Trump Lawyers Drop Appeal in Legal Battle Over Shutdown Layoffs
The Trump administration abandoned its appeal to a federal judge’s decision halting government staff cuts stemming from last year’s government shutdown.
The Trump administration abandoned its appeal to a federal judge’s decision halting government staff cuts stemming from last year’s government shutdown.
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Significant developments are anticipated this year over legal requirements to sustain discrimination claims involving religious accommodation requests, diversity practices, and gender-based harassment.
The Labor Department’s Employee Benefits Security Administration shifted dramatically in 2025 as the Trump administration derailed several Biden-era rules and priorities and began setting its own goals.
A Manhattan federal judge invalidated the Trump administration’s decision to effectively eliminate mediation services for many labor disputes, deeming it illegal.
A former New York Family Court judge failed to convince a federal court to reject a sexual harassment verdict his secretary obtained against him.
SkyWest Airlines Inc. defeated three flight attendants’ request for court-authorized notice to be issued to other workers they say were similarly underpaid for new hire training, inviting them to join a collective lawsuit.
The US government and other major employers like Amazon.com Inc., Deloitte LLP, and JPMorgan Chase led the continued push in 2025 for workers to return to the office from at-home arrangements established during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Cornell University and a gay female former assistant dean who alleged her sexual orientation caused her to be mistreated by her supervisor resolved her discrimination and harassment claims, federal court records show.

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