Monday morning musings for workplace watchers. Amazon Face-off | Teachers Want OT Bruce Rolfsen: Amazon.com Inc. and the New York Attorney General’s Office face off Tuesday in a Manhattan federal courthouse, the latest arena for their 16-month legal fight over labor rights and protecting workers from Covid-19. At issue is […]
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U.S. Citizen Charged In Milestone Cryptocurrency Sanctions Case
Related Practices & Jurisdictions Last Friday, a federal Magistrate Judge in Washington, D.C. wrote an opinion, in a still sealed case, explaining why he approved a DOJ criminal complaint against an American citizen accused of transmitting more than $10 million worth of bitcoin to a virtual currency exchange in a […]
SCOTUS Considers California Arbitration Case Involving PAGA
Associate Justices Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan. California employers seeking to have employee disputes resolved via arbitration face formidable obstacles in Supreme Court Justices Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan, as the Court’s liberal trio continues to raise tough questions about the fairness of forcing labor disputes […]
Law expert explains legal possibilities with Tyre Sampson amusement park case
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ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. (KMOV) – New details are emerging as an investigation into the death of a St. Louis County teen at a Florida amusement park continues. 14-year-old Tyre Sampson, of Berkeley, fell to his death while on a thrill ride at Icon Park in Orlando, Florida, last week. […]
Misclassification as Labor Law Violation Teed up in Ports Case
National Labor Relations Board prosecutors have opened a case that could reverse Trump-era board precedent and make misclassifying an employee as an independent contractor a standalone unfair labor practice. Five trucking, warehousing and logistics companies in Southern California violated federal labor law by designating drivers as independent contractors, NLRB lawyers […]
Elizabeth Chambers and Ritz-Carlton pay fine in Immigration Law case
Elizabeth Chambers, owner of Bird Bakery. – Photo: Lisa Reid Photography US television personality Elizabeth Chambers and The Ritz-Carlton Grand Cayman have paid an undisclosed fine, after Chambers was charged for working at one of the hotel’s cocktail parties without a work permit. Chambers, 39, was formally charged with one […]
Legal experts explain role of ‘stand your ground’ law in Cedric Lofton case
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WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) – When Sedgwick County District Attorney Marc Bennett explained why he was not filing charges in the case surrounding Cedric Lofton’s death, he also mentioned the constraints with Kansas’ broad “stand your ground” law. That law and the cases that have applied to it were the bases […]
Oklahoma tribal sovereignty case gets Supreme Court review, not reversal – Cronkite News
The state of Oklahoma sent a blizzard of appeals to the Supreme Court, urging it to reverse a 2020 decision that restricted the state’s ability to try Native Americans in state courts in much of the state. The court last week agreed to consider refining its ruling – but rejected […]
Covid Spousal Death Case Threatens Workers’ Compensation Defense
Matilde Ek’s claim that her husband died after he contracted Covid-19 she got from working on a See’s Candies factory assembly line will move forward, signaling that employers may have to defend such wrongful death cases despite state workers’ compensation shields. A California appellate court in Los Angeles recently rejected […]
What’s at Stake in the Supreme Court’s OSHA Vaccine-or-Testing Case
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Jan. 7 on whether the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) overstepped its authority when it issued an emergency temporary standard (ETS) requiring employers with at least 100 employees to mandate vaccinations or masks and weekly testing for workers. The high court […]