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October 11, 2024
IBM Unit Wants To Undo 'Troubling' Defamation Case Ruling
An IBM unit has asked the Fourth Circuit to revive its lawsuit alleging a former executive's defamatory statements nearly killed a major acquisition, arguing that a lower court attempted to inject a new standard into its analysis.
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October 11, 2024
NCAA Says SD Suit Over NIL Deal Belongs In Federal Court
The NCAA has removed to federal court a lawsuit filed by South Dakota's attorney general that argues the organization's proposed $2.78 billion name, image and likeness settlement unlawfully tosses its guiding principle of amateurism.
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October 11, 2024
Seattle Police Guild Tells Judge Shooting Didn't Warrant Firing
A Seattle police officers' union argued in Washington state court on Friday a former cop acted reasonably when she shot at a suspect fleeing in a stolen vehicle, defending an arbitrator's decision to downgrade her firing to a 60-day suspension amid a challenge by the city.
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October 11, 2024
High Court Bar's Future: Stanford Law's Easha Anand
Fresh off her shot-from-a-cannon debut during the U.S. Supreme Court's previous term, Easha Anand of Stanford Law School is moving full steam ahead into the new term, arguing Tuesday against one of the nation's most accomplished oral advocates. If things go as usual, Anand says she'll have nerves "out the wazoo" before and even after the showdown — but none at all when staying calm matters most.
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October 11, 2024
Cable Co. CEO Says Buyer Fired Him In Violation Of Deal
An owner of a Colorado aerospace manufacturing company is suing a buyer in state court for allegedly violating the terms of their asset purchase deal, claiming the buyer fabricated a reason to fire him as CEO in order to avoid paying half a million dollars that it would otherwise owe to his company.
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October 11, 2024
3rd Circ. Won't Deem Bus Driver's Migraines FMLA-Eligible
A Pennsylvania public transit employee didn't have the requisite "serious health condition" to back his workplace retaliation claims under the federal Family Medical Leave Act, the Third Circuit ruled Friday, declining to reinstate a trial victory for the bus driver.
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October 11, 2024
No Coverage For Wage Disclosure Suits, Insurer Says
An insurer said it has no duty to defend or indemnify two restaurant franchise operators accused of violating Washington's Equal Pay and Opportunities Act, telling a federal court that the allegations do not trigger coverage under an employment practices liability insurance policy.
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October 11, 2024
Babson College, South Asian Professor Resolve Bias Suit
A former Babson College professor of South Asian descent has resolved a suit alleging she was demeaned by a white male colleague and blocked by the school from advancing her career.
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October 11, 2024
Michigan Tech Wants New Trial In Prof's Pregnancy Bias Case
Michigan Technological University has asked a judge to toss a jury verdict in favor of a former professor in a pregnancy discrimination case, saying evidence related to the professor's theory that the college was planning to deny her tenure should have been kept out of trial.
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October 11, 2024
Gruden Gets Another Play, Could Keep NFL Suit In Court
Former Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden will have another shot to keep from arbitration his case over the NFL's alleged torpedoing of his contract with leaks of his inflammatory emails, as the entire Nevada Supreme Court will consider the proper venue for the heated dispute.
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October 11, 2024
Weinstein Charges Should Be Combined For Retrial, DA Says
Prosecutors asked a New York state court judge to consolidate Harvey Weinstein's 2018 rape indictment with newly filed sexual assault charges ahead of his retrial, panning the former Hollywood producer's "creative" arguments for separate trials.
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October 11, 2024
Off The Bench: NCAA's NIL Deal Advances, QB Settles Again
In this week's Off The Bench, the NCAA and the athletes suing it over name, image and likeness money satisfy a judge with their proposed settlement revisions, an NFL quarterback settles yet another sexual assault accusation, and a legal battle between the NFL and one of its former reporters ends amicably.
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October 11, 2024
'Bloodsport' Poaching Case To Mediate After Disputed Verdict
An exasperated Boston federal judge on Friday talked two rival medical aesthetic device companies into a round of mediation with a magistrate judge to see if they could wrap up the fiercely litigated poaching case that's already resulted in a contested eight-figure verdict.
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October 11, 2024
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen billionaire Lakshmi Mittal sue steel magnate Sanjeev Gupta in a long-running clash to claw back €140 million ($153 million) of debt, a high-profile AI researcher take action against the Intellectual Property Office to register his software as a listed patent inventor and troubled housing trust Home Reit face a claim by a real estate developer. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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October 11, 2024
Texas Hospital Settles Layoffs, Benefits Contributions Suit
A Texas hospital has agreed to settle a proposed class action alleging it laid off approximately one-third of its workforce without warning and unlawfully held onto employees' health insurance premiums and 401(k) contributions, according to a federal court filing.
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October 11, 2024
Staffing Co. Cuts Deal To End Travel Nurses' Pay Claims
A staffing firm agreed to pay nurses $500 each to end allegations that it lured them to work at COVID-19 testing clinics in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, by making wage promises it never fulfilled, a filing in Georgia federal court said.
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October 11, 2024
Nursing Home Operator Hit With OT Suit In Ohio
A nursing home operator unlawfully denied certified nursing assistants overtime pay and also docked their pay for meal breaks that were never taken, according to a proposed class action filed in Ohio federal court.
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October 11, 2024
TransUnion Agrees To Settle Suit Over Inaccurate Report
A Texas man who claims he lost a job opportunity after a faulty TransUnion background check identified him as a "drug offender" has agreed to end his lawsuit against the company, reaching a tentative settlement.
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October 10, 2024
FTC's Final Merger Filings Overhaul Drops Labor Market Look
The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday finalized its long-awaited overhaul to U.S. merger filing rules, dropping initial proposed requirements to submit preliminary deal drafts and labor market details, while also reinstating the "early termination" of reviews of benign tie-ups.
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October 10, 2024
Ousted Chair's Claims To Go Before Arbitrator, Judge Says
A New York federal judge ruled that an arbitrator must decide whether the ousted former chairperson of software investment company The Resource Group International Ltd., who was forced to resign in late 2021 following a widely reported sexual harassment scandal, can pursue some of his claims in arbitration.
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October 10, 2024
Ye Investigated Kardashians For Sex Trafficking, Suit Says
A former worker for Ye's short-lived presidential campaign sued in California state court Thursday alleging the Grammy-winning rapper had him investigate the Kardashian family for alleged sex trafficking before their relationship soured and Ye threatened to kill him.
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October 10, 2024
Most Appian Claims Survive In Pegasystems Defamation Fight
A Massachusetts federal judge has allowed most counterclaims from business software company Appian Corp. to proceed against rival Pegasystems Inc., which accused its competitor in a lawsuit of making deliberately malicious statements and representations regarding a trade secret case the parties are litigating in Virginia.
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October 10, 2024
3M Can't Put Pause On Connecticut Firefighters' PFAS Suit
A Connecticut federal judge on Thursday declined to let 3M Co. and other companies put a stay on a proposed class action by firefighters alleging their turnout gear contains so-called forever chemicals while the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation decides whether to roll it into a South Carolina MDL.
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October 10, 2024
Twitter Judge Seeks More Info On Cert. Bid In Layoff Fight
A California federal judge declined to rule Thursday on a request to certify a class of 115 ex-Twitter workers who claim they were booted without proper notice after Elon Musk acquired the company, saying he wanted more information after learning that most signed arbitration agreements.
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October 10, 2024
Ga. Container Co. Hit With Data Breach Lawsuit
A Georgia-based manufacturer and global supplier of blow-molded plastic containers has been hit with a proposed class action in federal court over a December 2023 data breach that allegedly exposed the personal information of more than 30,000 people who were not notified about the hack until this month.
Expert Analysis
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Opinion
It's Time For A BigLaw Associates' Union
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.
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Why DOJ's Whistleblower Program May Have Limited Impact
The U.S. Department of Justice’s new whistleblower pilot program aims to incentivize individuals to report corporate misconduct, but the program's effectiveness may be undercut by its differences from other federal agencies’ whistleblower programs and its interplay with other DOJ policies, say attorneys at Milbank.
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CFPB's Earned Wage Access Rule Marks Regulatory Shift
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's newly issued interpretive rule on earned wage access products, classifying them as extensions of credit, marks a significant shift in their regulatory landscape and raises some important questions regarding potential fringe cases and legal challenges, say Erin Bryan and Courina Yulisa at Dorsey & Whitney.
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How Calif. Justices' Prop 22 Ruling Affects The Gig Industry
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.
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Takeaways From Virginia's $2B Trade Secrets Verdict Reversal
The Virginia Court of Appeals' recent reversal of the $2 billion damages award in Pegasystems v. Appian underscores the claimant's burden to show damages causation and highlights how an evidentiary ruling could lead to reversible error, say John Lanham and Kamran Jamil at Morrison Foerster.
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How Justices Upended The Administrative Procedure Act
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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Employers Face Uncertainty After Calif. Justices' Slur Ruling
In Bailey v. San Francisco District Attorney's Office, the California Supreme Court recently ruled that a singular use of a racial slur may be sufficiently severe to support a hostile work environment claim, leaving employers to speculate about what sort of comments or conduct will meet this new standard going forward, says Stephanie Roeser at Manatt.
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9th Circ. Ruling Flags Work Harassment Risks Of Social Media
The recent Ninth Circuit ruling in Okonowsky v. Garland, holding an employer could be liable for a co-worker's harassing social media posts, highlights new challenges in technology-centered and remote workplaces, and underscores an employer's obligation to prevent hostile environments wherever their employees clock in, say Jennifer Lada and Phillip Schreiber at Holland & Knight.
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2 Vital Trial Principles Endure Amid Tech Advances
Progress in trial technologies in the last 10 years has been transformative for courtroom presentations, but two core communication axioms are still relevant in today's world of drone footage evidence and 3D animations, say Adam Bloomberg and Lisa Walters at IMS Legal Strategies.
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Key Steps To Employer Petitions For Union Elections
Excerpt from Practical Guidance
Since the National Labor Relations Board shifted the burden of requesting formal union elections onto employers in its Cemex decision last year — and raised the stakes for employer missteps during the process — companies should be prepared to correctly file representation management election petitions and respond to union demands for recognition, says Adam Keating at Duane Morris.
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Viral Layoffs: How Cos. Can Avoid Bad Social Media Exposure
A recent trend of employees using social media to document their experiences with layoffs and disciplinary actions in the workplace should prompt employers to take additional precautions to avoid former workers' negative viral reviews when deciding how, when and what to communicate to employees, say Scott McIntyre and Chrissy Kennedy at BakerHostetler.
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Mirror, Mirror On The Wall, Is My Counterclaim Bound To Fall?
A Pennsylvania federal court’s recent dismissal of the defendants’ counterclaims in Morgan v. Noss should remind attorneys to avoid the temptation to repackage a claim’s facts and law into a mirror-image counterclaim, as this approach will often result in a waste of time and resources, says Matthew Selmasska at Kaufman Dolowich.
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6 Factors That Can Make For A 'Nuclear' Juror
Drawing from recent research that examines the rise in nuclear verdicts, Ken Broda-Bahm at Persuasion Strategies identifies a few juror characteristics most likely to matter in assessing case risk and preparing for jury selection — some of which are long-known, and others that are emerging post-pandemic.
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Series
Playing Dungeons & Dragons Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Playing Dungeons & Dragons – a tabletop role-playing game – helped pave the way for my legal career by providing me with foundational skills such as persuasion and team building, says Derrick Carman at Robins Kaplan.
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Illinois BIPA Reform Offers Welcome Relief To Businesses
Illinois' recent amendment to its Biometric Information Privacy Act limits the number of violations and damages a plaintiff can claim — a crucial step in shielding businesses from unintended legal consequences, including litigation risk and compliance costs, say attorneys at Taft.