'Can't Just Make Up Names And Sue,' 7th Circ. Judge Says

By Anne Cullen

A Seventh Circuit judge rebuked a lawyer Friday for naming a "made up" entity, rather than the correct institution, in a workplace sexual harassment lawsuit against the Wisconsin Court System and a former judge, demanding the error be corrected immediately.

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Ex-Public Defender, Ex-Boss Spar Over Bias Suit Discovery

By Emily Sawicki

The administrative office overseeing indigent defense in metro Detroit has asked a Michigan federal judge to end bias claims a former public defender brought against the office, arguing she ignored discovery orders, while the lawyer asked the court to reconsider an April discovery order, arguing the defendants omitted facts in the motion to compel.

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Health Workers Say US Solicitor Wrong In NY Vax Case

By Grace Elletson

The U.S. solicitor general's position that the nation's highest court shouldn't take up a religious bias suit over a New York state COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers incorrectly claimed that accommodations were obtainable, the mandate's challengers told the justices Friday.

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Hawks, Atlanta Arena Failed To Act On Harassment, Suit Says

By Kelcey Caulder

The corporate operator of the NBA's Atlanta Hawks and State Farm Arena were sued in Georgia federal court by an event security officer who alleges they did nothing to address her reports that she was sexually harassed by a coworker.

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Law360 Reveals Titans Of The Plaintiffs Bar

By Rachel Rippetoe

This past year, 10 lawyers across the country at plaintiffs' firms big and small helped secure millions of dollars in settlements and verdicts for their clients, going up against powerful defendants like Google, Monsanto and the Trump administration, earning the attorneys recognition as Law360's Titans of the Plaintiffs Bar for 2026.

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Roundup

Employment Authority: High Court Eyes Sex Bias Law's Scope

By MJ Koo

Law360 Employment Authority covers the biggest employment cases and trends. Catch up this week with coverage on the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to take up a federal sex bias case, the debate over whether restricted stock units factor into overtime calculations and the uncertain future of college athlete unionization efforts.

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Worker Hits Vail Resorts With Suit Over Rest Breaks

By Rachel Konieczny

Vail Resorts failed to make rest breaks available and provide compensation for missed rest breaks for its hourly employees, according to a proposed class action in Colorado state court.

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Hospital Accused Of Shorting Workers' Overtime

By Zach Dupont

A hospital district in rural Colorado is under fire from a former registration specialist who claimed the hospital shortchanged employees by deducting 30-minute meal breaks from paychecks despite being forced to work during the breaks, according to a complaint filed in Colorado federal court Thursday.

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Brief

Home Care Agencies' Wage Settlement Rejected Again

By MJ Koo

An Ohio federal judge refused to approve a wage settlement between a group of home care staffing agencies and workers for a second time, pointing out that the workers who joined the suit never individually signed the deal.

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Teamsters Local Wants Ex-Worker's Payment Suit Tossed

By Katherine Smith

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters has asked an Oklahoma federal court to toss a lawsuit claiming that a former employee for a local branch of the union was stiffed on overtime and severance pay, arguing that the suit falls short in stating a claim against the international union.

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Analysis

Justices' ERISA Ruling May Raise Withdrawal Liability Costs

By Kellie Mejdrich

The U.S. Supreme Court's recent holding that multiemployer plan actuaries can retroactively change the assumptions used to calculate employers' withdrawal liability could increase the price tag for pulling out of those pension plans, attorneys say.

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Aon Hit With $120M Retirement Plan Underperformance Suit

By Lauraann Wood

Aon Corp. was hit Friday with retirement plan mismanagement claims by a group of current and former participants who say fiduciaries' failure to remove underperforming Vanguard funds as investment options has cost their plan more than $120 million in assets.

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USI Says Ex-Producer Took Clients To Rival Brokerage

By Brian Steele

A former producer at the insurance brokerage giant USI has breached his employment agreement by siphoning clients for his own competing company, according to a federal contract suit filed in Connecticut.

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Meat Co. Says It Lost $1.2M Through Trade Secrets Theft

By Rachel Konieczny

A Denver-based natural meat processor claimed in Colorado federal court that its former sales contractor and a California beef exporter conspired to steal its trade secrets and diverted more than $1.2 million in customer revenue to the exporter.

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SEC Says Foot Locker Contracts Hampered Whistleblowers

By Jessica Corso

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday fined Foot Locker Inc. for allegedly requiring some top-level staff to sign agreements discouraging them from blowing the whistle against the retailer.

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Ga. Panel Rejects 'Disingenuous' Bid To Dodge Settlement

By Chart Riggall

A Georgia appellate panel has backed a trial court's decision to enforce a separation settlement between a metro Atlanta city and its former city manager, ruling that he could not escape his attorney's clear-cut acceptance of the city's offer when she wrote that "we have a deal."

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Insurer Says It Need Not Defend Auto Dealers In Ill. BIPA Suit

By Gianna Ferrarin

A group of Illinois car dealerships are not eligible for insurance coverage in connection with a proposed class action alleging their use of an employee fingerprint scanner violated state privacy law, according to an insurer's complaint in Illinois federal court.

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Ogletree Revamps Gov't Contracts Team Amid Trump Orders

By Alison Knezevich

Labor and employment firm Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC has revamped its practice group for clients who do business with the government, expanding the team's focus as federal contractors face new executive orders and regulatory changes.

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Mitigating Risks Under New Pay Disclosure Laws In Maine, Va.

To prepare for pay transparency laws that go into effect this summer in Maine and Virginia, employers should consider comprehensive audits of existing recruiting, compensation and recordkeeping practices — and be prepared to uncover disparities that create both legal and employee relations risks, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

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Fox Rothschild Attys Shot Outside NC Courthouse After Hearing

By Hayley Fowler

Two Fox Rothschild LLP attorneys were shot Friday outside a courthouse in Raleigh, North Carolina, according to police reports and a firm spokesperson.

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Survey Finds Legal Malpractice Claim Frequency Grew In 2025

By Andrea Keckley

Insurers reported an increase in the frequency of legal malpractice claims for the first time in several years amid concerns over issues like the uncontrolled use of artificial intelligence, according to this year's legal professional liability insurance survey by EPIC Law Firm Group.

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Prosecutors Seek $1.98M Forfeiture In Goldstein Case

By Jared Foretek

Federal prosecutors are seeking a nearly $2 million forfeiture judgment against convicted SCOTUSblog founder Tom Goldstein and asking a Maryland federal judge to turn the Supreme Court lawyer's Northwest D.C. home over to the government to pay it.

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Discipline Upheld For Fed. Judge Who Had Sex In Chambers

By Madison Arnold

The federal judiciary signed off Friday on a private reprimand for a district judge within the Eleventh Circuit for misconduct that included having an extramarital affair with a law enforcement officer and sexual intercourse in their chambers within earshot of the judge's staff.

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Nelson Mullins Faces $2B Suits Over Alleged Conflicts

By Carolina Bolado

The former wives of two insurance mogul brothers have sued Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP for $2 billion, claiming a partner there set up the couples' estates while quietly conspiring with the brothers to shield marital assets from the wives in the event of divorce.

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Ala. Atty Suspended Over 'Atrocious' Bid To Cover Up AI Use

By Rae Ann Varona

A federal judge has suspended an attorney from practicing in the Northern District of Alabama after the attorney deleted his ChatGPT account in a bid to cover up his use of the chatbot to write an erroneous brief, saying the court never imagined having to deal with such "atrocious conduct."

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DOJ Hid Grand Jury Misconduct In ICE Case, Ill. Judge Says

By Celeste Bott

An Illinois federal judge said Thursday her trust in U.S. Department of Justice attorneys had been "broken" after reviewing unredacted grand jury transcripts in a criminal case against anti-ICE protesters that revealed prosecutorial misconduct, shortly after which Chicago's top federal prosecutor moved to dismiss the charges.

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UC Berkeley Law Adopts Sweeping Restrictions On AI Use

By Lynn LaRowe

The University of California, Berkeley School of Law has adopted a sweeping new policy that restricts the use of artificial intelligence by students, saying the measure aims to ensure "our courses focus on requisite cognitive skills by default."

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Attys Hijacked 1,000 Storm Cases In 'Shakedown,' Suit Says

By Emily Sawicki

Two Louisiana law firms and a group of politically connected attorneys engaged in a "shakedown" to steal about 1,000 cases filed by hurricane survivors who had hired and built cases with a different firm, alleged a RICO suit filed Thursday in Houston federal court.

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Analysis

Why Big Tech Gets Advisory Juries In 'Socially Explosive' Suits

By Dorothy Atkins

A California federal judge's recent use of advisory juries for high-profile tech disputes — including Elon Musk's OpenAI for-profit conversion challenge and states' social-media addiction fight with Meta — is an uncommon practice that's intended as a "reality check" for judges deciding "socially explosive" disputes, according to legal experts.

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Exclusive

Fed. Judiciary Urged To Drop Unified Atty Admission Effort

By Jack Karp

The federal judiciary should scrap any proposal to do away with state bar admission requirements for U.S. district courts and create a national district court bar, according to a recent report finding it would undercut those courts' control over bar membership and that it lacks the necessary support.

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Analysis

Some Attys Say Remote Hearing Expansion Comes At A Cost

By Julie Manganis

A push in Massachusetts to expand the number of proceedings held via videoconference is raising concerns among some attorneys, who question if the time savings of remote hearings is outweighed by the hidden costs of lawyers and judges staring into a screen.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Morrison Foerster LLP, Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz and Dechert LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a California federal jury cleared OpenAI and executives Sam Altman and Greg Brockman of allegations that they breached the nonprofit's charitable trust by converting to a for-profit.

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Roundup

UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Laura Stewart Liberty

The past week in London has seen Napster sued by a music royalties company, White & Case LLP and Laytons LLP targeted in a claim by a property developer, a short-term lender pursue legal action against law firm Rainer Hughes and its former founding partner following his strike-off for money laundering offenses, and the administrators of London Bridging sue the founder of collapsed Market Financial Solutions. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

The role of artificial intelligence in law weaves in and out of this week's stories, with the most recent compelling action coming from California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who issued an executive order to mobilize state agencies as AI layoffs begin to hit thousands of workers in his state.

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In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360

For those who missed out, here's a look back at the law firms, stories and expert analyses that generated the most buzz on Law360 last week.

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