Litigator Who Sued Oracle Exits DOL for Second Time This Year

The U.S. Labor Department’s top West Coast attorney, who was terminated late in the Trump administration only to be reinstated under President Joe Biden, is departing the agency to take a legal position at a nonprofit.

Janet Herold will be stepping down as DOL’s Pacific region solicitor, effective in April, to join the organization Justice Catalyst Law, which focuses on social justice issues. Herold, who confirmed her impending departure, informed her staff on Friday, six weeks after the Biden administration reinstalled her to the influential post of DOL regional solicitor for San Francisco and head of branch offices ...