California Jury Clears San Francisco In DA Worker's Bias Case

By Bonnie Eslinger

A California jury on Thursday ended a decadelong, precedent-setting race bias suit brought by a Black San Francisco prosecutor's office worker who claims that the city inadequately responded after a co-worker called her a racial slur, finding that there was no racial harassment or retaliation.

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Mushroom Farm Arbitration Stance Perplexes Wash. Justices

By Rachel Riley

Washington Supreme Court justices struggled Thursday with a mushroom grower's argument that a lower court correctly forced workers to arbitrate claims that they were wrongfully terminated for organizing, questioning whether the farm's change in ownership just before the firings had any bearing on the disputed arbitration clause.

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Atty Faces Sanctions Bid Over Negotiation Remarks In Suit

By Madison Arnold

A plaintiff's attorney is facing a sanctions bid for including in an employment discrimination complaint specific statements made by defense counsel during confidential severance negotiations.

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EEOC Sets Meeting On Criminal History Guidance Recall

By Anne Cullen

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced Thursday it will host a public meeting next week on its plans to scrap guidance governing the use of workers' arrest and conviction records in employment decisions.

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Law Firm Can't Kick Muslim Worker's Bias Suit To Arbitration

By Grace Elletson

A New York federal judge refused to compel arbitration in a Muslim ex-law firm worker's gender bias suit claiming her bosses began mistreating her after she wore a hijab, backing a magistrate judge's conclusion that she asserted a viable sex harassment claim.

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MSU Board, GC Sued By Trustee For Racial Discrimination

By Susan Smiley

A Michigan State University trustee is suing the university's general counsel, other officials and her fellow trustees, claiming she suffered discrimination and retaliation when she spoke publicly about MSU's handling of the Larry Nassar scandal.

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Ex-Brooklyn Nets Exec Says Parental Leave Got Him Fired

By MJ Koo

A former Brooklyn Nets cybersecurity executive has sued the team and his former boss in New York federal court, saying he was fired 16 days after returning from parental leave following the birth of his son.

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2 Ex-Siemens VPs Claim Layoff Targeted Older Execs

By George Woolston

Two former vice presidents for Siemens Financial Services Inc. alleged in New Jersey state court that the company used a May 2026 reduction in force as pretext to get rid of older employees and those with serious medical conditions in violation of the state's discrimination law.

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Transpo Tracker: CH Robinson Verdict, Tesla Class Action

By Linda Chiem

In our latest Law360 Transportation Tracker, a Dallas County judge confirmed a blockbuster $604 million verdict against freight broker C.H. Robinson, while the Ninth Circuit dismantled a certified class action accusing Tesla of misleading consumers about its cars' self-driving capabilities.

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See's Candies Settles California Watchdog's Pay Data Claims

By Grace Elletson

See's Candies Inc. has agreed to pay about $143,000 to the California Civil Rights Department to resolve allegations that it filed pay data about its workforce with the state too late past mandatory deadlines, according to the agency.

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Cannabis Dispensary Must Arbitrate Firings, Union Says

By Benjamin Morse

A Nevada cannabis dispensary must arbitrate two workers' grievances over their firings because it agreed to honor its predecessor's union contract when it purchased the business, a union argued, urging a federal judge to reject the company's bid to toss the case.

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Hospital Tells DC Circ. Talks Tainted Nurses Union Election

By Braden Campbell

A hospital urged the D.C. Circuit to reverse a National Labor Relations Board decision affirming its obligation to bargain with the Oregon Nurses Association, saying the board misapplied precedent when it excused the union's campaigning immediately before a representation election.

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NJ Town, Retired Judge End Fight Over Health Benefits, Leave

By Benjamin Morse

A retired chief judge of a New Jersey municipal court agreed to dismiss her suit alleging the local government refused to cover her retirement health benefits and pay her for unused sick and vacation time after 27 years of employment.

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'Substantially Impaired' Main Topic Of Medicaid Rule Hearing

By Julie Manganis

A Massachusetts federal judge pressed the Trump administration Thursday on its argument that Congress intentionally left it with the task of defining who is considered too medically frail to comply with Medicaid work requirements set to take effect in January.

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6th Circ. Backs Insurance Co. In Shipwreck Benefits Fight

By Kellie Mejdrich

The Sixth Circuit backed an insurance company's win in a dispute over prejudgment interest connected to life insurance proceeds from an individual who disappeared after his fishing vessel shipwrecked off the Florida coast, holding a lower court properly denied an estate-side request for relief in the case.

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Ex-Eminem Employee Cops To Selling Unreleased Music

By Elliot Weld

A former employee of Detroit rapper Eminem pled guilty Thursday to taking and selling music the artist had not released for about $50,000.

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Wash. Judge Sends Boeing Cancer Suit Back To State Court

By Tom Lotshaw

A Washington federal judge on Thursday sent a Boeing mechanic's suit blaming on-the-job exposures for a cancer diagnosis back to a Washington state court in King County, ruling that the aerospace giant waited too long to remove the case to federal court.

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Fla. College Settles Ex-Employee's Suit Over Kirk Posts

By Patrick Hoff

Trustees at a Florida college have agreed to settle a former employee's lawsuit alleging she was unlawfully fired for posting on social media about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, according to a filing in federal court.

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Southwest Pilots Oppose Spirit's $10M Ch. 11 Data Sale

By Vince Sullivan

A union representing pilots at Southwest Airlines objected late Wednesday to the proposed $10 million sale of employee data by bankrupt airline Spirit Aviation, saying the deal would adversely affect flight crews by sharing training and employment information.

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Managing Employer Risk Under Calif.'s No Robo Bosses Law

California's No Robo Bosses Act marks the state's first statutory limit on using artificial intelligence in employee discipline and termination decisions, creating exposure for employers through its corroboration and notice requirements, burden-shifting framework, and potential reach under the Private Attorneys General Act, say attorneys at Reed Smith.

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Series

Being In The Peace Corps Made Me A Better Lawyer

When I served in the Peace Corps, the people of the West African village where I was stationed helped me acclimate to my new surroundings and enabled me to develop problem-solving, teamwork and empathy skills that have bolstered my legal practice far beyond the ability to offer technical advice, says Brian Bewley at McGuireWoods.

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Are You Happy With Your In-House Role? Take Our Survey

Is your company giving you everything you need to succeed? What are some misconceptions about working in-house? Help Law360 Pulse answer these questions and more in this year's In-House Satisfaction Survey.

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Weil Merger Talks With Willkie End, Another Partner To Leave

By Daniel Moritz-Rabson

Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP and Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP have ended merger discussions and another top Weil partner is set to depart the firm, sources with knowledge on the matters told Law360 Pulse on Friday.

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Holland & Knight Legal Profession Head On MSO Dealmaking

By Al Barbarino

Holland & Knight LLP partner Trisha Rich is at the forefront of the firm's work in a fast-growing corner of the legal industry, advising law firms setting up management services organizations, or MSOs, as well as the investors looking to buy into them.

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Trump Adviser Ducking Service In Exec Orders Suit, ABA Says

By Jack Karp

Trump attorney Boris Epshteyn has evaded service of subpoenas, so the American Bar Association should be allowed to pursue alternative means of serving him in its lawsuit over President Donald Trump's efforts to intimidate BigLaw firms, the organization is telling a Washington, D.C., federal judge.

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Mass. Judge Jailed Atty For 'Attitude,' Ethics Complaint Says

By Julie Manganis

A former Massachusetts state court judge placed a public defender into custody for hours over his "attitude" during a March 2025 hearing, the state's judicial conduct commission has said in a disciplinary complaint.

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SEC Fights LSU Claim That Case Citations Were 'Hallucinated'

By Alex Lawson

The Southeastern Conference is disputing claims that it submitted "hallucinated" case citations in its lawsuit challenging Louisiana State University's efforts to add former professional players to its sports teams, urging an Alabama federal judge to strike the allegations.

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Insurer Says NY Firm Staged Accidents For Suits

By Danielle Ferguson

A reinsurance company has filed another complaint accusing a New York personal injury law firm of recruiting workers to stage injuries in support of meritless claims, a few months after the Second Circuit dismissed similar claims because the insurer didn't have any direct injuries to bring a racketeering suit. 

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Ex-DOJ Officials And Judicial Nominees Vie For Office

By Courtney Bublé

Hundreds of candidates are on the ballot in the midterm elections, happening in less than two weeks, and among them are former U.S. Department of Justice officials and unsuccessful judicial nominees.

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9th Circ. Judge Hints Trump US Atty Firing OK Despite 'Chaos'

By Rachel Riley

A Ninth Circuit judge remarked on Friday that President Donald Trump's ouster of court-appointed Seattle U.S. Attorney Roger Rogoff has sown "chaos," but pushed back against Rogoff's contention that the move amounted to executive overreach, noting that the president already controls the office via the attorney general.

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NY Commercial Attys Must Justify Discovery Cost Bids Early

By Andrea Keckley

New York Courts Chief Administrative Judge Joseph A. Zayas said in an administrative order earlier this month that commercial litigators who want opposing counsel to fund some or all of the discovery process must state their basis for the request and provide a "good faith" estimate of the costs.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

McGinn Montoya Love Curry & Sievers PA and DiCello Levitt lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a New Mexico federal judge ordered Meta to pay $25 billion over the lies that the social media giant offered the public regarding its data privacy practices.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

Meta's legal chief says the company will appeal a $25 billion verdict involving data privacy practices including the Cambridge Analytica scandal. And a new study shows that while in-house starting salaries are staying stable, adding special skills like AI expertise can lift them higher.

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In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360

For those who missed out, here's a look back at the law firms, stories and expert analyses that generated the most buzz on Law360 last week.

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