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In an unpublished decision, the Ninth Circuit recently affirmed a California district court's denial of a motion to compel arbitration.

Emily Linn talks with Breanne Martell about the amicus brief she assisted with to seek justice for a neurodiverse individual...

Four years since their original filings, wage-suppression class action lawsuits on behalf of registered nurses in Illinois, Michigan, New York, Tennessee and Texas are now the subject of key decisions by the courts.

On September 15, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida preliminarily approved a Fair Credit Reporting Act background check class action settlement in Speer v. Whole Foods Market Group, Inc.

In Kopetic v. The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey (April 12, 2018), Lewis Brisbois' client, a governmental entity who owns a container terminal in New York Harbor, was sued by an injured longshoreman...

The European Court of Human Rights recently ruled in Bărbulescu v. Romania (Application no. 61496/08) that a Romanian employer did not violate its employee's fundamental right of privacy when the employer accessed personal messages in the employee's Yahoo! Messenger account.

This settlement serves as another reminder of the risks that employers face in conducting background checks on prospective employees.

Anthony Stratton filed a claim against Thomas Beck with the labor commissioner for unpaid wages in the amount of $303.55.

If you have ever been fired or laid-off, your natural tendency would be to tell off your previous boss. The words "SUCK IT" come to mind, but how costly is getting things off your chest when you have been paid severance or settled a case with your former employer?

John France, age 54, was employed as a border patrol agent for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and unsuccessfully sought a promotion to a GS-15 level position.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the Georgia federal district court’s summary judgment dismissal of a discrimination lawsuit by a now-deceased county worker. Rhonda Jackson filed discrimination and retaliation claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Rehabilitation Act after Sumter County, Georgia, fired her for allegedly spraying coworkers with disinfectant.

A recent decision from the Business Litigation Session of the Massachusetts Superior Court has broad implications for non-compete cases involving arbitration clauses.

California has amended Labor Code § 218.5 to limit the circumstances under which an employer may recover its attorney’s fees and costs as the prevailing party in a lawsuit in which an employee has sued for nonpayment of wages, fringe benefits, or health and welfare or pension fund contributions (SB 462).

In recent years, some employers doing business in the Golden State have required their employees to sign arbitration and employment agreements that require the employee to sue or arbitrate in another state.

Asking employees to sign an arbitration agreement is becoming more popular among employers in recent years.

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois has emerged as one of the nation's busiest federal district courts with respect to wage-and-hour litigation.

Class action waivers in arbitration agreements exist in a legal gray zone, with the federal appellate courts split on their enforceability

The Supreme Court of Texas has recently approved the final version of the new rules for cases seeking $100,000 or less (and more), which will become effective on March 1.