Unions Argue Challenge To DOGE's Data Access Is Still Valid

By Emily Brill

The Trump administration's claim that a lawsuit against the Department of Government Efficiency is moot is a strategy to avoid litigation, not a legitimate argument, a group of unions told a New York federal judge, saying their challenge to DOGE's data access can proceed because DOGE remains operating.

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DOJ Says NY Court Can't Handle Maurene Comey Firing Suit

By Adrian Cruz

The U.S. Department of Justice has said former prosecutor Maurene Comey's suit challenging the circumstances of her firing should be dismissed, arguing that it is an attempt to sidestep the Civil Service Reform Act.

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White Atlanta Worker Says EEOC Race Charge Got Him Fired

By Grace Elletson

A white worker in his 60s claimed in a Georgia federal court suit that the city of Atlanta fired him out of age and race discrimination after he complained to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that his Black and younger colleagues received preferential treatment.

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Texas Healthcare Co. Asks Court To Shred 4 SEIU Arb. Awards

By Emily Brill

A D.C. federal judge should vacate four of the Service Employees International Union's wins in arbitration proceedings against Tenet Healthcare Corp., the Dallas-based company argued, claiming the arbitrator lacked the authority to preside over the dispute because the union had bypassed the normal grievance procedure.

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DOD Contractor Says Engineer Stole 2K Files On Last Day

By Bonnie Eslinger

Defense contractor Competitive Range Solutions LLC is suing a field engineer in Virginia federal court, accusing him of violating the Defend Trade Secrets Act by downloading thousands of confidential documents at the end of his last day of work and after accepting a job with a competitor.

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SHRM Flouted ADA By Denying Service Dog, Applicant Says

By Vin Gurrieri

The Society for Human Resource Management was sued in Virginia federal court Tuesday by an applicant who alleged she had a job offer pulled after she sought permission to have a trained service dog accompany her to work.

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DOD To Reevaluate Discharges Over COVID Vax Refusal

By Madeline Lyskawa

The U.S. Department of Defense said on Tuesday that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ordered a reevaluation of the discharge status of service members who were involuntarily removed from the military after they refused to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. 

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Brief

Ex-Worker Drops Bias Suit Against Ga. Housing Authority

By Kelcey Caulder

A woman who alleged she was denied a senior position with a local housing authority after its leaders found out she'd sued her prior employer has agreed to dismiss her suit, according to a filing in Georgia federal court. 

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Merck Sued Over Time Rounding, OT Averaging At NC Plant

By Benjamin Morse

A Merck manufacturing facility in North Carolina rounded workers' time to short them on pay, averaged out overtime across two weeks and fired an operator technician because of his sleep apnea, the worker told a federal court in a proposed class and collective action against the pharmaceutical giant.

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Brief

Denver, Cos. End Fight Over Wage Ordinance

By Benjamin Morse

A worker-finding platform, a staffing company and Denver agreed to end the companies' lawsuit alleging the city went beyond its authority by auditing them for wage violations, according to a federal judge's order Tuesday dismissing the case.

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Full 9th Circ. To Review Union Work Dispute Precedent

By Braden Campbell

The full Ninth Circuit is set to rethink precedent on the National Labor Relations Board's power to vet competing claims for work after taking up two challenges Tuesday to a June decision that revived a rival union's pursuit of jobs held by International Association of Machinists members.

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NC Cardboard Box Salesman Freed From Trade Secrets Suit

By Abigail Harrison

A corrugated packing manufacturer can't hold on to its lawsuit alleging a former star salesman defected to a close competitor with its trade secrets after a North Carolina Business Court judge ruled the complaint is too vague.

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Ex-NIAID Director Claims Retaliation in Trump Admin Suit

By Craig Clough

The former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases filed suit in Maryland federal court on Tuesday alleging Trump administration appointees violated her constitutional rights by illegally terminating her employment and that she cannot expect her claims to be fairly heard by the "undermined" U.S. Office of Special Counsel.

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$1.7M Verdict Tainted By Confusion, NJ Housing Agency Says

By George Woolston

Camden, New Jersey's housing authority asked a Garden State federal court for a new trial after a jury awarded $1.7 million to former and current employees who claimed they were terminated for raising concerns about corruption, arguing that the jury improperly decided questions of law and that the jury charges and verdict sheet contradicted each other.

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Willkie Adds Another Kirkland Restructuring Pro In New York

By Christine DeRosa

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP has added another restructuring attorney from Kirkland & Ellis LLP after recently welcoming a Kirkland attorney as chair of its restructuring group.

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How Workforce, Tech Will Affect 2026 Construction Landscape

As the construction industry's center of gravity shifts from traditional commercial work to infrastructure, energy, industrial and data-hosting facilities, the effects of evolving technology and persistent labor shortages are reshaping real estate dealmaking, immigration policy debates and government contracting risk, say attorneys at Cozen O'Connor.

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Opinion

A Uniform Federal Rule Would Curb Gen AI Missteps In Court

To address the patchwork of courts’ standing orders on generative artificial intelligence, curbing abuses and relieving the burden on judges, the federal judiciary should consider amending its civil procedure rules to require litigants to certify they’ve reviewed legal filings for accuracy, say attorneys at Shook Hardy.

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Bonus Spotlight

Susman Godfrey Bests Market With Bonuses Of Up To $280K

By Andrea Keckley

Susman Godfrey LLP announced on Tuesday that it is topping New York's bonus scale with payouts that range from a median of $120,000 for first-year associates to a median of $280,000 for the most senior associates.

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Kasowitz Hid Plummeting Profits From Ex-Partner, Suit Says

By Andrea Keckley

A former Kasowitz LLP partner has accused the firm and its founder, renowned litigator Marc Kasowitz, of misrepresenting its finances and failing to pay him the millions he is owed in a lawsuit in New York state court, alleging the firm's profits have plummeted due to poor management.

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Hagens Berman Sanctioned For Bot Errors In OnlyFans Case

By Emily Sawicki

A California federal judge sanctioned Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP for submitting four briefs that contained errors blamed on ChatGPT while representing OnlyFans users pursuing proposed class fraud claims against the online platform, tossing the suit but allowing the users a chance to refile.

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Fired Top Antitrust Official Warns Of 'Politicization'

By Courtney Bublé

The former No. 2 at the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division until he was terminated this year testified Tuesday about the "politicization" of antitrust enforcement.

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Levona Says New Docs Show Reed Smith Lied In $102M Feud

By Emily Sawicki

Levona Holdings Ltd. is pressing a Manhattan federal court to vacate what it calls a fraudulent $102 million arbitral award issued to international shipping company Eletson, arguing that new documents released under the crime-fraud exception show that the company and its prior attorneys at Reed Smith LLP lied during the arbitration.

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Ex-State High Court Chiefs Start Group To Defend Rule Of Law

By Jake Maher

A group of over 40 former chief judges of state supreme courts across the country this week launched a new project to speak out against attacks on the judiciary's independence and educate about the rule of law. 

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Quinn Emanuel Fee Fight Bound For Texas Or Mass. Court

By Carolyn Muyskens

A Massachusetts federal judge is weighing whether to kick Quinn Emanuel's bid for $30 million in legal fees from a former client's parent company, Nano Dimension Ltd., to state court or to the Texas bankruptcy court where the client is undergoing Chapter 11 proceedings.

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Bullivant Houser Files For Ch. 11 After November Closure

By Rose Krebs

The now-shuttered Bullivant Houser Bailey PC has filed for Chapter 11 protection in California, with its chief dissolution officer saying the bankruptcy was filed so the firm can liquidate its assets as it continues "an orderly wind-down" of its operations.

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Corporate Transparency Act Is Constitutional, 11th Circ. Says

By Kevin Pinner

The Corporate Transparency Act is constitutional because it regulates economic activities with a substantial impact on interstate commerce and doesn't violate protections against unreasonable searches, the Eleventh Circuit said Tuesday, reversing a lower court's decision.

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