7th Circ. Scraps American Airlines Toxic Uniforms Suit

By Linda Chiem

The Seventh Circuit said Tuesday that American Airlines employees suing over allegedly toxic uniforms didn't have sufficient expert evidence suggesting the uniforms triggered their allergic reactions and other health symptoms, rejecting their bid to invoke the legal doctrine of res ipsa loquitur to infer a defect or negligence.

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3rd Circ. Rejects Ex-Union President's Speedy-Trial Fight

By P.J. D'Annunzio

A Third Circuit panel on Tuesday said a former union president convicted of embezzlement alongside former International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98 business manager John Dougherty was not denied a speedy trial in his yearslong prosecution, ruling that delays in the case were justified. 

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Unions Ask 1st Circ. To Spur Ruling On 'Loyalty Question'

By Carolyn Muyskens

Federal worker unions have asked the First Circuit to force a district judge to rule on their request to stop the federal government from asking job candidates how they'd advance Trump administration policies, saying their motion has sat undecided for nearly seven months.

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Ex-Reed Smith Atty Seeks Appellate Review Of Bias Damages

By George Woolston

A former Reed Smith LLP attorney suing the firm for gender discrimination urged a state appeals court Tuesday to grant her bid to appeal a ruling on her available damages, arguing that the appeal is necessary to clarify a prior appellate decision.

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6th Circ. Revives Superintendent's Suit Over Forced Leave

By Patrick Hoff

The Sixth Circuit reopened a Michigan school superintendent's lawsuit alleging she was subjected to a sham misconduct investigation and involuntarily placed on leave because she's a woman who made unpopular decisions, ruling a trial court applied an improperly high standard when it refused to let her amend her complaint.

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Citi Illegally Fired Risk Exec For Raising Issues, Suit Says

By Sarah Jarvis

Citigroup Inc. has been sued by a former senior risk management executive who alleged the bank fired her after she flagged risk deficiencies and identified problems with Citi's anti-money laundering risk management controls, and the bank has pushed back on her bid to proceed anonymously.

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CU Regents Ask Judge To Toss Black Board Member's Suit

By Rachel Konieczny

Members of the University of Colorado Board of Regents asked a federal judge to dismiss a fellow board member's lawsuit alleging she was sanctioned for opposing a university-funded campaign that stereotyped Black people, arguing that she was disciplined for breaching her fiduciary duties and that the defendant members have immunity.

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Remote Workers Tell 6th Circ. Boot-Up Time Compensable

By MJ Koo

Remote call center workers handling inbound patient calls from home have argued before a Sixth Circuit panel that their employer failed to pay them in accordance with the Fair Labor Standards Act for pre-shift computer startup work integral to their jobs.

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Serv-U-Success Hit With FLSA Overtime Pay Suit

By Melanie Dorsey

A former assistant manager at a retail company filed a proposed collective action in Michigan federal court accusing Thrifty Retail Services Logistics LLC, doing business as Serv-U-Success, of failing to properly calculate overtime pay by excluding bonuses and other nondiscretionary compensation from workers' regular rates of pay.

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Colo. Judge Moots Casino's Bid To Toss Wage Suit

By MJ Koo

A Colorado federal judge shelved a casino operator's bid to dismiss a wage and hour suit after the worker who brought the case filed an updated complaint.

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Justices Asked To Revive $77M In Trade Secret Damages

By Elliot Weld

Plastics manufacturer Trinseo Europe GmbH has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to restore a verdict of more than $77 million that it won stemming from trade secret misappropriation allegations against a former Dow Chemical Co. employee and engineering firm KBR, saying the Fifth Circuit went against precedent when it endorsed an approach to damages that "is the antithesis of flexible."

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Software Co. Says Exec Is Taking Trade Secrets To Rival

By Julie Manganis

Software company EnterpriseDB asked a Massachusetts judge to stop a former vice president from jumping to competitor Couchbase, citing both a noncompete agreement and evidence that he downloaded hundreds of documents prior to his departure.

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How PAGA Proposal Could Expand Calif. Labor Agency's Role

The California Labor and Workforce Development Agency's recently proposed regulations governing the Private Attorneys General Act signal a more structured and agency-driven enforcement approach, so risk management will depend on employers' ability to evaluate opportunities for effectuating a cure and navigate a more active administrative process, say attorneys at Lathrop.

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The Paradoxical Duty To Adopt AI When You Can't Bill For It

Both billing for hours saved using artificial intelligence and preserving billable time by not adopting AI may violate rules of professional conduct, but until bar associations' ethics rules catch up to this emerging economic dilemma, firms must decide how to adjust fee structures themselves, says Ines Lassalle at Peyrot & Associates.

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These Firms Secured The Most Damages In The Last 3 Years

By Daniel Moritz-Rabson

Government lawyers had a strong success rate in federal courts over the last three years, but intellectual property litigation saw certain firms secure damage awards worth hundreds of millions of dollars for clients, according to Lex Machina's Law Firms Activity Report 2026 released on Tuesday.

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Ex-Girardi Atty Hid Firm's Diversion Of Funds, State Bar Says

By Bonnie Eslinger

A State Bar of California prosecutor argued Tuesday at a disciplinary trial that ex-Girardi Keese attorney Robert Finnerty hid the firm's misappropriation of millions of dollars from a family's $53 million settlement, while Finnerty's counsel countered he's being blamed for the actions of his former boss, convicted and disbarred attorney Tom Girardi.

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SCOTUSblog Founder Goldstein Denied Acquittal Or Retrial

By Alison Knezevich

A Maryland federal judge on Tuesday denied SCOTUSblog founder Tom Goldstein's bid for an acquittal or new trial, rejecting his claims that issues with jury instructions and excluded evidence warranted a do-over in his tax evasion and mortgage fraud case.

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Ex-Judge Loses Bid To Undo ICE Obstruction Conviction

By Britain Eakin

Former Wisconsin state judge Hannah Dugan has failed in her attempt to use a Fourth Circuit decision to vacate her conviction for helping a defendant in her courtroom evade immigration agents, with a federal judge ruling Tuesday the decision involves fact patterns that differ from her case.

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Senate Rejects Bid To Block Fast-Track Immigration Appeals

By Courtney Bublé

A Democratic-led Senate resolution that would have blocked a U.S. Department of Justice rule directing its Board of Immigration Appeals to quickly dismiss cases that don't raise "novel" issues failed to pass Tuesday.

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Blanche To Go Before Senate Panel July 15

By Courtney Bublé

Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche's nomination hearing is a month away, and the fate of his confirmation is likely in the hands of Sens. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., and John Cornyn, R-Texas.

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Oral Arguments In Comey, James Appeal Set For September

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

The Fourth Circuit has scheduled in-person oral arguments for the Trump administration's appeal of the dismissals of indictments against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James for Sept. 15-18.

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Brazil Says Justice Is Immune From Trump Media's Suit

By Carolina Bolado

Brazil asked Monday to intervene and dismiss a suit by President Donald Trump's media company and online video-sharing platform Rumble Inc. against a Brazilian Supreme Federal Court justice's gag orders, saying the suit cannot overcome immunity under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.

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