Trump Asks Justices To Restore Fed. Prison Trans Care Ban

By Gianna Ferrarin

The Trump administration urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to halt a district court order barring the Bureau of Prisons from enforcing a ban on gender dysphoria care for transgender people incarcerated in BOP facilities, arguing the lower court stepped beyond its proper role. 

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Split 7th Circ. Backs Ill. County's Win In COVID Vax Bias Suit

By Celeste Bott

The Seventh Circuit in a split decision Monday affirmed a summary judgment win for Cook County, Illinois, in a former hospital pharmacist's suit alleging she was unlawfully fired after she refused a COVID-19 vaccine, with the majority holding the county proved a religious exemption would've posed undue hardship and one dissenting judge saying the case should go to a jury.

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Chamber Says H-1B Fee Renewal Requires Court Relief

By Britain Eakin

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce told the D.C. Circuit on Friday that President Trump's brand-new proclamation extending the $100,000 fee for new H-1B visa applications for another year confirms the need for relief in the case.

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Calif. Expands Reproductive Care, Abortion Access

By Hailey Konnath

A series of new laws in California aim to expand access to medication abortion on community college campuses, bolster veterans' access to reproductive care including abortions, and make it easier for nursing parents to access lactation support, according to an announcement made Sunday.

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Newsom Signs Slate Of Bills Bolstering LGBTQ+ Protections

By Lauren Berg

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a slate of bills defending against what he called the Trump administration's "all-out assault on the LGBTQ community," strengthening privacy protections, providing support to discharged service members and enhancing access to medical care.

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Illinois BCBS Can't Escape $6.6M Claim Repayment Fight

By Lauraann Wood

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois must face a specialty pharmacy's contract suit claiming the insurer illegally failed to pay out more than $6.6 million in prescription claim reimbursements for medicines the pharmacy provided to three insureds in 2021, an Illinois federal judge ruled Monday.

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Faith-Based Rehab Program Can't Exit Wage Suit, Court Rules

By MJ Koo

A Texas federal court allowed a man who was ordered into a faith-based addiction recovery program to pursue wage claims against the program's operators, finding he plausibly alleged participants were treated as employees who performed substantial commercial labor without lawful pay.

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Mich. Recovery Center Worker's OT Claim Headed To Trial

By MJ Koo

A Michigan federal court sent a revenue cycle manager's overtime lawsuit to trial Monday, finding factual disputes about whether her employer improperly docked her pay and whether she had enough independence on the job to qualify as an exempt administrative employee under federal wage law.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court this past week heard arguments over whether to dismiss a derivative suit accusing UiPath Inc. insiders of misleading investors and trading on inside information, while a Match Group Inc. stockholder sued for records concerning reports of sexual assault and other violence involving users of the company's dating apps.

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Lantheus Investor Asks Court To Halt 'Unfair' $8B Curium Deal

By Julie Manganis

A Lantheus Holdings Inc. investor wants a Massachusetts state judge to block its $8 billion take-private deal with fellow radiopharmaceutical company Curium in its current form, calling the deal "fundamentally unfair" to shareholders.

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3 Firms Lead $663.7M Lifecore Biomedical Take-Private Deal

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Lifecore Biomedical Inc. on Monday unveiled plans to become a private company after it is bought by private equity shop Webster Equity Partners in a deal valued at up to $663.7 million that was built by three law firms.

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O'Melveny Rehires Ex-SEC Oversight Leader In DC

By Jack Rodgers

O'Melveny & Myers LLP has rehired a former partner who specializes in False Claims Act matters and recently spent more than two years with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as an associate general counsel for oversight and investigations.

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8th Circ. Ruling Raises Bar For Seeking Disability Benefits

The Eighth Circuit's recent ruling in Post v. Bisignano signals that claimants seeking Social Security disability benefits may need to offer convincing proof of functional restrictions beyond their treating doctors' opinions and illustrates that the court's proclaimant jurisprudence no longer prevails, says Mark DeBofsky at DeBofsky Law.

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Senior Lawyers Survey: Tell Us About Your Career

How are senior lawyers adapting to evolving career paths and emerging technologies? Share your perspective in this five-minute survey.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

O'Melveny & Myers LLP and Reed Smith LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Ninth Circuit overturned a $140 million class verdict against CenturyLink, holding that the company had a reasonable interpretation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

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Arkansas Firm 5th To Seal PE Deal With Uplift Investors

By Tracey Read

Arkansas' largest personal injury law firm is the latest legal entity to ink a deal to take private equity investment using Uplift Investors' associated management services organization.

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AI Mishap Has Judge Questioning 'Our Collective Character'

By Julie Manganis

A California attorney was barred from representing the plaintiffs in a Massachusetts insurance coverage dispute and ordered to pay legal costs of up to $10,000 to opposing counsel, after a federal judge found he relied on "inaccurate and fictitious" case cites and holdings in three filings.

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Tarter Krinsky Faces Suit After Disclosing Data Breach

By Andrea Keckley

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP maintained "intentional opacity" about a recently disclosed cybersecurity attack last year that may have compromised protected health information, a proposed class action alleged in New York federal court.

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A2J At The High Court: Gun Bans, Voting And Civil Remedies

By Marco Poggio

From the right to own semiautomatic rifles to the rules governing voter registration, the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court term will see the justices tackle a broad swath of constitutional and access to justice issues.

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Domino Foods Fights Paul Weiss DQ Bid In Price-Fixing MDL

By Madison Arnold

Domino Foods is pushing back on an attempt to disqualify its counsel from Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP in a sugar price-fixing multidistrict litigation, arguing Hershey, J.M. Smucker and other food makers filed the motion as a "strategic attempt to gain tactical advantage" at a critical point in the dispute.

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Duane Morris To Settle Employee's Tax Withholding Claim

By Asha Glover

Duane Morris LLP has agreed to private mediation to settle a proposed class action by an employee who alleged that the firm failed to withhold taxes for workers who were misclassified as partners, according to a notice.

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Roundup

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

By Megan Norcott

The past week in London has seen Glencore Energy sue a refinery for allegedly defrauding it out of more than $236 million worth of crude oil, the former CEO of ankle-tag maker Big Technologies file a defamation claim against the company, and property investment group Hunter Jones hit by a claim from the Financial Conduct Authority. 

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

Wilson Sonsini topped a list of law firms that have alumni attorneys working at six of the country's most prominent tech companies. And general counsel at most large companies expect to increase their litigation budgets next year.

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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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