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  • May 19, 2026

    Concrete Co. Loses Challenge To Worker Wage Classification

    A concrete services company lost its challenge Tuesday to the way the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries classified its employees, with a state appeals court holding that L&I properly classified the workers as construction site surveyors who were owed higher wages.

  • May 19, 2026

    Feds Seek To Drop Emissions Case For 2 Ex-Fiat Managers

    Federal prosecutors moved to dismiss a superseding indictment charging former Fiat Chrysler Automobiles managers with deceiving regulators about the emissions controls and fuel efficiency for more than 100,000 cars sold in the U.S., according to a brief filed Tuesday in Michigan federal court.

  • May 19, 2026

    4th Circ. Revives Freight Broker Suit After High Court Ruling

    The Fourth Circuit on Monday revived a South Carolina widow's lawsuit alleging that freight broker Echo Global Logistics negligently selected the trucking company involved in the 2022 accident that killed her husband, days after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling established that freight brokers can face state-based tort claims.

  • May 19, 2026

    Auto Repair Co. Strikes Deal In 401(k) Forfeiture Suit

    An auto repair chain has agreed to settle a Texas federal court suit claiming it cost workers millions of dollars in retirement savings by using forfeited funds from the plan to pay down its own contribution bills rather than plan management costs, according to a court filing Tuesday.

  • May 19, 2026

    PTAB Ends Repetitive Challenges To Mercury Removal IP

    The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has tossed a pair of challenges to mercury removal patents owned by Birchtech Corp., saying the challengers were prioritizing separate bids to invalidate the same patents.

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