Ex-Altria Worker Gets Partial 4th Circ. Win In 401(k) Fight

By Grace Elletson

The Fourth Circuit revived part of an ex-Altria worker's suit claiming the company didn't move quick enough to liquidate his 401(k) assets so he could invest the cash in anticipation of a stock market bump, finding Monday he was improperly denied a contract document for the plan's record keeper.

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Feds Propose Regs On Trump Account Income Exclusion

By Kellie Mejdrich

The U.S. Treasury Department and IRS proposed regulations Monday on how employers can contribute to Trump Accounts, the new tax-advantaged brokerage accounts for children, along with guidelines on how to apply rules for nondiscrimination testing to those contributions.

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9th Circ. Backs City Of Tacoma In Pension Liability Rate Fight

By Ben Adlin

A Ninth Circuit panel sided with the city of Tacoma, Washington, in a pension fund dispute Monday, holding that a lower court correctly upheld an arbitrator's reassessment of the city's liability after it withdrew from the Western Metal Industry Pension Fund following the expiration of underlying collective bargaining agreements.

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Arkansas Medical System Escapes Target-Date 401(k) Suit

By Kellie Mejdrich

An Arkansas federal judge on Monday dismissed a proposed class action alleging Arkansas medical system Washington Regional mismanaged the system's employee 401(k) plan, holding that allegations of underperforming investment funds weren't backed up with enough comparisons to better-performing ones to state a claim for violating federal benefits law.

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9th Circ. Backs Unum Win In Worker's Long-COVID Fight

By Craig Clough

The Ninth Circuit on Monday affirmed an insurance company's win in an ex-worker's suit alleging his long-term disability benefits stemming from his bout with long COVID were wrongfully denied, upholding a district court's decision to back the insurer's denial based on the medical evidence. 

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Judge Certifies Military Class In Delta Pilots' Leave Suit

By MJ Koo

Delta pilots who alleged that the airline failed to pay them for short-term military absences secured class certification in Georgia federal court, with a judge finding the core question of whether the airline's uniform leave policy violates federal military leave law can be resolved using common evidence.

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Electrolux Seeks DC Circ. Review Of IAM Pension's $32M Win

By Patrick Hoff

Appliance manufacturer Electrolux is turning to the D.C. Circuit to challenge a $32 million arbitration award in favor of an International Association of Machinists pension fund after a trial court upheld the award last month over the company's objections.

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Logistics Firm Hit With Suit Over Tobacco Use Surcharge

By Carla Baranauckas

Logistics firm NFI Industries Inc. unlawfully imposed a tobacco use surcharge on thousands of workers without offering mandated wellness program alternatives in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, a proposed class claimed in a New Jersey federal court complaint.

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4 Firms Vie To Lead Investor Class Action Against Roblox

By Jonathan Capriel

Roblox investors who claim they've lost a combined $48 million after an age-verification rollout triggered an 18% stock price collapse are competing to lead the proposed securities class action in California federal court against the online game platform, with Motley Rice LLC, Johnson Van Kwawegen LLP, Grant & Eisenhofer PA and the Rosen Law Firm PA all arguing they are the best firm for the job.

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Trump Picks Ex-Personal Lawyer As New White House Counsel

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump's incoming White House counsel is a former personal attorney for the president who is already working for the White House and was at the U.S. Department of Justice during his first term.

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Ill. Gov. Signs Bill Restricting PE Role In Legal Industry

By Emma Cueto

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has signed into law a bill designed to target nonlawyer ownership of law firms, outlawing fee sharing with out-of-state alternative business structures and attempting to place restrictions on law firms' use of managed services organizations.

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Spa Fights 9th Circ.'s 'Swinging Dicks' Order At High Court

By Jeff Overley

The Ninth Circuit's rejection of a spa's religious objections to serving transgender customers is incompatible with several major precedents, according to a U.S. Supreme Court petition filed Monday in litigation that soared in prominence when dozens of circuit judges decried a salacious dissent.

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CREXi Can't Stay CoStar Case For Quinn Emanuel DQ Appeal

By Matthew Perlman

A California federal court rejected a bid Monday from Commercial Real Estate Exchange Inc., or CREXi, for a stay in CoStar's copyright case while CREXi looks to undo the disqualification of its attorneys from Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP.

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Biz Owners Appeal Morgan Lewis Win In Tax Shelter Suit

By Andrea Keckley

A pair of business owners asked the Florida Supreme Court to reverse a decision affirming judgment in favor of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP in a dispute over whether the law firm had routed income through illegal tax shelters.

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