PBGC Accused Of Mismanaging Pension Bailout Program

By Patrick Hoff

A coalition of 22 terminated multiemployer pension plans accused the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. of unlawfully blocking them from receiving $450 million in bailout funds from a special financial assistance program, alleging they've been relegated to an indefinite "waitlist" despite congressional instructions to move quickly.

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Husch Blackwell Gets Early Win In Ex-Partner's 401(k) Suit

By Andrea Keckley

A Missouri federal court granted Husch Blackwell LLP an early win over a former employee's proposed class action alleging the firm illegally withheld retirement contributions and mismanaged its employee 401(k) plan, finding the ex-partner couldn't prove violations of federal benefits law.

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Lithia Motors Gets Trim Of 401(k) Forfeiture, Fund Suit

By Kellie Mejdrich

A California federal judge agreed to trim claims from a proposed class action against Lithia Motors alleging the car dealership company mismanaged its $1 billion employee 401(k) plan by misallocating forfeitures and offering subpar investments, while also opening discovery on some allegations in the dispute.

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Penn State Health Gets Retirement Fund Suit Trimmed

By Kellie Mejdrich

A Pennsylvania federal judge agreed to pare claims from a proposed class action against Penn State Health from an employee who alleged mismanagement of two defined-contribution 401(k) and 403(b) plans, but opened discovery allegations that underperforming investment options breached fiduciary duties.

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PATH Transit Agency Can't Evade Worker's Medical Bill Award

By George Woolston

A New Jersey federal judge declined to alter $913,000 awarded to a Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corp. cable splicer for medical expenses after he was injured on the job, holding that the jury had a reasonable basis to reach its verdict and that the award was not excessive.

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Brief

Waffle House Tobacco Fee Suit Switches Districts In Georgia

By Kellie Mejdrich

A Georgia federal court Thursday accepted the transfer of a proposed class action against Waffle House targeting its $92-a-month employee health plan tobacco fee, which parties to the dispute had jointly requested to be shipped from an adjacent district.

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Series

Ballet Makes Me A Better Lawyer

A lifetime of learning and performing ballet taught me that success — whether in dance or practicing law — comes only through hours of thorough preparation, boundless energy and relentless effort, says Sharon Katz-Pearlman at Greenberg Traurig.

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Quinn Emanuel, McDermott Hit By Data Breaches

By Lauren Berg

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP and McDermott Will & Schulte LLP both recently suffered data breaches, adding to the dozens of cybersecurity incidents law firms in the U.S. have suffered in 2026.

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Analysis

Boutique Firms Emerge As Trump Admin's 'Achilles' Heel'

By Phillip Bantz

Less fearful of retribution than some of their BigLaw counterparts, small law firms are taking on an outsize role handling cases seen as adversarial to the Trump administration.

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Interview

Federal Judge Warns Threats Imperil Judicial Independence

By Carolina Bolado

U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom of the Southern District of Florida told Law360 that judges and members of the bar need to educate the public on the judiciary's important role in American democracy to combat increasing threats, speaking following the release of two reports this week that warn of safety concerns for judges and that defiance of court orders is undermining the federal judiciary's independence.

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Former Girardi Keese CFO Drops Appeal Of 5-Year Fraud Term

By Emily Sawicki

The Seventh Circuit has granted onetime Girardi Keese financial chief Christopher Kamon's request to drop the appeal he lodged fighting an Illinois federal judge's order adding five concurrent years onto the 10 he is already serving for his role helping Tom Girardi, the head of the firm, steal millions from plane crash clients who settled cases in Chicago.

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Pirro Urges House Ethics Panel To Refer Crime Claims To DOJ

By Courtney Bublé

U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro has told the House Ethics Committee that as cases involving criminal misconduct come before it, her office should be involved too.

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Fox Rothschild Says Adult Day Care Suit Rehashes Claims

By Rose Krebs

Fox Rothschild LLP is urging a New Jersey state court to toss claims against the firm and one of its attorneys in a complaint related to the firm's prosecution of a fraudulent loan lawsuit that led to a $65,000 sanction against the firm.

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