9th Circ. Says UPS Wage Suit Arbitration Order Is 'Clear Error'

By Rae Ann Varona

The Ninth Circuit directed a district court on Tuesday to vacate an order that forced a former UPS driver to arbitrate her wage claims against the shipping solutions chain, saying the lower court committed "clear error" by refusing to determine the basis for its authority to compel arbitration.

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Ill. Wage Law Doesn't Mirror Fed. Work Limits, 7th Circ. Says

By Benjamin Morse

Illinois wage law does not incorporate a federal test limiting compensable work to tasks performed primarily for an employer's benefit, the Seventh Circuit held Tuesday, reviving Amazon warehouse workers' claims that they were owed overtime for mandatory preshift COVID-19 screenings.

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4th Circ. Revives Ex-Gilead Worker's Defamation Suit

By Abigail Harrison

The Fourth Circuit revived Tuesday a lawsuit from a former biopharmaceutical company employee after finding that he'd sufficiently backed his claim for vicarious liability against Gilead Sciences Inc., but refused to draw a co-worker back into the case.

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Former XAI Engineer Says He Was Fired Over Safety Warnings

By Lauren Berg

A former engineer at Elon Musk's xAI claims he was fired after repeatedly raising concerns about safety, discriminatory bias and other risks associated with the artificial intelligence company's chatbot Grok, according to a lawsuit lodged Tuesday in California state court.

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Fired Aide Tells Justices DA Invoked Bias Carveout Too Late

By Patrick Hoff

The Eleventh Circuit ignored civil procedure standards when it said the district attorney's office in Fulton County, Georgia, could argue that a former top aide's position was exempt from anti-bias law, the fired worker told the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing the office needed to raise that defense earlier.

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The Law360 400: A Look At The Top 100 Firms

By Xiumei Dong

The race to build the legal industry's largest law firm accelerated in 2025, with major firms leaning on mergers, lateral hiring and strategic expansion to climb the ranks of the Law360 400.

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Georgia County, Trans Deputy OK End To Surgery Bias Fight

By Kellie Mejdrich

A Georgia county and a transgender sheriff's deputy who sued over her employee health plan's coverage exclusions for gender-affirming surgery have struck a deal to resolve her case, eight months after the en banc Eleventh Circuit issued a ruling that sided with the county. 

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Ex-Zydus Unit Exec Alleges 'Second-Class Citizen' Treatment

By George Woolston

A female executive at Zydus Pharmaceuticals' pet health unit said in New Jersey federal court that she was treated as a second-class citizen by her male counterparts, claiming she was constructively discharged due to the hostile and discriminatory conduct she faced because she is a woman.

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Phillips 66 Workers Seek $4M Atty Fees In $12.5M Wage Deal

By Gina Kim

Phillips 66 employees who reached a $12.5 million settlement to resolve their wage-and-hour class action over unpaid don-doff time and missed breaks have asked a California federal judge to grant their attorneys' request for about $4.17 million in fees, highlighting the work they've spent in the eight-year litigation on a contingency basis.

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Health Tech Exec Defends $430K Wage Suit

By Benjamin Morse

A former healthcare data platform chief strategy officer urged a North Carolina federal court to keep his $430,000 wage and commissions suit intact, arguing he has alleged enough ties to keep the case in the state and enough facts to let his claims move forward.

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Whole Foods Staff Worked Meal Breaks Unpaid, Suit Says

By MJ Koo

Whole Foods Market forced workers to perform duties during meal breaks, manipulated time records to underpay wages, and blocked employees from leaving the premises during rest periods, according to a lawsuit brought in California state court.

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Ascend Cannabis Workers In Illinois Back Strike Option

By Jonathan Capriel

Cannabis workers at multistate operator Ascend Wellness Holdings have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike after more than a year of bargaining for their first contract, according to an announcement by the Teamsters, their collective bargaining representative.

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Biopharma Founder's Nonsolicit Clause Void Under Calif. Law

By Abigail Harrison

A biopharmaceutical company's co-founder prevailed Monday in convincing North Carolina's business court that nonsolicitation restrictions in his contract were void after they were deemed unenforceable under California law.

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CACI Staff Poaching Suit Rests On Overbroad Terms, Co. Says

By Ganesh Setty

A CACI Inc. unit's former subcontractor is urging a Virginia federal court to dismiss the unit's lawsuit accusing the subcontractor of staff-poaching when it became the prime contractor on a successor project for the U.S. Army, arguing the companies' existing nonsolicitation agreement is overbroad.

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RICO Trade Secret Suit Can Survive In Texas, 5th Circ. Says

By Adam Lidgett

The Fifth Circuit on Tuesday reversed a lower court's decision dismissing a lawsuit against the head of an industrial cleaning services company over allegations that his business routinely steals employees from competitors, finding there was a plausible claim against him personally.

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Coach Says School District Fired Him For Racism Complaints

By Rachel Konieczny

A Colorado school district discriminated and retaliated against a Black basketball coach when it terminated him for raising concerns about racism within the district, the former employee alleged in Colorado federal court.

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What Colorado AI Law's Major Rewrite Means For Employers

Colorado's landmark law regulating employers' use of artificial intelligence tools was recently replaced with a narrower regime that eliminates many burdensome obligations, but still imposes a host of requirements focused on transparency and accountability, say attorneys at Proskauer.

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Operational AI Washing: The Next Frontier Of Fiduciary Risk

While there are still no final Delaware decisions applying Caremark specifically to artificial intelligence governance failures, previous case law provides a blueprint, so the question for boards is whether their governance architectures will satisfy Caremark when the first cases are decided, say attorneys at Akerman.

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Checking For AI Errors Is Now A Two-Way Street

A handful of recent federal and state cases demonstrate the importance of checking for errors generated by artificial intelligence not only in your own court submissions, but also your opponent's, as well as when catching opposing counsel's AI mistakes could result in an award for attorney fees, says Tamara Barago at Hollingsworth.

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Trial Boutiques Roll Out Associate Pay Raises

By Andrea Keckley

Three trial boutiques are planning to bump associate salaries by at least $10,000 next month, the firms confirmed to Law360 Pulse Tuesday.

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Burford Sees Growing Market For Stakes In Elite Firms

By Marialuisa Taddia

Burford Capital plans to step up minority equity investments in elite law firms in the U.K. and U.S. that already use its litigation finance, as investor appetite for law firm equity increases, the firm's new London-based chief operating officer told Law360.

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Fox Rothschild Sued Over Data Breach Tied To Ransom Group

By Allison Grande

Fox Rothschild LLP was hit with a proposed class action in Pennsylvania federal court Tuesday accusing the national law firm of failing to adequately protect the "highly sensitive and confidential" personal data entrusted to it from being exposed to a prominent ransomware group in a data breach last month. 

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All Attys In Miss. Suit DQd For Back-To-Back-To-Back AI Flubs

By Emily Sawicki

A Mississippi federal judge who found herself in the "unusual scenario" of reviewing briefs with artificial intelligence-created errors filed by both parties in a lawyer's fee dispute against a Magnolia State municipality has terminated all four attorneys from the case.

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Next ABA International Ethics Chair Looks To Year Ahead

By Emily Sawicki

Rob Misey, incoming chair of the American Bar Association's International Ethics Committee, brings a passion for international dialogue to his new role, set to begin in September. Misey discussed his goals of initiating ethics conversations throughout the ABA and with counterparts overseas.

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Fed. Circ. 'Recalibrates' Analysis For Constitutional Standing

By Dani Kass

The Federal Circuit eased the line between constitutional and statutory standing last month when reviving A.L.M. Holding Co.'s infringement suit against Zydex Industries Private Ltd., in a decision attorneys say makes standing more accessible and clarifies how patent licensors can maintain their rights.

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5 Firms Barred From Handling NFL Parkinson's Claims

By P.J. D'Annunzio

Five law firms have been disqualified from representing claimants seeking NFL concussion settlement funds for running a scheme that "laundered" questionable Parkinson's disease claims through the system to obtain $95 million, including $20 million in fees, a special masters' report issued Monday says.

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Pa. Law Firm Calls Uber and FedEx's RICO Suit A 'Sham'

By James Boyle

Nearly a month after its motion to dismiss a RICO suit filed by Uber and FedEx was denied by a Philadelphia federal judge, personal injury firm Simon & Simon PC has lodged a counterclaim against the companies, saying their complaint is a "frivolous sham."

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Senate Confirms Longtime Kan. Prosecutor, KBI Chief To Bench

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate voted 51-46, along party lines, on Tuesday to confirm Tony Mattivi, director of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, to serve on the bench in the District of Kansas.

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