Here’s What CFPB Hold Means for Consumers
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which Congress established to monitor credit card companies, mortgage providers, debt collectors and other segments of the consumer finance industry, is the ...
Defunct Photo Lab Workers' Deferred Pay Award Upheld With Caveat
A court order awarding more than $800,000 in deferred compensation to workers at a now-defunct photo processing company has ...
CalMatters’ reporting helps inspire wage theft legislation
Two new bills seek to mitigate problems faced by workers making wage theft claims; authors of one cited CalMatters’ reporting ...
Live updates: Judge unfreezes Trump’s federal buyout plan; Tulsi Gabbard sworn in as intel chief
Follow live updates as the Senate votes on Tulsi Gabbard's nomination. The House DOGE subcommittee, led by Rep. Marjorie ...
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New DOJ–FTC Antitrust Guidelines for Business Activities Affecting Workers: Key Changes and Practical Takeaways
While the original guidelines focused primarily on per se illegal wage-fixing and no-poach agreements, the 2025 Guidelines illustrate a ...
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UnitedHealth paying $20M to settle DOL lawsuit alleging faulty ER claim review processes
Officials accused UMR, a UnitedHealth TPA, of basing ER claim decisions on diagnosis codes rather than symptoms.
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District Court Rules Employer’s Withdrawal Liability Cannot Be Based on Post-Rehabilitation Plan Contribution Increases
In Central States, S.E. & S.W. Pension Fund v. McKesson Corp., No. 23-cv-16770, 2025 WL 81358 (N.D. Ill. Jan. 13, 2025), the ...