4th Circ. Backs Raytheon In Ex-Workers' Vaccine Bias Case

By Patrick Hoff

The Fourth Circuit upheld RTX Corp.'s defeat of a lawsuit claiming it forced out employees who received religious exemptions to its COVID-19 vaccine policy, ruling Tuesday that the ex-workers behind the suit filed their claims too late.

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EEOC Sues NY Times For Not Promoting White Editor

By Vin Gurrieri

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a suit Tuesday claiming The New York Times violated civil rights law when it passed over a white man for a promotion to a deputy editor position.

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3rd Circ. Backs Arbitration For Pilot's Military Bias Case

By P.J. D'Annunzio

The Third Circuit on Tuesday held that a pilot who sued Piedmont Airlines Inc. for allegedly discriminating against him by refusing him a $70,000 bonus because he was away on military duty must arbitrate his claims because it involves an interpretation of his union's collective bargaining agreement.

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4th Circ. Unsure Wells Fargo Denied Ex-Worker's WFH Request

By Hayley Fowler

A Fourth Circuit panel seemed uncertain Tuesday of whether it would uphold the entirety of a $22 million Americans with Disabilities Act verdict favoring a former Wells Fargo employee, with at least two judges questioning whether he suffered a concrete injury from the bank allegedly failing to accommodate his work-from-home request.

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Worker Fights 2nd Circ.'s Toss Of Teamsters Fund ERISA Suit

By Emily Brill

The U.S. Supreme Court should revive claims that the New York State Teamsters Conference Pension and Retirement Fund was mismanaged, a Teamsters-represented worker argued, asking the justices to breathe new life into his twice-dismissed Employee Retirement Income Security Act lawsuit.

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4th Circ. Judge 'Uneasy' With Anheuser-Busch OT Class

By Abigail Harrison

A Fourth Circuit panel seemed unlikely to leave untouched a certified class of Anheuser-Busch LLC workers alleging the brewing giant failed to pay for pre- and post-shift work, taking issue with disparities in the class such as members hired before and after COVID personal protective equipment requirements.

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IBM Fired Black Execs To Curry Favor With Trump, Suit Says

By Grace Elletson

IBM fired Black executives to appeal to Donald Trump's administration after the president encouraged federal contractors to do away with diversity, equity and inclusion practices, according to a lawsuit filed against the technology consulting giant.

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11th Circ. Won't Revive Ex-Ga. Teacher's Disability Bias Suit

By Patrick Hoff

The Eleventh Circuit refused to reopen a teacher's lawsuit claiming a Georgia school district fired her rather than let her work remotely during the pandemic because of a previous cancer diagnosis, ruling she waited too long to lodge a presuit charge with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

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DOJ Says Harvard Ignored More Admissions Data Demands

By Carolyn Muyskens

The U.S. Department of Education said Harvard still hasn't provided information the agency requested as part of an investigation into the university's compliance with the Supreme Court's decision ending affirmative action in college admissions.

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Colo. Nonprofit Law Firm Hit With Race Bias, Retaliation Suit

By MJ Koo

A former paralegal supervisor for a Colorado nonprofit law firm that represents tenants facing eviction sued the organization in federal court, alleging she was selected for a layoff after repeatedly complaining about race discrimination and racially offensive comments.

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Mich. Man Says Sheriff Rejected Him Over Autism, Complaints

By Melanie Dorsey

A Michigan man has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit accusing a western Upper Peninsula community and its sheriff of refusing to consider him for law enforcement and volunteer opportunities because of his autism and anxiety and in retaliation for his past complaints about local police. 

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NCAA Insists Athletes Must Arbitrate NIL Deal, Not 'Rewrite' It

By David Steele

College athletes' attempt to go through the courts to exempt certain revenue streams from NCAA oversight is an end-run around the resolution they reached in last year's $2.78 billion class action settlement, the association has told a California federal judge.

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Freight Carrier Denied Workers Breaks, OT, Suit Says

By MJ Koo

A Washington freight carrier denied workers meal and rest breaks, failed to pay overtime and sick leave and required employees to sign unlawful noncompete agreements, a proposed class action filed in state court said.

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ERISA Recap: 5 Litigation Developments From April

By Kellie Mejdrich

The U.S. Supreme Court turned down a bakery company's bid for review of a union multiemployer pension withdrawal bill, the Fourth Circuit held a bonus plan was exempt from federal benefits law, and the Sixth Circuit ruled federal law preempted Arkansas pharmacy benefit manager laws and regulations. Here's more on those and two other major decisions from April that benefits attorneys may want to know.

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Unions Say High Court Backs Standing In AI Surveillance Suit

By Katherine Smith

Three labor unions cited a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling in their lawsuit alleging a government surveillance program scours online activity for viewpoints the Trump administration dislikes and leverages the threat of immigration enforcement to suppress speech, arguing that the high court's decision supports their standing in the case.

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NJ-NY Tunnel Commission Asks Court To Toss PLA Challenge

By Emily Brill

The Gateway Development Commission asked a New Jersey federal judge to toss a construction contractor's constitutional challenge to a project labor agreement that the commission used on a Hudson Tunnel Project initiative, saying the PLA requirement that the contractor is fighting doesn't violate the right to freedom of association.

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Alcoa, Retirees Reach Deal In 7th Circ. Life Insurance Fight

By Corey Rothauser

Alcoa USA Corp. and a class of retirees told the Seventh Circuit on Tuesday they had reached a tentative settlement in a long-running dispute over union retiree life insurance benefits, asking the court to cancel a scheduled May 20 oral argument while they finalize the deal.

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Santander Says Ex-Adviser Poached Lion's Share Of Clients

By Emilie Ruscoe

Santander Bank and its investment adviser unit have sued a former employee, alleging that he improperly wooed away the vast majority of his clients when he decamped for a competitor.

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Ex-Miami Official Accused Of Misusing Funds Settles Suit

By Carolina Bolado

Two former Miami city employees have settled their whistleblower suit accusing former City Commissioner Joe Carollo of ousting them for exposing misuse of public funds meant to manage parks that were instead used to pay for his political ventures and personal expenses, according to a notice filed in Florida federal court on Tuesday.

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Calif. Panel Won't Undo $3M SoCal Edison Verdict

By Y. Peter Kang

A California state appeals court has affirmed a more than $3.3 million jury verdict against Southern California Edison over a worker's fall at a shuttered San Diego nuclear plant, saying certain safety evidence was wrongly excluded by the trial court but the mistake did not warrant a retrial.

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Ogletree Adds Ex-Jackson Lewis Labor Pro In Boston

By Katherine Smith

A former equity principal from Jackson Lewis PC with nearly three decades of experience representing and counseling employers on labor and employment issues has joined Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC as a shareholder in its Boston office, the firm has announced.

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1st Circ. Ruling Offers Post-Muldrow Tips For Handling PIPs

The First Circuit's recent ruling in Walsh v. HNTB, one of the first circuit-level applications of Muldrow's lowered adverse employment action threshold, indicates that performance improvement plans can remain on solid footing if they don't affect the terms of employment, says Sasha Thaler at Constangy.

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The 2026 Lawyer Satisfaction Survey: Make Your Voice Heard

How is your work-life balance? Are you content with your compensation and opportunities for advancement at work? Take the 2026 Law360 Lawyer Satisfaction Survey and share your thoughts.

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DOJ Atty Faces Possible Discipline Over DHS 'Lack Of Candor'

By Lauren Berg

A Rhode Island federal judge, whom the U.S. Department of Homeland Security criticized for releasing a noncitizen with an alleged overseas warrant for homicide, on Tuesday said she is referring an assistant U.S. attorney for disciplinary proceedings for not disclosing the warrant to her beforehand.

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Approach The Bench: Justice Bacon On School Accreditation

By Cara Bayles and Steven Trader

State high courts are responsible for regulating the legal profession in their jurisdictions, and so New Mexico Supreme Court Justice C. Shannon Bacon thinks it's only right that justices reevaluate the principles behind law school accreditation.

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Ga. Justices Sanction Asst. DA For AI Errors In Murder Case

By Lauren Berg

The Georgia Supreme Court on Tuesday sanctioned a Clayton County assistant district attorney for filing briefs that contained nonexistent case citations generated by artificial intelligence in a murder defendant's bid for a new trial, saying the prosecutor's misconduct has "sidetracked" the justices from delving into the merits of the appeal.

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High Court Clarity On Subpoenas Creates Murky Path For AGs

By Carla Baranauckas

The U.S. Supreme Court's unanimous decision that the New Jersey Attorney General's Office infringed free speech by asking an anti-abortion nonprofit to release donor names gives nonprofits and companies more leverage for challenging subpoenas at the outset, although the question remains if and how attorneys general and other enforcers can ultimately obtain sought-after information following a constitutional affront.

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FCC Chair Carr Promotes 6 In Key Legal, Policy Roles

By Christopher Cole

The Federal Communications Commission's staff are playing musical chairs, and it means high-level promotions for a half-dozen legal aides of agency chief Brendan Carr.

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SEC Lifts NY Atty's Lifetime Practice Ban

By Katryna Perera

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday lifted a lifetime ban preventing a New York attorney from practicing before the agency, following an attempt to leverage a client's testimony before the SEC.

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