/employment-authority/other?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Employment Authority Other Copyright 2025 Â鶹´«Ã½. en-US Sun, 08 Jun 2025 18:19:55 +0000 /employment-authority/other/articles/2326287?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/other/articles/2326287 The NCAA's $2.78 billion class action settlement that will for the first time provide for revenue sharing with college athletes was given final approval late Friday by a California federal judge. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 23:04:02 +0000 /employment-authority/other/articles/2350526?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/other/articles/2350526 Masimo Corp. fought back against founder Joe Kiani's motion to dismiss the company's Delaware Chancery Court suit seeking a declaration that he's not due a $450 million payout after his ouster as CEO, arguing that bid is an "improper attempt to evade" the Delaware court's jurisdiction. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 21:28:11 +0000 /employment-authority/other/articles/2348758?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/other/articles/2348758 The U.S. Supreme Court halted discovery Friday into whether the Department of Government Efficiency is an agency subject to the Freedom of Information Act, but left the door open to future, more tailored inquiries about the inner workings of the initiative. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 20:29:38 +0000 /employment-authority/other/articles/2348947?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/other/articles/2348947 An employee has asked the en banc Eleventh Circuit to rethink its ruling that wholesale restaurant supply store McLane Foodservice Inc. is not liable for injuries suffered by an employee who was set on fire at work by a former partner, arguing it took too narrow a view on foreseeability. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 17:11:48 +0000 /employment-authority/other/articles/2348647?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/other/articles/2348647 ​Two recent settlements highlight how whistleblowers and the U.S. Department of Justice have been utilizing the False Claims Act to allege fraud predicated on violations of cybersecurity standards — timely lessons given new bipartisan legislation introducing potential FCA liability for artificial intelligence use, say​ attorneys Rachel Rose and Julie Bracker. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 16:34:54 +0000 /employment-authority/other/articles/2350328?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/other/articles/2350328 A former senior in-house counsel for Wells Fargo Advisors won his bid to make the bank arbitrate claims he absconded with confidential information and coordinated a mass resignation of other staff when he left to work at a competing advisory firm. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 16:04:00 +0000 /employment-authority/other/articles/2342370?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/other/articles/2342370 As the administration targets diversity, equity and inclusion efforts and law firms consider pulling back from their programs, lawyers who care about racial equity and justice can employ four strategies to create microspaces of justice, which can then be parlayed into drivers of transformational change, says Susan Sturm at Columbia Â鶹´«Ã½ School. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 15:43:43 +0000 /employment-authority/other/articles/2350223?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/other/articles/2350223 Insurance litigation firm Matthiesen Wickert & Lehrer SC pushed back against a whistleblower's request to have her case remanded to state court, arguing that the amount sought in the case satisfies the $75,000 minimum to stay in federal court. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 15:23:07 +0000 /employment-authority/other/articles/2350160?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/other/articles/2350160 Litili, a company that connects expert witnesses to attorneys working on civil cases, has brought a lawsuit in California state court against its former account representative, alleging she took the firm's confidential proprietary business information and used it in her new role at a competing business. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 15:18:28 +0000 /employment-authority/other/articles/2350350?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/other/articles/2350350 Union Pacific Railroad Co. claims that it is entitled to an immediate win on claims it violated truck drivers' biometric privacy rights, days after an Illinois federal judge struck the plaintiffs' opposition papers to Union Pacific's summary judgment motion because they missed filing deadlines. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 00:10:40 +0000 /employment-authority/other/articles/2350082?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/other/articles/2350082 Counsel for OneTaste co-founder Nicole Daedone on Thursday told a Brooklyn federal jury that Daedone's provocative teachings involving "orgasmic meditation" don't matter to the forced labor conspiracy charges she and her deputy face, unlike the free will of those who say they were victimized. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 23:43:27 +0000 /employment-authority/other/articles/2350113?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/other/articles/2350113 Playboy's ousted chief creative officer filed a retaliation suit against the company in Los Angeles Superior Court on Thursday alleging he was illegally terminated after speaking up about sexual harassment, financial improprieties and a minor uploading explicit images of herself to a public company website. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 21:50:47 +0000 /employment-authority/other/articles/2349841?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/other/articles/2349841 A Michigan federal judge on Wednesday said a religious television network and its owner must face a lawsuit alleging they interfered with a Black pastor's on-air and earning opportunities, saying the pastor shared enough evidence to support his claim that he was discriminated against because of his race. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 21:45:39 +0000 /employment-authority/other/articles/2350011?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/other/articles/2350011 Colorado Gov. Jared Polis was accused in court Wednesday of forcing government employees to violate a state law by requesting they honor U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement requests for information about 35 sponsors of unauthorized immigrant children. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 19:09:05 +0000 /employment-authority/other/articles/2350040?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/other/articles/2350040 The receiver for the bankrupt city of Chester, Pennsylvania, told a state court Thursday that the city-created stormwater authority and its board of directors violated their charter and state law by expanding the board and paying the elected officials who were on it. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 18:54:59 +0000 /employment-authority/other/articles/2349826?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/other/articles/2349826 Garden State justices have agreed to hear whether New Jersey courts have jurisdiction over the alleged sexual abuse in the 1970s and '80s by a counselor for the Hudson County chapter of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, according to a court order. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 17:35:51 +0000 /employment-authority/other/articles/2349590?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/other/articles/2349590 A CVS employee brought the pharmacy retailer into California state court Wednesday alleging in a proposed class action it discriminatorily imposes illegal surcharges to its health insurance participants who use tobacco or want to add their spouses to their plans as dependents, in violation of state and federal benefits laws. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 17:28:22 +0000 /employment-authority/other/articles/2350086?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/other/articles/2350086 The U.S. Copyright Office said Thursday that a two-week pause on issuing registration certificates last month after its leader was fired did not adversely affect any claimant's rights. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 17:21:49 +0000 /employment-authority/other/articles/2349823?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/other/articles/2349823 A North Carolina pathology practice got hit with a proposed class action over a January data breach that allegedly exposed the personal information of 235,000 people to the cybercriminals who exploited what the complaint said were the practice's lacking security measures. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 16:16:15 +0000 /employment-authority/other/articles/2349723?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/other/articles/2349723 A Florida lawyer sentenced to 75 months in prison over a COVID-19 loan fraud scheme has asked the Eleventh Circuit to rehear her sentencing en banc, arguing the appellate court should reexamine the district court's so-called Keane statement allegedly disregarding sentencing guidelines.