The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission defended its regulations over workplace wellness programs, arguing federal anti-discrimination and medical privacy laws allow employers to ask for personal health information for such programs. The EEOC issued final rules in May allowing employers to hit workers with substantial penalties if they refuse to participate in wellness programs and …
Just days before a state competition, a transgender Euless Trinity High School wrestler has been put into the middle of a lawsuit …
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Public Citizen and the Communications Workers of America have filed suit to overturn an executive order issued by President Donald Trump that directs federal agencies to eliminate two existing regulations for every new regulation they add, “unless prohibited by law.” The so-called “2-for-1” order also mandates that the cost of any new regulation …
A lawsuit was filed against the state of Texas on Monday seeking to halt new rules mandating the burial or cremation of aborted fetal remains. The Texas Department of State Health Services approved the measure last week. The new regulations require women’s health clinics to bury or cremate embryonic and fetal tissue from …
Health providers and abortion clinics have less than two weeks to figure out how to comply with Texas’ new fetal remains rules — that is, if a lawsuit doesn’t halt the process first. Amy Hagstrom Miller, founder of abortion provider Whole Woman’s Health, said she is working with the Center for Reproductive Rights on a potential lawsuit opposing the rules. Any lawsuit would need to be …
A group of Chicago property owners are taking the city to court over rules for homesharing that are “literally incomprehensible.” Chicago’s new regulations for short-term rentals, including those made over web services like Airbnb and VRBO, are scheduled to take effect next month. In the lawsuit filed on Nov. 4 in U.S. District Court, a nonprofit group called Keep Chicago …
A rally protested New York Police Department surveillance tactics in 2013. Credit Seth Wenig/Associated Press A federal judge has rejected the settlement of a lawsuit stemming from the New York Police Department ’s surveillance of Muslims, saying the proposed deal does not provide enough oversight of an agency that he said had shown a “systemic inclination” to ignore rules protecting free …
A federal lawsuit could cause some problems for people looking to take advantage of the state’s new election day voter registration rules. The new rules require counties and major cities to offer same-day …
Several students and parents from Virginia High School are suing the district over transgender locker room policies. According to court documents, several families calling themselves Privacy Matters is suing for what they call inappropriate behavior by a transgender student in the girls locker room. The lawsuit that has been brought forward against the Virginia school district …
The complainant is Taylor, Bean & Whitaker (TBW), which was a top-10 wholesale mortgage lending firm. The trustees of the company are accusing PwC of negligence in their audits of TBW’s lender, Colonial Bank. In an agreement between the top management of the borrower and the bank, starting from 2002, TBW chairman Lee Farkas sent mortgage data to Colonial Bank for fake loans or those the company …