Chartwell Can't Escape Fired Atty's Muslim Bias Suit

By Carolina Bolado

A Florida federal judge declined Tuesday to dismiss a former Chartwell Law Offices LLP attorney's suit alleging she was fired due to anti-Muslim bias following social media posts about Israel's actions in Gaza.

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Payroll Vendor Not Care Workers' Employer, 3rd Circ. Says

By MJ Koo

A payroll services vendor for Pennsylvania's Medicaid-funded home care program cannot be held jointly liable for unpaid overtime because it did not exercise significant control over caregivers, the Third Circuit ruled Tuesday, affirming the company's bench trial win.

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7th Circ. Questions Bid To Revive Wis. Reverse Bias Suit

By Lauraann Wood

A Seventh Circuit panel seemed skeptical Tuesday of four former Infosys Technologies employees' argument that a lower court should have considered their name-recognition expert's opinions before it issued a class certification denial and summary judgment ruling that tanked their reverse discrimination case.

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Mass. Justices Say Profs Can Face Student Harassment Suits

By Chris Villani

Massachusetts' highest court found Tuesday that the state's sexual harassment laws allow for suits against individuals in the academic world as well as their educational institutions, reviving a claim against a former MIT-affiliated lab director.

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Concrete Co. Loses Challenge To Worker Wage Classification

By Emily Brill

A concrete services company lost its challenge Tuesday to the way the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries classified its employees, with a state appeals court holding that L&I properly classified the workers as construction site surveyors who were owed higher wages.

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Google Accused Of Bias Against Dad Who Took Baby Leave

By Gina Kim

Google's former global sales manager was targeted for taking protected medical leave and baby bonding leave and "treated with a lack of empathy and understanding for needing time off as a single father," he alleged in a discrimination lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court.

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Church-Run Farm Fails To Undo Child Labor Ruling

By MJ Koo

A Pennsylvania federal judge refused to reconsider her ruling that a church-run farm violated federal labor law by putting children as young as 12 to work without pay, rejecting its bid to undo nearly $670,000 in back wages.

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General Dynamics Seeks Pause In No-Poach High Court Bid

By Elaine Briseño

General Dynamics Corp. asked the U.S. Supreme Court to temporarily pause its petition after the plaintiffs dismissed the company from their suit that accused shipbuilders of conspiring to suppress wages and reached settlements with the remaining defendants.

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PBGC Defends 2nd Denial Of Pension Bailout Bid

By Grace Elletson

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. told a New York federal judge Tuesday that it stands by its denial of a union pension fund's second application for a bailout, a day after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review a Second Circuit ruling ordering the agency to reassess the request.

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Revoking Workers' Comp A 'Slippery Slope,' Pa. Justice Says

By P.J. D'Annunzio

A Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice Tuesday warned that cutting off workers' compensation benefits for disregarding a doctor's general health advice, such as not smoking, could be a "slippery slope" that leads to the end of coverage for many across the state.

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Cigna Can't Knock Out 401(k) Forfeiture, Fund Suit

By Kellie Mejdrich

Cigna can't escape a proposed class action alleging that underperforming investment offerings and misallocated forfeitures in its employee 401(k) plan cost workers millions, after a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled Tuesday that alleged violations of federal benefits law were sufficiently backed up to reach discovery.

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Ex-Staff Say University Fired Them For Raising Visa Concerns

By Britain Eakin

Four former employees of Lindsey Wilson University sued the school and several of its officials in Kentucky federal court, alleging they were fired in retaliation for raising concerns about the school's lack of compliance with immigration law in its handling of international students.

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Medtronic Whistleblower Suit Stayed Amid Settlement Talks

By Rachel Konieczny

A Colorado state judge granted a 30-day stay in a former Medtronic Inc. executive's wrongful termination lawsuit against the company amid the parties reaching a settlement in principle.

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AI Agents Will Test The Bounds Of Expert Witness Rules

Rule 702 of the Federal Rules of Evidence does not address whether a testifying expert must be human, but as the rule’s amended admissibility framework intersects with the accelerating capabilities of agentic AI, courts may be forced to confront whether AI-generated expertise fits within existing evidentiary doctrine, says Steven Cordero at Akerman.

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Operational AI Washing: The Section 220 Information Strategy

Plaintiffs filing AI washing claims will likely use Section 220 of the Delaware General Corporation Law to obtain internal board records, but 2025 amendments have fundamentally changed the landscape of presuit shareholder document demands in ways that create both risk and opportunity for companies, say attorneys at Akerman.

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Becoming The Biz-Savvy GC That Portfolio Companies Need

Candidates for general counsel roles at private equity-backed portfolio companies should prioritize proving their sector-specific experience, commercial judgment and ease with uncertainty — and attorneys hoping to be candidates in five to 10 years should start working on those skills now, says Dimitri Mastrocola at Major Lindsey.

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OpenAI Says ChatGPT Misuse Is Users' Responsibility

By Emily Sawicki

OpenAI has asked a federal judge in Chicago to end an insurance company's suit alleging it practices law without a license, arguing the complaint should be directed toward individuals who misuse the company's ChatGPT bot to file faulty motions, and not the generative AI platform itself.

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2 Fla. County Courts Requiring AI Disclosure In Court Filings

By Sarah Martinson

Two Florida circuit courts in Miami-Dade and Broward counties are requiring attorneys and self-represented litigants to disclose when they use generative text tools to prepare their court filings and to certify they checked the generated content for accuracy.

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2nd Circ. Pick Questioned At Hearing On Role As Trump Lawyer

By Courtney Bublé

Matthew Schwartz, a nominee for the Second Circuit, was questioned by Democratic senators Wednesday about whether his current job as the president's personal attorney while his nomination process is underway poses a conflict of interest.

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Atty Withdrawals Not Limited To Fee Conflicts, ABA Says

By Emily Sawicki

Lawyers whose clients fail to hold up their end of valid engagement agreements are clear to cease their representation, so long as certain criteria are met, according to the American Bar Association's ethics committee's latest guidance, published Wednesday.

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Comey Wants Arraignment Pushed For Dismissal Bid

By Phillip Bantz

Former FBI Director James Comey asked a North Carolina federal court Wednesday to postpone his arraignment on charges alleging he threatened President Donald Trump, telling a judge that he is preparing to seek to have the case thrown out on constitutional grounds.

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Mich. Supreme Court Mulls Remote Court Access Rules

By Susan Smiley

The Michigan Supreme Court held administrative hearings on Wednesday concerning several proposed amendments to Michigan court rules, including adding more specific guidelines for remote hearings, making language services free for civil cases, and allowing law students and recent law graduates to appear on behalf of indigent people in all Michigan courts.

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Hagens Berman Says Apple Smear Job Can't Stop Withdrawal

By Bonnie Eslinger

Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP urged a California federal judge to allow one of its named plaintiffs to withdraw from an Apple iCloud antitrust case, saying Apple Inc.'s filed opposition is rife with "misdirection and ad hominem" attacks and not about the merits of the dispute but "smearing opposing counsel."

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Blank Rome Adds 2 Infrastructure Pros To LA Office

By Isaac Monterose

Blank Rome LLP has hired two attorneys from Norton Rose Fulbright and Nossaman LLP as partners for its real estate team in Los Angeles, the firm announced Tuesday.

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