Pittsburgh Paper To Close In Midst Of Legal Woes With Union

By Braden Campbell

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette announced plans to close after nearly 240 years, hours after the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday lifted Justice Samuel Alito's stay of a Third Circuit order making the company comply with a National Labor Relations Board order to restore its newsroom workers' healthcare plan.

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NFL Takes Arbitration Fight In Flores Case To Supreme Court

By David Steele

The National Football League has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether its arbitration process, overseen by the commissioner, complies with federal law, appealing a Second Circuit ruling in favor of a coach suing the league for discrimination.

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NLRB Gets Up To Speed As Members And GC Are Sworn In

By Braden Campbell

The National Labor Relations Board is set to resume deciding cases after two new members arrived at the agency Wednesday along with President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Office of the General Counsel.

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4th Circ. Won't Revive Fired United Flight Attendant's Bias Suit

By Grace Elletson

The Fourth Circuit backed the dismissal of a Black ex-flight attendant's retaliation suit claiming United Airlines fired her for complaining that her boss teed her up for termination over her race and age, saying she failed to show a link between her complaints and her firing.

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Texas Teacher's Union Says Kirk Inquiries Violate Free Speech

By Craig Clough

The Texas American Federation of Teachers sued the state's education agency in federal court Tuesday over its investigations into hundreds of school officials accused of making "vile" or "inappropriate" comments about the assassination of Charlie Kirk on social media, arguing the actions are a violation of free speech rights.

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Trader Asks Wary Colo. Appeals Court To Award $10M Penalty

By Rachel Konieczny

A Colorado appellate panel pushed back Wednesday on an ex-trading director's bid for a $10 million statutory penalty against his former employer following a $6.8 million judgment against the natural gas marketing company for failing to pay him a bonus on lucrative trades made during a 2021 winter storm.

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United Workers' Revamped Vax Suit Can Proceed, Judge Says

By Jonathan Capriel

Workers suing United Airlines over its COVID-19 vaccine mandate, which they allege violated federal discrimination law, are allowed to amend their more than 700-page lawsuit, a Texas federal court has ruled, despite the airline decrying the move as a delay tactic.

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Judge Tosses Disparate Impact Claim In South Asian Bias Suit

By Britain Eakin

A New Jersey federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a disparate impact claim in a suit alleging that Tata Consultancy Services favored South Asian workers, finding that the plaintiffs framed the claim under the wrong legal theory.

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Ill. Poultry Processor Improperly Calculates OT, Suit Says

By Lauraann Wood

A former Koch Foods employee in Ohio has hit the Illinois-based poultry processor with a proposed collective wage dispute in Chicago federal court, claiming the company has illegally short-changed its workers by failing to factor their nondiscretionary bonus pay into its overtime wage calculations.

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Disney, Staffing Co. Stiffed Worker On OT, Suit Says

By Benjamin Morse

Disney's theme park design arm and a staffing firm failed to pay a former IT project manager overtime premiums even though he regularly worked more than 40 hours a week, a lawsuit brought in Florida federal court says.

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Mo. Restaurant To Pay $850K To End DOL Wage Suit

By Benjamin Morse

A Missouri restaurant will pay $850,000 to end a U.S. Department of Labor suit alleging it stiffed more than two dozen workers on their full wages, according to a filing in federal court.

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Ga. Health Clinic, Ex-Aide Reach Deal In Wage Fight

By Kelcey Caulder

A Georgia mental health clinic and a former aide have reached a tentative agreement that, if approved, would end the ex-aide's suit alleging she was forced to resign last year after the clinic refused to hand over thousands in unpaid overtime.

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UAW Seeks Quick Exit In Battery Plant Worker's Firing Suit

By Katherine Smith

A United Auto Workers local is fighting to escape a battery plant worker's hybrid discrimination lawsuit, telling a Tennessee federal court that the employee failed to show the union mishandled his work grievance.

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Injunction Protecting TSA Labor Contract Is Moot, Feds Says

By Ben Adlin

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security should be allowed to proceed with plans to terminate a labor contract covering Transportation Security Administration workers, the Trump administration told a Seattle federal judge, claiming that a preliminary injunction issued by the court in June no longer applies.

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Prime Capital CEO 'Baffled' His Co. Was Sued For $5M

By Aaron Keller

The CEO of Kansas-based Prime Capital Investment Advisors LLC said Wednesday he was "baffled" competitor Wealth Enhancement Group LLC filed a $5 million lawsuit against his company for poaching a Connecticut financial adviser he later fired for alleged misconduct, including misrepresentations during an underlying Minnesota lawsuit.

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NHL, Anaheim Ducks Accused Of Blacklisting Whistleblower

By Gina Kim

A former information technology worker for the Anaheim Ducks sued the hockey club and the National Hockey League in New York federal court on Tuesday, alleging she was blacklisted from jobs with the league or its member franchises after she spoke up about sexual harassment and discriminatory behavior she experienced while working for the Ducks.

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KeyBank Will Pay $7.7M To Resolve Branch Manager's Fraud

By Carla Baranauckas

KeyBank National Association has agreed to pay more than $7.7 million to settle allegations it violated the False Claims Act by submitting forgiveness requests for dozens of Paycheck Protection Program loans that one of its branch managers helped fraudulently obtain, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday.

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Ex-Exec Says Dominium Wrongly Fired Him And Withheld $80M

By Spencer Brewer

A former executive at Dominium Development and Acquisition LLC has sued his former employer in the Texas Business Court, saying Dominium wrongly fired him and claimed he forfeited over $80 million in unvested partnership interests when it was the company that violated the employment agreement.

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Navigating Workplace AI When Federal, State Policies Clash

Two recent federal bills and various state laws concerning employers' artificial intelligence use may clash with an executive order calling for minimal regulation, so employers should proactively monitor their AI usage and stay apprised of legislative updates while awaiting further direction from the federal government, say attorneys at Foley & Lardner.

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Law School's Missed Lessons: Intentional Career-Building

A successful legal career is built through intention: understanding expectations, assessing strengths honestly and proactively seeking opportunities to grow and cultivating relationships that support your development, say Erika Drous and Hillary Mann at Morrison Foerster.

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McGlinchey Stafford To Close After 51 Years

By Emma Cueto

New Orleans-based firm McGlinchey Stafford PLLC announced Tuesday that it has decided to wind down operations after over half a century, citing difficult market conditions and unspecified "internal circumstances."

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Law Firms Step Up To Navigate Biz Opportunities In Venezuela

By Lynn LaRowe and Adrian Cruz

Law firms are gearing up to assist clients exploring potential business opportunities in Venezuela following President Donald Trump's announcement that the U.S. would "run" the country for the time being after the arrest of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on narco-conspiracy charges.

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Cruz Tells House Speaker To Move On Judicial Impeachments

By Courtney Bublé

Ahead of a hearing on impeachment of "rogue judges" on Wednesday, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, increased pressure on House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., to advance impeachment proceedings against federal judges in D.C. and Maryland.

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Bulk Of SDNY Attys Are Tasked With Reviewing Epstein Docs

By Hailey Konnath

Over half of the more than 220 assistant U.S. attorneys at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York have been tasked with sifting through documents related to the investigation of the late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to a Justice Department disclosure filed in federal court.

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Feds Want To Use Goldstein's Comments To NYT At Trial

By Jared Foretek

Federal prosecutors preparing to try SCOTUSblog founder Tom Goldstein for tax crimes next week are looking to use his comments in a New York Times Magazine article against him, claiming that admissions and details from the article "directly prove" certain charges the government has brought.

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DOJ Nominee Says He'll Work Within Blue-Slip 'Parameters'

By Courtney Bublé

A nominee for a top U.S. Department of Justice position that handles judicial nominees appeared to give a nod to the Senate's blue-slip process, despite President Donald Trump's vocal opposition to the tradition.

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Jurisdiction Questioned In NY Fried Frank Data Breach Suit

By Emily Sawicki

A New York federal judge is threatening to toss a proposed class action data security suit against Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP over a data breach involving private equity funds maintained by firm client Goldman Sachs, unless plaintiffs properly plead that the Manhattan court has jurisdiction.

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Objector To PACER Overcharge Settlement Faces Uphill Battle

By Emily Sawicki

An objector to a $125 million settlement to end class claims alleging the federal government overcharged nonprofits and other lawyers to access court documents faced a skeptical Federal Circuit panel Wednesday, with judges indicating they had not found legal errors in the district court's approval of the deal.

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DOJ To Appeal Reinstatement Of Clearance For Mark Zaid

By Jared Foretek

The Trump administration told a D.C. federal judge on Wednesday that it will obey his injunction to reinstate attorney Mark Zaid's security clearance as it appeals the ruling in the D.C. Circuit, but left open the possibility that government intelligence agencies could try to revoke it again for new reasons.

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