The Third Circuit on Thursday wrestled with whether to overturn a judge's verdict against chemical companies Corteva and DuPont in a suit from pensioners who claimed they were misled about how a merger and spinoff would affect their retirement benefits, with judges questioning the standing of individuals leading the suit.
The Third Circuit on Thursday wrestled with whether to overturn a judge's verdict against chemical companies Corteva and DuPont in a suit from pensioners who claimed they were misled about how a merger and spinoff would affect their retirement benefits, with judges questioning the standing of individuals leading the suit.
Multinational appliance manufacturer Electrolux owes an International Association of Machinists pension fund $32 million, a D.C. federal judge ruled, affirming an arbitration award over the company's protests.
An attorney who filed a proposed RICO class action in New York tied to a Federal Trade Commission case alleging a $91 million sham health insurance scheme is fighting a receiver's dismissal and sanctions bid, telling a Florida federal court he never defied its orders.
A New York federal judge ruled Thursday that aerospace giant Safran must immediately pay off its $1.7 million withdrawal liability bill to the National Retirement Fund, even though the parties are currently in arbitration battling out whether the company can be held responsible for the payment.
Zeta Global Holdings Corp. must face a proposed securities class action accusing the marketing technology company of misleading investors about the way it collected consumer data and its use of so-called consent farms, with a New York federal judge finding that the suit adequately pleads material misstatements and knowledge of wrongdoing.
Adult family homes in Washington cannot use a state minimum wage exemption to deny wage-and-hour protections to caregivers who live where they work, the Washington Supreme Court ruled Thursday, holding the carveout unconstitutional as applied to workers in what it deemed a dangerous job.
The estate of a man who died after a motorcycle crash is seeking to recover $2.5 million from the other driver's insurers, telling a Connecticut state court that the carriers failed to protect their insured from an excess judgment by refusing to accept a $300,000 policy limits settlement offer.
Landing a trophy striped bass and closing a big deal both require cultivating the patience to finesse — not force — your way to desired outcomes, changing course when your old approach isn’t working and learning from the ones that got away, says Jon Ruiss at Alston & Bird.
"Smart" glasses containing cameras and other recording devices will be banned from all state courts in New York beginning later this month, making it the apparent first in the nation to implement a statewide blanket ban on the wearable technology.
A former associate attorney who was on the partnership track at Jackson Lewis PC has brought suit against the employment law firm in California state court, alleging that it refused to accommodate her temporary medical restrictions after she returned from leave and pressured her to accept a demotion or resign.
When Associate Attorney General Stanley E. Woodward Jr. quietly took over direct oversight late last month of the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division, there was no formal announcement, no White House action or U.S. Senate consultation, and little to signal what lies ahead.
An Arizona federal judge is mulling fee sanctions against an attorney found to have included erroneous quotations in a brief she filed in her client's employment discrimination case, amid what he called her history of "improper litigation conduct" in the pending matter and previous cases.
Chicago's U.S. attorney stood silent for nearly 30 minutes Thursday as an Illinois magistrate judge sternly criticized him for publicly discussing a gang-related kidnapping case before it was officially unsealed, though she stopped short of finding his conduct constituted a deliberate violation of court orders.
A former Wisconsin state judge convicted of obstructing immigration authorities trying to arrest a defendant after he appeared in her courtroom lodged an appeal before the Seventh Circuit on Thursday, after avoiding a prison sentence but being fined $5,000.
Individuals working in then-special counsel Jack Smith's office may have mishandled classified information while investigating President Donald Trump, according to messages obtained by the Senate Judiciary Committee, committee Chair Sen. Chuck Grassley has told the U.S. Department of Justice.
A South Dakota hotel must pay an Indigenous advocacy group about $2.5 million in attorney fees following a trial jury's $63,191 verdict in a civil rights case claiming the business discriminated against Native American tribe members based on race, a federal judge has ruled.
