Friday, July 24, 2026

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Employment

Trump administration drops subpoena for list of Jews at Penn

Jackson Healy / July 23, 2026

Penn officials and Jewish-affiliated groups had compared the subpoena to orders in Nazi Germany.

Patients sue diagnostics company over data breach

Caitlyn Rosen / July 21, 2026

A class of Illinois patients maintained in a lawsuit filed Monday that healthcare company Abbott Laboratories failed to adequately safeguard patients' data.

No immediate relief for Meta workers claiming AI fired them

Margaret Attridge / July 17, 2026

The judge said the workers had not suffered the immediate, irreparable harm required to temporarily block Meta from terminating their employment, but left the door open for foreign-born plaintiffs at risk of losing their visas.

Former Meta employees, who say AI helped lay them off, ask judge to restore their jobs

Hillel Aron / July 16, 2026

Twenty-six employees say Meta used artificial intelligence to develop a score to rank employees, and the score put employees on maternity and medical leave at a serious disadvantage.

Hospital faces claim over harassment by ex

Brief / July 16, 2026

BROOKLYN, N.Y. — A federal court in New York declined to reconsider its denial of summary judgment in favor of a hospital and supervising physician sued by a surgical resident, who says the former failed to prevent his ex-girlfriend from sexually harassing him during and outside of work hours. She worked as a contract anesthesiologist at the hospital. There is a factual dispute over whether a single incident of the ex’s alleged groping constitutes a hostile work environment and whether her threats to his life and career show the groping is a pattern of conduct.

Meta employees sue over use of AI in workforce reduction

Carly Nairn / July 13, 2026

The plaintiffs say a monitoring program deployed earlier this year gave artificial intelligence data to select employees for layoffs.

Maricopa County lieutenant demands backpay for overtime

Joe Duhownik / July 9, 2026

The Arizona county says officers in administrative roles like lieutenant are exempt from overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act because their main duty is not law enforcement.

Uber drivers claim personal data used to manipulate fares

Margaret Attridge / July 9, 2026

Lead plaintiff Edwin Carranza says Uber unlawfully collects drivers’ personal data, including biometric data and continuous geolocation information, and uses it to manipulate driver-facing prices.

Fed minutes: Officials deeply divided over future path of US inflation

Associated Press / July 8, 2026

A key concern for many Fed officials is the potential for the AI buildout to contribute to higher inflation.

California out on political, religious speech at work meetings gets look at Ninth Circuit

Alan Riquelmy / July 7, 2026

The state appealed a preliminary injunction that's put a 2024 law on hold.

Dallas College faces Title VII claim

Brief / July 7, 2026

DALLAS — A federal court in Texas partially granted summary judgment to Dallas College on claims brought by a former biology professor who says she was forced to resign for representing fellow faculty members in discrimination grievances. The court dismissed the professor’s breach of contract claim, but allowed her Title VII retaliation to proceed because genuine factual disputes exist concerning whether an error in the community college’s new scheduling system was the true reason she lost her adjunct teaching assignments.