- July 29, 2024
8 Ex-Employees Say NJ Firm Didn't Pay OT, Paid Women Less
Davis Saperstein & Salomon PC has been hit with a pair of lawsuits in New Jersey state court alleging the Bergen County-based personal injury firm didn't pay overtime wages, paid its female employees less than their male colleagues and subjected a pregnant woman to a hostile work environment.
- July 29, 2024
3rd Circ. Says Jury Must Weigh Ex-Philly ADA's Vax Bias Case
A jury will have to determine whether the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office was following a neutral, general policy when it denied an employee's religious exemption from its COVID-19 vaccination mandate, or whether D.A. Larry Krasner harbored anti-religious bias in the decision, the Third Circuit ruled Monday.
- July 29, 2024
Real Estate Co. Strikes Deal To End Black Worker's Bias Suit
A real estate company reached an agreement with a Black former worker to resolve his lawsuit accusing the company of denying him a bonus based on his race and then firing him when he complained, a filing in Georgia federal court said.
- July 29, 2024
Delta Says Pay Transparency Law Applies To Job Offers Only
A job applicant at Delta Air Lines can't support his claims that the airline violated Washington law by not including pay ranges in its job postings because he was not offered a position, the company told a federal court.
- July 29, 2024
Teller Pens Deal With Wells Fargo In AML Whistleblower Case
Wells Fargo has reached a settlement in principle with a former teller who claimed she was fired after raising concerns about the bank's "streamlined" account opening process that allowed customers to open accounts if they'd failed anti-money laundering screenings previously.
- July 29, 2024
Boston Equity Official Says She Was Forced Out By Politics
The former deputy director of equity for the city of Boston says she was fired in 2021 in retaliation for advising her boss that it was inappropriate to recommend that employees vote for Michelle Wu in that year's mayoral race, according to a suit filed in state court.
- July 29, 2024
UPS Axes Ex-Worker's Failure-To-Reimburse Class Claims
A California federal judge significantly narrowed a former UPS worker's proposed class action alleging employees were denied paid sick time and forced to foot the bill for work expenses, stating that some of her class claims were too broad.
- July 26, 2024
Ex-Wells Fargo Director Wins $22M Verdict In ADA Trial
A North Carolina federal jury Friday determined Wells Fargo must pay a former managing director $22.1 million after he accused the bank of failing to reasonably accommodate him for a paralyzed colon and bladder, and subsequently laid him off to avoid dealing with his disability, according to his attorney.
- July 26, 2024
Apple Commits To White House Guidelines For Responsible AI
Apple Inc. has signed onto the Biden administration's voluntary guidelines for "responsible" artificial intelligence innovation, joining the likes of Amazon.com Inc., Google LLC, Microsoft Corp. and a dozen other leading tech companies, the White House announced Friday.
- July 26, 2024
DOJ Inks Deals With Ex-FBI Agent, Atty Over Release Of Texts
The U.S. Department of Justice and two former FBI employees whose texts disparaging former President Donald Trump were made public told a Washington, D.C., federal judge Friday they have reached settlements in their privacy rights cases.
- July 26, 2024
Farmworkers' Children, Corteva Settle Pesticide Injury Claims
Children of migrant farmworkers, Corteva Inc. and its subsidiary Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. asked an Illinois federal judge Friday to greenlight their confidential settlement resolving claims that the children were injured when they were crop-dusted with pesticides during a corn-pruning operation.
- July 26, 2024
Off The Bench: NBA Signs Mega Deals, Jerry Jones Settles
In this week's Off The Bench, the NBA signed $77 billion worth of telecast and streaming deals while longtime league broadcaster TNT challenged the decision, Jerry Jones' suit against his alleged daughter settled while jurors were at lunch, and Pennsylvania's high court agreed to hear an appeal relating to Pittsburgh's jock tax, a fee applied to nonresident professional athletes.
- July 26, 2024
NCAA's $2.8B NIL Deal, Revenue-Sharing Plan Sent To Judge
A $2.78 billion deal to settle a massive class action targeting the NCAA's name, image and likeness compensation rules was submitted to a California federal judge for preliminary approval Friday, allowing for revenue sharing with athletes across all sports.
- July 26, 2024
3 Ex-Seton Hall Law Workers Cop To 13-Year Embezzlement
A former assistant dean and two other former employees of Seton Hall University School of Law pled guilty this week to defrauding their former employer of more than $1.3 million in a scheme spanning 13 years.
- July 26, 2024
Erroneous Background Check Cost Man HSN Job, Suit Says
A company that sells background checks to employers was hit with a federal lawsuit accusing it of incorrectly telling the Home Shopping Network that an applicant had a felony charge for distributing narcotics equivalent to cocaine, methamphetamine or fentanyl, when he was actually charged with selling marijuana.
- July 26, 2024
Broncos Throw Flag On Ex-Player's THC Discrimination Bid
The NFL and the Denver Broncos are looking to sidestep a former team member's disability discrimination lawsuit claiming the league and team unfairly fined him $532,500 for using THC to treat an injury, arguing that the collective bargaining agreement they signed preempts state law.
- July 26, 2024
Employment Authority: Tips For Dealing With Politics At Work
Law360 Employment Authority covers the biggest employment cases and trends. Catch up this week with coverage on why employers should be cautious about handling employees' political differences in the workplace, how the labor movement is shifting its support for Vice President Kamala Harris after President Joe Biden drops out of the election and a look at the Third Circuit's decision over the NCAA and wage claims from college athletes.
- July 26, 2024
WWE Founder Slams Accuser's Bid For Drug Treatment Info
A Connecticut federal judge should lift a six-month stay in a sexual abuse lawsuit against World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. long enough for ex-CEO Vince McMahon to try to block the accuser's parallel case in state court seeking information about mysterious, WWE-funded medical treatment she says she underwent,McMahon isarguing.
- July 26, 2024
Fired Doc Can Pursue Claims Against Atty Over Award Error
A Michigan state appeals court has ruled a doctor may pursue malpractice claims against the attorney who represented him during arbitration proceedings in an underlying wrongful termination suit after she allegedly failed to catch the arbitrator's miscalculation of the award, reportedly resulting in a $2.5 million loss.
- July 26, 2024
Conn. Worker Says Mayor Fired Him For Joining Teamsters
The city of Shelton, Connecticut, fired a public works employee who joined a local Teamsters union after the mayor and other bosses pressured him to invoke a 2018 U.S. Supreme Court case that allows government employees to avoid paying mandatory union dues, according to a federal lawsuit.
- July 26, 2024
Paramount Must Face CBS Manager's Bonus Pay Claim
A Maryland federal judge refused to toss a former CBS News station manager's claim alleging her former bosses at Paramount unlawfully withheld her bonus pay after she was terminated, but said the bosses themselves don't have to face the allegation because they weren't her employer.
- July 26, 2024
1st Circ. Says Juror's FB Likes Can't Nix Equal Pay Verdict
A female sales representative for a beer and wine distributor can't get a new trial in her equal pay and discrimination suit because a Maine federal court correctly turned down her arguments that a juror was biased, the First Circuit ruled.
- July 26, 2024
FTC Powers Get A Boost In Philly In Noncompete Ban Saga
The Federal Trade Commission's contested regulatory and enforcement powers got a much-needed endorsem*nt when a Pennsylvania federal judge refused to temporarily block a ban on employment noncompete agreements.
- July 26, 2024
Colo. County Will Pay $1.75M To End Political-Payback Claims
A Colorado countyhas agreed to pay $1.75 million to settle claims against itssheriff's office that a former undersheriff was fired over political disagreements with the former sheriff, the plaintiff's attorneys said Friday.
- July 26, 2024
NJ-Pa. Transit Operator Freed From Suit Over Worker's Death
A New Jersey federal judge dismissed a suit brought by the estate of a Port Authority Transit Corp. worker killed on the job, ruling the commuter rail line between New Jersey and Pennsylvania is exempt from federal railroad regulatory requirements.
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