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April 25, 2025
Santos Gets Over 7 Years For Campaign Finance Fraud
Former U.S. Rep. George Santos was sentenced Friday to over seven years in prison after admitting he falsely inflated fundraising reports to qualify for National Republican Congressional Committee funding during the 2022 election.
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April 24, 2025
Rising Gold Prices Should Nix $3M SEC Deal, Ex-Exec Says
A former executive of a company that solicited investments in gold and silver coins has pushed back on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's efforts to collect on a $3 million settlement he struck with the agency, telling a federal judge the deal should be vacated because prices for precious metals have recently "skyrocketed."
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April 24, 2025
GE Investors' $362.5M Deal Gets Final OK, Attys Get $70M
A New York federal judge on Thursday gave final approval to a $362.5 million deal and awarded attorneys from Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check LLP and Grant & Eisenhofer PA nearly $70 million in attorney fees for their work in a class action that accused General Electric Co. of fraudulently concealing cash flow problems.
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April 24, 2025
Ex-Guard Claims Security Co. Cheated Her On Pay, Insurance
A security company failed to pay a former security guard wages while also making illegal deductions from her pay, including for bogus health insurance coverage, and fired her once she complained, the former employee said in a lawsuit in California state court.
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April 24, 2025
7th Circ. Backs Employers In Pension Fund Withdrawal Fight
The Seventh Circuit upheld Thursday a trial court's ruling that two employers aren't required to pay a higher rate calculating how much it would cost to jump ship from a failing pension plan, knocking down arguments from the pension fund that an exception to the rate limit applied.
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April 24, 2025
JPMorgan, Retiree Resolve Benefits Freeze Suit
A former JPMorgan worker dropped a Second Circuit bid to revive his lawsuit claiming the financial giant failed to properly disclose how changes to an employee pension plan could result in a freeze on participants' benefits.
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April 23, 2025
Retirement Co. Hit With $38.8M Jury Verdict In ERISA Action
A New York federal jury Wednesday awarded a 27,000-member class of retirement plan participants nearly $38.8 million after finding that Pentegra Retirement Services violated federal benefits law by saddling a $2.1 billion 401(k) plan with excessive administrative fees.
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April 23, 2025
GoodRx Beats Investor Suit Over Kroger-Linked Biz
GoodRx Holdings Inc. has escaped a proposed shareholder class action alleging it concealed from investors the indispensability of its relationship with Kroger, according to an order signed by a California federal judge who said the suit does not show GoodRx knew Kroger had plans to renegotiate its contracts.
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April 23, 2025
Severance Deal Bars 401(K) Suit, Whataburger Tells 5th Circ.
Whataburger asked the Fifth Circuit on Wednesday to uphold the dismissal of an ex-worker's suit claiming the company failed to trim underperforming investment funds from its $215 million retirement plan, stating the lower court correctly found a release he signed doomed his case.
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April 23, 2025
Software Co. Can't Escape 401(k) Investment Suit
A California federal judge refused to toss a federal benefits lawsuit from former ServiceNow employees alleging the cloud computing company kept an underperforming suite of target-date funds in its 401(k) plan for over a decade, finding allegations of a deficient process should proceed to discovery.
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April 23, 2025
GOP Leader Proposes Modernizing Contractor Rules
U.S. Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Bill Cassidy, R-La., on Wednesday unveiled proposals he says will modernize the independent contractor model without hindering workers' flexibility and profit opportunities, suggesting several changes Congress could take.
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April 23, 2025
Insurers Settle $1.1M Ryobi Battery Fire Claims
A group of insurers including The Hartford has agreed to settle a consolidated lawsuit alleging that a defective Ryobi power tool battery caused a fire that led to at least $1.1 million in losses to three businesses, according to a Wednesday notice filed in Connecticut federal court.
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April 22, 2025
Firms Vie To Lead Trade Desk Investor Suit Over AI Rollout
Robbins Geller, Bernstein Litowitz and other firms are seeking to represent a proposed class of investors in a suit alleging global digital marketing venture The Trade Desk Inc. hid snags that ultimately delayed the rollout its artificial intelligence-driven ad-buying platform.
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April 22, 2025
Santos, Attys Say Social Media Posts Don't Negate Remorse
George Santos and his attorneys wrote to a Brooklyn federal judge saying the former Congressman's posts on social media claiming to be a victim of government persecution don't negate the remorse he feels for stealing from campaign donors and inflating fundraising numbers.
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April 22, 2025
Hogan Lovells Adds Ex-HHS Atty To Health Practice
Hogan Lovells on Tuesday announced the arrival of a former U.S. Department of Health and Human Services attorney to the firm's global regulatory and intellectual property practice group.
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April 22, 2025
Del. Justices Order Matterport CEO Cash-Out Recalculation
Delaware's Supreme Court reversed and ordered a recalculation Tuesday for a $79 million Court of Chancery ruling on additional damages and interest due a former CEO of 3D building imaging company Matterport Inc. who challenged his $80 million cash-out in a 2021 go-public sale.
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April 22, 2025
Save Mart Reaches $20.5M Deal On Nonunion Retiree Benefits
California-based Save Mart Supermarkets will pay about $20.5 million to escape a suit from workers who alleged the company unlawfully revoked a monthly health reimbursement that it promised to nonunion retirees and their spouses for life, according to a proposed deal filed in federal court.
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April 22, 2025
Parker-Hannifin Workers Asked For Input On 401(k) Fund Case
Parker-Hannifin Corp. employees were asked Monday to respond to a petition seeking U.S. Supreme Court review of their recently revived 401(k) plan mismanagement allegations.
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April 22, 2025
Wells Fargo 'Sham' Hiring Suit Delayed For Mediation
A California federal judge agreed to move deadlines in a proposed investor class action accusing Wells Fargo of conducting "sham" job interviews to meet diversity targets that later triggered a stock drop when the practice was revealed, citing plans to attempt mediation in May.
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April 22, 2025
Religious Carveout Can't Shield Aid Group From Gay Bias Suit
A religious humanitarian nonprofit violated Maryland law by terminating health insurance for a gay ex-worker's husband, a federal judge ruled, saying a statutory exemption for religious organizations didn't apply because the former employee's data analyst job didn't support the group's core mission.
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April 21, 2025
Intel Retirees Seek Cert. In ERISA Suit Over Annuity Changes
A proposed class of nearly 2,000 Intel Corp. retirees urged a California federal judge on Monday to certify the retirees' Employee Retirement Income Security Act claims alleging Intel relied on outdated mortality assumptions when it converted their single life annuities to a joint and survivor design, resulting in lower payouts.
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April 21, 2025
Teamsters Unit Drops Health Insurance Suit Against Mich. Co.
A Teamsters local has dropped its lawsuit against a Detroit trucking company, indicating it will no longer pursue breach-of-contract litigation in Michigan federal court over the company's alleged failure to notify workers that they needed to sign up for health insurance.
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April 21, 2025
Premera's Teen Trans Policy 'Textbook' Sex Bias, Judge Says
Premera Blue Cross discriminated based on sex against transgender teens at the center of a lawsuit alleging the insurer and health plan administrator illegally denied coverage for gender-affirming chest surgery, according to a Washington federal judge who also denied class certification because the teens' claims are not typical of class members.
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April 21, 2025
Veterans Urge High Court To Ax Time Bar For Compensation
Veterans challenging an appellate court's ruling that a six-year limit applies to their claims for retroactive combat-related special compensation have told the U.S. Supreme Court that Congress's statute authorizing the compensation displaced preexisting settlement mechanisms and their statute of limitations.
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April 21, 2025
DOL Tells 5th Circ. It May Rescind Biden-Era ESG Rule
The U.S. Department of Labor told the Fifth Circuit on Monday it's considering rescinding a Biden-era rule allowing retirement fiduciaries to consider issues like climate change and social justice when choosing investments, according to filings in a suit challenging the rule from conservative states and energy companies.
Expert Analysis
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Series
Being An Artist Makes Me A Better Lawyer
My work as an artist has highlighted how using creativity and precision together — qualities that are equally essential in both art and law — not only improves outcomes, but also leads to more innovative and thoughtful work, says Sarah La Pearl at Segal McCambridge.
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How Judiciary Can Minimize AI Risks In Secondary Sources
Because courts’ standing orders on generative artificial intelligence and other safeguards do not address the risk of hallucinations in secondary source materials, the judiciary should consider enlisting legal publishers and database hosts to protect against AI-generated inaccuracies, say attorneys at Lankler Siffert & Wohl.
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Nvidia Case's Potential Impact On Securities Class Actions
In Nvidia v. Ohman Fonder, the U.S. Supreme Court could strip lower courts of their long-standing ability and obligation to holistically weigh all relevant facts supporting plaintiffs' allegations of securities fraud, which would have a wide-ranging impact on securities fraud class actions in the U.S., say attorneys at Labaton Keller.
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How Attorneys Can Break Free From Career Enmeshment
Ambitious attorneys can sometimes experience career enmeshment — when your sense of self-worth becomes unhealthily tangled up in your legal vocation — but taking the time to discover and realign with your core personal values can help you recover your identity, says Janna Koretz at Azimuth Psychological.
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Short-Seller Implications Of 10th Circ.'s Overstock Decision
The Tenth Circuit's Oct. 15 decision in Overstock Securities Litigation provides clarity on the pleading standard for a market manipulation claim under the Exchange Act, and suggests that short sellers might not be able to rely on the fraud-on-the-market presumption typically invoked by securities plaintiffs, say attorneys at Paul Weiss.
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Lawyers With Disabilities Are Seeking Equity, Not Pity
Attorneys living with disabilities face extra challenges — including the need for special accommodations, the fear of stigmatization and the risk of being tokenized — but if given equitable opportunities, they can still rise to the top of their field, says Kate Reder Sheikh, a former attorney and legal recruiter at Major Lindsey & Africa.
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Employer Lessons From Mass. 'Bonus Not Wages' Ruling
In Nunez v. Syncsort, a Massachusetts state appeals court recently held that a terminated employee’s retention bonus did not count as wages under the state’s Wage Act, illustrating the nuanced ways “wages” are defined by state statutes and courts, say attorneys at Segal McCambridge.
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Opinion
Judicial Committee Best Venue For Litigation Funding Rules
The Advisory Committee on Civil Rules' recent decision to consider developing a rule for litigation funding disclosure is a welcome development, ensuring that the result will be the product of a thorough, inclusive and deliberative process that appropriately balances all interests, says Stewart Ackerly at Statera Capital.
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The Strategic Advantages Of Appointing A Law Firm CEO
The impact on law firms of the recent CrowdStrike outage underscores that the business of law is no longer merely about providing supplemental support for legal practice — and helps explain why some law firms are appointing dedicated, full-time CEOs to navigate the challenges of the modern legal landscape, says Jennifer Johnson at Calibrate Strategies.
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Series
Beekeeping Makes Me A Better Lawyer
The practice of patent law and beekeeping are not typically associated, but taking care of honeybees has enriched my legal practice by highlighting the importance of hands-on experience, continuous learning, mentorship and more, says David Longo at Oblon McClelland.
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Tobacco Surcharge Suits Spotlight Wellness Reg Compliance
A mounting wave of tobacco-user surcharge litigation against employee benefit plans highlights compliance challenges associated with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act wellness regulations, and reminds plan sponsors to ask existential questions about the utility of their wellness programs, say Finn Pressly and Lesley Wolf at Ballard Spahr.
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What To Know About New Employment Laws In Fla.
Florida employers should familiarize themselves with recent state laws, and also federal legislation, on retirement benefits, teen labor and heat exposure, with special attention to prohibitions against minors performing dangerous tasks, as outlined in the Fair Labor Standards Act, say Katie Molloy and Cayla Page at Greenberg Traurig.
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Opinion
Legal Institutions Must Warn Against Phony Election Suits
With two weeks until the election, bar associations and courts have an urgent responsibility to warn lawyers about the consequences of filing unsubstantiated lawsuits claiming election fraud, says Elise Bean at the Carl Levin Center for Oversight and Democracy.
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How Cos. Can Build A Strong In-House Pro Bono Program
During this year’s pro bono celebration week, companies should consider some key pointers to grow and maintain a vibrant in-house program for attorneys to provide free legal services for the public good, says Mary Benton at Alston & Bird.
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Series
Home Canning Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Making my own pickles and jams requires seeing a process through from start to finish, as does representing clients from the start of a dispute at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board through any appeals to the Federal Circuit, says attorney Kevin McNish.