Waste often comes to mind when discussing government spending. People intuitively realize that it costs a lot of money to operate a government as sprawling as ours, and that money is bound to get lost somewhere along the way. Turns out the level of w… Read More

New numbers released by the Federal Judicial Center have indicated that the trend of rising wage-and-hour claims shows no sign of abating. In fact, the number of such labor lawsuits has reached a new record high, according to experts who have analyze… Read More

A strip club in San Jose, California is currently getting some unusual attention in the form of a labor lawsuit from unhappy former dancers. Though strip clubs may be used to scrutiny from authorities, it isn’t everyday that you hear about a group… Read More

It’s been sadly too often the case that government whistleblower programs find themselves in the news for all the wrong reasons. The SEC has been taken to task for failing to follow up on the thousands of tips it has received while the IRS appe… Read More

Experts are saying that the NFL had better brace itself for a rough road ahead. Yet another NFL team has been sued by a former cheerleader over claims that the team violated both state and federal labor laws. The cheerleader cases are but a handful o… Read More

An apparent new trend in the labor law world involves cases brought against National Football League teams. However, football players are not filing the cases; instead, cheerleaders are filing suit and claiming they are routinely underpaid. Just last… Read More

Migrant workers have long suffered through some of the most horrendous workplace conditions in the U.S. The groups that gravitated towards this kind of work, often those lacking education or English speaking ability, were among the most vulnerable an… Read More

Whistleblowers are a group of people who seldom get the respect they deserve. Think about it, most whistleblowers are ordinary Americans with ordinary jobs and ordinary concerns. Despite their seeming ordinariness, these people decide to take the ext… Read More