Southwest Airlines faces $1.3 million in fines after Colorado regulators found “systemic violations” of dozens of state labor laws, including sick leave policies for workers with COVID-19. But the Dallas-based airline, which is Denver International Airport’s second-largest carrier, is firing back through a series of newly filed legal challenges, including […]
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NLRB’s ‘Whore Board’ Decision Faces D.C. Cir. Judge’s Skepticism
A government lawyer faced a barrage of questions from a federal judge over the National Labor Relations Board’s ruling against an aluminum products maker for firing a worker who wrote “whore board” atop overtime sign-up sheets. During oral argument Wednesday at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of […]
DeFi Cryptocurrency Faces All-Time High Fraud Reports
Wednesday, April 27, 2022 If you read the hype, then you will have read that lack of regulation, speed of transactions, irreversibility of trades, and hidden identities are positive features of the crypto world. Crypto enthusiasts say that finance can only be improved by avoiding banks, regulators, and rules. But […]
DOJ Faces Setbacks in Labor-Related Antitrust Matters
Related Practices & Jurisdictions The closely watched government campaign to criminally prosecute labor-related antitrust matters has run into a major roadblock—juries. Last week, the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) was handed two losses after federal juries in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of […]
A California Labor Law That Lets Workers Sue On The State’s Behalf Faces Its Toughest Test
Start your day with LAist Sign up for the Morning Brief, delivered weekdays. In the early 2000s, California lawmakers identified a problem: There weren’t nearly enough state investigators and lawyers to pursue all the potential violations of workplace laws, such as minimum wage, overtime pay, and more. So they passed […]
Expulsion Policy Faces Political Heat
Related Practices & Jurisdictions Democrats Urge President to End Expulsion Policy Congressional Democrats are pressuring President Biden to end the use of a policy by which immigrants stopped at the U.S. southern border can be quickly sent back to Mexico or their home countries without being allowed to request asylum […]
Law Enforcer Faces Legal Claim after Investigation | News
Medford, OR — A Medford lawyer says tonight he has a class action claim against an Oregon state trooper for racial discrimination in traffic stops. He also has a document from Jackson County’s District Attorney to support his case. Justin Rosas says Trooper Travis Peterson “has been underreporting his traffic […]