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An overview of labor and employment law cases and regulatory actions with implications for the higher ed workplace. The University of California has taken legal action against United Auto Workers Local 4811, which represents some 48,000 academic workers and graduate students across UC’s multiple...

As always, the State Legislature had much to say about employers in the state. While the new laws impose expansive obligations on employers, it could have been worse: many onerous laws either did not pass or were not signed by the Governor. Except as indicated below, the new laws become effective...

Saul Ewing’s Casey Grabenstein and Andrew Schwerin write that courts are divided on whether plaintiff bias justifies discovery about litigation funding. They argue litigation funding wouldn’t often create a conflict of interest for a plaintiff.