Despite the UAW’s landmark deal with Volkswagen AG adding momentum to the union’s southern organizing drive, it’s unlikely to be a silver bullet to combat stark cultural and political hurdles.
A broad coalition of industry groups asked the National Labor Relations Board to create a regulation to lock in place a business-friendly test for determining independent contractor status, giving the White House a chance to set that legal standard.
Sex workers at a brothel outside of Las Vegas are trying to unionize, citing unfair labor practices and intellectual property concerns.
Two Biden-appointed judges on a federal appeals court grilled the Labor Department about whether the agency has the power to unilaterally settle mine safety cases.
AI-assisted arbitration technology is increasingly absorbing tasks human arbitrators traditionally perform, raising novel legal questions about how much automation is permitted in private dispute resolution without violating century-old federal arbitration law requirements.
The Department of Homeland Security shut down early Saturday amid a congressional funding impasse that shows no sign of ending soon, touched off by backlash over the Trump administration’s widespread and aggressive immigration enforcement raids.
A Connecticut business group lacks legal standing to challenge the state’s ban on mandatory anti-union meetings in the workplace, a federal judge found, bypassing the issue of whether US labor law preempts that statute.
The Trump administration spent more than $35 million to deport roughly 300 migrants to countries they had no connection to, doling out millions of dollars in lump-sum transfers to foreign governments without a system to track how the money was used, according to a report released Friday.
An astronomy observatory operator agreed to pay a $130,000 judgment to resolve a retiree’s retaliation claims over the removal of his emeritus title.
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Brandon Brown joined labor and employment firm Fisher Phillips as a partner in its New Orleans office, the firm announced Feb. 11.
A former Ameriflight LLC pilot convinced a federal judge for permission to move forward with a settlement resolving allegations that the company improperly required ex-workers to repay training costs.
Structural repair company Pullman SST Inc. took appropriate steps after a bisexual employee reported workplace harassment and can’t be held liable under federal or Michigan law, the Sixth Circuit ruled.
The National Football League’s Miami Dolphins, Arizona Cardinals, and Tennessee Titans will have to defend claims in court alongside the league alleging that they discriminated and retaliated against three Black former coaches, a Manhattan federal judge ruled Friday.
High profile unionization efforts at companies like Amazon and Starbucks have drawn renewed interest in labor laws. In this video, we look at what’s legal and what isn't when a company's employees want to unionize.
Jeremy Duffy and Lisa Seifman joined Cahill Gordon & Reindel as partners in London, the firm announced Feb. 9. Duffy will serve as chair of the European leveraged finance practice group, while Seifman will serve as chair of the real estate finance practice group, and both will serve as co-chairs of the digital infrastructure finance practice group.
Jeffrey Lehtman joined Barnes & Thornburg as a partner in its White Collar, Compliance and Investigations practice in Washington, D.C., the firm announced Feb. 3.
Myles Culhane joined Greenberg Traurig as a shareholder in its energy transition and carbon capture practices in Sacramento, the firm announced Feb. 10.
Ben Marks joined Seddons GSC as a partner in its residential real estate team, the firm announced Feb. 9.
Brandon Brown joined labor and employment firm Fisher Phillips as a partner in its New Orleans office, the firm announced Feb. 11.
Arbitrator Perry A. Zirkel ruled that International Paper had just cause to terminate the grievant’s employment, and denied the grievance filed by the Teamsters local union. International Paper , Arb., 250610-07003, P. Zirkel, 9/24/25
Arbitrator E. Frank Cornelius denied a police officer’s grievance against demotion and suspension, finding just cause for the adverse actions existed due to excessive time the grievant spent in dispatch rather than patrolling, despite ordering the City of Columbia to cease violating notification requirements and the Illinois citation quota law. City of Columbia, Illinois , 2025 BNA LA 327, Arb., E. Cornelius, 12/8/25
A federal court denied attorneys’ fees to the Florida Department of Management Services that prevailed against transgender employees’ Title VII claims, finding that plaintiffs’ arguments weren’t frivolous despite changing case law which ultimately defeated their claims. Claire v. Fla. Dep’t of Mgmt. Servs., 2026 BL 46050, N.D. Fla., 4:20cv20-MW/MAF, 1/30/26
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