November 09, 2023
The D.C. Circuit appeared chilly Thursday toward a push to allow former subsidiaries of a now-defunct coal company to fight an arbitration award that found retiree health benefits can't be cut without union negotiations, questioning whether the subsidiaries deserved a foothold in federal court.
November 03, 2023
The nation's highest court will hear an Army veteran's plea for more generous education benefits, the D.C. Circuit will referee a fight over union retiree health care, and the Eleventh Circuit will preside over arguments in a transgender deputy's battle with a county workers' health plan. Here's a look at three oral argument sessions attorneys say they'll be keeping an eye on this month.
August 03, 2023
A Washington, D.C., federal judge should have confirmed an arbitration board's holding that Consol Energy cannot modify retirees' health benefits without the United Mine Workers of America's consent, the union told the D.C. Circuit, arguing that the judge's decision to uphold the award lacks weight without confirmation.