Labor & Employment
3169 ABA Journal Labor & Employment articles.
Updated: Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith appears to be fighting back after two lawyers left last month to form a law firm. Lewis Brisbois has released emails with “wildly offensive and demeaning language” exchanged by the former partners.
Jun 5, 2023 11:43 AM CDT
The U.S. Supreme Court’s newest justice was the only dissenter Thursday, when the high court allowed a concrete company to sue a union local in state court for alleged destruction of corporate property.
Jun 1, 2023 12:15 PM CDT
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner has laid off 34 employees across its U.S. offices and another 13 employees overseas, the law firm announced Thursday.
May 25, 2023 10:12 AM CDT
The former chief operating officer of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith has alleged in an August 2019 whistleblower letter that he was fired after raising concerns about the law firm’s financial practices.
May 22, 2023 10:57 AM CDT
Lawyer Rudy Giuliani offered $1 million in annual pay to a woman he hired as the director of business development for his companies in 2019, but it was “a sham motivated by his secret desire to pursue a sexual relationship,” according to a lawsuit filed Monday.
May 16, 2023 12:24 PM CDT
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday overturned two public corruption convictions.
May 12, 2023 11:22 AM CDT
Dechert laid off 55 lawyers and 43 business professionals Tuesday, as the law firm began implementing cuts to “align our staffing levels with demand.”
May 10, 2023 9:33 AM CDT
More than 110 lawyers are leaving Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith to join a new law firm founded by two of its longtime lawyers.
May 2, 2023 3:03 PM CDT
Bernard Ashe, a labor lawyer and former member of the ABA Journal Board of Editors, died March 8 on his 87th birthday. Ashe was active in the ABA. He served on the ABA Board of Governors, the ABA House of Delegates and was chair of the ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law, according to an
online obituary.
May 1, 2023 8:58 AM CDT
President Joe Biden had the authority to issue an executive order requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for employees of federal contractors, a federal appeals court has ruled.
Apr 26, 2023 1:43 PM CDT
For the second year in a row, there is an increase in jobs for new lawyers, according to data released Tuesday by the ABA’s
Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar.
Apr 25, 2023 12:12 PM CDT
The U.S. National Labor Relations Board has outlined penalties for employers who repeatedly or egregiously violate federal labor law.
Apr 21, 2023 11:23 AM CDT
In recent years, the U.S. Supreme Court has shown great deference to claims of religious discrimination, and in particular, three justices have suggested that Trans World Airlines Inc. v. Hardison—a 1977 case in which the Supreme Court ruled against an employee seeking a religious accommodation to avoid working on Saturdays, his Sabbath—was wrongly decided.
Apr 13, 2023 10:31 AM CDT
With dozens of state legislatures holding their first sessions of the post-Roe v. Wade era, some firms are proactively counseling clients on the highly complex, politically charged and quickly shifting landscape surrounding employee benefits and abortion laws. In doing so, attorneys have to consider real and hypothetical civil and criminal liabilities.
Apr 1, 2023 1:40 AM CDT
Lateral hiring decreased by 11.5% in 2022 as a result of cooling in the market for lateral associates, according to a report by the National Association for Law Placement.
Mar 22, 2023 3:38 PM CDT
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