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The U.S. Supreme Court's Tuesday ruling that transportation workers, regardless of whether they're employees or independent contractors, are exempt from the Federal Arbitration Act chipped at the shield some employers have long relied on to insulate themselves from legal attacks, experts say.

The high court, which in recent years has blessed arbitration agreements in a series of decisions, handed workers a rare win with a unanimous 8-0 decision broadly interpreting the meaning of "contracts of employment" for the purposes of a Federal Arbitration Act exemption covering transportation workers....

Law requires California utilities give advance notice of a bankruptcy filing

PG&E Corp. was prompted to disclose its intent to file for chapter 11 by a new California law that includes a novel provision requiring utilities give employees a 15-day heads-up before seeking protection and freezes for at least six months the utility’s ability to potentially layoff workers after filing for bankruptcy.

The law, which took effect Jan. 1, is intended to provide employees, creditors and state regulators “the maximum amount of transparency” about a coming bankruptcy, said Paul Payne, spokesman for...

Founder Wayne Outten will cede managing partner duties to class action litigator Adam Klein, as part of a succession plan the employment firm dubbed “O&G 2.0.”

Outten & Golden, a leading plaintiffs-side employment law firm, has elevated longtime class action litigator Adam Klein to become its managing partner after years of stewardship from founding partner Wayne Outten.

The law firm announced the leadership transition in a statement Monday, saying Klein assumed his new role Jan. 1. Although Outten is leaving the managing partner position, he will move into a chairman role at the firm he co-...

National employee-side law firm's succession plan includes the elevation of Adam T. Klein to Managing Partner and Laurence S. Moy to Deputy Managing Partner and the hiring of Sloane Levy as Chief Operating Officer.

Outten & Golden LLP, a national employee-side law firm with four offices across the U.S., today announced several changes as part of its "O&G 2.0" succession plan.

Adam T. Klein, who founded the firm's Class & Collective Action practice group, was named Managing Partner effective January 1st.  Mr. Klein concentrates his practice on prosecuting employment discrimination and wage-and...

The civil rights firm Outten & Golden has hired a veteran transgender-rights litigator at a “critical inflection point,” as LGBT cases abound across state and federal courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court.

Jillian Weiss, joining the firm as of counsel in New York, will assist workers who face alleged discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression. Weiss previously served as executive director of the Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund.

Weiss had worked with Outten & Golden on several amicus cases in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District...

National employment law firm Outten & Golden LLP is joining forces with distinguished LGBTQ rights attorney Jillian T. Weiss to assist workers who face discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression. Weiss will serve as "Of Counsel" to Outten & Golden's LGBTQ Practice Group.

"We are excited to partner with Jillian Weiss, combining our longstanding employment law achievements with Jillian's esteemed track record of prominent cases on behalf of LGBTQ workers," said Adam T. Klein, Managing Partner. "Through this collaboration, our clients will benefit from the...

United Airlines Inc. and United Continental Holdings Inc. were hit with a proposed class action in Illinois federal court Monday alleging that they flouted a federal anti-discrimination law by not paying regular wages to workers who took short-term military leave or crediting that time toward a profit-sharing program.

Because the companies paid regular wages and salaries to employees who took similar types of leave, such as jury duty or sick leave, the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act requires them to do the same for those who take short-term military leave, Eric...

Deirdre A. Aaron, Nicholas Sikon, and Menaka N. Fernando elected to partnership and Michael J. Scimone promoted to Counsel effective January 1, 2019

Employment law firm Outten & Golden LLP announced today the promotion of Deirdre A. Aaron, Nicholas Sikon, and Menaka N. Fernando to partnership, and the promotion of Michael J. Scimone to Counsel, effective January 1, 2019.

Deirdre A. Aaron is a member of the firm's Class Action Practice Group and the Family Responsibilities & Disability Discrimination Practice Group. She is based in the New York office.

Before joining the firm in 2012, Ms....

New Prime Inc. v. Oliveira

In a case closely watched by the trucking industry, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether the Federal Arbitration Act exemption for interstate transportation workers applies to independent contractors. Section 1 of the FAA exempts from arbitration "contracts of employment of seamen, railroad employees, or any other class of workers engaged in foreign or interstate commerce."

The justices heard oral arguments in October 2018 in a class action accusing New Prime Inc. of failing to pay independent contractor truck-driver apprentices a proper minimum wage. The high...

Outten & Golden LLP, a preeminent employee rights law firm, is pleased to announce the addition of nine new associates to its growing practice of representing employees in all areas of employment law. That practice includes representing executives and partners with employment and partnership agreements; coaching clients with employment problems and disputes; negotiating and litigating claims of discrimination, retaliation, and breach of contract; advising and representing whistleblowers; and prosecuting class and collective actions involving discrimination, wage-and-hour, and WARN Act claims....