“Only states have sued here, and only to vindicate their interests as states,” Bredar wrote. “They are not proxies for the workers.” The order requires the 18 agencies originally named in the lawsuit ...

In a recent decision, Gray v. Philadelphia Contributionship, 748 F. Supp. 3d 367 (D. Md. 2024), U.S. District Judge James K.

Federal probationary workers in 19 states and Washington, D.C. who were fired by President Donald Trump's administration must be reinstated, according to a new ruling.

U.S. District Judge James Bredar previously ordered officials to temporarily reinstate probationary employees fired at 18 agencies, no matter where they physically worked. Replacing that order ...

The EEOC survived a healthcare company’s bid to dismiss the agency’s disability bias suit brought on behalf of a deaf nurse, a federal judge said.

Maryland U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar ruled the workers must be reinstated by 2 p.m. on April 8, but only in the 20 specific jurisdictions that sued — contrary to plaintiffs’ requests ...

U.S. District Judge James Bredar in Maryland had previously halted all layoffs of probationary employees at the agencies but decided against a nationwide injunction in his order issued late ...

A federal judge on Tuesday said the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump cannot quickly fire thousands of probationary federal workers in 19 states and Washington, D.C., narrowing an earlier ...

U.S. District Court Judge James Bredar's order directs 18 federal agencies to "undo" the "purported terminations" of thousands of probationary federal workers before Tuesday, April 8, though the ...