Jurisdiction vs standing. Jurisdiction is whether the court can rule on something and standing is whether the person suing is materially involved enough to justify filing the suit.
I can't find in the article what court they filed suit with, they could have sued in federal court for all I know. It is worth noting though, that the hospital technically did business in Texas because they had some people working from home here. Best I can tell, this means that while they aren't by Texas laws on whether to do a procedure, they can't just tell the Texas AG to stuff it if he tries to sue them, because Texas courts would technically have some jurisdiction over an entity operating in Texas.
Best I can tell, their argument for standing was that they needed to make sure the Texas residents were having their consumer rights respected. According to my very limited understanding, that argument could go either way. They couldn't stop these procedures from being done, but they might have been able to get patient records.
A union that’s organizing Waffle Houseworkers filed a petition with the Labor Department on Monday, asking federal officials to investigate the iconic chain’s policy of deducting mandatory meal costs from workers’ paychecks....
Basically, yes. They’re forcing you to purchase food, whether you want it, intend to consume it, or get to consume it.
And FWIW in the restaurant industry meal breaks are usually not a thing, so it is very common to order food and just have to scarf it down whenever you’re not using your hands or in front of guests. I used to unwrap, consume, and dispose of the packaging for a sandwich in the time it took me to walk from the door to dry storage.
Edit: also IIRC wage deductions are usually illegal unless for uniforms or ordered by a court. This is probably an easy case.
Riot cops line up next to a sign at University of Texas at Austin. ( slrpnk.net )
Edit: Name of University fixed.
Seattle hospital won't turn over gender-affirming care records in lawsuit settlement with Texas ( apnews.com )
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/14615977...
‘Sovereign citizen’ shot, killed during exchange with Harris County deputies ( www.houstonpublicmedia.org )
Waffle House Is Taking Heat For An 'Especially Alarming' Paycheck Policy ( www.huffpost.com )
A union that’s organizing Waffle Houseworkers filed a petition with the Labor Department on Monday, asking federal officials to investigate the iconic chain’s policy of deducting mandatory meal costs from workers’ paychecks....