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• March 26, 2026

  Southwest Can't Fly Past Workers' Retirement Plan Suit

  Southwest Airlines Co. retirement plan beneficiaries pleaded sufficient facts to state claims for breach of fiduciary duty and for failure to monitor in alleging that the company and its executives failed to remove an underperforming fund that lagged its benchmark, a Texas federal judge ruled this week.

• March 26, 2026

  Pa. Justices Clarify Workers' Comp Notice For Self-Employed

  A provision of the Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Act governing notice of work-related injuries does not require sole proprietors of a business to notify their insurers of their injuries within 120 days in order to be eligible for benefits, the state's highest court ruled Thursday.

• March 26, 2026

  Ex-Flooring CEO Loses Fee Fight In Chancery

  The Delaware Chancery Court on Thursday ruled against former flooring executive Brian Carson in his bid to force his former company to cover his legal fees, finding he was not entitled to advancement under the governing LLC agreement.

• March 26, 2026

  Hand Sanitizer Co. Board, Execs Can't Slip ESOP Fight

  Executives and former board members at a hand sanitizer company must face a lawsuit claiming they helped facilitate an employee stock ownership plan's $398 million purchase of overvalued company stock, with an Illinois federal judge ruling that workers adequately alleged the executives had neglected their responsibilities.

• March 26, 2026

  DOJ Says NY-Presbyterian Blocked Lower-Cost Health Plans

  New York-Presbyterian Hospital is forcing major health insurers to contract with it on an "all-or-nothing" basis, which is driving up healthcare costs in New York City and violates federal antitrust law, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a federal lawsuit filed Thursday. 

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