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March 17, 2025
Meta Facing Investor Suit Over €1.2B EU Data Privacy Fine
A pair of pension funds on Monday filed suit against Meta Platforms Inc. in Delaware's Court of Chancery, accusing the company of repeatedly violating data privacy laws, a pattern that the funds say led to the company being fined €1.2 billion ($1.3 billion) by European authorities.
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March 17, 2025
Singaporean Tech Co. Inks $46M Investor Settlement
Singaporean tech conglomerate Sea Ltd. has reached a $46 million settlement to end a putative securities class action over investor statements that allegedly downplayed massive losses to its video game and e-commerce divisions, according to a filing in Arizona federal court.
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March 17, 2025
Amazon Beats Investor Suit Over Third-Party Seller Practices
A Washington federal judge on Monday tossed a consolidated proposed securities class action claiming Amazon and its top brass duped investors about the company's fulfillment capacity and third-party seller practices, finding the lawsuit doesn't sufficiently allege the executives were deliberately reckless or motivated to deceive shareholders.
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March 17, 2025
VA To End Medical Care For Gender Dysphoria
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs will stop offering medical treatments for gender dysphoria in order to comply with an executive order by President Donald Trump, the agency announced Monday.
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March 17, 2025
4 Suits Benefits Attys Should Watch As ESG Pressures Persist
A New York City pension fund recently escaped a proposed class action challenging its decision to divest nearly $4 billion in fossil fuel stocks, but experts say potential liability related to environmental, social and governance investment factors in retirement plan investment decisions is on the rise. Here are four suits involving challenges to employee retirement plan investing and ESG that attorneys say they're watching after New York City escaped a suit from its workers.
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March 17, 2025
Full 7th Circ. Won't Revive Suit Over Late Medicaid Payments
The full Seventh Circuit has answered the "enormous question" of whether a Chicago hospital can sue the state of Illinois to force the managed-care organizations it contracts with to make timely Medicaid payments, concluding the hospital doesn't have a federal right to prompt payments for fear of turning federal trial courts into "de facto Medicaid claims processors."
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March 17, 2025
Split 9th Circ. Won't Halt Federal Workers Reinstatement Order
A divided Ninth Circuit panel on Monday denied President Donald Trump's administration an immediate administrative stay of a California district court order requiring reinstatement of some probationary federal workers fired from six agencies, the majority saying a pause "would disrupt the status quo and turn it on its head."
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March 17, 2025
X Corp. Says Dismissal, Sanctions Go Together In Bonus Suit
A former X Corp. senior director of compensation engaged in "vexatious conduct" that should not allow him to drop his suit claiming unpaid bonuses without sanctions, the social media platform told a California federal judge.
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March 17, 2025
Vituity Inks $8.75M Deal To End 401(k) Excessive Fee Suit
Healthcare management company Vituity has agreed to pay $8.75 million to resolve a proposed class action alleging it excessively charged workers $600 in annual retirement plan management fees in violation of federal benefits law, according to a California federal court filing.
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March 17, 2025
American Airlines Pension Data Suit Transferred To Texas
American Airlines can ship to Texas a proposed class action alleging the company used outdated statistics to calculate retirees' pension payments, an Illinois federal judge ruled, finding the worker leading the case was one of the only things tying the suit to Illinois.
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March 17, 2025
Houston Midwife Arrested In Texas' 1st Criminal Abortion Case
A Houston-area midwife has been arrested after an investigation by the Texas attorney general's office for allegedly providing illegal abortions, Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Monday, the first such criminal charges brought since the state issued its near-total abortion ban.
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March 14, 2025
US Trustee Pans Pump Co.'s $9M Asbestos Insurance Deal
The U.S. Trustee's Office has challenged a proposed $9 million settlement between a Chapter 7 trustee for a bankrupt Connecticut pump company and two insurers, saying the agreement nonconsensually deprives third parties of their asbestos-related personal injury claims against the insurance carriers.
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March 14, 2025
NC Ex-Doctor Gets 2.5 Years For Drug Test Billing Scheme
A 72-year-old doctor in North Carolina was sentenced Friday to two and a half years in prison and ordered to hand over $2 million in restitution for a fraudulent billing scheme involving medically unnecessary drug tests, prosecutors said.
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March 14, 2025
FTC Urges 8th Circ. Not To Pause Insulin Pricing Case
The Federal Trade Commission has urged the Eighth Circuit not to pause its in-house case accusing Caremark Rx, Express Scripts and OptumRx of artificially inflating insulin prices, telling the appeals court the pharmacy benefit managers have no chance of winning on their constitutional claims.
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March 14, 2025
Dr. Oz Pledges 'Upcoding' Crackdown If Confirmed At CMS
Dr. Mehmet Oz told lawmakers he would combat rising healthcare costs by showing there's a "new sheriff in town" opposed to so-called upcoding by Medicare Advantage plans, as he sought support Friday for his nomination to lead the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
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March 14, 2025
Judge Splits $79M Judgment In Danish Tax Fraud Case
A New York federal judge divided a nearly $79 million judgment against four investors and their pension plans after a jury in February found them liable for participating in a tax fraud scheme against the Danish government.
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March 14, 2025
Sutter Health Reaches $4.3M Deal To End Retirement Suit
Nonprofit healthcare system Sutter Health will pay $4.3 million to settle a class action from workers alleging their employee retirement plan was saddled with excessive fees and poorly performing investments, according to filings in California federal court.
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March 14, 2025
Insurance Co. Unlawfully Nixed Disability Benefits, Suit Says
Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Co. abruptly cut off a FedEx employee's disability benefits and refused to consider her doctor's conclusion that she's unable to return to work, in violation of federal benefits law, according to a lawsuit filed in Tennessee federal court.
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March 13, 2025
Ohio Health Insurer Wins $24M Verdict ln Racketeering Case
An Ohio jury has awarded Medical Mutual of Ohio more than $24 million in damages, after the insurer accused its rivals FrontPath Health Coalition and HealthScope Benefits of undercutting the bidding process for healthcare contracts with the city of Toledo.
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March 13, 2025
Judge Trims Claims Of Botched Federal Savings Transition
A D.C. federal judge trimmed a proposed class of federal employees and their family members' claims against two companies that manage workers' retirement plan and the plan's board Wednesday, tossing claims of negligence and breach of fiduciary duty but leaving breach of contract and unjust enrichment claims intact.
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March 13, 2025
Federal Judge Still Skeptical Of Amazon Securities Fraud Suit
A Washington federal judge said he was "struggling" with a group of Amazon shareholders' stance in a securities fraud suit on Thursday, doubtful that stock sales numbers were enough to back claims that Jeff Bezos had a motive to dupe investors about the company's fulfillment capacity and third-party seller practices.
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March 13, 2025
Chicago Teachers' Pension Fund Beats Accountant's Bias Suit
The Chicago Teachers' Pension Fund defeated Thursday a former accountant's lawsuit claiming he was passed over for promotions and ultimately fired because he was a Black man in his 60s, with an Illinois federal judge finding it was his declining job performance that cost him the job.
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March 13, 2025
PBMs Tell FTC 5-Month Delay Too Long For In-House Insulin Trial
The nation's "Big Three" pharmacy benefit managers say they want to get to trial in the Federal Trade Commission's administrative suit against them sooner rather than later, arguing that the agency's request for a five-month delay would be too long, but they're open to a three-week postponement.
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March 13, 2025
SEIU Fund Escapes Surgery Centers' Underpayment Suit
A Service Employees International Union benefit fund no longer has to face a lawsuit four surgical centers launched accusing it of shortchanging them on patient treatments, with a New York federal judge saying Wednesday the centers have failed to show that any agreement existed between themselves and the fund.
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March 13, 2025
6th Circ. Won't Rehear Ex-Electric Co. Exec's Severance Suit
The Sixth Circuit will not rethink its panel decision upholding the dismissal of a severance suit brought by American Electric Power Services Corp.'s former chief digital officer who claimed he was shortchanged on his way out the door, according to a Thursday order.
Expert Analysis
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Making The Case For Rest In The Legal Profession
For too long, a culture of overwork has plagued the legal profession, but research shows that attorneys need rest to perform optimally and sustainably, so legal organizations and individuals must implement strategies that allow for restoration, says Marissa Alert at MDA Wellness, Carol Ross-Burnett at CRB Global, and Denise Robinson at The Still Center.
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Opinion
It's Time To Fix The SEC's Pay-To-Play Rule
Nearly 15 years after its adoption, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's pay-to-play rule is not working as intended — a notion recently echoed by SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce — and the commission should reconsider the strict liability standard, raise the campaign contribution limits and remove the look-back provision, say attorneys at WilmerHale.
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4 Ways Women Attorneys Can Build A Legal Legacy
This Women’s History Month, women attorneys should consider what small, day-to-day actions they can take to help leave a lasting impact for future generations, even if it means mentoring one person or taking 10 minutes to make a plan, says Jackie Prester, a former shareholder at Baker Donelson.
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A Judge's Pointers For Adding Spice To Dry Legal Writing
U.S. District Judge Fred Biery shares a few key lessons about how to go against the grain of the legal writing tradition by adding color to bland judicial opinions, such as by telling a human story and injecting literary devices where possible.
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What's At Stake In High Court Transgender Care Suit
The outcome of U.S. v. Skrmetti will have critical implications for the rights of transgender youth and their access to gender-affirming care, and will likely affect other areas of law and policy involving transgender individuals, including education, employment, healthcare and civil rights, say attorneys at ArentFox Schiff.
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6th Circ. Ruling Paves Path Out Of Loper Bright 'Twilight Zone'
The U.S. Supreme Court’s Loper Bright ruling created a twilight zone between express statutory delegations that trigger agency deference and implicit ones that do not, but the Sixth Circuit’s recent ruling in Moctezuma-Reyes v. Garland crafted a two-part test for resolving cases within this gray area, say attorneys at Wiley.
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7 Tips For Associates To Thrive In Hybrid Work Environments
Excerpt from Practical Guidance
As the vast majority of law firms have embraced some type of hybrid work policy, associates should consider a few strategies to get the most out of both their in-person and remote workdays, says James Argionis at Cozen O’Connor.
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Series
Playing Beach Volleyball Makes Me A Better Lawyer
My commitment to beach volleyball has become integral to my performance as an attorney, with the sport continually reminding me that teamwork, perseverance, professionalism and stress management are essential to both undertakings, says Amy Drushal at Trenam.
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How Law Firms Can Counteract The Loneliness Epidemic
The legal industry is facing an urgent epidemic of loneliness, affecting lawyer well-being, productivity, retention and profitability, and law firm leaders should take concrete steps to encourage the development of genuine workplace connections, says Michelle Gomez at Littler and Gwen Mellor Romans at Herald Talent.
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Potential Impacts Of IRS' $1M Affiliate Pay Deduction Cap
If finalized, a recent Internal Revenue Service proposal expanding Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code to include the highly compensated employees of affiliates would make tracking which executives may be subject to the limit from year to year far more complex, say attorneys at Debevoise.
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5 Keys To Building Stronger Attorney-Client Relationships
Attorneys are often focused on being seen as the expert, but bonding with clients and prospects by sharing a few key personal details provides the basis for a caring, trusted and profoundly deeper business relationship, says Deb Feder at Feder Development.
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BlackRock Suit Highlights Antitrust Risks Of ESG
In Texas v. BlackRock, pending in Texas federal court, 13 state attorneys general are suing large institutional investors in the coal business, underscoring key reasons companies may want to alter their approach to developing and implementing policies related to environmental, social, and governance factors, especially if coordination with competitors is involved, say attorneys at Manatt.
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Series
Racing Corvettes Makes Me A Better Lawyer
The skills I use when racing Corvettes have enhanced my legal practice in several ways, because driving, like practicing law, requires precision, awareness and a good set of brakes — complete with the wisdom to know how and when to use them, says Kat Mateo at Olshan Frome.
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Opinion
Attorneys Must Act Now To Protect Judicial Independence
Given the Trump administration's recent moves threatening the independence of the judiciary, including efforts to impeach judges who ruled against executive actions, lawyers must protect the rule of law and resist attempts to dilute the judicial branch’s authority, says attorney Bhavleen Sabharwal.
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Rethinking 'No Comment' For Clients Facing Public Crises
“No comment” is no longer a cost-free or even a viable public communications strategy for companies in crisis, and counsel must tailor their guidance based on a variety of competing factors to help clients emerge successfully, says Robert Bowers at Moore & Van Allen.