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  • March 31, 2025

    Del. Legal Overhaul Won't Scuttle Key Rulings, Expert Says

    A longtime expert on Delaware's general corporation law disputed on Monday predictions that a recently signed legislative overhaul will upend dozens of important precedents in the state.

  • March 31, 2025

    NJ Panel Denies Double Pay For Union In COVID Case

    Members of the Jersey City Public Employees union are not entitled to double pay under the COVID-19 state of emergency declared by Gov. Phil Murphy on March 9, 2020, even though their contract calls for the increased compensation during such designations, a New Jersey appellate panel ruled Monday.

  • March 31, 2025

    Ex-Bridgewater Execs Forced To Arbitrate Discrimination Suit

    A Connecticut federal judge on Monday agreed to force arbitration of a dispute from two former Bridgewater Associates LP executives alleging discrimination against the multibillion-dollar asset management firm.

  • March 31, 2025

    Alcoa Gets Pension Annuity Suit Thrown Out, For Now

    A D.C. federal judge agreed to toss a proposed class action from Alcoa retirees who alleged the aluminum manufacturer put their pensions at unnecessary risk by converting their benefits into annuity insurance contracts, backing Alcoa's argument that the retirees lacked standing to sue.

  • March 31, 2025

    Ex-Workday Atty's Bias Claims Axed, Stock Dispute Kept Alive

    A California federal judge tossed a Black ex-Workday attorney's claims that he endured race and disability bias that culminated in the software vendor sending police to his house to conduct an unnecessary wellness check, but the judge allowed the attorney pursue claims that he was shorted on stock options.

  • March 29, 2025

    Up Next At High Court: Terror Liability, Health Provider Choice

    The U.S. Supreme Court will return to the bench this week to consider whether a federal law subjecting Palestinian government organizations to federal jurisdiction violates due process principles and if the Medicaid Act's provider choice provision allows individual benefit recipients to sue states over the disqualification of healthcare providers. 

  • March 28, 2025

    Adobe Beats Class Action Over Alleged Competitive Threats

    A New York federal judge has tossed a securities class action against Adobe Inc. alleging that the software company and its top brass misled shareholders about the competitive threat Adobe's products faced from a  user experience design tool developed by another company, saying the investors have failed to plead any actionable misstatements or knowledge of wrongdoing.

  • March 28, 2025

    Plan Administrator Wins Electric Co.'s Union Healthcare Fight

    An electric company can't use the Employee Retirement Income Security Act to claw back contributions to a union healthcare plan that weren't put toward benefits, a New York federal judge said Friday, tossing the company's suit against the plan's administrator.

  • March 28, 2025

    Del. Corporate Law Rework Might Upend Over 3 Dozen Cases

    Legislation pushed through Delaware's General Assembly last week has called into question dozens of corporate law precedents, including some of the state's most important, according to a Columbia Law School professor and researcher.

  • March 28, 2025

    13 Drugmakers Seek Dismissal Of Aetna's Price-Fixing Claims

    Thirteen pharmaceutical companies asked a Connecticut state judge to throw out health insurer Aetna Inc.'s suit alleging that they conspired to fix the prices of more than 100 generic medications, with most saying the Constitution State is not the proper forum for the claims.

  • March 28, 2025

    Labcorp Denied Early Win In 401(k) Fee Suit

    A North Carolina federal judge denied Labcorp's motion for an early win Friday in a class of employee 401(k) participants' suit alleging their retirement savings were mismanaged, citing the parties' factual disputes over whether recordkeeping fees and investment offerings violated federal benefits law.

  • March 28, 2025

    DXC Technology Dodges Investor Suit Over Integration Issues

     A Virginia federal judge has tossed an investor suit alleging that DXC Technology Co. and its top brass overhyped efforts to reduce restructuring and integration costs after acquiring several companies, finding that the plaintiffs failed to adequately allege any actionable false statements or knowledge of wrongdoing by the individual defendants.

  • March 28, 2025

    Feds Settle NC Insurer's Medicare Reimbursement Suit

    The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has settled a North Carolina state-created insurance association's suit arguing it did not need to pay back the federal Medicare program for claims that should otherwise be covered by private insurance, and the parties jointly dismissed the matter Thursday.

  • March 28, 2025

    Judges Block Trump's Jenner & Block, WilmerHale Orders

    Jenner & Block LLP and WilmerHale both won temporary restraining orders late Friday blocking President Donald Trump's executive orders targeting the firms, with two Washington, D.C., federal judges determining the firms have shown the orders are likely retaliation for their representation of certain clients.

  • March 27, 2025

    Alibaba Investors' Attys Awarded $108M In IPO Settlement

    A New York federal judge on Thursday granted final approval to Alibaba Group's $433.5 million settlement with investors suing the company over alleged misstatements about its exclusivity practices and its planned initial public offering of a fintech affiliate, awarding the investors' attorneys 25%, or roughly $108 million.

  • March 27, 2025

    Standing Emerges As Key Front In ERISA Health Fee Battles

    The recent dismissal of a suit brought by former Wells Fargo workers who claimed high prescription drug costs violated federal benefits law shows the ability to establish standing emerging as a key stumbling block for Employee Retirement Income Security Act suits alleging excessive health fees, experts say.

  • March 27, 2025

    UPS, Workers To Take Military Leave Suit To Mediation

    United Parcel Service and a class of employees alerted a Washington federal court that they intend to mediate the workers' lawsuit accusing the company of failing to pay drivers on short-term military leave while paying those who take time off for jury duty and other short-term absences.

  • March 27, 2025

    3rd Circ. Says Pension Law OKs Suits To Enforce Settlements

    A Teamsters pension fund can go after a bankrupt dairy business's affiliates for the $39 million that the business owes the fund under the terms of a settlement, the Third Circuit ruled Thursday, saying the fund has a viable cause of action under the Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act.

  • March 27, 2025

    9th Circ. Won't Stay Injunction Compelling Fed. Worker Rehire

    A split Ninth Circuit panel has refused to block an injunction compelling the Trump administration to reinstate about 16,000 probationary employees to six federal agencies, saying the administration will likely lose its argument that the agencies weren't acting on an order from above when they fired the workers.

  • March 26, 2025

    Sotomayor Urges Caution On Nondelegation Doctrine Revamp

    U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor cautioned her colleagues during oral arguments Wednesday against using a challenge to the Federal Communications Commission's administration of a broadband subsidy program as a way to resurrect the long-dormant nondelegation doctrine. Several conservative justices, however, seemed willing to disregard that admonition.

  • March 26, 2025

    Coalition Says Trump Admin Flouted Federal Rehiring Order

    The Trump administration responded to an injunction compelling it to rehire over 15,000 fired probationary employees by placing them on leave, not bringing them back to work, a coalition of advocates for the workers told a California federal judge Wednesday, saying the administration hasn't complied with the injunction.

  • March 26, 2025

    Yellow Corp. Says It Reached Ch. 11 Plan Deal With Creditors

    A Delaware bankruptcy judge agreed Wednesday to delay his decision on $6 billion of contested claims in Yellow Corp.'s Chapter 11 after attorneys for the defunct trucking group said they reached a plan settlement.

  • March 26, 2025

    Del. Justices Seek Reasons To Revive Raytheon Incentive Suit

    Delaware's chief justice pressed a stockholder attorney Wednesday to provide more justification for resurrecting a Chancery Court suit claiming the company didn't seek stockholder approval for allegedly unfair changes to a multimillion-dollar RTX Corp. incentive plan.

  • March 26, 2025

    Pa. Panel Says Summer Camp Doesn't Make Worker Seasonal

    An injured "excursion director" for a Pennsylvania campground can't be considered a seasonal employee — and thus entitled to less in workers' compensation — based solely on the camp's summer operations, a state appellate court ruled Wednesday.

  • March 26, 2025

    Governor Quickly Signs Delaware Corporate Law Revision Bill

    Delaware's governor has promptly signed into law closely watched legislation that has been described as an overhaul of the First State's corporation law.

Expert Analysis

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    Boxing Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Boxing has influenced my legal work by enabling me to confidently hone the skills I've learned from the sport, like the ability to remain calm under pressure, evaluate an opponent's weaknesses and recognize when to seize an important opportunity, says Kirsten Soto at Clyde & Co.

  • Opinion

    Industry Self-Regulation Will Shine Post-Chevron

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's Loper decision will shape the contours of industry self-regulation in the years to come, providing opportunities for this often-misunderstood practice, says Eric Reicin at BBB National Programs.

  • 3 Ways Agencies Will Keep Making Law After Chevron

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    The U.S. Supreme Court clearly thinks it has done something big in overturning the Chevron precedent that had given deference to agencies' statutory interpretations, but regulated parties have to consider how agencies retain significant power to shape the law and its meaning, say attorneys at K&L Gates.

  • Roundup

    After Chevron

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    Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Chevron deference standard in June, this Expert Analysis series has featured attorneys discussing the potential impact across 37 different rulemaking and litigation areas.

  • Opinion

    FIFA Maternity Policy Shows Need For Federal Paid Leave

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    While FIFA and other employers taking steps to provide paid parental leave should be applauded, the U.S. deserves a red card for being the only rich nation in the world that offers no such leave, says Dacey Romberg at Sanford Heisler.

  • Opinion

    Atty Well-Being Efforts Ignore Root Causes Of The Problem

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    The legal industry is engaged in a critical conversation about lawyers' mental health, but current attorney well-being programs primarily focus on helping lawyers cope with the stress of excessive workloads, instead of examining whether this work culture is even fundamentally compatible with lawyer well-being, says Jonathan Baum at Avenir Guild.

  • Series

    Skiing And Surfing Make Me A Better Lawyer

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    The skills I’ve learned while riding waves in the ocean and slopes in the mountains have translated to my legal career — developing strong mentor relationships, remaining calm in difficult situations, and being prepared and able to move to a backup plan when needed, says Brian Claassen at Knobbe Martens.

  • Air Ambulance Ruling Severely Undermines No Surprises Act

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    A Texas federal court's recent decision in Guardian Flight v. Health Care Service — that the No Surprises Act lacks a judicial remedy when a health insurer refuses to pay the amount established through an independent review — likely throws a huge monkey wrench into the elaborate protections the NSA was enacted to provide, says Mark DeBofsky at DeBofsky Law.

  • Unpacking The Circuit Split Over A Federal Atty Fee Rule

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    Federal circuit courts that have addressed Rule 41(d) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure are split as to whether attorney fees are included as part of the costs of a previously dismissed action, so practitioners aiming to recover or avoid fees should tailor arguments to the appropriate court, says Joseph Myles and Lionel Lavenue at Finnegan.

  • After A Brief Hiccup, The 'Rocket Docket' Soars Back To No. 1

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    The Eastern District of Virginia’s precipitous 2022 fall from its storied rocket docket status appears to have been a temporary aberration, as recent statistics reveal that the court is once again back on top as the fastest federal civil trial court in the nation, says Robert Tata at Hunton.

  • Recruitment Trends In Emerging Law Firm Frontiers

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    BigLaw firms are facing local recruitment challenges as they increasingly establish offices in cities outside of the major legal hubs, requiring them to weigh various strategies for attracting talent that present different risks and benefits, says Tom Hanlon at Buchanan Law.

  • Series

    Glassblowing Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    I never expected that glassblowing would strongly influence my work as an attorney, but it has taught me the importance of building a solid foundation for your work, learning from others and committing to a lifetime of practice, says Margaret House at Kalijarvi Chuzi.

  • What DOL Fiduciary Rule Means For Private Fund Managers

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    Attorneys at Ropes & Gray discuss how the U.S. Department of Labor's recently released final fiduciary rule, which revises the agency's 1975 regulation, could potentially cause private fund managers' current marketing practices and communications to be considered fiduciary advice, and therefore subject them to strict prohibitions.

  • How Associates Can Build A Professional Image

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    As hybrid work arrangements become the norm in the legal industry, early-career attorneys must be proactive in building and maintaining a professional presence in both physical and digital settings, ensuring that their image aligns with their long-term career goals, say Lana Manganiello at Equinox Strategy Partners and Estelle Winsett at Estelle Winsett Professional Image Consulting.

  • High Court's Abortion Pill Ruling Shuts Out Future Challenges

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's unanimous ruling in U.S. Food and Drug Administration v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine maintains the status quo for mifepristone access and rejects the plaintiffs' standing theories so thoroughly that future challenges from states or other plaintiffs are unlikely to be viable, say Jaime Santos and Annaka Nava at Goodwin.

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