Analysis

4 Benefits And Exec Comp Policy Moves From 2026's 1st Half

By Kellie Mejdrich

The U.S. Department of Labor's proposal for a 401(k) fund safe harbor and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's proposal to change the reporting framework for public companies are among the top policy developments from the first half of 2026 that drew benefits and executive compensation attorneys' attention. Here, Law360 looks at four recent developments that attorneys may want to know about.

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Former NCR Execs' $48M Lifetime Benefits Deal Gets 1st OK

By Gina Kim

Approximately 189 former NCR Corp. executives received a Georgia federal court's preliminary approval to their $47.7 million class action settlement resolving allegations the software company broke its commitment to periodically make annuity payments for life post-retirement, bringing the decade-long litigation closer to its end. 

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Mass. Justices Want Explanation For Workers' Comp Rate Cut

By Carolyn Muyskens

Massachusetts' highest court on Monday affirmed a decision by the state's insurance commissioner to reject proposed workers' compensation insurance rates but ordered the commissioner to explain the basis for decreeing a steeper rate cut. 

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6th Circ. Affirms Late Forfeiture Order Despite Court Blunder

By Elizabeth Daley

A Sixth Circuit panel has upheld a Kentucky federal court's order requiring a veteran convicted of stealing government funds to forfeit more than $108,000, even though the lower court did not impose forfeiture until months after the sentencing hearing.

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CSX Must Face Workers' Retaliation Claims In FMLA Suit

By Grace Elletson

A Maryland federal judge trimmed but declined to completely toss a suit from a trio of CSX Transportation Inc. workers who said they were suspended or fired for taking medical leave during holidays, saying a jury needs to probe whether a crackdown on dishonesty drove the discipline or retaliation.

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Analysis

The Moments That Shaped The Monsanto Decision

By Cara Bayles and Steven Trader

U.S. Supreme Court justices forged unusual alliances when they ruled a federal statute preempts claims Monsanto failed to warn consumers its Roundup weed killer may cause cancer. Oral arguments provided insights on the 7-2 outcome, highlighting issues the jurists were grappling with and showcasing rationales that found their way into the opinion.

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Analysis

After Tense Terms, Hints Of High Court Harmony With Circuits

By Jeff Overley

Following several U.S. Supreme Court terms teeming with reversals and rebukes of lower appeals courts, the justices this term found fault less often with rulings by circuit judges, who are likely becoming better attuned to the conservative supermajority, attorneys say.

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Feature

The Funniest Moments Of The Supreme Court's Term

By Jeff Overley

When one of the U.S. Supreme Court's most talkative members suddenly struggled to speak, the atmosphere at oral arguments grew increasingly anxious — until the justice deadpanned that it was an advocate's golden opportunity to avoid a grilling.

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DOD, Humana Seek Toss Of $270K Tricare Coverage Row

By Gianna Ferrarin

The U.S. Department of Defense and a Humana unit urged a D.C. federal court to toss allegations that they wrongfully denied Tricare coverage for a minor's inpatient mental health treatment, arguing the minor's parents lack standing because they weren't billed for the treatment at issue.

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Paralegal Says NC Law Firm Fired Her Out Of Disability Bias

By Grace Elletson

North Carolina law firm Whitaker & Hamer PLLC fired a paralegal after she asked to bring her service dog to work and for additional time off to manage flare-ups of her disability, according to a Monday lawsuit the former employee filed in federal court.

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Brief

Ill. Hospital Nonprofit Agrees To Settle Tobacco Fee Suit

By Patrick Hoff

A nonprofit hospital operator agreed to resolve a proposed class action alleging it unlawfully charged employees who used tobacco an additional fee to obtain health insurance, according to a Monday filing in Illinois federal court.

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Blank Rome Sued Over Breach Allegedly Affecting 57K People

By Steven Lerner

An attorney with Blank Rome LLP was tricked into uploading sensitive files to an external Google Drive account, allegedly exposing private information belonging to more than 57,000 individuals, according to a proposed class action accusing the law firm of inadequate cybersecurity safeguards and delayed breach notification.

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Richards Layton Faces Possible Sanctions Over AI Errors

By Rose Krebs

Richards Layton & Finger PA and one of its attorneys have been directed by the Delaware Court of Chancery to show why they should not be sanctioned for a brief submitted with "hallucinated legal propositions" generated by artificial intelligence and for not taking steps to remediate those errors.

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Partnership Docs Sealed In Clifford Chance Clawback Spat

By Ryan Boysen

A federal judge has sealed the partnership agreements that two ex-Clifford Chance LLP practice group heads who jumped to Sidley Austin LLP included in their lawsuit challenging a nearly $6 million clawback demand, after Clifford Chance claimed the tactics put it at a competitive disadvantage. 

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Murdaugh Fights Clerk's Bid To Ax Jury-Tampering Suit

By Emily Sawicki

A former court clerk found to have interfered in Alex Murdaugh's murder trial cannot escape civil claims over the tampering, the disgraced attorney told a South Carolina federal court, stating in an opposition that the clerk cannot argue her way out of the state Supreme Court's finding that she tampered with the jury.

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DOJ Looks To Block ABA's Trump Adviser Subpoenas

By Jack Karp

The American Bar Association cannot demand documents and deposition testimony from a Trump adviser in its lawsuit over the Trump administration's executive orders targeting law firms, since any communication between a presidential adviser and the chief executive is privileged, the government has told a New York federal court.

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Roc Nation Calls Out Alleged AI Citations In Fat Joe Case Brief

By Andrea Keckley

Roc Nation LLC has told a New York federal judge that plaintiff Terrance Dixon's opposition brief filed in a pending Rule 11 sanctions fight should be struck down in part because it includes what the company alleges are fabricated quotations attributed to real judicial decisions.

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Kasowitz Sued Over College Antisemitism Settlement Fees

By Adrian Cruz

A group of Columbia University students who reached a settlement with the school over alleged antisemitism on campus accused Kasowitz LLP of wrongfully taking over $6 million from the deal and engaging in "self-dealing and misappropriation."

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Split 5th Circ. Backs Bond Hearings For Immigrant Detainees

By Ganesh Setty

The Fifth Circuit has limited its recent decision permitting the federal government to subject unauthorized immigrants to mandatory detention without bond, finding such individuals are still entitled to an eventual bond hearing under their Fifth Amendment due process rights.

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GOP Bill Would Cement DOJ Fraud Division In Federal Law

By Courtney Bublé

A pair of House Republicans are looking to put a congressional stamp of approval on the new fraud division in the U.S. Department of Justice.

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Judge Says No To Amicus On Attorney Privilege In FTC Case

By Nadia Dreid

A defense bar advocacy group will not get a chance to weigh in on the FTC's antitrust case against Amazon over allegations the e-commerce behemoth used attorney-client privilege to hide evidence from discovery after a Washington federal judge declined to hear from the group.

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Nadine Menendez's Attys Rebuked For Medical Disclosures

By Carla Baranauckas

A New York federal judge rebuked Nadine Menendez's attorneys on Monday for publicly filing a request to delay her surrender date that included "extensive intimate details" of her medical condition, calling the disclosure "astonishing" and ordering the parties to refile a redacted version by Wednesday.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court last week handled disputes involving arbitration, corporate control, advancement rights, freeze-out mergers and insolvent company wind-downs.

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