creating seats at this table for labor leaders and workers, because I think it's important for those of us who create technology to get the best insights and advice we can about how to build AI tools in ways that will make people's jobs better," Microsoft President Brad Smith said.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Supreme Court to Consider Appeal Deadline for Federal Workers

The case is "important because hundreds of federal employees each year, many proceeding pro se, face an anomalous jurisdictional deadline," said lawyers for a Defense Department worker.
3 minute read

Law.com

Judge Declines to Hold Medical Staffing Agency in Civil Contempt for 'Honest Efforts' to Fix Payroll

"Although the [c]ourt finds [p]laintiff arguments for civil contempt compelling, [d]efendants have now come into compliance, thus rendering it unnecessary for the [c]ourt to address sanctions and attorneys' fees," wrote U.S. District Judge Raymond A. Jackson of the Eastern District of Virginia. "Further, [d]efendants provided a good-faith defense for delaying compliance with the [c]ourt's [o]rder. Therefore, the [c]ourt does not find [d]efendants in civil contempt."
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Employee Sues CSX for Alleged ADA-Related Discrimination

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
1 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Eckert Seamans Announces New Leadership in Phila., Boston, DC

Labor and employment attorney Amy Snyder and commercial litigator Frank Emmerich are succeeding Marc Stein at the helm of the Philadelphia office, the firm's second largest.
4 minute read

Law.com

Inside Track: Court Upholds Right to Require Uniforms, a Bright Spot in a Bleak Year for Employers

"The power of the NLRB is not without bounds," the law firm Shawe Rosenthal wrote after an appellate court ruled against the agency.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Mediating Wage-Hour Collective and Class Actions: Special Factors to Keep in Mind

The wage-and-hour collective/class action mediation is a different type of case, and as mediator of wage-and-hour collective class action cases, I'd like to share some of the unique aspects of these types of cases.
9 minute read

Daily Business Review

Employee Sues Southeastern Grocers, Claiming It Charged Excessive 401(k) Fees

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
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