Trump Picks Panel To Consider Claims Against Fed's Cook

By Jon Hill

President Donald Trump has established a committee to investigate mortgage fraud allegations against Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook and to determine if they provide sufficient grounds to fire her, according to a memo released Friday by the White House.

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Legal Marketing Co. Inks $600K Call Center Rep Wage Deal

By MJ Koo

Legal marketing company Lawyer.com Inc. agreed to pay $600,000 to settle claims in a New Jersey federal court that it misclassified call center representatives as independent contractors and failed to pay them overtime wages required under federal law.

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Machinery Co., EEOC Strike $200K Deal In Disability Bias Suit

By Patrick Hoff

A heavy machinery dealer agreed to pay $200,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit alleging it fired an employee after knee surgery rather than let her return to work with an accommodation, according to a filing in Colorado federal court.

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Whole Foods Defeats Ex-Worker's Race Bias, Retaliation Suit

By Patrick Hoff

Whole Foods defeated a former employee's lawsuit alleging he was fired because he's Black, with an Illinois federal judge concluding he couldn't overcome the supermarket chain's explanation that he was let go for fudging the time he was at work.

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CU Boulder Hiked Fees For Records Requests, Suit Says

By Zach Dupont

An administrator at the University of Colorado Boulder claimed in Colorado state court Thursday that the school improperly withheld and attempted to overcharge for records requested related to harassment he experienced under the Colorado Open Records Act.

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Employment Authority: Calif. Sets Up New Workplace AI Rules

By Patrick Hoff

Law360 Employment Authority covers the biggest employment cases and trends. Catch up this week with coverage on questions about California's new laws regarding how employers use artificial intelligence, a new challenge to long-standing National Labor Relations Board precedent about union elections, and how New York City's new data research division plans to bolster the city's wage and hour enforcement work.

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Veterinarian Says He Was Axed For Flagging Bias, Harassment

By Kelcey Caulder

A veterinarian filed suit against a Georgia animal hospital in federal court, alleging the company fired him in retaliation for complaining about race discrimination, sexual harassment and disability discrimination he faced in the workplace.

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Texas Firm Aims To Sink Ex-Attorney's Military Bias Suit

By Rose Krebs

The Law Offices of Allen Rad PC on Friday urged a Texas federal court to dismiss a discrimination lawsuit filed by a former attorney who alleges he was terminated because of his Texas National Guard service, arguing the complaint is factually deficient.

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Campbell's Driver Wage Suit Counterclaim Survives For Now

By George Woolston

A North Carolina federal judge denied a bid to toss Campbell's Co.'s unjust enrichment counterclaim against a proposed class of drivers alleging they were misclassified as independent contractors instead of employees, finding it too early in the litigation to do so.

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Florida Roofer Says He Asked About Overtime Pay, Got Fired

By David Minsky

A roofer has brought Florida federal proposed collective action alleging the owner of two construction companies didn't pay overtime, claiming he was terminated from employment soon after asking questions about time-and-a-half wages. 

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States Fight DOL's Ax Of Unemployment Insurance Grants

By Madeline Lyskawa

Fourteen states sued the federal government in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims on Friday, alleging the U.S. Department of Labor wrongfully terminated grants intended for modernizing their unemployment insurance programs.

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ERISA Recap: 6 Notable Decisions From September

By Kellie Mejdrich

The Tenth and Seventh circuits issued published opinions in two union retirement disputes, while the Sixth Circuit found that the Commonwealth of Kentucky's lawsuit against pharmacy benefit managers does not belong in state court, citing colorable federal preemption arguments. Here's more on those decisions and three other notable rulings involving the Employee Retirement Income Security Act that came down in September.

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Mill Co. Says It's Immune To Suit Over Deadly Tank Collapse

By Rachel Riley

Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co. LLC, which runs a Pacific Northwest pulp and paper mill where 11 employees died after a chemical tank burst in May, has told a Washington judge that a wrongful death suit over the incident can't proceed because of the state's workers' compensation law.

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Nelson Mullins Sued In SC Over October Data Breach

By Jake Maher

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP has been hit with a proposed class action in South Carolina federal court over a data breach that took place in early October.

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Justices Won't Eye 'Weaponized' Sanctions Of Election Attys

By Jeff Overley

Despite outrage among Ninth Circuit conservatives, the U.S. Supreme Court declined Tuesday to scrutinize six-figure sanctions of lawyers who challenged Arizona election protocols, leaving intact discipline designed to "send a message."

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Reddit Fights Proskauer's 'Hot Potato' AI Client Bid In IP Suit

By Dorothy Atkins

Reddit Inc. has urged a New York federal judge to block its former law firm Proskauer Rose from defending Perplexity AI in Reddit's suit over alleged data scraping used to train artificial intelligence models, arguing the firm can't represent Perplexity after dropping Reddit as a client like ‌a "hot potato."

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Pa. Firm Can't Toss Uber's RICO Claims Over Insurer Payouts

By Linda Chiem

A Pennsylvania federal judge allowed Uber to pursue Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act claims alleging a Philadelphia personal injury firm schemed with healthcare providers to fabricate medical records and inflate accident claims involving Uber and FedEx drivers, saying Uber doesn't lose standing just because its insurer paid its legal fees in underlying litigation.

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DOJ Cites Privacy Concerns In Rejecting NM Epstein Files Bid

By Courtney Bublé

The U.S. Department of Justice has rebuffed the state of New Mexico's request for the unredacted Jeffrey Epstein files for its investigation into possible crimes at Epstein's Zorro Ranch, saying it would hinder law enforcement operations.

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Case Dropped Against Judge Accused Of Endorsing Violence

By Madison Arnold

Ethics charges against a Florida state court judge in Jacksonville alleging he made comments appearing to endorse violence, convey bias and demean individuals during several proceedings last year have been dropped.

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What The Justices Won't Hear: A Roundup Of Cert Denials

By Taylor Bowie

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to grant a writ of certiorari to another batch of applications Tuesday, including cases involving six-figure sanctions, wine shipment laws and overtime claims. 

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court last week saw stockholders challenge Nvidia Corp.'s roughly $20 billion deal with artificial intelligence chipmaker Groq Inc., Hertz Global Holdings Inc.'s electric vehicle strategy and more than $1.5 billion in Humana Inc. stock buybacks.

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