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  • May 15, 2025

    Flooring Company Miscalculates Overtime, Ex-Manager Says

    A flooring and tile company failed to consider bonuses and incentive compensation it pays employees when calculating their overtime pay rates, a former manager alleged in a proposed class and collective action filed in New Jersey federal court.

  • May 15, 2025

    House Bill Aims To Nix FMLA Leave Cap For Married Couples

    A bipartisan group of U.S. House members floated a bill that aims to strike a provision from the Family and Medical Leave Act that limits leave for married couples who work for the same employer.

  • May 14, 2025

    Chicken Price-Fixing Atty Fees Challenged Again At 7th Circ.

    A class objector in Chicago's massive consolidated suit over broiler chicken price-fixing is again urging the Seventh Circuit to vacate an attorney fee award for class counsel in a $181 million deal for chicken buyers, saying the district court erred in calculating the $51.66 million awarded on remand.

  • May 14, 2025

    Aetna, Cigna Can't Nix Suit Over Late Emergency Benefit Bills

    A Connecticut federal judge ruled Wednesday that Aetna and Cigna can't fully escape a suit from six air ambulance companies claiming the insurers owe $20 million in unpaid or late bills to cover emergency services, ruling they have the legal authority to seek the missing cash.

  • May 14, 2025

    Holding Co. Beats Suit Over 401(k) Investment Roster

    A Berkshire Hathaway-owned industrial holding company doesn't have to face a proposed class action claiming it filled its 401(k) plan with underperforming proprietary target date funds, with an Illinois federal judge faulting plan participants' efforts to compare those funds with other potential investments.

  • May 14, 2025

    Judge Orders Boeing To Share Disclosures, Allow Depositions

    A Virginia federal judge has said Boeing must share disclosures about its "false-stamping" of aircraft testing with three state pension systems that accuse the company and its executives of putting profits over safety, and that some board members must sit for depositions.

  • May 14, 2025

    Starbucks, Ex-VP Settle $830K Bonus Repayment Suit

    Starbucks has struck a deal with a former senior vice president the company previously accused of failing to repay part of his $1 million signing bonus after he quit, according to filings in New Jersey federal court Tuesday.

  • May 13, 2025

    Wells Fargo Asks 9th Circ. To Undo 'Sham' Hiring Class Cert.

    Wells Fargo has asked the Ninth Circuit to intervene and undo the class certification granted to investors who have claimed that the bank's alleged practice of conducting "sham" interviews to meet diversity quotas harmed the bank's stock price when the truth came to light.

  • May 13, 2025

    Nike Seeks Dismissal Of Investors' Sales Strategy Fraud Suit

    Sportswear company Nike and several of its top executives have urged an Oregon federal judge to toss a proposed class action alleging the company's stock value declined as it continued to mislead investors on the success of a change in sales strategy, saying the suit improperly uses hindsight to claim fraud.

  • May 13, 2025

    Industrial Retailer Misused Forfeited 401(k) Funds, Suit Says

    Industrial supply company W.W. Grainger Inc. unlawfully used forfeited 401(k) funds to reduce its contributions to the retirement plan rather than cover expenses, costing plan participants millions of dollars in potential retirement benefits, according to a proposed class action in Illinois federal court.

  • May 13, 2025

    UnitedHealth Says Lack Of Contract Sinks Coverage Suit

    UnitedHealth entities urged a Michigan federal judge Monday to toss a lawsuit from a medical supply company that alleges the insurer issued a blanket block on its claims, saying the supplier has no written contract to support its breach of contract allegations.

  • May 13, 2025

    SEC's Uyeda Encourages Opening 401(k)s To Private Assets

    U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissioner Mark Uyeda said Tuesday that regulators should explore how retirement accounts could expand to include private equity investments, arguing that such a shift would put 401(k) plans on par with pension funds.

  • May 13, 2025

    Fla. Medical Cos. Sue Akerman For Malpractice, Fight Fees Bid

    After Akerman LLP filed suit against Rennova Health Inc. and medical laboratories for unpaid fees last month, the healthcare services company swung back with a motion to dismiss that case, while the labs filed their own malpractice lawsuits.

  • May 13, 2025

    11th Circ. Eyes Restarting Seafood Workers' ESOP Suit

    The Eleventh Circuit seemed Tuesday to lean toward reviving a lawsuit from former workers of a seafood company who allege that their employee stock ownership plan was overcharged in a $92 million deal, as judges questioned a lower court's decision to toss the case with prejudice.

  • May 13, 2025

    1st Circ. Vacates $10M Severance Win Over Drafting Error

    The First Circuit threw out a judgment that valued a departing technology executive's severance payout at $10.2 million due to a mistake in the contract, ruling that the company's intended offer of $680,000 in total value could also be reasonably construed from the text of the deal.  

  • May 13, 2025

    Former X Exec Can Drop His Bonus Suit, Avoiding Sanctions

    A former X Corp. executive can drop his suit accusing the social media company of failing to pay out bonuses after Elon Musk took over, a California federal judge ruled, rejecting the company's bid to sanction him for knowing his case was baseless from the start.

  • May 13, 2025

    NFL Benefits Plan Throws Flag On Atty Fee Award To Player

    Former NFL player Michael Cloud should never have been awarded attorney fees by a Texas federal judge after a "complete loss" on appeal of his suit over disability benefits, the National Football League's retirement plan has told the Fifth Circuit.

  • May 13, 2025

    Howard Agrees To End Retiree's Mortality Table Suit

    Howard University has agreed to settle a proposed class action claiming its use of decades-old mortality data to calculate retirement benefits unlawfully reduced retirees' payouts, according to a filing in D.C. federal court.

  • May 13, 2025

    Employee Benefits Partner Joins Seyfarth From McDermott

    Seyfarth Shaw LLP has added an employee benefits partner in Chicago who spent the past 19 years at McDermott Will & Emery LLP.

  • May 12, 2025

    Ex-Twitter Workers Say Musk Reneged On Severance Promise

    Four former Twitter employees in Illinois filed a lawsuit in federal court on Monday, the latest to launch federal contract claims against Twitter, Elon Musk and his newly named X platform over Musk's allegedly illegal decision to pay laid-off workers less severance than was promised for the first year post-acquisition.

  • May 12, 2025

    UAW Drops Claim Over Frozen Unemployment Benefits

    The United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Workers of America agreed to drop its claim that the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency violated an agreement to better investigate potentially fraudulent claims as long as the agency takes steps to comply with the deal.

  • May 12, 2025

    Boeing Execs Say Cert. Appeal Warrants Stay Of 737 Max Suit

    Boeing executives have argued state pension fund litigation accusing them of putting profits over safety should be paused while the Fourth Circuit reviews the certification of a class of investors who are accusing the company and its leaders of making false statements about the 737 Max.

  • May 12, 2025

    Alcoa Retirees, Unions Tell Judge Not To Halt Benefits Order

    A group of retirees and unions asked an Indiana federal judge not to pause his order requiring Alcoa USA Corp. to reinstate lifetime healthcare benefits, arguing the company isn't likely to win at the Seventh Circuit and delaying the district court's decision harms elderly class members.

  • May 12, 2025

    Will Justices Finally Rein In Universal Injunctions?

    The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to address for the first time Thursday the propriety of universal injunctions, a tool federal judges have increasingly used to broadly halt presidential orders and policy initiatives, and whose validity has haunted the high court's merits and emergency dockets for more than a decade.

  • May 12, 2025

    United Health Inks $9.3M Deal In Cancer Treatment Denial Suit

    United Healthcare has agreed to pay up to $9.3 million to end a proposed class action alleging it refused to cover a proton beam cancer radiation treatment by incorrectly deeming the therapy experimental, according to a Massachusetts federal court filing.

Expert Analysis

  • Firms Must Offer A Trifecta Of Services In Post-Chevron World

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    After the U.S. Supreme Court’s Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo decision overturning Chevron deference, law firms will need to integrate litigation, lobbying and communications functions to keep up with the ramifications of the ruling and provide adequate counsel quickly, says Neil Hare at Dentons.

  • 6th Circ. Ruling Highlights Complexity Of ERISA Preemption

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    The Sixth Circuit’s recent ruling in Standard Insurance v. Guy — that the defendant couldn't collect his mother’s life insurance after being convicted of murdering his parents — illustrates how courts must engage in mental gymnastics to avoid the broad reach of Employee Retirement Income Security Act preemption, says Mark DeBofsky at DeBofsky Law.

  • 5 Tips To Succeed In A Master Of Laws Program And Beyond

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    As lawyers and recent law school graduates begin their Master of Laws coursework across the country, they should keep a few pointers in mind to get the most out of their programs and kick-start successful careers in their practice areas, says Kelley Miller at Reed Smith.

  • Series

    Being An Opera Singer Made Me A Better Lawyer

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    My journey from the stage to the courtroom has shown that the skills I honed as an opera singer – punctuality, memorization, creativity and more – have all played a vital role in my success as an attorney, says Gerard D'Emilio at GableGotwals.

  • How Law Firms Can Avoid 'Collaboration Drag'

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    Law firm decision making can be stifled by “collaboration drag” — characterized by too many pointless meetings, too much peer feedback and too little dissent — but a few strategies can help stakeholders improve decision-making processes and build consensus, says Steve Groom at Miles Mediation.

  • Opinion

    Litigation Funding Disclosure Key To Open, Impartial Process

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    Blanket investor and funding agreement disclosures should be required in all civil cases where the investor has a financial interest in the outcome in order to address issues ranging from potential conflicts of interest to national security concerns, says Bob Goodlatte, former U.S. House Representative for Virginia.

  • What NFL Draft Picks Have In Common With Lateral Law Hires

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    Nearly half of law firm lateral hires leave within a few years — a failure rate that is strikingly similar to the performance of NFL quarterbacks drafted in the first round — in part because evaluators focus too heavily on quantifiable metrics and not enough on a prospect's character traits, says Howard Rosenberg at Baretz+Brunelle.

  • Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: August Lessons

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    In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy considers certification cases touching on classwide evidence of injury from debt collection practices, defining coupon settlements under the Class Action Fairness Act, proper approaches for evaluating attorney fee awards in class action settlements, and more.

  • Planning Law Firm Content Calendars: What, When, Where

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    During the slower month of August, law firms should begin working on their 2025 content calendars, planning out a content creation and distribution framework that aligns with the firm’s objectives and maintains audience engagement throughout the year, says Jessica Kaplan at Legally Penned.

  • Series

    Playing Golf Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Golf can positively affect your personal and professional life well beyond the final putt, and it’s helped enrich my legal practice by improving my ability to build lasting relationships, study and apply the rules, face adversity with grace, and maintain my mental and physical well-being, says Adam Kelly at Venable.

  • Law Firms Should Move From Reactive To Proactive Marketing

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    Most law firm marketing and business development teams operate in silos, leading to an ad hoc, reactive approach, but shifting to a culture of proactive planning — beginning with comprehensive campaigns — can help firms effectively execute their broader business strategy, says Paul Manuele at PR Manuele Consulting.

  • Opinion

    The Big Issues A BigLaw Associates' Union Could Address

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    A BigLaw associates’ union could address a number of issues that have the potential to meaningfully improve working conditions, diversity and attorney well-being — from restructured billable hour requirements to origination credit allocation, return-to-office mandates and more, says Tara Rhoades at The Sanity Plea.

  • Opinion

    It's Time For A BigLaw Associates' Union

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    As BigLaw faces a steady stream of criticism about its employment policies and practices, an associates union could effect real change — and it could start with law students organizing around opposition to recent recruiting trends, says Tara Rhoades at The Sanity Plea.

  • How Calif. Justices' Prop 22 Ruling Affects The Gig Industry

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    The California Supreme Court's recent upholding of Proposition 22 clarifies that Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and other companies in the gig industry can legally classify their drivers as independent contractors, but it falls short of concluding some important regulatory battles in the state, says Mark Spring at CDF Labor.

  • How Justices Upended The Administrative Procedure Act

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    In its recent Loper Bright, Corner Post and Jarkesy decisions, the U.S. Supreme Court fundamentally changed the Administrative Procedure Act in ways that undermine Congress and the executive branch, shift power to the judiciary, curtail public and business input, and create great uncertainty, say Alene Taber and Beth Hummer at Hanson Bridgett.

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