Ex-Baker Lawyer Wants Sex Assault Defamation Suit Axed
A former Baker McKenzie lawyer who accused a firm leader of sexual assault wants a court to dismiss the firm’s defamation lawsuit against her.
A former Baker McKenzie lawyer who accused a firm leader of sexual assault wants a court to dismiss the firm’s defamation lawsuit against her.
Former acting NLRB General Counsel William Cowen will temporarily return to the agency’s legal division as head of its operations department.
The Labor Department would see a $65 million budget increase this year under a bipartisan funding bill released Tuesday.
Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s travel itinerary appears unchanged by the probe into her travel spending. Meanwhile, a court battle is brewing over whether workers can sue US companies for profiting from forced labor and human trafficking that occurs overseas.
The National Labor Relations Board has suffered grinding attrition during the Trump administration that will hamper its efforts to enforce labor law even as it regained the capacity to decide cases with two new members in place.
A real estate and construction company is taking its insurers to court over coverage for underlying litigation alleging unsafe conditions in military housing owned and managed by the company.
President
When the Trump administration called Friday for an emergency power auction in an ambitious bid to speed the construction of big power plants and tame skyrocketing power bills, top officials made clear the vision encompassed specific kinds of energy: coal, gas and nuclear.
Multiemployer unions would be exempted from requirements for automatic enrollment in new retirement plans under a bill backed by a bipartisan group of lawmakers.
A federal judge said
The 2017 tax overhaul included incentives to invest in distressed communities. Investors benefit from tax breaks and the designated opportunity zones benefit from economic investment, but critics say already-wealthy investors don’t need these breaks.
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