DC Circ. Sends CFPB Layoff Fight Back To District Court

By Jon Hill

The D.C. Circuit has declined to give the Trump administration an immediate green light for a plan to lay off around half of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's remaining workforce, instead handing it off for a Washington, D.C., federal judge to review first.

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Split 9th Circ. To Rehear Ministry's Anti-LGBTQ+ Hiring Case

By Rachel Riley

The Ninth Circuit on Thursday nixed a panel's recent ruling that the First Amendment shields a Christian ministry's practice of rejecting gay job applicants, granting Washington state's bid for a full-court rehearing while drawing protest from one appellate judge that the court has "relegated religious liberty to a second-class right."

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NY High Court Upholds Mandatory Judge Retirement Age

By Dorothy Atkins

New York's highest court Thursday affirmed a ruling that rejected jurists' challenges to the Empire State's mandatory retirement age of 70 for state judges and justices, finding that the centuries-old constitutional mandate doesn't conflict with a recent state civil rights amendment banning age discrimination.

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3rd Circ. Sides With NJ Transit In Whistleblower's Firing

By Carla Baranauckas

A Third Circuit panel on Thursday declined to reinstate a fired New Jersey Transit engineer's retaliation lawsuit, ruling that she hadn't shown that she was fired by anyone who knew about her whistleblower allegations that the agency had unsafe rail practices.

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2nd Circ. Skeptical Of Avangrid Worker's Age Bias Claims

By Aaron Keller

A Second Circuit panel Thursday seemed skeptical of an Avangrid Management Co. employee's attempt to resurrect an age discrimination lawsuit, appearing to accept the company's assertion that it passed the Connecticut worker over for a lead financial reporting analyst position because another candidate was better qualified.

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5 Big ERISA Litigation Developments From 2026's First Half

By Kellie Mejdrich

The U.S. Supreme Court's acceptance of a petition challenging Intel's 401(k) investment lineup and a Fourth Circuit ruling unraveling a class of Genworth Financial retirement plan participants headlined the court developments that caught benefits attorneys' attention in the first six months of 2026. Here, Law360 looks at those and other noteworthy ERISA decisions.

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Amazon Wraps Up Ex-Worker's Race Bias, Retaliation Suit

By Patrick Hoff

Amazon has reached an agreement to end a suit from a former executive assistant who claimed he was fired for complaining that he'd missed out on promotions and faced unwarranted criticism because he's Black, according to a filing in Georgia federal court.

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Wells Fargo Must Face Finance Manager's Bias Claims At Trial

By Sydney Price

Wells Fargo has lost its bid for summary judgment in a finance manager's disability bias lawsuit, with a North Carolina federal judge ruling that a material dispute remains over whether she suffered an adverse action for her retaliation and discrimination claims.

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EEOC Can't Get NY School Pay Bias Ruling Reconsidered

By MJ Koo

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission failed to convince a New York federal court Thursday to reconsider a ruling that kept alive a school district's defense in a pay discrimination suit over a female superintendent's lower salary.

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Ex-Kaiser Employee Claims Racial Discrimination, Retaliation

By Rachel Konieczny

Kaiser Permanente racially discriminated against an Asian Indian senior IT consultant and terminated him for raising concerns of disparate treatment, the former employee alleged in Colorado federal court.

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Colo. Hotel Beats H-2B Housekeepers' Wage Suit

By Benjamin Morse

A Colorado hotel operator snagged an early win in a class and collective action brought by H-2B housekeepers, with a federal judge finding the workers failed to show the company was their joint employer and could be held liable for federal and state pay violations.

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Colo. Worker Says State Paid Staff Below Denver's Min Wage

By Zach Dupont

A former state Department of Revenue employee claimed in a proposed class action Wednesday that she was paid more than $1 an hour below Denver's minimum wage for the entirety of her time as an employee and is owed compensation, according to a complaint filed in Colorado state court.

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Starbucks Sues To Block Union From Using Name And Logo

By Braden Campbell

Starbucks sued Starbucks Workers United on Thursday in Iowa federal court, seeking to block the group from using the company brand and countering a suit the union filed in April.

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Microchip Co. Strikes Deal In Decade-Old Severance Dispute

By Grace Elletson

A microchip maker has agreed to settle a long-running class action alleging the company illegally shut down its severance program following a 2016 merger weeks before the case was set to go to trial, according to a California federal court filing.

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CSX Seeks Early Win In Ex-Workers' FMLA Fight

By Emily Brill

CSX Transportation asked a Florida federal judge to toss two ex-workers' claims that they were fired for using Family and Medical Leave Act leave, saying one was fired for using the leave dishonestly and the other was fired for repeatedly calling out sick without medical documentation.

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Colo. Sheriff Claims Immunity In Deputy's Wrongful Firing Suit

By Rachel Konieczny

A Colorado county sheriff and undersheriff asked a federal judge to toss a wrongful termination lawsuit brought against them by a former patrol deputy, arguing they are immune from claims that they retaliated against the deputy for reporting what he alleged was their discriminatory behavior and misconduct.

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Why Private Sector Should Watch Gov't DEI Firing Class Bid

Former federal employees' class certification attempt in Fell v. Trump is worth following, as their challenge of the Office of Personnel Management's elimination of DEI positions raises questions about commonality in employee classes and protections for nonminority advocacy that reach beyond the public sector, says Shaun Southworth at Southworth PC.

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FTC Focus: Calibrating Biden-Era Issues In 2026's 1st Half

In the first half of 2026, Federal Trade Commission actions have redefined which of the previous administration's theories it views as legally sustainable, institutionally worthwhile and consistent with a more restrained conception, including a pivot from rulemaking to case-specific noncompete enforcement this spring, say attorneys at Proskauer.

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Founding An Autism Academy Made Me A Better Lawyer

Starting a nonprofit autism school with no building, no funding model and no guarantee that families would trust us taught me the importance of mission, patience and purpose — lessons that sharpened my practice and showed how meaningful work outside the office can make lawyers better, says Phillip Russell at Ogletree Deakins.

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Attorney Reprimanded In $256M Defamation Case

By Rachel Rippetoe

A former Conrad & Scherer LLP managing partner must pay an Alabama coal company's attorney fees after being publicly reprimanded by an Alabama federal judge, who found he lied to the court and paid witnesses to change their testimony in his repeated lawsuits against the company.

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NJ Firm Accused Of 'Double-Dipping' On Pelvic Mesh Fees

By Daniel Connolly

Four women allege in a recently filed lawsuit that a New Jersey law firm overcharged them on legal fees related to a settlement in pelvic mesh litigation, and the recent lawsuit also relates to a long-running conflict between lawyers who formerly worked together.

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Justices Seek Input On NJ State Bar Diversity Challenge

By George Woolston

The U.S. Supreme Court has asked the federal government to weigh in on a Garden State appellate court's decision that approved a New Jersey State Bar Association system for fostering diversity in its leadership that was accused of being discriminatory.

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Blanche, Pirro Can't Be DQ'd From Trump DC Shooting Case

By Craig Clough

A D.C. federal judge held Monday that the man accused of attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner can't disqualify U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro and acting Attorney General Todd Blanche from prosecuting him because of their presence at the dinner.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court this past week handled disputes involving executive compensation, take-private transactions, books and records demands, tender offers and alleged insider misconduct.

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