Justices Won't Review Yellow Corp. Ch. 11 Pension Liabilities

By Clara Geoghegan

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected defunct trucking giant Yellow Corp.'s appeal of a bankruptcy court decision that it owes billions of dollars in retirement fund withdrawal liability, despite a pandemic-era pension fund stimulus package.

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Wash. Teachers Win $120M In 23-Year Retirement Dispute

By Ben Adlin

Washington's Department of Retirement Systems owes nearly $120 million to a class of more than 26,000 public school teachers after decades of wrongfully withholding interest and investment returns from their retirement accounts, according to a state judge's ruling in a long-running employee benefits case.

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8th Circ. Backs Tossing Ark. Worker's Pharmacy Network Suit

By Kellie Mejdrich

The Eighth Circuit on Monday turned down an employee health plan participant's bid to revive a proposed class action alleging CVS Caremark unjustly enriched itself by failing to comply with Arkansas laws on pharmacy network adequacy, holding a lower court didn't err in tossing the dispute.

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PBMs Drop Fight To Pause Insulin Case Amid Deal Talks

By Matthew Perlman

Optum, Caremark and Express Scripts on Monday dropped their appeal in a case challenging the constitutionality of the Federal Trade Commission's in-house administrative process, and the pharmacy benefit managers are working to settle the commission's remaining insulin-pricing claims.

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3rd Circ. Preview: DuPont Pensions, Detainees' Court Access

By Carla Baranauckas

An appeal testing the limits of ERISA fiduciary liability goes before the Third Circuit in July when DuPont and Corteva seek to overturn a district court ruling that a corporate spinoff damaged employees' retirement benefits. The court will also hear argument on whether heavy equipment giant Caterpillar forced a competitor out of business by pressuring a vendor. Here are some highlights from the court's July calendar.

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High Court Passes On UT Professor's Speech-Chilling Suit

By Spencer Brewer

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to take up a University of Texas at Austin professor's appeal alleging the university punished him for his conservative speech and criticism of university leadership.

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Fed. Circ. Says Vet's Atty Can't Get Fees Over New Hip Claim

By Ganesh Setty

The Federal Circuit has rejected an attorney's bid to secure attorney fees following her client's long-running quest for disability benefits from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, finding that a separate case commenced following his February 2021 hip surgery.

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Hospital That Halted Gender Care Must Show Cause

By Zach Dupont

A Colorado state court judge issued a citation on Friday to Children's Hospital Colorado ordering it to show cause for why the hospital refuses to provide gender-affirming care to patients in violation of a preliminary injunction order issued by the Colorado Supreme Court. 

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Feds Sue Mich., Other States For Not Sharing SNAP Records

By Lauren Berg

The U.S. Department of Justice is asking federal courts to force Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota and Pennsylvania to turn over their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program applicant data that the Trump administration claims it needs to uncover billions of dollars in overpayments and fraud.

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UChicago Instructor Loses Suit Over Review, Grievance Fight

By Lauraann Wood

A former instructor's dispute over an allegedly improper performance review cannot move forward against the University of Chicago and a Service Employees International Union local because he hasn't raised viable claims over the process that led to his contract nonrenewal, an Illinois federal judge said Monday.

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Professor Hits EMU With Gender Pay Disparity Suit

By Melanie Dorsey

An Eastern Michigan University interior design professor has sued the university and its board of regents in Michigan federal court, alleging the school systematically paid female faculty less than similarly situated male professors and then refused to correct the disparity after she sought a salary adjustment.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court this past week handled disputes involving controlling stockholders, executive compensation, take-private transactions, books and records demands and board governance, while the Delaware Supreme Court issued decisions in two corporate records cases previously decided in the Chancery.

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Auto Repair Co. To Pay $750K To End 401(k) Forfeiture Suit

By Grace Elletson

An auto repair chain will pay $750,000 to close a suit claiming it used forfeited funds in its retirement plan for its own benefit by paying down contribution costs instead of plan management fees that ate away at workers' savings, according to a Texas federal court filing.

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Paul Hastings Hires ERISA Benefits Partner In New York

By Jack Rodgers

Paul Hastings LLP has hired a former White & Case LLP partner to join the firm in New York, who focuses her practice on compensation and benefits issues and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the firm announced Monday.

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Takeaways From 1st Del. Ruling Applying Moelis Amendments

Delaware corporations should carefully review contractual arrangements and governance documents following the Court of Chancery's recent enforcement of a non-Delaware forum selection clause in a CEO's employment agreement under 2024 amendments to the state's General Corporation Law, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

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Ill. Law Firm MSO Bill Clashes With Court Power, Ethics Rules

An Illinois bill prohibiting law firms from certain business arrangements with management service organizations, sent to the governor for signature last week, encroaches upon the courts' constitutional powers and goes beyond the Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct in regulating investment in law-related services, says Matthew O’Hara at Smith Gambrell.

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Justice Jackson Tops High Court Book Earnings In 2025

By Ryan Boysen

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson made nearly $1.2 million in book royalties last year, bringing her total to $4.14 million and making her the most highly compensated author on the high court, according to financial disclosure forms released Monday.

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Judge Limits Vegas Trip For BigLaw Insider Trading Defendant

By Julie Manganis

A Massachusetts federal magistrate judge said Monday a defendant described by prosecutors as a "lynchpin" in the BigLaw insider trading case must limit a planned visit to Las Vegas next month to just two nights, saying she also has "concerns about the validity" of a financial statement he provided to obtain a federal defender.

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Harris Beach Murtha To Combine With Peabody & Arnold

By Christine DeRosa

Harris Beach Murtha Cullina PLLC is set to expand its footprint in the Northeast through a combination with Boston firm Peabody & Arnold LLP.

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Texas Supreme Court Weighs New Rules To Tackle AI Misuse

By Lynn LaRowe

The Texas Supreme Court has proposed rule changes intended to address the misuse of artificial intelligence, including outlining possible sanctions and requiring signatories to attest to a filing's accuracy, just as a recent state bar survey showed AI use among Lone Star State lawyers more than doubling since 2024.

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Volatility May Follow As Justices Make Agency Firings Easier​​​​​​​

By Sarah Jarvis

The policies and enforcement priorities of federal agencies may fluctuate more rapidly based on who is president, as a result of the U.S. Supreme Court's Monday decision finding that presidents have unlimited authority to fire members of independent agencies, experts told Law360.

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The End Of An 'Independent' FTC

By Bryan Koenig

Federal Trade Commission members, responsible for merger review, antitrust enforcement, consumer protection safeguards and rulemaking, and industry analysis, no longer serve at a remove from presidential authority, thanks to Monday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling that could dramatically remake the FTC and other independent agencies.

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High Court Gives Fed Independence A 'Fragile' Reprieve

By Jon Hill

The U.S. Supreme Court has thrown its weight behind Federal Reserve independence by rejecting President Donald Trump's bid to immediately oust Fed Gov. Lisa Cook, but experts say the fight over central bank control may not be finished — just moving to a new phase.

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DC Ethics Counsel Conflicted In Ethics Case, DOJ Atty Says

By Emily Sawicki

A former interim U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., is urging the D.C. federal court to disqualify the District of Columbia ethics counsel from pursuing an ethics case against him, arguing that the attorney and another lawyer from his office are conflicted and that their impartiality is in question.

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McCarter & English Missed Key Docs In $20M Loans, Court Told

By Brian Steele

A McCarter & English LLP attorney botched two multimillion-dollar loan deals by failing to secure an ironclad repayment obligation from a New York town or include mandatory documents in the closing packages, a Connecticut state court heard Monday as a long-awaited malpractice trial got underway.

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Sotomayor Says 7th Circ. 'Clearly Wrong' In Immunity Ruling

By Parker Quinlan

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to take up a case over whether qualified immunity was correctly granted to two Wisconsin prison guards who left a naked man in an often freezing cold cell for 23 hours, drawing a dissent from Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson.

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Justices Look To Shed Light On Jury Role In Pepsi TM Battle

By Ivan Moreno

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to hear a trademark fight over PepsiCo's "Mtn Dew Rise Energy" drink gives the justices a chance to clarify when juries, rather than judges, should decide whether a mark is inherently strong — a narrow question that attorneys say could affect how often infringement cases survive summary judgment.

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Ex-Pa. AG, Trump Defense Firm Want Malpractice Claims Axed

By James Boyle

An elections nonprofit is seeking to keep alive its malpractice claim against the former acting attorney general of Pennsylvania and his firm, van der Veen Hartshorn & Levin, filing a quick response over the weekend to a motion to dismiss its amended complaint in Pennsylvania federal court.

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