Frontier Will Pay $14M To End 401(k) Telecom Stocks Fight

By Kellie Mejdrich

Frontier Communications Corp. has agreed to fork over approximately $14 million to end a proposed class action claiming its employee 401(k) plan was improperly overinvested in Verizon Wireless and other telecommunications stocks, according to a filing in Connecticut federal court.

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Northwell Escapes Suit Over Pension Plan Conversion

By Patrick Hoff

Northwell Health defeated a proposed class action alleging it hid cuts to workers' pension plans when converting to a cash-balance plan in the late 1990s, with a New York federal judge finding the hospital system adequately disclosed how the change could impact participants' benefits.

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J&J Asks 3rd Circ. To Block Return Of Ex-Worker's Fee Claims

By P.J. D'Annunzio

Johnson & Johnson has asked the Third Circuit to keep dismissed excessive fee claims out of a proposed class action alleging the company charged employees too much for a prescription drug benefits program, arguing that the lower court correctly tossed that portion of the suit for lack of standing.

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Utah Health System Beats 401(k) Suit Over Stable Value Fund

By Grace Elletson

A Utah federal judge tossed a suit by workers who claimed a western U.S. health system kept an underperforming stable value fund in a retirement plan and greenlighted excessive management fees, ruling their case lacks evidence that the plan could have secured better funds and fees.

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Amazon Settles With AI Worker Who Alleged It Ignored IP Law

By Craig Clough

A Los Angeles judge dismissed a lawsuit Monday by an artificial intelligence researcher who alleged the company ignored numerous laws in a frantic attempt to catch up to its artificial intelligence rivals after the parties reached an out-of-court settlement.

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UPS Driver Seeks Quick Win In Colo. Sick Leave Suit

By MJ Koo

A UPS package driver asked a Colorado federal court to rule in his favor on key issues in a proposed class action alleging the delivery giant failed to provide paid sick leave to thousands of union workers, arguing there are no disputed facts that could save the company's position.

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Mich. Crane Company Faces ERISA Benefits Suit

By Melanie Dorsey

The trustees of several Operating Engineers Local 324 benefit funds accused a crane company and its owner in Michigan federal court Friday of not making fringe benefit contributions required under a collective bargaining agreement and using the plan assets to instead pay expenses, violating ERISA.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court last week handled disputes involving corporate control, post-closing competition, executive departures, arbitration awards and shareholder litigation.

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Blanche Called Anti-Weaponization Fund 'Mistake,' Per Durbin

By Courtney Bublé

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said on Tuesday the anti-weaponization fund created as part of the president's settlement with the IRS was "a mistake," according to Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., after his meeting with Blanche.

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Justices Seek More Funds Over Increased Threats, Talk Ethics

By Courtney Bublé

U.S. Supreme Court Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Elena Kagan made rare Capitol Hill appearances Tuesday, discussing the court's budget request for fiscal 2027, the "shadow docket" and ethics issues.

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Quinn Emanuel, Spiro Ousted From CoStar Copyright Fight

By Elliot Weld

A California federal judge has disqualified Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP and its attorney Alex Spiro from representing a commercial real estate platform in a copyright infringement suit brought by CoStar, agreeing that the firm's representation of CoStar in a different case should result in its removal from this one.

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Bronx Defenders Union OKs Strike 1 Year After Last Walkout

By Andrea Keckley

The Bronx Defenders has become the third New York City-based legal aid organization to authorize a strike this month, which comes just one year after the group's most recent walkout.

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Trump Lawyer Matthew Schwartz Confirmed To 2nd Circ.

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate voted 50-45, along party lines, on Tuesday to confirm Matthew Schwartz, one of President Donald Trump's personal attorneys and a partner at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

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Ky. Law Prof Wants Court To Block Judge For Dean Pick

By Hailey Konnath

A University of Kentucky law professor asked a federal court to block U.S. District Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove from becoming the next law school dean, claiming that the appointment has "stripped the faculty" of their credibility on the basis of peer review.

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Calif. Bar Settles With Administrators Of 'Disastrous' Bar Exam

By Andrea Keckley

The State Bar of California has reached a settlement with the administrators of its "disastrous" February 2025 bar exam, whose array of highly publicized technical glitches prevented hundreds of aspiring lawyers from completing the test.

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