Air Ambulance Co. Settles Suit Over 401(k) Fund Selection

By Grace Elletson

An air ambulance company told a Colorado federal court Tuesday that it has settled a worker's proposed class action that claimed the business failed to cut pricey share classes from its $633 million retirement plan and harmed workers' savings.

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7-Eleven Reaches Deal To End Worker's Tobacco Fee Suit

By Grace Elletson

7-Eleven struck a deal to settle a proposed class action claiming it didn't give workers who used tobacco but agreed to quit an adequate chance to avoid paying a $720 annual health plan fee, according to a filing in Texas federal court.

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6th Circ. Urged To Affirm Tobacco Fee Suit Toss

By Kellie Mejdrich

A trade group representing large employee benefit plan administrators wrote in support of insurance giant Progressive at the Sixth Circuit, asking the appellate court to back dismissal of a proposed class action alleging the insurer wrongfully charged workers more for healthcare who used tobacco and refused COVID-19 vaccination. 

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Court OKs New England Medical Network's $850K ERISA Deal

By Emily Brill

A New Hampshire federal judge has signed off on an $850,000 settlement to claims that a New England medical center network violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, bringing an end to a class action filed in 2022.

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NJ Judge Sends Exxon Retail Voting Program Suit To Texas

By Sarah Jarvis

A New Jersey federal judge Tuesday transferred to Texas a police pension fund's proposed class action against Exxon Mobil Corp. over the oil giant's first-of-its-kind retail shareholder voting program, finding the case does not have a strong enough connection to New Jersey.

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PG&E Investors Get Final OK For $100M Wildfire Suit Deal

By Sydney Price

A California federal judge Tuesday gave final approval to a $100 million deal settling claims California utility Pacific Gas & Electric Co., its brass and underwriters misled investors about the company's safety practices ahead of deadly wildfires in the past decade, with lead attorneys securing $21 million in fees.

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Vedder Adds Benefits And Exec Comp Pro From Winston Taylor

By Kellie Mejdrich

Vedder has added a seasoned employee benefits and executive compensation partner from Winston Taylor LLP to join its practice as a new shareholder in Chicago, where she will advise clients on a wide range of retirement, health and welfare benefits issues, the firm announced Tuesday.

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What To Know As Legal Duty To Consider AI Takes Shape

While the U.K. Jurisdiction Taskforce’s recent statement on liability for artificial intelligence harms is nonbinding for both U.K. and U.S. lawyers, it highlights the importance of being able to distinguish between the availability of a tool and a professional obligation to use it, say Jonny Frank and Michael Costa at StoneTurn.

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Calif. Bill Curbing PE Role In Litigation Heads To Newsom

By Lauren Berg

A California bill to ban corporate investors from influencing litigation strategy is heading to Gov. Gavin Newsom's desk after passing with bipartisan support from the state Legislature.

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Pillsbury Settles Ex-Recruiting Director's Pregnancy Bias Suit

By Grace Elletson

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP has settled a Black former director's suit claiming the law firm fired her weeks after she shared that she was pregnant and would need accommodations, according to a Tennessee federal court filing.

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DOJ Flags Breach Of Internal Policies In Apple Suit

By Bryan Koenig

The U.S. Department of Justice told a New Jersey federal judge Tuesday that its staffers breached internal policies when they shared personally identifiable information with an outside discovery vendor that was hired not by the department, but instead by the DOJ's state attorneys general partners, in the monopolization case against Apple.

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Prosecutors Say Goldstein Must Stay Behind Bars

By Jared Foretek

Federal prosecutors told the Fourth Circuit on Tuesday to keep convicted Supreme Court attorney Thomas Goldstein behind bars while he appeals his conviction, arguing that he remains a serious flight risk with wealthy overseas connections and "an ongoing danger" whose tax crimes continued "even after conviction."

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Arizona Atty Reprimanded For Series Of AI Errors

By Matt Perez

An Arizona federal judge has formally reprimanded a lawyer who admitted to filing four briefs that contained errors including false quotes and a faulty case summary generated with artificial intelligence amid an employment discrimination suit, noting the lawyer previously faced sanctions on two separate occasions for violating court rules.

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House Committee Wants DOL IG To Widen Info-Sharing Probe

By Benjamin Morse

Top House Education and Workforce Committee Republicans urged the U.S. Department of Labor's watchdog Wednesday to expand its review of information-sharing arrangements with outside groups, asking whether three additional agencies improperly disclosed confidential investigative material during the Biden administration.

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