Former John Deere workers alleging the company manipulated performance ratings to reduce severance payouts advanced their proposed class action to discovery, convincing an Illinois federal judge that the alleged conduct sufficiently stated a claim for violating federal benefits law.
Former John Deere workers alleging the company manipulated performance ratings to reduce severance payouts advanced their proposed class action to discovery, convincing an Illinois federal judge that the alleged conduct sufficiently stated a claim for violating federal benefits law.
A Pittsburgh man pled guilty to falsely presenting himself as an employee from the U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration in order to take control of local businesses' retirement plans, according to a federal court filing.
Regions Bank unlawfully charged employees who used tobacco and vapes hundreds of dollars more per year to obtain health benefits without sufficiently providing a way to avoid the surcharge, according to a proposed class action filed in Florida federal court.
A pharmacy benefit manager accused by Florida's attorney general of colluding with a competitor to fix prescription drug reimbursement rates for pharmacies removed the state's suit to federal court, citing its work for federal and military employees.
The First Circuit refused to reinstate a lawsuit from a data architect who said a health benefits company fired her because she's a woman, saying she hadn't alleged that colleagues responsible for "stray" sexist comments played a role in her termination.
The U.S. Department of Labor's proposed rule would redefine who may act as an employer for purposes of sponsoring a group health plan under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, potentially extending cost relief to many more businesses, says W. James Hamilton at Bose McKinney.
Gibson Dunn is set to hire the U.S. and London-based private funds teams from Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, bringing on 120 attorneys in the largest group move reported since Weil's management committee recommended last week that the firm wind down operations.
Litigation funders can rest easy, for now, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce will need to rethink its approach after last night's midterm elections saw Democrats rout Republicans, scrambling a yearslong effort for federal regulation of litigation finance that's so far relied on Republicans.
Democrats are poised to oversee a majority of state attorneys general offices around the country after Tuesday's elections saw the party hang on to all of its existing seats and flip control of five offices from the Republicans, according to unofficial election results.
Former SCOTUSblog publisher Tom Goldstein was hit with a $1 million forfeiture order Wednesday by a Maryland federal judge in the wake of his tax and mortgage fraud trial, where the appellate advocate was convicted on a dozen charges.
From BigLaw attorneys and solo practitioners to university professors, thousands of attorney volunteers turned out for Tuesday's midterm elections to ensure American voters' ballots would be counted.
Trump advisor Boris Epshteyn will answer for himself why he has allegedly been evading subpoenas in the American Bar Association's legal challenge to the administration's law firm targeting campaign, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Wednesday.
Holland & Hart LLP and two of its attorneys were accused of malpractice in Colorado state court Tuesday by a former client who claims the attorneys failed to inform her that a wealth transfer plan with her then-husband left her iced out of the couple's most valuable asset.
The National Crime Victim Law Institute has accused the U.S. Department of Justice in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims of unlawfully terminating a $500,000 cooperative agreement aimed at strengthening legal support for disabled crime victims in the wake of an executive order against diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
The 2026 midterm elections included bids for office by several former U.S. Department of Justice officials and nominees for the federal bench, with one race a dead heat and several others decided as of early Wednesday.
