The United States District Court for the District of Hawaii approved and entered as its own order and final judgment a Consent Decree in United Public Workers v. Ige, a case involving the contract rights of public hospital workers impacted by legislation authorizing privatization of Maui County’s public healthcare facilities. After signing into law Hawaii […]
The United States District Court for the Western District of Washington today dismissed a lawsuit filed by the United States Chamber of Commerce against the City of Seattle challenging a new Seattle ordinance that permits independent contractors who drive for certain transportation companies within Seattle, including companies such as Uber and Lyft, to select an […]
The Sixth Circuit today overturned a rule that for three decades had capped the number of compensable hours incurred in public interest attorneys’ fees litigation to three percent of the hours incurred in litigating the underlying case. The rule had operated to encourage government defendants to engage in protracted litigation to challenge attorneys’ fees awards […]
May 23, 2016 — After losses in the federal district court, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and Supreme Court, the International Franchise Association (“IFA”) dismissed its challenge to the Seattle minimum wage ordinance, the first law in the country to adopt hourly wage increases that will reach $15 and spurred many other localities and states […]