Analysis

DOL E-Delivery Push Pleases Mgmt. And Worker Attys Alike

By Kellie Mejdrich

Recently proposed U.S. Department of Labor regulations that would encourage e-delivery of employee health plan documents are winning plaudits from both sides of the benefits bar for potentially streamlining the process and augmenting online transparency. Here are three things to know about the DOL's proposal.

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Surgical Co. Trims Tobacco Fee Suit In Texas

By Kellie Mejdrich

A Texas federal judge pared some claims from a proposed class action alleging that a surgical company wrongly imposed a surcharge on the health plans of workers who used tobacco, while opening discovery on other allegations she found had stated a claim for violating federal benefits law.

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Cushman & Wakefield 401(k) Climate Risk Suit Shipped To Ill.

By Isaac Monterose

A proposed class action accusing commercial real estate services giant Cushman & Wakefield of mismanaging its 401(k) plan by including a fund that ignores climate change-related financial risks has been transferred to Illinois federal court by a Washington federal judge, according to a recently filed order.

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9th Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of Investor Suit Against SunPower

By Craig Clough

The Ninth Circuit on Friday affirmed the dismissal of a proposed securities class action accusing solar power equipment company SunPower and some of its leaders of concealing a product defect, finding the plaintiffs did not plausibly allege the company had advance knowledge of the issue.

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2 Conservative Airbnb Investors Drop Proxy Bias Suit

By Nadia Dreid

Two right-leaning institutional investors that accused Airbnb of wrongly excluding their shareholder proposals from proxy materials have been allowed to quietly drop their lawsuit against the short-term rental business.

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Cogent Investors Say ISP Misled Them About Wavelength Biz

By Nadia Dreid

Cogent Communications has been hit with a stock drop suit accusing it of misleading investors about the viability of its wavelength business, which the company had billed as the solution to financial issues that arose after purchasing Sprint's wireline business for $1.

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CVS Seeks Toss Of Hospitals' 340B Suits In NY, Mich.

By Hope Patti

CVS urged New York and Michigan federal courts to toss separate suits brought by hospital operators accusing the health giant of diverting savings from the federal 340B Drug Pricing Program to itself, saying the suits purport to raise key questions about the program when they actually concern simple contract disputes.

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Brief

Milbank Issues Bonuses To Associates, Special Counsel

By Andrea Keckley

Milbank LLP is continuing to lead the way on bonuses, confirming Monday it has issued a round of special bonuses ranging from $6,000 for the class of 2026 and 2025 associates to $25,000 for the class of 2021 associates and beyond.

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Cooley Owes $25.4M Judgment To NJ Biotech Co. Founder

By Brian Steele

A New Jersey state court on Monday entered a $25.4 million judgment against Cooley LLP after a jury found the multinational firm had committed malpractice in its representation of a biotech founder who said his own lawyers assisted in shoving him out of his company.

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ABA Says Feds' Susman Godfrey DQ Bid Is More Intimidation

By Lauren Berg

The American Bar Association on Monday urged the D.C. federal judge overseeing its lawsuit challenging 2025 executive orders targeting law firms to reject the Trump administration's bid to have Susman Godfrey LLP disqualified as plaintiffs' counsel, calling it the latest "effort to intimidate" the American legal profession.

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Quinn Emanuel's Ethics Training 'Promising,' Judge Says

By Bonnie Eslinger

A California federal judge Monday approved a court-ordered ethics training program prepared by Quinn Emanuel in the wake of misrepresentations the firm made concerning an expert in a false advertising suit brought by Guardant Health against its client Natera, saying the firm had designed an "extremely promising" eight-hour program.

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Simpson Thacher Atty Says Patriot Nat'l Founder Sank Co.

By Madison Arnold

A Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP partner wrapped up her testimony Monday in a Florida state malpractice trial brought by the founder of Patriot National Inc., telling the jury that the founder was willing to forgo establishing a floor on the value of so-called Series B warrants, which he says contributed to the company's demise.

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Series

Judges On AI: Examining Administrative, Organizational Uses

U.S. District Judge Alan Albright of the Western District of Texas examines how artificial intelligence could transform a court's ability to deal with administrative work and organize materials when preparing for hearings or drafting opinions, thereby affording judges more time to resolve contested issues.

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300+ Public Defenders Strike In The Bronx

By Andrea Keckley and Daniel Moritz-Rabson

More than 300 attorneys and staff with the Bronx Defenders Union went on strike Monday, one year after the last time the union walked off the job.

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Comey Says Seashell Post No Threat To Trump

By Abigail Harrison

Former FBI Director James Comey urged a North Carolina federal court Monday to dismiss an indictment stemming from a social media post he made last year, arguing the post doesn't constitute a "true threat" to President Donald Trump.

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