Daniel Wiessner

6 days ago | reuters.com | Daniel Wiessner

A Southwest commercial airliner takes off from Las Vegas International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., February 8, 2024. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo May 8 (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Thursday said a federal judge in Texas lacked the power to order in-house lawyers at Southwest Airlines to attend "religious liberty training" after a flight attendant won a religious discrimination lawsuit.

1 week ago | today.westlaw.com | Daniel Wiessner

(Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Thursday said a federal judge in Texas lacked the power to order in-house lawyers at Southwest Airlines to attend "religious liberty training" after a flight attendant won a religious discrimination lawsuit.

1 week ago | today.westlaw.com | Daniel Wiessner

(Reuters) - President Donald Trump has nominated an assistant U.S. attorney in Florida to fill a vacancy on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which currently lacks a quorum after the Republican president fired two Democratic members.

1 week ago | today.westlaw.com | Daniel Wiessner

(Reuters) - A divided U.S. appeals court has rejected Amazon.com's attempt to block a National Labor Relations Board case involving the online retail giant while it pursues claims that the agency's structure is unconstitutional.

1 week ago | businesslive.co.za | Daniel Wiessner

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked US President Donald Trump’s administration from firing workers and taking other steps to shut down federal agencies that fund museums and libraries, mediate labour disputes and support minority-owned businesses. District Judge John McConnell in Providence, Rhode Island, agreed with 21 mostly Democrat-led states that Trump’s March executive order directing that the agencies effectively be wiped out violated the US constitution. “This executive order ...