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The incoming Trump administration has declared that it intends to conduct the largest mass deportation in U.S. history. As a result, employers, particularly in those industries with an unskilled workforce...

The U.S. Supreme Court recently heard arguments in a withdrawal liability case involving the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). Furthermore, two more petitions about ERISA matters are pending...

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have issued FAQs About Consolidated Appropriations Act...

A Pennsylvania federal judge allowed Dana Rivkind's sex and disability discrimination claims against Oracle America Inc. to proceed, while dismissing her hostile work environment, retaliation, and emotional distress claims. The case examines whether Oracle's actions following Rivkind's whistleblowing about a Metaverse project—including medical evaluations, isolation, and eventual termination—constituted unlawful discrimination based on sex and disability.

A judge in an Arizona federal district court has denied Discount Tire Co.’s motion to dismiss in an Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) lawsuit that challenged target-date funds in the company’s 401(k) plans.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has affirmed two decisions of a lower court barring air ambulance providers from privately enforcing independent dispute resolution (IDR) awards under the No Surprises Act...

Texas-based insurance industry plaintiffs, including a nonprofit trade group, have filed the first lawsuit to challenge the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) recently issued final regulations...

A New Jersey federal district court judge granted a partial motion to dismiss in a Novo Nordisk 401(k) suit alleging violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).

Whether employees work in the office or remotely, most communications take place via email, Slack, Zoom, Teams, and similar virtual collaborative programs.

The Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) final rule that makes most noncompete agreements unenforceable, with a few exceptions, has been the target of significant litigation in recent months.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit recently ruled that whether an employee failed to follow her employer's procedures for requesting leave was due to "unusual circumstances" was a factual matter for the jury to decide.

A recent settlement by the Trump administration has made it clear that it intends to enforce parity compliance when it comes to proper access to mental health and substance use disorder services.

Former plan participants in the Credit Union Retirement Plan Association (CURPA) multi-employer 401(k) plan have reached a deal to settle an ERISA suit over excessive fees.

Over the past six weeks, Trump has issued a slew of executive orders (EOs) purporting to outlaw diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs of federal contractors...

Four U.S. Supreme Court decisions over the past four years collectively have created the potential for increased discrimination lawsuits based on Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a final rule that expands executive pay disclosure requirements for publicly traded U.S. companies...

The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that whistleblowers need not prove that their employer acted with retaliatory intent to maintain their retaliation claims under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX).