Courts & Justice
How a civil case moves through court, filing to verdict
Pleadings, discovery, motions, trial, appeal — the stages a workplace lawsuit actually passes through, and where most cases end.
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Courts and Justice follows employment and labor litigation from docket to decision: NLRB rulings, appeals court arguments, Supreme Court grants and the agency actions that end up tested in court. Outcomes are reported, never predicted.
Labor and employment cases from dockets to decisions, plus the agencies and judges who shape workplace law.
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How courts handle an employment discrimination case, start to finish
From the first charge filed with a federal agency to a verdict or a settlement, here is the road a workplace discrimination case actually travels.
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How a federal workplace rule gets made: the notice-and-comment pipeline
An OSHA exposure limit or a DOL overtime threshold becomes binding law through the Administrative Procedure Act's notice-and-comment process — a published proposal, a public docket, and a reasoned final rule.
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How union democracy litigation works under federal law
The Landrum-Griffin Act gives union members a bill of rights and two enforcement tracks — an internal appeals route, then the Labor Department's civil suit system — with strict deadlines on each.
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What arbitration agreements bind — and what they cannot touch
A signed arbitration agreement sends most employment disputes to a private forum, but the scope of what it binds runs through federal statute and stops at the courthouse door for certain claims.
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What agency deference means after Loper Bright, explained through workplace law
The Supreme Court's 2024 decision overruled Chevron and told judges to exercise independent judgment on statutory meaning; the change lands hardest where agencies like the NLRB and DOL write the rules that govern work.