Labor / Employment

Biglaw Firm’s Anti-Union Words For ‘Risk Tolerant’ Employers Raises Eye Brows

I guess violating the law is *always* an option.

Elon Musk Settles $500M Lawsuit Over Withholding Former Employee Severance Package Money

Why is the richest man in the world such a cheapskate?

Fifth Circuit Takes Sledgehammer To Labor Rights

Huge win for an expansive view of presidential authority.

Elon Is Still Losing Money Over His Twitter Firing Spree

This was a totally foreseeable turn of events.

Should Governments Crack Down On Fake Job Postings?

For those who are searching for jobs, having to deal with these fake postings is discouraging and can contribute to job search burn out.

ACLU Threatens To Tear Down Labor Rights For All In Bid To Escape Its Own Workplace Harassment Case

The NLRB is digging into labor violations at the ACLU and the organization is pushing back with a disturbing argument.

Lateral Attorney Hiring Trends In 2023: Adapting To A Shifting Economy

Despite economic challenges, certain law practice areas are observing renewed hiring activity as the economy progresses in 2023.

Morning Docket: 08.14.23

* It took a couple of days, but Donald Trump has blown off Judge Chutkan's warning that further public attacks on the proceedings would result in accelerating the existing January trial schedule. At the rate he's going, expect the trial next week! [Politico] * Meanwhile, in Georgia, prosecutors apparently have messages directly tying Trump's legal team to voting system breach. [CNN] * Florida Bar proposes allowing law school grads to engage in limited practice before passing the bar exam. One of many emergency measures required to make sure Donald Trump and his fellow indictees can secure local counsel. [Jax Daily Record] * Law.com lists lawyers on social media it considers attorney-influencers. [Law.com] * UPS reached an agreement with its workers, but it had strikebreaking plans all worked out. [Bloomberg Law News] * Judge charged with murdering wife. [Law360] * Sam Bankman-Fried off to Brooklyn MDC after judge finds witness tampering efforts in violation of bail, bringing renewed publicity to the facility's abhorrent conditions. [Reuters]

The NLRB’s New Employee Handbook Ruling Throws The Gauntlet At The Supreme Court

Are we seeing the setup to overturn the right to record?

Associates At This Law Firm Just Unionized! Will Associates At Other Firms Follow Along?

I get the feeling Outten is about to jump up in a couple 'best place to work' lists.

Strikes, Suitemates, And Stuffing A Sock In It

As lawyers, we know, all too well, that no one gets their full wish list satisfied when, inevitably, an agreement is reached.

Morning Docket: 06.02.23

* Science confirms that legal writing is terrible. [AAAS] * Maryland judge benchslapped for using Beowulf and Whistler's Mother to import racist stereotypes into an opinion. As racism goes, it's a very erudite version. Much more National Review than Daily Caller. [ABA Journal] * House Oversight Committee is probing FTC Chair for pursuing the policies she said she would pursue before getting the job. Really scrounging the bottom of the barrel these days... go back to Hunter Biden's laptop or something. At least it was interesting. [Reuters] * Speaking of Hunter Biden, he's setting himself up to be the next Second Amendment test case to erode laws barring felons from keeping arsenals. [NY Times] * Federal judge delivers tongue-lashing to Crowell attorneys suing over policies they allegedly advised the defendant on earlier. [Law360] * Dechert secures sanctions reversal in earplug trial. I SAID, DECHERT SECURES SANCTIONS REVERSAL IN EARPLUG TRIAL. Take those things out, will ya? [Law.com] * Starbucks is in Trenta trouble as labor law rulings come down. [Bloomberg Law News]

Mount Sinai Doctors Vote To Strike Over Pay, Benefits Disparities

Resident physicians at Mount Sinai's Elmhurst Hospital in Queens have voted to authorize a strike. The union that represents these residents has noticed significant disparities in Mount Sinai's compensation and benefits when compared to the resident physicians employed at the health system's flagship hospital in Manhattan.

Morning Docket: 05.08.23

* Only 58 percent of women attorneys would recommend a legal career to their daughters. That many? [American Lawyer] * Legal industry adds more jobs this month because economic growth is definitely the sign of a looming recession. [Law360] * Minnesota lawyer changes careers to become magician. Lots of preparation to get in front of an audience and trick them... doesn't seem like much of a stretch. [CBS News] * UK regulators ban online bar exams amid "malpractice" allegations. [LegalCheek] * Closing arguments on deck in the E. Jean Carroll case after Trump declines to testify. So he's going to lean on that deposition testimony? Bold. [Reuters] * Department of Labor crackdown finds alarming amount of child labor, or as Iowa calls it... labor. [Bloomberg Law News]

Morning Docket: 05.04.23

* Harlan Crow paid for Clarence Thomas to send his kid to private school?!?! Honestly, I'm starting to think ProPublica brilliantly slow-played all these stories to give the Wall Street Journal and Fox maximum opportunity to embarrass themselves by going all in on "personal hospitality exception" before dropping this. [ProPublica] * Now Trump says he will probably attend his own rape trial. But his legal team has yet to amend its prior position that it would not call any witnesses so he's just planning to hang out. [Reuters] * CFTC Inspector General suspended pending investigation into squelching whistleblower complaints. [Law360] * DeSantis selling merchandise designed to invoke the Disney trademark because he hasn't given them enough to sue him over. [Bloomberg Law News] * And because no one in Florida government understands that admitting to abusing public office is a problem for its legal claims, the legislature is passing bills to crackdown on the Disney Monorail. [Forbes] * Lewis Brisbois chair steps down following mass exodus. [The Recorder] * McDonald's franchise caught employing 10-year-olds. [NPR]