7th Circ. Questions Union's Bid To Picket On Casino Sidewalk

By Lauraann Wood

The Seventh Circuit seemed skeptical Monday of a Teamsters local's bid to picket on sidewalks outside a Caesars-owned casino as hundreds of employees work to unionize, suggesting the property seems too private to let the bargaining unit engage in its otherwise constitutionally protected activity.

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Accenture Pays $25M To End DOJ's Suit Over DEI Practices

By Gina Kim

Accenture will pay $25 million to settle allegations its employment and hiring decisions discriminated against workers based on race or sex, the federal government announced Monday, closing another chapter in the Trump administration's efforts against diversity, equity and inclusion practices. 

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Software Co. Urges Justices To Pause Thryv Order

By Katherine Smith

A Vermont software company has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to pause a D.C. Circuit mandate enforcing a Thryv remedy issued by the National Labor Relations Board, arguing that the high court will likely grant its upcoming petition challenging the circuit court's decision to uphold the mandate.

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CFTC Touts 'Record' Year With $150M To Whistleblowers

By Jessica Corso

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced Monday it has handed out more than $150 million to whistleblowers over the past two months, and its general counsel said the agency is having a "record year" for awarding tipsters.

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DOD's HIV-Positive Enlistee Ban Is 'Irrational,' 4th Circ. Told

By Tom Lotshaw

An attorney for people barred from joining the military for being HIV-positive called the policy irrational at a Monday en banc hearing at the Fourth Circuit, as some judges asked why they should scuttle that policy and overstep deference normally afforded to military leaders.

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Jackson Lewis Removes Ex-Atty's Bias Suit To Federal Court

By Patrick Hoff

Jackson Lewis PC has moved a former associate's suit accusing the firm of refusing to accommodate her temporary work restrictions following her medical leave to California federal court, saying state court wasn't the right venue for dispute.

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UPenn Prof Hires John Eastman For Race Bias Appeal

By Carla Baranauckas

A suspended University of Pennsylvania law professor has hired President Donald Trump's former attorney John Eastman to argue her Third Circuit bid to revive her case alleging the school disciplined her based on her race.

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EEOC, Security Co. Ink $65K Deal In Religious Bias Probe

By Vin Gurrieri

A North Carolina-based security company will pay about $65,000 to close the book on a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission probe of allegations that it illegally denied a Muslim employee time off to observe a religious holiday and subsequently fired her for being absent, the agency announced Monday.

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Colo. Justices Won't Review $3.36M Verdict Against Gas Co.

By Zach Dupont

The Colorado Supreme Court unanimously declined on Monday to hear the case of a natural gas marketing company appealing a $3.36 million jury verdict in favor of its former trading director who accused the company of failing to pay out a bonus related to his trades.

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Ga. Health System Shaved Workers' Time, Suit Says

By Benjamin Morse

A Georgia health system shorted workers on pay by rounding their time punches, excluding work performed before and after scheduled shifts from their total hours, according to a proposed class and collective action filed in federal court.

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AT&T's $1.75M Class Deal Gets Final OK In Missed Break Suit

By Rachel Riley

A Washington state judge gave the final green light on Friday to a $1.75 million class action settlement to end claims that AT&T and its affiliates shortchanged Evergreen State workers on compensation for missed breaks, while granting class counsel's request for one-third of the settlement fund in legal fees.

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Detroit, Firefighters Union Win Seniority Appeal

By Melanie Dorsey

The city of Detroit and its firefighters union have defeated the remaining claims of two firefighters who challenged their treatment after returning from disability retirement, with a Michigan state appeals court finding their claims either conflicted with seniority rules adopted during the city's bankruptcy or lacked sufficient support.

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9th Circ. Rejects Challenge To Wash. Abortion Coverage Law

By Rachel Riley

Revisiting a church's First Amendment challenge to a Washington law mandating that certain health insurance plans include abortion coverage, a divided Ninth Circuit panel Monday concluded that the Cedar Park Assembly of God failed to point to evidence that Washington's Reproductive Parity Act targets religious conduct.

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Electrical Co. Claims Ex-Worker Took Trade Secrets To Rival

By Elliot Weld

Electrical contractor RMS Energy Co. LLC has sued a former employee and the company he jumped to, claiming he downloaded trade secrets, including sensitive pricing information, before he made the switch.

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Mich. Cannabis Regulators Seek Exit From Buyout Suit

By Jonathan Capriel

Michigan cannabis regulators are asking a federal court to dismiss an entrepreneur's lawsuit that claims they coordinated with JARS Holdings to push him out of the cannabis business while smearing his professional reputation, arguing that JARS, not the agency, is the source of his harm.

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Sanford Heisler Hires Ex-DOJ Litigator As Partner In DC

By Patrick Hoff

Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight LLP announced Monday that it has added an attorney with a decade of experience in the Employment Litigation Section of the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division as a partner in its Washington, D.C., office.

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Big Biz Coalition Backs Litigation Funding Disclosure Rule

By Ryan Boysen

Big U.S. businesses and insurers like Amazon, Anthropic, Chubb and Walmart asked the federal judiciary on Monday to tighten disclosure requirements for litigation finance, claiming the lack of guardrails allows funders to operate "in the shadows."

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Indiana Atty Hit With $10K Sanction Over False Citations

By Andrea Keckley

An Indiana federal judge on Friday adopted a magistrate judge's recommendation to sanction a local attorney $10,000 after finding that five briefs in a consumer credit case included citations to nonexistent cases.

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Bove Rejects Recusal Bid Tied To DOJ Whistleblower Claims

By Courtney Bublé

U.S. Circuit Judge Emil Bove declined Monday to recuse himself in a Third Circuit immigration case, saying the attorneys for the petitioner are "recycling a failed pre-confirmation political smear" on him.

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State Farm Attorney Sanctioned $999.99 For AI Hallucinations

By Jonathan Capriel

An attorney for State Farm who filed several motions citing nonexistent cases and fabricated quotes generated by AI software must pay a $999.99 sanction, a Los Angeles judge ruled, an amount one cent below the threshold that would have triggered a mandatory notice to the State Bar of California under state law.

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Ex-Moses & Singer Partner Gets 10 Months For Tax Crimes

By Craig Clough

A Connecticut federal judge Monday sentenced a former Moses & Singer LLP partner to 10 months of imprisonment and ordered him to pay more than $3.1 million for failing to file personal income tax returns, the U.S. attorney's office announced.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court this past week saw disputes over allegedly fabricated board approvals at a telecom infrastructure startup, insider trading and child safety at Roblox Corp. and ownership of artificial intelligence technology used in legal proceedings.

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