Full Fed. Circ. To Hear Immigration Judges' Firing Challenge

By Ganesh Setty

The Federal Circuit on Wednesday agreed to conduct en banc review over the firing of two immigration judges, after the Merit Systems Protection Board ruled that they constituted inferior officers who are subject to at-will removal by the president.

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4th Circ. Won't Revive Journalists' Social Media Bias Suits

By Patrick Hoff

The Fourth Circuit refused Wednesday to reopen lawsuits alleging two journalists were fired by a U.S.-funded Middle Eastern media network because they're Iraqi, concluding they couldn't overcome the organization's explanation that the employees violated its social media policy requiring neutrality.

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Walmart Hit With $23M Verdict For Wash. Worker Retaliation

By Rachel Riley

A Washington federal jury has found Walmart on the hook for retaliating against a former store employee who claimed she was fired for standing up for colleagues who were sexually harassed by another co-worker, awarding the plaintiff $23 million in damages.

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Amazon Workers Ink $3M Deal In COVID Screening Wage Suit

By Gina Kim

Amazon will pay $3 million to settle a class action filed in Pennsylvania federal court alleging it failed to compensate more than 30,000 hourly employees for time they spent off the clock to undergo COVID-19 health screenings during the pandemic in violation of state minimum wage laws, according to a Wednesday order. 

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Former 'Matlock' Writer Sues Over Hostile Work Environment

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

A former writer on the television show "Matlock" sued CBS Television Studios, its showrunner and its executive producers Wednesday in California state court for allegedly fostering a hostile work environment replete with racist and sexual comments.

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DoorDash Sued For Kicking Off Seattle Drivers Without Notice

By Ben Adlin

A former DoorDash driver is accusing the delivery platform of violating a Seattle ordinance by "deactivating" driver accounts without providing proper notice or justification, claiming in a proposed class action that the company abruptly cut off his access to delivery offers despite a sterling service record.

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Ex-Texas City Worker Gets $272K For Fees After $2M Ask

By Grace Elletson

A Texas federal judge said a former worker can collect attorney fees on claims that the City of Hutto illegally demanded he return $400,000 in separation pay, but cited his dismissed race allegations in awarding him far less than the $2 million in fees, interest and costs he sought.

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ADT Says Worker Can't 'Veto' Ogletree In Pregnancy Bias Suit

By Grace Elletson

ADT urged a Georgia federal court Wednesday to uphold an order denying a bid by a former ADT worker's attorney to disqualify Ogletree from representing the security company in a pregnancy bias suit, saying she's essentially asking for "veto power" to knock out an opposing party's counsel.

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Mental Health Co. To Face Wage Class Damages Trial

By Cara Salvatore

A North Carolina federal judge ruled Wednesday that the mental healthcare company JMJ Enterprises LLC must face a second-phase damages trial after a jury found in February in favor of a collective of employees claiming that the company willfully broke federal and state wage laws by underpaying workers at group homes.

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Amazon Hit With OT Suit By Ex-Assistant Manager

By Benjamin Morse

Amazon Fresh misclassified salaried assistant store managers as overtime-exempt while assigning them routine store work, according to a proposed collective action filed by a former manager in Washington federal court Wednesday.

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Brief

Shuttered Security Co. To Pay $85K To End Wage Suit

By Benjamin Morse

A shuttered Colorado security company has agreed to pay $85,000 to resolve four former workers' claims that it failed to pay overtime, improperly deducted meal breaks and shorted canine handlers on at-home dog care, according to a settlement approval bid filed in federal court Wednesday.

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Colo. Firm Accused Of Keeping Atty's Wages, Commissions

By Rachel Konieczny

A Denver employment law firm has not paid a former lawyer with the firm all wages and commissions she is owed, the attorney alleged in Colorado state court.

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Wash. Hydro Workers Sue Feds To Save Collective Bargaining

By Rachel Riley

United Power Trades Organization, which represents hundreds of hydropower dam workers employed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, launched a lawsuit in Seattle federal court Tuesday seeking to preserve its collective bargaining rights after the Trump administration ended its union contract pursuant to a March 2025 executive order.

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UPS Drivers Seek Class Cert. In Colo. Sick Leave Suit

By MJ Koo

A UPS package driver asked a Colorado federal court to certify a class of over 12,000 union workers who allege the delivery giant failed to provide paid sick leave as required under state law, arguing the company's uniform statewide policies make the case well suited for class treatment.

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Nasdaq Private Market Says Rival Poached Staff And Secrets

By Katryna Perera

A Nasdaq marketplace for pre-IPO stock has filed suit against a competitor, alleging that it has poached employees and clients, stolen trade secrets and other confidential information, and infringed its patented technology in an effort to acquire what Nasdaq has built without fairly competing.

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Opinion

Rule Of Law Requires Gov't Engagement With Bar, Not Retreat

A federal agency's absence from national and local bar conferences, most recently illustrated by the U.S. Department of Justice's withdrawal from a New York City Bar Association white collar conference, disserves the bar, the government lawyers themselves and, ultimately, the administration of justice, says Muhammad Faridi at Linklaters.

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No Discipline For DOJ Atty's 'Lapse Of Judgment' In ICE Case

By Emily Sawicki

A Rhode Island federal prosecutor who knowingly withheld information about a detainee's criminal history at the behest of immigration enforcement, leading to an "unfounded attack" against a federal judge by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement following the detainee's release, violated his duty of candor but will not face discipline, the district's chief judge determined.

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Trump Halts Clayton Director Hearing Over Blue-Slip Dispute

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump directed Jay Clayton, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, not to appear for his confirmation hearing Wednesday on his nomination to be director of national intelligence, in part over a blue-slip issue.

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Maya Kowalski Sues Ex-Atty Over Fees, Funding Loan

By Carolina Bolado

Maya Kowalski, the subject of the Netflix documentary "Take Care of Maya," filed a malpractice suit against her former attorney on Wednesday, accusing him of charging excessive fees and improperly orchestrating an advance funding loan after winning a $213 million judgment.

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Sanctioned IP Atty Tells Fed. Circ. 'Integrity' On The Line

By Elliot Weld

An attorney who was sanctioned in a trade dress infringement case due to what a judge said were his repeated misrepresentations has asked the Federal Circuit to lift the penalties against him and his client, saying his "professional and personal integrity, and my family, depends on it."

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Bosch Receives First DOJ Declination Under New Policy

By Sarah Jarvis

German technology company Bosch on Wednesday became the first company to avoid criminal prosecution under a new U.S. Department of Justice enforcement policy after it cooperated with the federal government and agreed to pay $36 million to settle allegations it improperly exported technology products to sanctioned Chinese company Huawei.

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DOJ's Pot Shift Leaves Key Questions For Cannabis Industry

By Sam Reisman

The Trump administration's recent moves to relax federal restrictions on marijuana through the administrative process will have unclear ramifications for all industry players unless Congress steps in to rewrite cannabis law, attorneys heard Wednesday.

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