Ga. Judge Says Jury Must Hear Court Admin Retaliation Row

By Emily Johnson

A Georgia federal magistrate judge has recommended that a jury hear a whistleblower suit against the city of East Point, finding that neither the former municipal court administrator nor the city should be handed an early win.

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Saltz Mongeluzzi Escapes Most Of Ex-Employee's Bias Claims

By P.J. D'Annunzio

Philadelphia injury firm Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky escaped most of the claims in an ex-employee's discrimination suit alleging her former colleagues made inappropriate racial and sexual comments, with a Pennsylvania federal judge ruling that all but one of her claims lacked a common link.

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1st Circ. Won't Revive Ex-Dartmouth Prof's Muslim Bias Suit

By Patrick Hoff

The First Circuit upheld Dartmouth College's defeat of a former associate professor's lawsuit alleging he was denied tenure because he's Muslim and Arab, ruling he hadn't provided evidence demonstrating the Ivy League school manipulated its policies to his disadvantage.

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Bronx Defenders Union OKs Strike 1 Year After Last Walkout

By Andrea Keckley

The Bronx Defenders has become the third New York City-based legal aid organization to authorize a strike this month, which comes just one year after the group's most recent walkout.

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Writers Guild Joins Fray Against Paramount-Warner Merger

By Bryan Koenig

The Writers Guild of America's East and West branches piled Tuesday against Paramount Skydance's proposed $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery in a California federal court complaint adding buy-side claims of harming screenwriters to state attorneys general allegations focused on film distribution and basic cable.

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Trial, Appellate Judges Duel For Wash. Supreme Court Seat

By Rachel Riley

In one of the most-watched races for the five Washington State Supreme Court seats on the ballot this election season, a state appellate judge and a Seattle-area superior court judge are competing to succeed the high court's longest-sitting justice.

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Mercedes-Benz Denies New Dad's Wrongful Firing Claims

By Kelcey Caulder

Mercedes-Benz told a Georgia federal court that it did not fire a Vietnamese American employee for taking parental leave and complaining about what the employee alleged was a manager's racial bias, saying the company decided to terminate the worker for performance issues before he applied for time off.

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IBM Nets Deal To End Ex-Sales Specialist's Age Bias Suit

By Hayley Fowler

IBM has settled a 63-year-old's lawsuit accusing the global technology company of systemic age bias, North Carolina federal court records show.

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Security Worker Urges Court To Keep Harassment Suit Intact

By Patrick Hoff

An event security officer at State Farm Arena in Atlanta urged a Georgia federal court to reject the facility's bid to trim her lawsuit alleging it did nothing to address a co-worker's sexual harassment, arguing that a state law requiring employers to provide a safe workplace applied to her situation.

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Northwestern Prof Alleges Pro-Palestinian Stand Cost Tenure

By Grace Elletson

Northwestern University denied tenure for a journalism professor and set him up for termination because he spoke openly about his support for Palestinians and blocked police from clearing a student encampment protesting the institution's ties to Israel, according to a suit filed in Illinois federal court.

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Nespresso Can't Ditch Most Bias Claims By Ex-Employee

By Celeste Bott

A former Nespresso employee has plausibly alleged that race was a motivating factor in decisions denying her promotions and pay raises that were instead granted to less-qualified white employees, an Illinois federal judge ruled Monday, denying most of the company's motion to dismiss while also tossing claims against individual defendants.

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DOJ Asks 9th Circ. Undo Trans Health Ruling Against Premera

By Kellie Mejdrich

The federal government has backed Premera Blue Cross in its bid at the Ninth Circuit to overturn a Washington federal court's judgment that held the insurance company's coverage policy for gender dysphoria surgery is discriminatory, arguing the decision is out of line with U.S. Supreme Court precedent.

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NC City Moves To Break Up Police Officers' OT Collective

By MJ Koo

A North Carolina city asked a federal court to dismantle a collective action brought by police officers alleging they were not properly compensated for preshift and postshift work, arguing the officers' claims are too individualized to proceed as a group.

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Auto Parts Co., Workers Seek Wins In Shaved-Time Suits

By Benjamin Morse

An auto parts maker and factory workers filed competing bids for early wins in parallel federal wage suits, with the workers alleging willful pay-shaving practices and the manufacturer arguing that the disputed minutes were too trivial to compensate, according to filings in North Carolina federal court.

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PetSmart Hit With Wage Suit By Colo. Pet Care Workers

By MJ Koo

Four former pet care employees have sued PetSmart in Colorado state court alleging the company denied them meal breaks and rest periods, failed to pay them for off-the-clock work and improperly calculated their overtime pay.

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Machinists Seek Arbitration Over Contractor Firing

By Corey Rothauser

International Association of Machinists affiliates have asked a Florida federal judge to order an Air Force contractor to arbitrate a grievance over the firing of a union-represented employee, arguing the company is refusing to follow the dispute resolution process required by the parties' collective bargaining agreement.

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USPTO Decries Arbitrator's 'Extreme' Mgmt Rights Threat

By Dani Kass

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has pushed back on an arbitrator holding that the agency violated union agreements when ending telework arrangements, saying the arbitrator ignored management rights provisions and added her own terms to the contract.

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Iowa Lacks Ties To Starbucks IP Fight, Workers United Says

By Katherine Smith

Starbucks Workers United has asked an Iowa federal judge to dismiss claims accusing the union of infringing the coffee chain's trademarks through its name and logo, arguing the dispute does not belong in Iowa federal court.

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5th Circ. Undoes BP Retirees' Pension Info Suit Win

By Kellie Mejdrich

The Fifth Circuit unraveled a Texas court's judgment against BP that held the oil giant was liable to company retirees for miscommunicating their pension benefits' value following a plan conversion, holding on Tuesday that the lower court didn't perform a rigorous enough standing analysis.

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Kroger Says Flimsy Claims Doom Tobacco Fee Suit

By Grace Elletson

Grocery giant Kroger urged an Ohio federal judge to toss a suit challenging the legality of an extra health plan fee it charged tobacco users, stating it complied with federal benefits law by giving workers a 90-day window each year to dodge the fee by enrolling in a wellness program.

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DOJ Drops Trade Secrets Case Against DuPont Rival Mid-Trial

By Lauren Berg

Just a few days into the start of a monthlong trial, the U.S. Department of Justice has dropped its 15-year-old criminal espionage case alleging a group of related Chinese steel companies stole DuPont Co. trade secrets for creating titanium dioxide.

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Denver Worker Says Her Firing Was Tied To Mayoral Support

By Zach Dupont

A Denver employee alleging she was retaliated against and laid off for supporting a different mayoral candidate went back and forth with her superiors Tuesday at a preliminary injunction hearing where she urged a Colorado federal court to continue forbidding the city from finalizing her termination.

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Meta Employees Say AI-Tainted Layoffs Should Be Blocked

By Vin Gurrieri

Over two dozen Meta employees accused the tech giant of unlawfully picking them to be laid off using artificial intelligence tools that penalized people who took protected leave or received workplace accommodations, and they urged a California federal court to suspend their terminations until their legal claims are resolved.

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How Justices' TPS Ruling Affects Workforce Planning

The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent holding in Mullin v. Doe that courts lack jurisdiction to review temporary protected status determinations greenlights the end of TPS for thousands of Syrian and Haitian nationals, and means employers must reevaluate TPS-designees' employability while avoiding discriminatory document practices, says attorney Richard Herman.

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Del. Dispatch: The New 'Director Independence' Definition

The Delaware Court of Chancery's recent decision in Ayers v. Foley, its first interpretation and application of "director independence" as outlined in Section 144 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, suggests that the court will not limit the new section's reach, say attorneys at Fried Frank.

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Blanche Called Anti-Weaponization Fund 'Mistake,' Per Durbin

By Courtney Bublé

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said on Tuesday the anti-weaponization fund created as part of the president's settlement with the IRS was "a mistake," according to Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., after his meeting with Blanche.

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Justices Seek More Funds Over Increased Threats, Talk Ethics

By Courtney Bublé

U.S. Supreme Court Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Elena Kagan made rare Capitol Hill appearances Tuesday, discussing the court's budget request for fiscal 2027, the "shadow docket" and ethics issues.

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Quinn Emanuel, Spiro Ousted From CoStar Copyright Fight

By Elliot Weld

A California federal judge has disqualified Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP and its attorney Alex Spiro from representing a commercial real estate platform in a copyright infringement suit brought by CoStar, agreeing that the firm's representation of CoStar in a different case should result in its removal from this one.

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Trump Lawyer Matthew Schwartz Confirmed To 2nd Circ.

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate voted 50-45, along party lines, on Tuesday to confirm Matthew Schwartz, one of President Donald Trump's personal attorneys and a partner at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

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Ky. Law Prof Wants Court To Block Judge For Dean Pick

By Hailey Konnath

A University of Kentucky law professor asked a federal court to block U.S. District Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove from becoming the next law school dean, claiming that the appointment has "stripped the faculty" of their credibility on the basis of peer review.

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Calif. Bar Settles With Administrators Of 'Disastrous' Bar Exam

By Andrea Keckley

The State Bar of California has reached a settlement with the administrators of its "disastrous" February 2025 bar exam, whose array of highly publicized technical glitches prevented hundreds of aspiring lawyers from completing the test.

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