Unions Come Out Against Rail Giants' $85B Merger

By Chart Riggall

Two Teamsters unions representing a majority of organized workers at Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific came out in opposition this week to the companies' proposed $85 billion merger, arguing the deal would strangle railroads' competitive angle and drive down safety standards.

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Eli Lilly Workers Say Justices Needn't Mull Collective Standard

By Hailey Konnath

Eli Lilly workers on Wednesday pressed the U.S. Supreme Court not to disturb a Seventh Circuit decision establishing a new, more flexible standard for certifying collective actions, arguing that there's no "urgent" need for the high court to weigh in on the dispute.

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Agita Over Piglets At Party Got Pharma Exec Axed, Suit Says

By Hayley Fowler

The U.S. arm of a Danish pharmaceutical company pushed out a director after he expressed concerns about using baby pigs for a photo op at the company's anniversary party knowing the animals would be euthanized after, a new federal lawsuit alleges.

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SF Must Reinstate Worker Fired For Violating COVID Vax Rule

By Gina Kim

A California federal judge ordered San Francisco to reinstate a 311 call center agent who was fired for violating a COVID-19 vaccination mandate after he sought an exemption based on his Muslim faith, ruling Thursday that the plaintiff has made a "prima facie case for religious discrimination."

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11th Circ. Backs School District's Win In Race Bias Suit

By Kelcey Caulder

The Eleventh Circuit has upheld a Georgia school district's victory in a Black employee's suit alleging the superintendent failed to investigate reports of the racial discrimination he experienced from the school district's chief information officer.

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NFLPA's Longtime Associate GC Files $10M Sex Bias Suit

By Hailey Konnath

A longtime associate general counsel for the NFL Players Association on Thursday filed a $10 million sex discrimination and retaliation suit, claiming the union intimidated and retaliated against her for cooperating with a federal investigation into misconduct by "men in positions of power" at the NFLPA.

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New NJ Rules Combat AI And Housing Discrimination

By Elaine Briseño

The use of artificial intelligence in hiring practices is among the areas targeted by a sweeping new mandate enacted by New Jersey's Division on Civil Rights meant to shore up protections against discrimination.

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Trucking Co. Must Face Suit Over Deaf Job-Seeker's Rejection

By Grace Elletson

A trucking company can't escape a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming it turned away a job seeker because he's deaf, a North Carolina federal judge ruled, pointing to evidence that a recruiter said the business wouldn't accept an employee who used sign language.

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Hospital Can't Pause Wage Suit During 5th Circ. Class Appeal

By Benjamin Morse

A hospital can't pause a wage suit by nurses while the Fifth Circuit decides if class certification was merited, a Louisiana federal judge ruled, rejecting arguments that the appeals court can also decide on a collective certification order and therefore the entire case should be halted.

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DOL Wins Judgment Against Church For Unpaid Child Labor

By P.J. D'Annunzio

A Pennsylvania federal judge has handed a win to the U.S. Department of Labor in its case alleging that the Mennonite Messianic Mission employed unpaid children to care for chickens, chop wood and construct wood pallets for the church's profit, ruling that DOL had shown that the church violated the Fair Labor Standards Act.

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7th Circ. Declines To Stay Alcoa Life Insurance Injunction

By Emily Brill

An injunction ordering aluminum producer Alcoa USA Corp. to reinstate certain retirees' life insurance benefits will remain active while the company appeals the underlying decision, the Seventh Circuit held Thursday, denying Alcoa's motion to stay the injunction.

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Analysis

Top Trade Secrets Decisions Of 2025

By Ivan Moreno

The Ninth Circuit clarified the rules of engagement in trade secrets disputes with guidance on when confidential information must be precisely detailed during litigation, and jurors delivered a $200 million verdict against Walmart over product freshness technology. Here are Law360's picks for the biggest trade secrets decisions of 2025.

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Theta, CEO Accused Of Crypto Fraud In Whistleblower Suits

By Katryna Perera

Two whistleblower complaints have been filed against Sliver VR Technologies, its blockchain subsidiary Theta Labs Inc. and their CEO, alleging they ran pump-and-dump and other fraud schemes to artificially inflate the company's token prices.

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GAO Says Navy Understaffing, Lax Penalties Increase Fire Risks

By Elaine Briseño

A report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office found that the U.S. Navy's staffing shortages and failure to hold ship maintenance contractors accountable for violating safety protocols have contributed to an increased risk of fires.

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Ex-NJ Judge's Firing Suit Revived After Discovery Cured

By George Woolston

A New Jersey state judge on Thursday revived a former Garden State workers' compensation judge's suit alleging she was unconstitutionally removed from her job, ruling over the state's objections that she has now substantially complied with the state's discovery requests.

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7 Strategies To Optimize Impact Of Direct Examination

Direct examination is a make-or-break opportunity to build a witness’s credibility, so attorneys should adopt a few tactics — from asking so-called trust-fall questions to preemptively addressing weaknesses — to drive impact and retention with the fact-finder, says Allison Rocker at Baker McKenzie.

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How OECD Tax Update Tackles Mobile Workforce Complexity

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s recently updated model tax convention — a recalibration of international tax principles in response to an increasingly mobile workforce — should prompt companies to reevaluate cross-border operations, transfer pricing policies and tax controversy strategies, say attorneys at Eversheds.

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Del. Dispatch: Key 2025 Corporate Cases And Trends To Know

The Delaware corporate legal landscape saw notable changes in 2025, spurred by amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law, ubiquitous artificial intelligence fervor, boardroom discussion around DExit, record shareholder activism activity and an arguably more expansive view of potential Caremark liability, say attorneys at Fried Frank.

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Series

Nature Photography Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Nature photography reminds me to focus on what is in front of me and to slow down to achieve success, and, in embracing the value of viewing situations through different lenses, offers skills transferable to the practice of law, says Brian Willett at Saul Ewing.

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$3.6B Hogan Lovells, Cadwalader Deal To Form Top 5 Firm

By Kevin Penton

Hogan Lovells and Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft are planning to combine, creating what the firms say will be the world's fifth-largest firm by revenue, they announced Thursday.

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Fake Quotes In Pa. Patent Case Lead To Judicial Rebuke

By James Boyle

Two Barley Snyder attorneys have been directed to explain to a Pennsylvania federal judge how nonexistent quotes from cited cases appeared in a July filing, according to a recently published order that also denied a holiday light clip manufacturer's request for a temporary restraining order preventing a rival company from selling a similar product.

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Calif. AG, Bar Officials Fight Bid To Stop ABS Fee-Sharing Ban

By James Mills

Both the California attorney general and the California State Bar are opposing a California attorney's attempt to block a new law preventing fee-sharing with out-of-state law firms owned by nonlawyers set to go into effect on Jan. 1.

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Boies Schiller Must Face Fla. Fee Suit, Court Told

By Lynn LaRowe

In pushing back on a bid to toss a Florida state court lawsuit against Boies Schiller Flexner LLP and related defendants, a pharmaceutical mass tort law firm and other parties said the lawsuit outlines a clear breach of a nondisclosure agreement and interference with existing business relationships, making the complaint legally sufficient under Sunshine State law.

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Dems Offer Bill To Shine Light On High Court 'Shadow Docket'

By Ryan Boysen

Democratic lawmakers have introduced a bill that would require the U.S. Supreme Court to explain its "shadow docket" rulings, criticizing the high court for issuing "harmful, backwards decisions" that "impact millions of Americans' lives" but are often unaccompanied by a formal opinion.

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DC Circ. Told Transferred Ethics Suit Bolsters Newman's Case

By Adam Lidgett

Suspended Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman is contending that a decision in which an ethics complaint against a Fourth Circuit judge was transferred out of his home court bolsters her argument that her fellow circuit judges shouldn't have investigated her fitness to remain on the bench.

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Trump's Picks To Lead FDIC, CFTC Win Senate Approval

By Jon Hill

The U.S. Senate on Thursday signed off on two more of President Donald Trump's picks for top financial regulator jobs, confirming Travis Hill and Michael Selig as chairs of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and Commodity Futures Trading Commission, respectively.

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Senate Package Includes US Attorney, DC Judge Confirmations

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate confirmed 13 U.S. attorneys and three local judges for the District of Columbia as part of a nominations package confirmed 53-43 along party lines on Thursday.

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Chancery Sr. Magistrate Leaving Bench For Role As Neutral

By Rose Krebs

Delaware's Chancery Court will soon be losing its senior magistrate, as she is returning to private practice to serve as a professional neutral.

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