9th Circ. Backs NLRB In Cemex Without Ruling On New Test

By Tim Ryan

The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday upheld a National Labor Relations Board order requiring a Cemex unit to bargain with the Teamsters but declined to weigh in on the viability of the new bargaining order standard the board used the case to announce.

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11th Circ. Says Builders Can't Block Biden-Era Labor Mandate

By Irene Spezzamonte

An association of builders failed to show it would succeed on its claims challenging a Biden-era executive order requiring labor agreements for all federal contracts exceeding $35 million, the Eleventh Circuit ruled, affirming a federal court's decision rejecting the group's request for an injunction.

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Chartwell Says Gaza Posts, Not Bias, Drove Atty's Firing

By Patrick Hoff

Chartwell Law Offices LLP urged a Florida federal court to toss a former attorney's suit claiming she was unlawfully fired because she's a Pakistani Muslim critical of Israel's military action in Gaza, arguing that the ex-employee was terminated because her inflammatory social media posts made colleagues feel unsafe.

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Pillsbury Unlawfully Fired Pregnant Recruiter, Bias Suit Says

By Lauren Berg

The former Black female director for associate recruiting at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP says she was unlawfully fired just weeks after disclosing her high-risk pregnancy to her supervisor, according to her discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed Tuesday in Tennessee federal court.

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Pesticide Study Admin Says Ex-Worker's Suit Is A 'Do-Over'

By Abigail Harrison

Counsel for a former administrative adviser in a national pesticide safety study organization named in an ex-worker's wrongful firing lawsuit urged a North Carolina federal court Tuesday to dismiss the matter, arguing the adviser is immune from constitutional claims that have already been litigated elsewhere.

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Calif. Privacy Agency Seeks Input On Rules Over Worker Data

By Dorothy Atkins

The California Privacy Protection Agency is seeking feedback on a range of topics to inform potential future regulations, including whether new rules are needed to regulate the use of employee and job applicants' personal data, and whether existing rules need to be updated to simplify potentially confusing privacy policies.

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WDTX Judge Albright Stepping Down At End Of Summer

By Dani Kass

U.S. District Judge Alan Albright is resigning after nearly eight years presiding over cases in the Western District of Texas, Law360 confirmed Tuesday.

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Novo Nordisk Unit Can't Slip Former Exec's Sex, Age Bias Suit

By Patrick Hoff

A Novo Nordisk unit must face a former finance director's lawsuit claiming she was fired because she was an older woman who complained about a male co-worker's behavior, with a North Carolina federal judge ruling her allegations were detailed enough to stay in court.

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Colo. Nurses Seek OK For $14M Wage Class Settlement

By Benjamin Morse

A group of nurses urged a Colorado federal judge to grant preliminary approval to a $14 million class action settlement resolving claims that their employer failed to properly calculate overtime and provide required breaks.

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Union Plan Seeks Early Win In 'Jersey Boys' ERISA Fight

By Katherine Smith

A stagehands union benefits plan has urged a Nevada federal court to hand it a pretrial win in a pension contribution dispute with the company behind the now-closed Las Vegas production of the musical "Jersey Boys," arguing the company cannot use a federal benefits law exception to dodge withdrawal liability.

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Joe Gibbs Racing's Fast-Track Trial Is 'Unrealistic,' Court Told

By Hayley Fowler

Joe Gibbs Racing LLC's bid to set a November trial date in a trade secrets suit against former competition director Chris Gabehart and rival team Spire Motorsports is "aggressive and unrealistic," Gabehart has argued in asking to instead push the trial to May 2027.

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Exec For Former SI Publisher Tells Jury He's Owed Severance

By Pete Brush

A New Jersey executive who worked for the financially strapped former publisher of Sports Illustrated told a Manhattan federal jury Tuesday that he is owed potentially $2 million after his firing, but the former publisher countered that he was terminated for cause.

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Record Penalty Sets Stage For FinCEN Whistleblower Awards

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s record $80 million penalty against Canaccord, together with the agency's recently proposed rule on whistleblower awards, signals an increasingly aggressive enforcement posture and illustrates the significant financial stakes associated with reporting violations, says Marlene Koury at Constantine Cannon.

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E-Discovery Quarterly: Recent Rulings On ESI Control

Several recent federal court decisions have perpetuated a split over what constitutes “control” of electronically stored information — with judges divided on whether the standard should turn on a party's legal right or practical ability to obtain the information, say attorneys at Sidley.

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Norton Rose Faces $100M Suit Over Withdrawn Patent App

By Celeste Bott

Norton Rose Fulbright was sued in Illinois state court Tuesday by an advertising tech company claiming that the law firm mishandled a patent application and caused it to be deemed withdrawn, but kept the company in the dark about the loss of its valuable patent rights for over a year.

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Lockheed Birth Defect Trial Judge 'Disappointed' By Attys

By Cara Salvatore

A Florida federal judge said Tuesday he's "puzzled and disappointed" in counsel who appear "unprepared" on the eve of trial in a suit by children who blame their birth defects on Lockheed Martin's chemical handling practices at an Orlando defense system manufacturing and research facility.

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Hunter Biden Blasts Winston & Strawn Tactics In Fee Row

By Emily Sawicki

As a discovery dispute between Hunter Biden and Winston & Strawn LLP drags on amid a suit over allegedly unpaid legal bills, the former president's son accused the BigLaw firm, which once represented him in a Delaware criminal case and other matters, of resorting to "what is uncomfortably close to an ad hominem attack" against him.

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Bondi's Proposed Rule Change May Shield Her In Ethics Case

By Phillip Bantz

A federal rule change that Pam Bondi proposed before she was fired as U.S. attorney general could stymie an ethics complaint against her in Florida, which is expected to be refiled after the state bar declined to take up the case during her tenure, experts say.

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330+ Groups Urge DOJ To Restore Immigration Aid Staff

By Courtney Bublé

More than 300 legal services providers, faith-based institutions and community groups are calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to fully restore a program that allows nonlawyers to assist low-income and indigent persons in immigration proceedings.

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Acting DOJ Inspector General Tapped For Permanent Post

By Jack Karp

President Donald Trump has nominated the U.S. Department of Justice's acting inspector general, who investigated the FBI's probe into Trump's links with Russia, to remain in that role on a permanent basis, according to a White House announcement.

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Paint Co. Says Injury Firm Used Stolen Data To Solicit Clients

By Abigail Harrison

A paint company has asked a North Carolina federal court to boot the opposing counsel in a putative data breach class action, accusing them of finding stolen data on the dark web and using it to solicit potential plaintiffs before victims were even notified of the breach.

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