The world’s largest e-tailer Amazon settles a major class-action lawsuit in Illinois alleging that the company violated genetic privacy of its workers by soliciting their family medical histories during the hiring process. Amazon has agreed to settle a class-action...
On May 28, 2026, the Supreme Court unanimously held in Flowers Foods, Inc. v. Brock that workers transporting goods within one state’s borders, as part of an interstate journey, qualified for the Federal Arbitration Act’s (FAA) exemption for workers “engaged in …...
On July 1, 2026, new minimum wage rates will take effect in numerous localities nationwide. Many California employers—especially those in the health care sector—may need to adjust payroll settings, as statutory health care worker wage rates (explained in...
In a rebuke of recent USCIS immigration policies, a federal district court in Rhode Island vacated four agency policies that effectively suspended adjudication of thousands of immigration benefit requests. The June 5, 2026, decision in Dorcas International Institute...
Last month, Proskauer secured a unanimous victory at the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of the Trustees of the IAM National Pension Fund. In a 9-0 decision authored by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the Court resolved a circuit split concerning how multiemployer pension...
Key Highlights The U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel issued an opinion concluding that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) current interpretation of disparate-impact liability under Title VII is unconstitutional because, in DOJ’s...
On June 11, 2026, the Trump administration filed a notice of appeal challenging the U.S District Court for the District of Massachusetts’s June 8, 2026, decision vacating the $100,000 H-1B fee requirement. Judge Leo T. Sorokin granted the government’s motion to stay...
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit claiming the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission unlawfully refuses to enforce protections for transgender workers. The post Judge tosses lawsuit challenging civil rights agency’s pullback on transgender workplace...
EEOC Report’s End Would Make Employers Rethink Race, Sex Data David Goldstein discusses the EEOC’s proposal to reverse its longstanding requirements for employers to collect race and sex data and explains what it means for employers. Bloomberg Law View (Subscription...
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