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August 21, 2025
A New Jersey federal judge cut defamation claims brought against an aerospace hardware company by its former president on Thursday, but allowed his wrongful-termination claims to proceed, finding that he sufficiently pled a causal connection between his protected whistleblowing activities and his firing.
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August 21, 2025
The family of a man killed in a 2018 collision has told the Fifth Circuit that freight broker Penske cannot claim ignorance to escape liability for negligently hiring the unsafe motor carrier and driver who caused the Texas accident.
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August 21, 2025
Northwestern University's former football coach Pat Fitzgerald has settled his contract breach and defamation suit alleging he was fired without cause amid an investigation into hazing claims, with the school announcing Thursday that evidence revealed during discovery showed Fitzgerald never condoned or directed any hazing, and no player reported hazing to Fitzgerald.
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August 21, 2025
A D.C. Circuit panel said Thursday that the Trump administration can continue blocking two ousted National Credit Union Administration leaders from returning to the agency's board while it appeals a lower-court ruling reinstating them.
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August 21, 2025
The Trump administration is urging the D.C. Circuit to leave its panel's split decision that nonprofits can't force the government to release foreign aid in place, arguing that full en banc review is unnecessary and that private enforcement of the Impoundment Control Act would run afoul of the law.
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August 21, 2025
A former principal for a California environmental consulting firm asked a Michigan federal judge Thursday to dissolve or narrow a restraining order barring her from taking a job at a competitor, calling the order a "sweeping" ban that would "destroy" her career.
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August 20, 2025
An Illinois federal judge on Tuesday denied a bid by the U.S. Department of Justice to block provisions of a recently amended Illinois law restricting the use of systems such as E-Verify to check prospective workers' employment eligibility and dismissed the case outright, calling the DOJ's interpretation of the relevant preemption clause "broad to the point of absurdity."
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August 19, 2025
A magistrate in the Delaware Chancery Court has entered an order for contempt and sanctions, as well as a receivership, against private equity firm 777 Partners in its former chief financial officer's suit seeking advancement of legal fees in connection with a fraud investigation and multiple lawsuits related to the company's business.
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August 19, 2025
The U.S. Department of Transportation on Tuesday called out three states' apparent failures in enforcing licensing standards for commercial truck drivers following last week's deadly highway crash in Florida that left three people dead and instantly became a flash point for the Trump administration's hard-line immigration policies.
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August 19, 2025
A Tennessee federal judge dismissed Fair Labor Standards Act claims brought by operating room technicians claiming their ex-employer, SpecialtyCare, unlawfully required them to repay tens of thousands of dollars for specialty training, plus interest, if they quit within three years, but the judge greenlit their Truth in Lending Act claims.
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August 19, 2025
The Georgia Court of Appeals on Tuesday threw out a suit seeking to hold Norfolk Southern liable for a longtime worker's hip injuries, saying the plaintiff's medical expert submitted a report that did not properly discuss how the alleged negligence caused his injuries.
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August 19, 2025
In sometimes chiding language, a Delaware vice chancellor ruled on Tuesday a New York federal judge will go first in a multicourt battle over Delaware-chartered insurance brokerage Marsh McLennan's challenges to employee defections allegedly orchestrated by Howden Holdings Ltd.
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August 19, 2025
The fired leader of the U.S. Copyright Office urged the D.C. Circuit to reject the Trump administration's arguments that her dismissal was lawful, asking the appeals court on Tuesday to return her to her job before Congress returns from recess Sept. 2.
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August 19, 2025
A Connecticut-based title insurance company and its subsidiary have argued in a court filing that a former board member lacks standing under Delaware and Florida law to assert fiduciary duty claims against fellow directors, the companies and their in-house counsel.
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August 18, 2025
The Trump administration urged a Rhode Island federal judge to toss claims that massive cuts to the Health and Human Services Department violate the U.S. Constitution and usurp congressional authority, arguing the state plaintiffs don't have the authority to dictate how the executive branch manages its personnel.
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August 18, 2025
Executives and board members of Cencora Corp. tentatively settled a stockholder derivative suit for $111.25 million, VectoIQ board members reached a $6.3 million deal on stockholder claims over electric carmaker Nikola's prospects, and class attorneys who secured a $50 million derivative suit settlement saw their proposed 25% attorney fee cut by almost half. Here's the latest from the Delaware Chancery Court.
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August 18, 2025
A New York bankruptcy judge on Monday upheld the bulk of a $2.9 million award in favor of recruiting firm Major Lindsey & Africa LLC against its former employee, ruling she cannot discharge the penalty in her Chapter 7 case.
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August 18, 2025
A split Pennsylvania appeals panel on Monday upheld a $7.3 million jury verdict in a suit accusing a construction company of negligently causing a subcontract worker to get hit by a SEPTA train while working, saying the company can't be considered the man's employer for purposes of workers compensation immunity.
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August 18, 2025
Storehouse In A Box secured a permanent injunction against its former general counsel and chief operating officer, barring him from using or accessing confidential information the e-commerce company alleges he misappropriated after being put on leave, according to a Monday order.
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August 18, 2025
Life sciences data company IQVIA Inc. has settled a suit that alleged data rival Veeva Systems Inc. used "crowdsourcing" to misappropriate trade secrets, the two companies said Monday.
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August 18, 2025
Employment and labor law practice Littler Mendelson PC announced Monday that it has opened an office in Montreal, with a new of counsel from employer of record Globalization Partners.
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August 18, 2025
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP is expanding its West Coast team, announcing Monday it is bringing in a Kirkland & Ellis LLP executive benefits expert as a partner in its year-old Los Angeles office.
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August 15, 2025
Engineering and environmental consulting firm Partner Assessment Corp. has asked a federal judge to block a former principal from taking a high-level role at another firm, saying the former employee violated a noncompete agreement by accepting a job at a direct competitor.
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August 14, 2025
Two window-washing companies in Las Vegas are on the hook for more than $1.2 million in withdrawal liability to a union pension plan, a Nevada federal judge determined, concluding the businesses are successors of older companies.
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August 14, 2025
A Massachusetts judge on Thursday barred two former Market Basket executives from returning to any of its stores or headquarters amid a fight for control over the regional supermarket chain, three days after the company went to court to enforce no-trespassing orders.