Ga. City, Ex-Court Admin To Mediate Retaliation Dispute

By Kelcey Caulder

A federal judge has stayed a former court administrator's suit alleging the city of East Point, Georgia, fired her for complaining about a city council member's attempt to have a relative's court fine withdrawn, saying the parties intend to mediate.

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Denver Schools Seek Win In Principal's Free Speech Suit

By Zach Dupont

Denver Public Schools asked for an early win in a First Amendment lawsuit from a former middle school principal, claiming that his interview with local news isn't protected by the First Amendment because his disclosure of juvenile arrest records violated state law and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.

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PATH Transit Agency Can't Evade Worker's Medical Bill Award

By George Woolston

A New Jersey federal judge declined to alter $913,000 awarded to a Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corp. cable splicer for medical expenses after he was injured on the job, holding that the jury had a reasonable basis to reach its verdict and that the award was not excessive.

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Ex-Pardon Atty Says DOJ Fired Her Over Actor's Gun Rights

By Rae Ann Varona

Former U.S. pardon attorney Liz Oyer sued the U.S. Department of Justice Thursday in Washington, D.C., federal court, alleging the department unlawfully fired her for not recommending Mel Gibson get his gun rights back — a request she said was based on the actor's relationship with President Donald Trump.

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Brief

Mass. Dunkin' Owners, Temp Firms Owe $1.4M For Violations

By Julie Manganis

The owners of 20 Dunkin' franchises across eastern Massachusetts and two staffing agencies have been fined $1.46 million for multiple state labor violations, including designating store workers as independent contractors and late paychecks, the state attorney general said Thursday.

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Detroit Club Must Pay $417K Fee After $6.3M Bias Verdict

By Melanie Dorsey

A Michigan federal judge has awarded more than $417,000 in attorney fees and costs to three former Detroit Club employees who won nearly $6.3 million at trial on race discrimination and retaliation claims, while rejecting the club's effort to revisit an early discovery sanctions ruling as 554 days too late. 

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Ga. School District Wants Early Win In Nixed Job Offer Suit

By Kelcey Caulder

A Georgia school district asked a federal judge to grant it an early win in a high school Spanish teacher candidate's lawsuit alleging her job offer was rescinded after school officials discovered online comments alleging the administration of former President Joe Biden unfairly targeted her spouse's firearm business.

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Worker Says Construction Co. Fired Him Over Age, Med Leave

By Patrick Hoff

A construction data and consulting firm fired an employee because he was over 40 and took time off to recover from a heart attack, according to a lawsuit filed in New Jersey state court.

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Brief

Discovery Needed In Shoe Co. OT Collective Bid, Judge Says

By MJ Koo

A North Carolina federal court denied a bid by two footwear store managers to notify thousands of potential opt-in workers about their off-the-clock overtime lawsuit Thursday, ordering the parties to complete limited precertification discovery before the court considers whether to certify a nationwide collective.

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Worker Says Colo. Mining Co. Shorted Pay, Including Overtime

By Rachel Konieczny

A uranium mining company operating in Wyoming shorted hourly workers' pay by rounding down workers' recorded time and removing bonuses from overtime rate calculations, according to a proposed class and collective action filed Thursday in Colorado federal court.

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Brief

Pa. Opens Home Care Wage Probes Covering 100K Workers

By Emily Brill

Pennsylvania is planning to step up enforcement of wage laws for home care employees, the state's labor secretary has announced, saying these workers are particularly vulnerable to wage theft.

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Brief

Topgolf Settles Ga. Servers' Minimum Wage Suit

By Benjamin Morse

Topgolf settled a proposed collective action accusing the chain of underpaying servers by improperly taking a tip credit, according to a Georgia federal judge's order approving the deal.

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SEC Sues LSU Over Efforts To Put Ex-NFL Players On Roster

By Alex Lawson

The Southeastern Conference sued Louisiana State University in Alabama federal court Thursday, asking a judge to affirm the conference's right to impose penalties against the school if it decides to place players who had previously appeared in NFL preseason games on its roster.

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Fisher Phillips Adds Partner, 9 Attorneys In Mexico

By Andrea Keckley

Fisher Phillips announced Thursday that it has hired a partner and nine associates from the small, full-service Mexican firm Ibarra del Paso y Gallego SC, making it one of the largest labor and employment firms in Mexico by headcount.

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11th Circ. FCA Qui Tam Revival Queues Up Next Challenges

Though the Eleventh Circuit on Sept. 1 upheld the constitutionality of the False Claims Act's qui tam provision, it will probably face continued litigation since the appellate court declined to rule on other constitutional challenges and the decision will likely be petitioned to the U.S. Supreme Court, say attorneys at Sheppard.

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Series

Ballet Makes Me A Better Lawyer

A lifetime of learning and performing ballet taught me that success — whether in dance or practicing law — comes only through hours of thorough preparation, boundless energy and relentless effort, says Sharon Katz-Pearlman at Greenberg Traurig.

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Quinn Emanuel, McDermott Hit By Data Breaches

By Lauren Berg

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP and McDermott Will & Schulte LLP both recently suffered data breaches, adding to the dozens of cybersecurity incidents law firms in the U.S. have suffered in 2026.

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Analysis

Boutique Firms Emerge As Trump Admin's 'Achilles' Heel'

By Phillip Bantz

Less fearful of retribution than some of their BigLaw counterparts, small law firms are taking on an outsize role handling cases seen as adversarial to the Trump administration.

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Interview

Federal Judge Warns Threats Imperil Judicial Independence

By Carolina Bolado

U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom of the Southern District of Florida told Law360 that judges and members of the bar need to educate the public on the judiciary's important role in American democracy to combat increasing threats, speaking following the release of two reports this week that warn of safety concerns for judges and that defiance of court orders is undermining the federal judiciary's independence.

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Husch Blackwell Gets Early Win In Ex-Partner's 401(k) Suit

By Andrea Keckley

A Missouri federal court granted Husch Blackwell LLP an early win over a former employee's proposed class action alleging the firm illegally withheld retirement contributions and mismanaged its employee 401(k) plan, finding the ex-partner couldn't prove violations of federal benefits law.

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Former Girardi Keese CFO Drops Appeal Of 5-Year Fraud Term

By Emily Sawicki

The Seventh Circuit has granted onetime Girardi Keese financial chief Christopher Kamon's request to drop the appeal he lodged fighting an Illinois federal judge's order adding five concurrent years onto the 10 he is already serving for his role helping Tom Girardi, the head of the firm, steal millions from plane crash clients who settled cases in Chicago.

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Pirro Urges House Ethics Panel To Refer Crime Claims To DOJ

By Courtney Bublé

U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro has told the House Ethics Committee that as cases involving criminal misconduct come before it, her office should be involved too.

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Fox Rothschild Says Adult Day Care Suit Rehashes Claims

By Rose Krebs

Fox Rothschild LLP is urging a New Jersey state court to toss claims against the firm and one of its attorneys in a complaint related to the firm's prosecution of a fraudulent loan lawsuit that led to a $65,000 sanction against the firm.

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