A Massachusetts federal judge said Monday that AT&T should be cut loose from a suit brought by retirees who claimed the company brokered a risky $8 billion pension annuity deal, adding that the investment manager that chose the annuity provider can't fully avoid the suit.
A Massachusetts federal judge said Monday that AT&T should be cut loose from a suit brought by retirees who claimed the company brokered a risky $8 billion pension annuity deal, adding that the investment manager that chose the annuity provider can't fully avoid the suit.
The Eighth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a worker's suit challenging the Social Security Administration's denial of her bid for disability benefits, finding it was fair game for an administrative law judge to credit an agency doctor's opinion that she was more physically capable than she had claimed.
Four investors and their pension plans owe $476 million for their role in a tax fraud scheme against the Danish government, the Second Circuit affirmed Monday, rejecting the investors' contention that they are beyond the reach of Danish revenue collectors.
A Connecticut appeals court upheld the denial of a widow's claim for workers' compensation after her husband had a cardiac event she said was caused by work stress at General Dynamics, ruling an administrative law judge was fair to attribute his death to his pre-existing heart disease.
An air ambulance company has told a Virginia federal court that two Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield affiliates and nearly two dozen plan sponsors violated the No Surprises Act by failing to pay more than $854,000 in binding arbitration awards stemming from the provision of out-of-network emergency services.
The two partners facing a $6 million clawback demand by Clifford Chance LLP have again asked a federal judge to decide whether English or New York law should govern the arbitration, claiming the firm's partnership agreement is unclear.
U.S. District Judge Alan Albright oversaw more than 50 patent trials between his 2018 arrival on the bench and planned Monday departure, and in a surprise for many attorneys, there was a near-even split between victories for patent owners and accused infringers.
Verbal attacks on judges, disinformation about the courts and the defiance of court orders are undermining the independence of the federal judiciary and significantly affecting individual judges' ability to do their jobs, a report out Monday says.
In this month's review of defamation fights, Law360 details a jury verdict against The New York Times in a suit involving its reporting on a shooting in Alabama, and highlights a judge's decision to spare researchers from a suit by a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary over their talc research.
The House passed a bipartisan bill via voice vote Monday afternoon to add transparency to prosecutors' use of nondisclosure orders for telephone service providers.
The Delaware Chancery Court this past week saw disputes over a $200 million federal grant, a $1.7 billion software take-private deal, the ouster of Better.com founder Vishal Garg and a proposed $4 million settlement stemming from an electric vehicle company's SPAC merger.
Massachusetts' legal landscape saw a sizzling summer finish, with several major firms making hires. Kirkland added a veteran white collar defense attorney, Troutman bolstered its real estate team and Day Pitney nabbed an experienced corporate attorney.
