Insights

Washington, D.C. - October 6, 2015: TXX Services, Inc. prevailed in a collective action/class action complaint filed against the company by two owner/operator representatives.

Washington, D.C. - February 3, 2010: Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce that 19 of its attorneys have been honored by the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) as 2009 "Empire State Counsel" for their outstanding pro bono effort s. The honor was bestowed at the NYSBA's annual Justice for All Luncheon on January 28, 2010 to attorneys who performed 50 or more hours of pro bono service in 2009.

New York Department of Labor Issues Guidance Regarding Paid Prenatal Leave, Taking Effect January 1.

On September 30, 2024, Chief Judge Laura Taylor Swain of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed a putative class action in Mejia v. High Brew Coffee Inc., 1:22-cv-03667-LTS (S.D.N.Y. Sep. 30, 2024), holding that an online-only business’s website is not a place of public accommodation under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). Chief Judge Swain’s opinion is the first of its kind for the Southern District and is the latest installment in an ongoing judicial debate about the reach of the ADA’s regulatory reach.  

The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) is now batting .500 in its effort to defend its rule banning most employee non-compete agreements.  On July 23, 2024, Judge Kelley Hodge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania denied the request for a preliminary injunction to block that rule from going into effect pending a full trial.  This decision is at odds with the decision issued earlier this month by Judge Ada Brown of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, which found that the FTC had exceeded its statutory authority and issued a limited preliminary injunction that prevented the rule from becoming effective as to the plaintiffs in that case. 

A Crowell & Moring team led by Labor & Employment co-chair Jeffrey W. Pagano, with assistance from Herbert Meyer, Glenn Grant and Ira Saxe, successfully argued before the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ("DCCA") on behalf of Mail Contractors of America ("MCA"), and obtained reversal of a decision of the National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB") that found that MCA had unlawfully refused to bargain regarding a unilateral change of a driver relay point. The right of MCA, the largest U.S. Postal Service depot to depot mail carrier, to unilaterally change the relay point was contained in the Management Rights provision of MCA's final offer, implemented after impasse. The DCCA squarely rejected the NLRB's position that exercise of that right violated the National Labor Relations Act. The Court's Opinion is a landmark decision, and was featured as the lead article in the January 31, 2008 edition of the BNA Daily Labor Report, as it ensures an employer's ability to operate its business without interference of a union after implementation of a final offer.Court Documents:Mail Contractors of America v. NLRB, Nos. 06-1338, 06-1380, 2008 WL 220637 (D.C. Cir. Jan. 29, 2008)

Please join us for the next edition of Third Thursday – Crowell & Moring's Labor and Employment Update, a webinar series dedicated to helping our clients stay on top of developing law, emerging compliance issues, and best practices.

Over the past several months, the OFCCP has launched several key regulatory initiatives that, once finalized, will re-shape the compliance evaluation landscape and significantly expand the obligations imposed on federal contractors and subcontractors.  Join us for a 90-minute review of the following key initiatives and enforcement priorities – where they stand and what they will mean for the contracting community. 

Please join us for the next edition of Third Thursday – Crowell & Moring’s Labor and Employment Update, a webinar series dedicated to helping our clients stay on top of developing law and emerging compliance issues.