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The Third Circuit in Johnson v. NCAA ruled that athletes at NCAA Division I schools may be considered employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

The 11th Circuit recently granted a preliminary injunction prohibiting a venture capital fund from awarding grants based on race and gender.

This Littler Lightbulb highlights some of the more significant employment law developments at the U.S. Supreme Court and federal courts of appeal in the last month.

At the end of its 2024 term, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down four decisions limiting the power of federal agencies. While none of those decisions involved a labor and employment agency, all of them could transform labor and employment law.

On Friday, June 28, the U.S. Supreme Court overruled Chevron, USA Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council. Chevron often required courts to defer to federal agencies when those agencies were interpreting statutes they administer.

This Littler Lightbulb highlights some of the more significant employment law developments in the federal courts of appeal in the last month.

This Littler Lightbulb highlights some of the more significant employment law developments at the U.S. Supreme Court and federal courts of appeal in the last month.

Two days before the Supreme Court ruled that the FAA’s transportation worker exemption extends beyond the transportation industry, the Ninth Circuit addressed whether the exemption applies to “contracts of employment” between business entities.

On April 17, 2024, the Supreme Court decided that employees do not need to suffer “significant” harm to state a claim of discrimination under Title VII.