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April 30, 2026
A painting company that defeated litigation claiming it owed a union pension fund $427,000 can't make the fund cover its roughly $350,000 in legal fees, a New Jersey federal judge ruled, saying the company could only clinch fee coverage if the fund acted unreasonably, which it didn't.
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April 30, 2026
A New Jersey university must face a former professor's lawsuit claiming she was demoted because she was in her 60s and fired after she complained, as a federal judge ruled her allegations were detailed enough to stay in court.
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April 30, 2026
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern on Thursday submitted a revised application to federal rail regulators for their proposed $85 billion mega-merger, touting the efficiencies and cost-savings of their combined coast-to-coast rail network, while also seeking to quell competition concerns.
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April 30, 2026
A North Carolina real estate broker has alleged in a lawsuit designated by the state's business court on Wednesday that his real estate development partner stole more than $1 million from companies they own together.
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April 30, 2026
A major case settled in the North Carolina Business Court in April as new lawsuits emerged, including a complaint by health information technology company IQVIA Holdings Inc. accusing its former top brass of orchestrating a corporate raid and defecting to a competitor. In case you missed this story and others, here are the highlights.
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April 30, 2026
A Fourth Circuit panel narrowly agreed Thursday with a North Carolina private jet operator's petition challenging a conclusion that a former pilot was fired in retaliation for reporting safety issues and grounding planes, remanding a sole issue centered on the pilot's efforts to mitigate damages.
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April 30, 2026
A steakhouse chain will pay $7 million to end servers' claims that its tip-pool practices left them underpaid, a Colorado federal judge said Thursday, granting the deal preliminary approval.
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April 30, 2026
A Manhattan federal jury credited severance claims from an executive who worked for the former publisher of Sports Illustrated, awarding him over $1 million after he was fired when the billionaire founder of 5-Hour Energy drinks took control, according to a Thursday verdict sheet.
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April 30, 2026
DirecTV pushed back against the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers' bid to dismiss its suit seeking to vacate an arbitration award over layoffs of union technicians, telling a Colorado federal court its claims are sufficiently detailed to proceed.
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April 30, 2026
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. agreed to settle a Black employee's suit claiming he was passed over for a promotion in favor of a less qualified white woman because of his race and history of race bias complaints, according to a filing in D.C. federal court.
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April 29, 2026
A New York federal judge Wednesday refused to reconsider ordering Department of Government Efficiency agents to identify themselves in a lawsuit claiming DOGE unlawfully gained access to millions of federal employees' personal information, ruling that the government hasn't offered any new reason for her to rethink her opinion.
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April 29, 2026
Washington's highest court has agreed to consider hospital system Providence Health & Services' appeal of a $230 million judgment for workers who accused the provider of illegally adjusting their clock-in and clock-out times and failing to ensure they took required meal breaks.
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April 29, 2026
The Trump administration tried to shield too many documents from public view in a lawsuit challenging its cuts to the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other agencies, a California federal judge ruled, siding with a labor-led coalition in a dispute over the administration's motion for a protective order.
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April 29, 2026
Uber was recently hit with another unfavorable verdict in the second bellwether trial in multidistrict litigation over driver sex assaults, and another determination that the ride-hailing company can be liable for its drivers' negligence does not bode well for the company, experts said.
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April 29, 2026
The Eleventh Circuit on Wednesday backed a subrogation services provider's win over a former saleswoman's suit claiming she was fired because she was 69 and had lingering COVID-19 symptoms, finding no issue with a trial court's decision to toss the case.
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April 29, 2026
Fifteen U.S. Environmental Protection Agency employees have filed complaints with the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, alleging the agency unlawfully suspended them after they signed a public "declaration of dissent" against the Trump administration's policies.
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April 29, 2026
A Massachusetts federal judge has denied summary judgment to Trader Joe's ahead of a Monday trial on claims that it mismanaged its employee retirement plan.
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April 29, 2026
South Korean e-commerce giant Coupang and a former in-house compliance attorney have agreed to dismiss the lawyer's suit claiming he was wrongly fired for bringing attention to the company's alleged illegal business dealings with Iran, according to a joint filing Wednesday in Seattle federal court.
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April 29, 2026
Managers accusing gas and convenience store chain Han-Dee Hugo's of wage violations cannot proceed as a class, a North Carolina federal judge ruled, finding their claims would require individualized inquiries.
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April 29, 2026
The Third Circuit on Wednesday appeared skeptical that an attorney has standing to challenge the constitutionality of a workplace policy for New Jersey employees, asking what imminent harm she faces now that she is no longer subject to the policy.
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April 29, 2026
A Fort Worth manufacturer already received employee retention tax credits for the first three quarters of 2021, rendering moot its challenge to claw back a refund amount, the IRS told a Texas federal court.
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April 29, 2026
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission asked a New Mexico federal court to force a school district to turn over several years of employee and applicant data, the latest escalation in a Native American bias investigation that the district has criticized as vague and overly broad.
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April 29, 2026
A nursing home operator and a former certified nursing assistant have agreed to settle a lawsuit alleging the company automatically deducted meal break time from workers' pay even when they worked through their breaks, according to a North Carolina federal court record.
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April 29, 2026
A Michigan woman is suing a dispensary where she used to work and its affiliates in federal court, alleging they allowed her to be sexually harassed and then disciplined and fired her for reporting it.
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April 29, 2026
A New York federal judge won't rethink her decision to toss wage claims brought by Amazon warehouse workers who said they weren't paid for time spent undergoing mandatory security screenings, finding they failed to meet the standards for reconsideration.