Shipbuilder Sinks Forfeiture Claims In 401(k) Fee Suit

By Kellie Mejdrich

A Virginia federal judge on Monday trimmed an ex-worker's proposed class action against a military shipbuilding company alleging mismanagement of a $5.9 billion employee 401(k) plan, holding that some excessive fee claims could proceed to discovery but that allegations of misspent forfeitures failed to state a claim.

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FedEx Seeks High Court Review Of 6th Circ. Pension Ruling

By Katherine Smith

FedEx has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review the Sixth Circuit's decision to revive two proposed class actions alleging Kellogg's and FedEx's outdated actuarial assumptions shortchanged joint-and-survivor benefits for retirees, claiming the circuit court's "erroneous" interpretation of federal benefits law warrants high court review.

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Fla. Judge Keeps Publix Autism Claims Dispute In Fed. Court

By David Minsky

A Florida federal judge has denied a medical services provider's bid to send its lawsuit alleging that Publix Super Markets Inc. underpaid billing claims for children's autism healthcare back to state court, saying their claims are preempted by a federal law regulating employee benefits plans. 

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Ex-NFL Player Gets New Trial In $328M Medicare Fraud Case

By Elaine Briseño

A Texas federal judge has granted a new trial for a former NFL player convicted in a $328 million Medicare billing scheme, finding that the government presented unreliable testimony and did not identify the alleged lies the defendant used to influence physicians.

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Fla. Woman Cops To Fraud In Collecting Epstein Victim Funds

By Gina Kim

A Florida woman pled guilty last week in New York federal court to wire fraud and admitted submitting fabricated documents to obtain $750,000 from a compensation fund established for Jeffrey Epstein's victims in separate civil litigation after she had previously been deemed ineligible for compensation.

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Regeneron Investors Can't Use FCA Action To Support Suit

By Sydney Price

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. and its executives have beaten a proposed class action accusing them of misleading investors about the company's revenue prospects for its vision loss drug and inflating reimbursements, with a judge ruling that the suit does not use the U.S. Department of Justice's False Claims Act suit against the company to plead share losses.

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HHS Defends Move To Limit Noncitizen Medicaid Benefits

By Ganesh Setty

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has urged a Washington federal court not to block provisions in the 2025 federal budget bill generally denying Medicaid benefits to noncitizens receiving supplemental security income, countering claims of conflicting statutory language.

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Texas Firms Sued Over Alleged VA Benefits Fee Scheme

By Madeline Lyskawa

Two Texas firms accused of charging disabled veterans illegal fees in exchange for helping them obtain higher disability ratings and larger monthly disability payments removed to D.C. federal court a proposed class action filed by a veterans service organization.

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Legal Deserts: Millions Across America Struggle To Access Lawyers

Tens of millions of Americans live in towns and counties across the nation with limited or no access to legal services. By one estimate, at least a third of the nation's counties qualify as a "legal desert," having only one or no attorney per 1,000 residents. Roughly 24 million Americans reside in these counties.

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Greenberg Traurig Hit With Action Over Client Data Breach

By Matt Perez

A proposed class of Greenberg Traurig LLP clients said the New York law firm failed to secure their personal data prior to a preventable data breach and delayed notifying clients of the breach for two weeks, in an action filed over the weekend in New York federal court seeking injunctive and other equitable relief to protect client data.

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Tesla Atty Misled Witness Days Before Bias Trial, Judge Hears

By Dorothy Atkins

The California Civil Rights Department asked a California judge for a protective order Monday on the first day of a bench trial over claims Tesla Inc. fostered racism at its Fremont factory, after a witness testified that an in-house Tesla attorney recently called him and misled him into believing he represented the agency.

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New Calif. Law Bars Legal Funders From Influencing Litigation

By Jack Karp

Corporate investors and litigation funders will be barred from influencing litigation strategy in California under a new bill signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom.

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She Has A Point: Fenwick's Jessica Kaempf

By Theresa Schliep

Jessica Kaempf of Fenwick & West LLP is a pragmatic yet tenacious attorney whose representation of her clients has earned her plaudits from Kathi Vidal of Winston Taylor, who praised Kaempf as part of a Law360 series celebrating women litigators.

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$1.35M Class Deal Reached Over Botched Calif. Bar Exam

By Emily Johnson

Takers of the February 2025 California bar exam that was marred by technical failures have agreed to settle their proposed class action against the proctor for $1.35 million, while the company also agreed to complete quality checks before proctoring future bar examinations, according to a motion seeking preliminary approval in federal court.

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Ex-Prosecutor Escapes Jan. 6 Atty's Defamation Suit

By Jared Foretek

Former federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann on Monday won judgment on the pleadings in a defamation case brought by attorney Stefan Passantino, who had represented Cassidy Hutchinson, after Passantino alleged Weissmann had defamed him when saying he'd "coached" Hutchinson "to lie" to the January 6th Select Committee.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court this past week dismissed a challenge to Alteryx Inc.'s $4.4 billion take-private sale, resolved a fight over the removal of a security technology company's director and declined to let Empery Digital Inc. immediately appeal a proxy contest ruling.

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