A retail giant is the latest to defend equal pay claims, after similar battles were faced by other rival supermarkets last year.

Two decisions this week in very different contexts reinforce the legal tests and factual limits of vicarious liability in negligence claims and show the careful application in practice...

Many of us remember the events of May 2020, when Minnesota resident George Floyd tragically lost his life in an interaction with local police. This incident placed the Black Lives Matter (or BLM) movement...

On Friday, I posted about a decision invalidating BLM Resource Manage Plans for failure to comply with NEPA.

On May 4, 2012, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) unveiled its highly anticipated proposed regulations regarding well stimulation activities on federal and Indian lands.

In a recent decision in the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts, Plaintiffs, consisting of a class of current and former employees of Defendant Whole Foods Market, Inc. ("Whole Foods", owned by Amazon.com, Inc.) ...

On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed a reconciliation bill that contains numerous provisions affecting oil and gas leasing and development on onshore federal lands.

In Fairhurst v Woodard (12 October 2021) a County Court judge has ruled that surveillance equipment installed at a private residence breached a neighbour's data protection rights.

In a northeast suburb of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Home Depot employees alleged that the company permitted racially intolerant behavior by co-workers in the wake of George Floyd's murder in 2020...

This is the second issue of WilmerHale's 10-in-10 Infrastructure Series. In this series, our attorneys share insights on current and emerging issues affecting infrastructure project developers in the United States.

It's been four years since conflict lawyers were left with the 'Keefe question' echoing in their ears. But now comes the time to launch those seashells back into the ocean because today,...

As at 5 January 2022, over 11,000 care home workers were reported to have been off work due to COVID-19. Over 90 care home operators in England have declared a "red" alert, meaning staffing ratios have been breached.

To recap, the Act proposes to introduce substantial reforms to fire safety in buildings, providing clearer guidance on who is responsible for fire safety in buildings and for updating the fire risk assessment.

Whilst the introduction of EL/PL Claims Portal has undoubtedly saved costs for defendants and has promoted speedier settlement of many claims, now we are well into the routine use of this process, the flaws are now starting to be seen.

In Lloyd v Google, Mr Lloyd sought to bring a representative action against Google LLC on behalf of millions of Apple iPhone users, alleging that Google had collected data from users of Apple's Safari browser

In a recent decision in the High Court by Master McCloud (Rolfe and others v Veale Wasbrough Vizards LLP [2021] EWHC 2809 (QB), the Master struck out a claim against a firm of solicitors and awarded them indemnity costs.

The weeks following President Biden's so-called "Climate Day" executive orders left the oil and gas industry adjusting to a new normal following the Department of the Interior's (DOI)

Court of Appeal dismisses HMRC's appeal in Burlington Loan Management decision on Treaty purpose tests.

Following the death of George Floyd in the USA, there has been increased global attention on the #BlackLivesMatter (BLM) Movement.

The first of the public law challenges to be addressed was the claimants' application for disclosure of cabinet meeting minutes.