High Court Should Skip Ruby Tuesday Benefits Suit, SG Says

By Alex Wittenberg

The U.S. solicitor general has urged the Supreme Court to decline to consider a suit from former Ruby Tuesday executives alleging Regions Bank inadequately protected their retirement plan benefits that were liquidated in bankruptcy, saying the "idiosyncratic" nature of the dispute makes it a poor candidate for high court review.

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Lumen Beats $1.4B Pension Swap Suit

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

A Colorado federal judge on Tuesday ruled in favor of Lumen Technologies in a class action regarding $1.4 billion in pension obligations transferred to a risky insurance company, saying that plan participants could not show they suffered a current cognizable harm of loss of protections and the threat of impending injury was unconvincing.

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Orgs Say 401(k) Forfeiture Suit Ignores Fed. Regulations

By Grace Elletson

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and an employer benefit advocacy group urged the Second Circuit to back the dismissal of a suit claiming a marketing company illegally used forfeited 401(k) funds to pay for plan contributions, stating the practice has been allowed by decades-old federal regulations.

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CEO Says HR Co. Oversold Life Insurance Policy Terms

By Grace Elletson

The CEO of an Italian food company said a human resources provider duped him into signing up for a life insurance policy by making false promises about the plan's terms, according to a suit filed in Connecticut state court.

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Manufacturer Must Face Fired Manager's FMLA Retaliation Suit

By MJ Koo

A manufacturing company can't escape a plant manager's Family and Medical Leave Act retaliation suit, a Michigan federal judge ruled, finding the company failed to explain why it chose to fire him and not a colleague in a nearly identical role who was not on medical leave.

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LVMH Says It Didn't Employ Ex-Stella McCartney Exec

By Benjamin Morse

LVMH urged a New York federal judge to toss eight discrimination, equal pay, retaliation and wage claims brought by a former Stella McCartney executive, arguing its minority investment and ties to the fashion brand do not plausibly make it his employer.

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How Does In-House Pay Compare? Take The Law360 Survey

How do in-house salaries vary across industries, roles, and organizational revenue? What compensation tools are companies using to lure top talent? Help Law360 Pulse answer these questions and more in this year's In-House Compensation Survey.

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HSF Kramer Added To $1B King & Spalding Malpractice Suit

By Jack Karp

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP and several of its partners on Tuesday were added to a $1 billion legal malpractice suit against King & Spalding LLP alleging that the firms engaged in multiple schemes to enrich a lawyer's friend at the expense of investment firm White Oak Advisors.

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Fla. Bar Tosses Complaint Over DHS GC's 'Worst' Judge Posts

By Adrian Cruz

The Florida Bar has refused to investigate the general counsel of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for potential ethics violations over his recent series of social media posts attacking sitting judges, citing a potential conflict with the authority of the federal government.

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Approach The Bench: Judge Rodriguez On The Uses Of AI

By Cara Bayles and Steven Trader

Today, Judge Xavier Rodriguez is known as an expert in electronic discovery and a proponent of artificial intelligence, but his interest was piqued before he joined the bench of the Western District of Texas in 2003, when he was still a lawyer and the methods for sifting through electronically stored information were still primitive.

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Judges Say Social Media, Political Rhetoric Endanger Them

By Adrian Cruz

Increased access to social media and personal data via the internet, a larger number of high-profile cases, and inflammatory comments made by politicians have led to a rise in violent threats against judges and concerns about their safety, according to a recently published report.

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5th Circ. Judge Hints Court Order With AI Errors Can't Stand

By Spencer Brewer

A Fifth Circuit judge wanted to know why a panel should keep intact a court order blocking an anti-DEI Mississippi law that contained artificial intelligence hallucinations, asking whether the judges could confidently find that made-up citations did not ultimately sway the district court's decision.

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Ex-Warriors GC, DEI Exec Say Bias Complaints Led To Firings

By Lauren Berg

The Golden State Warriors' former associate general counsel and its former vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion allege they were unlawfully fired in retaliation for speaking up about enduring a workplace marked by gender and race-based discrimination.

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NY Firm, Clinics Reject FedEx's 'Staged' Crashes Claims

By Linda Chiem

A New York personal injury firm and various healthcare providers have told a Manhattan federal judge that FedEx has asserted implausible claims alleging they orchestrated an insurance fraud scheme to fabricate medical records and inflate accident claims, saying there is no such racketeering enterprise.

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Barnes & Thornburg Says Ex-NBA Star Owes $1M Legal Fees

By Jonathan Capriel

Former NBA player Luol Deng is being sued for more than $1 million by a Chicago-based law firm that claims he failed to pay legal fees connected to two real estate matters, according to a suit filed in Illinois state court.

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Monthly Merger Review Snapshot

By Bryan Koenig

Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery pressured state attorneys general challenging their merger to settle, the Federal Trade Commission successfully challenged a construction adhesives tie-up, state officials waded in against the NextEra-Dominion transaction, and Union Pacific Corp. and Norfolk Southern Corp. defended their combination under review by federal regulators.

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Roundup

The Top In-House Hires Of August

By Michele Gorman

Legal department hires during the past month included high-profile appointments at Anthropic, Zillow and ConocoPhillips. Here, Law360 Pulse looks at some of the top in-house announcements from August.

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