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Saying that the provision goes beyond matters that Congress intended the U.S. Labor Department to consider, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has struck down the agency’s December 2021 rule governing tipped work. (Depositphotos.com)
Sep 20, 2024

5th Circuit strikes down federal tip credit rule

By Katie Campbell For decades, the issue of the “tip credit” has been the subject of discussion and guidance from the U.S. Department of Labor. In 1988, the department published […]

A courtroom artist’s sketch shows Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs flanked by two of his attorneys, Marc Agnifilo, left, and Teny Garagos, right, in Manhattan Federal Court on Tuesday in New York. (Associated Press)
Sep 18, 2024

Combs jailed after sex trafficking indictment

NEW YORK — Sean “Diddy” Combs was headed to jail Tuesday to await trial in his federal sex trafficking case, after a magistrate ordered him to be held without bail […]

Without admitting wrongdoing, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has agreed to pay $45 million to settle a class action lawsuit alleging the agency discriminated against pregnant workers. (Associated Press file)
Sep 17, 2024

Pregnancy discrimination case settles for $45 million

New England Biz Law Update U.S. Customs and Border Protection will pay $45 million to resolve a class action lawsuit alleging widespread pregnancy discrimination. The case highlights the need to […]

A voter walks past a sign announcing the photo ID requirement at a polling place March 5 at Mount Holly. (Associated Press file)
Sep 16, 2024

Lawsuit challenges use of digital student ID to vote

RALEIGH — The Republican Party sued North Carolina’s elections board on Thursday to block students and employees at the state’s flagship public university from offering a digital identification as a […]

The Fearless Fund, co-founded by Ayana Parsons, left, and Arian Simone, had offered $20,000 grants to businesses that are at least majority owned by Black women through its Strivers Grant Contest program. (Associated Press file)
Sep 13, 2024

Settlement ends grant program for Black businesswomen

NEW YORK — A venture capital firm has closed grant contest for Black female business owners as part of a settlement agreement with a conservative group that had filed a […]

Attorney Kelly Fitzpatrick, right, hugs plaintiff Soryorelis Henry after a news conference Monday in New Haven, Conn., that announced settlements of lawsuit by dozens of women who say they suffered excruciating pain at a Yale University fertility clinic because a nurse stole fentanyl for her own use and replaced it with saline. (Associated Press)
Sep 10, 2024

Yale settles lawsuits over drug switched for saline

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Dozens of women who say they suffered excruciating pain at a Yale University fertility clinic because a nurse stole fentanyl for her own use and replaced […]

Amazon has joined SpaceX and Trader Joe's in pending lawsuits or administrative cases to challenge the structure of the National Labor Relations Board. (Associated Press)
Sep 9, 2024

Amazon lawsuit: NLRB’s structure is unconstitutional

Amazon is challenging the structure of the National Labor Relations Board in a lawsuit that also accuses the agency of improperly influencing the outcome of a union election at a […]

Three centuries after he died in combat, the pirate Blackbeard — seen here in an early 17th-century engraving — is the focus of a copyright infringement suit against the state of North Carolina.
Sep 6, 2024

Legal battle swirls around video of Blackbeard’s sunken ship

A federal judge ruled that Rick Allen’s copyright infringement lawsuit against North Carolina over the unauthorized use of his underwater footage of Blackbeard’s ship can proceed, acknowledging valid claims.

Faizon Brandon, a top-ranked public high school quarterback, has been barred by North Carolina state policy from profiting from his name, image and likeness. (Associated Press file)
Sep 5, 2024

QB’s mother sues state over NIL restrictions

Rolanda Brandon, mother of top high school quarterback Faizon Brandon, is suing the state of North Carolina over restrictions preventing public school athletes from profiting from their name, image, and likeness.

An unoccupied Chicago Transit Authority train car approaches a station in Forest Park, Ill., on Sept. 3, 2024. (Associated Press file)
Sep 5, 2024

Judge strikes down Illinois’ concealed carry ban on public transit

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A federal judge has ruled that an Illinois law banning the concealed carry of firearms on public transit is unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Iain D. Johnston in […]

Former President Donald Trump’s election campaign had been playing the song ‘Hold On, I'm Coming’ at some of his appearances. (Associated Press)
Sep 4, 2024

Lawsuit forces campaign to stop using song

ATLANTA — A federal judge in Atlanta ruled Tuesday that Donald Trump and his campaign must stop using the song “Hold On, I’m Coming” while the family of one of […]

The District of Columbia, one of the plaintiffs in a lawsuit against three gun stores, has struggled with gun violence in recent years.
Sep 4, 2024

Lawsuit targets gun shops over trafficked weapons

WASHINGTON — Three gun shops that sold nearly three dozen firearms to a man who trafficked the weapons in and around Washington, D.C., are facing a new lawsuit jointly filed […]


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