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Roberts Disability Law Blog
Eighth Circuit Affirms Exclusion of Undisclosed Damages Auditor and Summary Judgment for Employer in ERISA Delinquent-Contribution Suit
In Board of Trustees of the Iron Workers St. Louis District Council Pension Fund Trust v. Barnhart Crane & Rigging Co., No. 25-1497, 2026 WL 2016237 (8th Cir. July 13,…
California Employment Law Update
Former Flight Attendants May Proceed With Religious Discrimination Claims
By Tony Oncidi
Brown v. Alaska Airlines, Inc., 2026 WL 1813213 (9th Cir. 2026) Former Alaska Airlines flight attendants Marli Brown and Lacey Smith sued their former employer for religious discrimination under Title VII…
California Employment Law Update
Union Employee’s Wage/Hour Claims Were Not Preempted By Federal Law
By Tony Oncidi
Renteria-Hinojosa v. Sunsweet Growers, Inc., 2025 WL 2351203 (9th Cir. 2025) Annamarie Renteria-Hinojosa filed two putative class actions against her employer (Sunsweet Growers), alleging various wage and hour violations under California law,…
California Employment Law Update
SAG-AFTRA Vaccine Mandate Lawsuit Rejected by Ninth Circuit
In an unpublished but nonetheless significant opinion, the Ninth Circuit recently affirmed the lower court’s dismissal of a consolidated lawsuit filed by SAG-AFTRA members against their union, finding the claims…
The Employer Report
Illinois Employers: Got a Broad Management Rights Clause in Your CBA? BIPA Claims by Union Employees Preempted
By JT Charron, William F. Dugan, Autumn Sharp, Remy Snead
The Illinois Supreme Court just handed union employers with broad management rights clauses in their collective bargaining agreements (CBA) a win. On March 23, 2023 the Illinois Supreme Court affirmatively…
Employment Law Lookout
“BIPA Win For Union Employers: Union Employees’ BIPA Claims Are Preempted”
By Danielle Kays, and Danny Riley, Law Clerk Seyfarth Synopsis: On March 23, 2023, the Illinois Supreme Court unanimously affirmed the appellate court’s decision in Walton v. Roosevelt University, ruling that the…
Roberts Disability Law Blog
Sixth Circuit: In ERISA Suit for Late Benefit Fund Contributions, Presence of a Live Contract Is Not Necessary for District Court’s Jurisdiction
In Operating Engineers’ Loc. 324 Fringe Benefit Funds v. Rieth-Riley Constr. Co., No. 21-1229, 2022 WL 3147929 (6th Cir. Aug. 8, 2022), Plaintiffs-Appellants are a group of employee benefit funds…
Roberts Disability Law Blog
Fourth Circuit Joins Sixth, Eighth, and Ninth Circuits in Holding Punitive Damages Are Not Recoverable Under LRMA § 301 for Late Contribution Payments
In Plumbers & Pipefitters Loc. 625 v. Nitro Constr. Servs., Inc., No. 20-2080, __F.4th__, 2022 WL 532946 (4th Cir. Feb. 23, 2022), the Fourth Circuit considered whether LMRA § 301…
Workers’ Compensation Law Prof Blog
“Worker Protection Bill,” The National Labor Relations Act, and Worker Safety
Although not directly related to workers' compensation, in the aftermath of tornado-related worker deaths in Illinois and Kentucky there have been a number of news stories discussing the need for…
Collegiate & Professional Sports Law Blog
Major League Baseball Owners Use “Only Tool Available” To Lockout Players
By Gregg E. Clifton, Bernard G. Dennis III
Major League Baseball (MLB) exercised its legal right and remedy guaranteed pursuant to current federal labor laws when it commenced a lockout of its players shortly after the five-year collective…