Ex-Vice President Sues UT Austin for Wrongful Termination
A former vice president at the University of Texas at Austin is suing the school for allegedly discriminating against him based on his gender and wrongfully terminating his employment.

Litigation is advancing in Illinois against major companies that have allegedly asked job seekers to illegally disclose family history of high blood pressure, cancer, and other diseases, raising the threat of hefty damages without clear legal guidance.
A Michigan hospital lost twice in its federal court dispute with the National Labor Relations Act after a judge rejected its constitutional challenge to the agency and ordered it to bargain with a union.
MetroHealth System defeated allegations Friday that it discriminated against a former employee when it rejected his request for a religious exemption from its Covid-19 vaccine requirement, according to a Friday federal court opinion.

The Department of Labor is touting it recovered $1 billion in backwages and damages for 615,000 workers. EEOC gets a settlement in a Pregnant Workers Fairness Act case.
A former vice president at the University of Texas at Austin is suing the school for allegedly discriminating against him based on his gender and wrongfully terminating his employment.
An aide to Michigan congressman Shri Thanedar, has sued the office claiming she’s been subjected to age discrimination.
A former regional account manager working for
The construction firm that had workers on the Francis Scott Key Bridge at the time of its collapse is contesting a proposed serious fine with Maryland’s state safety agency.
Federal appellate judges wrestled Monday with how to apply a complex web of judicial opinions in a dispute over whether a sauce-supply company must be indemnified from claimed violations of a landmark Illinois privacy law.
Hot Topic Inc. was sued in California federal court after a hacker who goes by the name “Satanic” began allegedly selling customers’ personal data on the dark web.
GoDaddy.com LLC discriminated against a Black director of technical program management, including by subjecting him to a hostile environment and firing him while he was on medical leave for mental health issues caused by the bias, a federal lawsuit alleged.
The National Labor Relations Board has a new inspector general to fill the gap left by the retirement of the agency’s longtime watchdog.
Marc Lieberstein and Georges Nahitchevansky joined Akerman in its intellectual property practice group in New York, the firm announced Oct. 24.
Businesses eyeing pay transparency reporting requirements in Europe aren’t ready yet for looming new rules, according to a new study.
Litigants must seek a judge’s disqualification at the earliest possible moment after discovering facts that support an allegation of bias, California’s top court ruled.
A former Santé Ventures marketing director who twice went to trial in her lawsuit seeking bonus payments must choose between seeing her $1.4 million jury verdict cut by $200,000 or preparing for a third trial, a federal judge said.
Matthew Yelovich joined Cleary Gottlieb as a partner in its Americas litigation practice in the Bay Area, the firm announced Monday.
Ellenor Stone joined Pierson Ferdinand as a partner in its employment, labor, and benefits practice in Atlanta, the firm announced Monday.

The risks that artificial intelligence represents have come into sharper focus: disinformation, potential job loss, perhaps even an existential threat to humanity. Is government capable of putting guardrails around such a fast-moving technology?
A Pennsylvania federal district court denied Resources for Human Development, Inc.'s motion to dismiss the claims of a class of providers that they were not paid for all hours worked during their shifts, in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act and state law. Barnes v. Res. for Hum. Dev., Inc., 2024 BL 382426, E.D. Pa., 24-757, 10/24/24
A New Jersey federal district court granted summary judgment to Wayfair, LLC on the claims of a warehouse associate who had Covid-19 that he faced discrimination and was discharged due to a disability, in violation of state law. Gaines v. Wayfair, LLC, 2024 BL 382637, D.N.J., 21-15843 (KMW-EAP), 10/24/24
A class of employees of two New York restaurants, The Bao and Uluh, which shared ownership and a central office, were granted summary judgment in part on their allegations of violations of the FLSA and state law, a federal district court ruled. Mangahas v. Eight Oranges Inc., 2024 BL 376679, S.D.N.Y., 22-cv-4150 (LJL), 10/22/24
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