An Eleventh Circuit panel has revived a former Florida fire department employee's Americans with Disabilities Act lawsuit against his ex-employer, saying a reasonable jury could find that the department caused the former medical chief's termination by failing to accommodate his disabilities.
An Eleventh Circuit panel has revived a former Florida fire department employee's Americans with Disabilities Act lawsuit against his ex-employer, saying a reasonable jury could find that the department caused the former medical chief's termination by failing to accommodate his disabilities.
The U.S. Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments for a former Fulton County District Attorney's Office aide's appeal seeking to revive her pregnancy discrimination claim against her employer.
The U.S. Department of Labor has agreed to rescind its decision to shutter 99 contractor-operated Job Corps centers nationwide to settle a suit brought by students who challenged the closures in D.C. federal court.
A former WXYZ reporter lost her sex discrimination suit when a Michigan state appeals court ruled the Detroit station had legitimate reasons for paying a male reporter more and that comments about her "distracting" forehead were not direct evidence of sex bias.
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala has filed suit against the county and the union representing his office's employees, claiming they are usurping his power under state law and the union contract by entertaining grievances over two firings.
A former assistant chief of the diversion unit at the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office is suing the city and some of its leaders in Pennsylvania federal court for race discrimination, retaliation and other claims that arose from the office's alleged discriminatory employment practices.
Three former bartenders at a New Jersey Veterans of Foreign Wars post have sued the organization and its commander in federal court, alleging they were paid below the minimum wage while being subjected to years of sexual harassment, including unwanted touching and coerced sexual contact.
Missouri Attorney General Catherin L. Hanaway pressed a district court judge to block Kansas City's contracting program for minority- and women-owned businesses, saying it violates the equal protection clause of the U.S. Constitution.
An international automotive supplier fired a lab technician for taking leave to care for her mother and shorted hourly workers for off-the-clock work, according to a proposed collective action filed in Michigan federal court.
An insurer does not have to pay a tech company's $300,000 judgment in an employment action alleging a worker experienced discrimination and retaliation during her pregnancy, the First Circuit said Tuesday, ruling the company first received notice of the claim before the policy period.
The AFL-CIO and several unions have filed a complaint in D.C. federal court challenging new federal student loan caps in a U.S. Department of Education rule that narrows the definition for "professional student," claiming that the rule arbitrarily restricts access to federal student loans.
The Ninth Circuit revived allegations that Aetna misrepresented how much it would pay toward a patient's $150,000 surgery, finding that federal benefits law didn't preempt a claim brought under state law because the dispute centered on the payment commitments rather than the health plan itself.
An artificial intelligence software company's suit in the Northern District of Texas claiming three former employees swiped trade secrets and took them to SAP should move forward, a federal magistrate judge has said.
The Sixth Circuit has rejected a Michigan prison employee's excessive force claim stemming from injuries she suffered during a hostage training exercise, ruling that she was not "seized" under the Fourth Amendment because the officers were practicing a rescue rather than carrying out an actual law enforcement operation.
A new rule allowing schools to add corporate sponsor patches to athletes' uniforms may create a conflict with students' individual name, image and likeness agreements with competing brands, requiring negotiated contract provisions to reduce the legal risks, says Evan Rosenberg at Morritt Hock.
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Texas-based trial boutique Reid Collins & Tsai LLP is planning to dole out a third round of bonuses for the year to associates, raising their total bonus pay to between $130,000 and $170,000 on the year so far, with another round expected later in 2026.
Alternative asset manager Aperture Investors is expanding its litigation finance platform to $1 billion in total investment capacity, mostly deployed as direct loans to plaintiffs firms.
A settlement has been reached in a proposed nationwide class action brought by bar applicants against the proctor of the botched February 2025 California bar exam, one month after the California State Bar settled its claims against the proctor.
A Fordham University School of Law graduate accused Hofstra University in New York state court of failing to intervene in time when she had a heart attack in the middle of the July 2025 Bar Exam, refusing to stop the test and discouraging her peers from rendering aid.
Tom Goldstein and the U.S. Department of Justice aired dramatically divergent views Wednesday of a looming financial penalty for his fraud convictions, with the famed appellate advocate voicing constitutional objections to the DOJ's request for almost $2 million and revealing that prosecutors spurned a far smaller offer.
A trend of settlements between the Trump administration and friendly parties in fast-track lawsuits to pursue policy changes has legal experts concerned about the endurance of a longstanding norm that federal courts can only hear genuine disputes between opposing parties.
A trustee who has accused BakerHostetler and an Atlanta-based attorney of legal malpractice has asked a Georgia federal court to allow him to accuse the former de facto general counsel and business adviser of a nonprofit of violating the Georgia RICO Act.
Jodi-Ann Tillman of Shutts & Bowen LLP was brought into patent infringement litigation over drum technology just months before trial, and her performance earned high praise from opposing counsel, Foley & Lardner LLP partner Laura Ganoza.
Following confirmation of Todd Blanche as attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice official Trent McCotter is taking his former post as deputy attorney general on a temporary basis.
The White House and the U.S. Department of Justice are fighting a demand for immediate reinstatement brought by Seattle's former top federal prosecutor, who was fired within an hour of a court appointing him to the role, arguing his due process rights were not violated.
