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March 06, 2025
Ex-GMU Prof Ends Defamation Suit Against Former Students
Former George Mason University Law professor Joshua Wright has ended his $108 million defamation lawsuit against two former students who accused him of sexual misconduct, dropping the suit late Thursday just four days before a jury trial in the case was set to begin.
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March 06, 2025
Diddy Threatened Employees, Feds Say In New Indictment
Manhattan federal prosecutors on Thursday filed a new indictment in the sex trafficking and racketeering case against Sean "Diddy" Combs, revealing new details about the hip-hop mogul's alleged practices of forcing his employees to work long hours, while subjecting them to physical and psychological harm.
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March 06, 2025
Amid Court Setbacks, Trump Wants Foes To Foot Legal Bills
With judges hitting the brakes on the White House's aggressive agenda, President Donald Trump on Thursday vowed to up the ante with his legal adversaries by seeking legal costs and damages if his administration ultimately prevails after initial setbacks in litigation.
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March 06, 2025
BofA Says COVID-Era Workers Too Dissimilar For Class Cert.
Proposed classes of Bank of America loan officers include too many individualized claims for certification, the bank has argued in litigation alleging the loan officers were "short-changed" as they processed emergency small business loans during the pandemic.
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March 06, 2025
CAA, Disney Not Enmeshed In Weinstein Claim, NY Court Told
Creative Artists Agency, Disney and a Miramax entity told a New York appeals court Thursday that actress Julia Ormond's case against them over an alleged Harvey Weinstein assault should have been dismissed, with former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch arguing for the talent agency that the complaint doesn't lay out a tort.
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March 06, 2025
Judge Says He's 'Wrestling' Over Int'l Aid Freeze Injunction
A D.C. federal judge said Thursday he was still "wrestling" over a requested preliminary injunction that would stop the federal government from terminating foreign assistance grants and contracts en masse, questioning plaintiff organizations on their assertions of standing and the government's claims of "unreviewable" executive power over foreign affairs.
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March 06, 2025
Wheeling & Appealing: The Latest Must-Know Appellate Action
Believe it or not, there's still important litigation happening that doesn't involve President Donald Trump, and the proof exists in this month's circuit court calendars. During the remaining weeks of March, arguments will explore numerous high-profile topics, including a law firm's severe punishment for alleged misconduct in 9/11 litigation and a judicial rebuke of Trader Joe's for "an attempt to weaponize the legal system."
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March 06, 2025
Staffing Co. Forced Dynata To Increase Prices, Jury Hears
An attorney representing Dynata LLC grilled an executive for a staffing company during a trial in a Texas state court Thursday, saying the staffing company "put a gun" to Dynata's head to get it to agree to price increases.
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March 06, 2025
Meltzer Lippe, Fired Partner Agree To End Sex Bias Suit
Meltzer Lippe Goldstein & Breitstone LLP and a former partner have agreed to end her New York federal court suit claiming she was fired from the firm after she complained about its sexist work environment, according to a Thursday court filing.
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March 06, 2025
Texas Court Orders 400-Mile Transfer For Discrimination Suit
A Texas appeals court has granted a Fort Worth-based energy company's request to have a former employee's lawsuit accusing it of discrimination and libel transferred hundreds of miles from Hidalgo County to Tarrant County, where it is located.
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March 06, 2025
Vail Corp. Reaches Midtrial Deal In Wash. Ski Resort Fall Suit
Vail Corp. has reached a settlement to end a woman's lawsuit over a 20-foot fall from a chairlift platform at a Washington ski resort, the parties told a Washington federal judge on Thursday, a few days into a trial that was expected to last more than a week.
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March 06, 2025
9th Circ. Nixes Challenge To Wash. Abortion Coverage Law
A split Ninth Circuit panel on Thursday rejected a Christian church's challenge to a Washington state law requiring employer health plans to cover abortion services, saying the church could invoke its religious beliefs to skirt the challenged obligations.
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March 06, 2025
Texas Panel Says Police Dept. Must Face Pregnancy Bias Suit
A Texas appeals court on Thursday said a police department cannot escape a former employee's lawsuit accusing it of firing her after she asked to take unpaid leave to recover from a cesarean section, but ruled the city encompassing the police department was not involved in employment decisions.
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March 06, 2025
Trump Tells Admin To Yank Perkins Coie Security Clearance
Perkins Coie LLP is the latest law firm to face the ire of President Donald Trump, with Trump ordering on Thursday the immediate suspension of the firm's security clearances over its diverse hiring efforts and its representation of certain political figures, including former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
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March 06, 2025
Adams Accuser's Bankruptcy Unlikely To End Sex Assault Suit
A state judge on Thursday heaped skepticism on New York City's bid to dismiss a sexual harassment lawsuit against Mayor Eric Adams based on the accuser filing for bankruptcy, noting a federal judge has now directed a trustee to pursue the claims.
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March 06, 2025
Penn State Guts White Prof's Suit Over Anti-Racist Programs
Penn State largely defeated a suit from an ex-professor who said white instructors had been vilified, with a Pennsylvania federal judge ruling Thursday that no reasonable juror could find that campuswide emails and workshops about anti-racist teaching methods created an intolerable work environment.
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March 06, 2025
Banned Uber Driver Says Chicago Can't Avoid Suit
A former Uber and Lyft driver is pushing back on the city of Chicago's bid to dismiss her lawsuit over an ordinance allowing ride-hailing platforms to ban drivers without notice or an opportunity to defend themselves, urging an Illinois federal judge to reject the city's argument that its regulation didn't cause her injury.
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March 06, 2025
States Say Teacher Training Grants Are Caught In DEI Dragnet
A group of eight states sued the U.S. Department of Education in Massachusetts federal court Thursday, seeking reinstatement of $600 million in teacher training and placement grants they say were unlawfully targeted by the Trump administration as diversity initiatives.
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March 06, 2025
Attys Seek $30M Fees In Walgreens Rx Overcharge Deal
Attorneys for unions and consumers who struck a $100 million settlement of Walgreens prescription overcharge fee claims asked an Illinois federal judge for a $30 million cut of that pot, arguing the amount would pay for seven years of meaningful work they put into the case.
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March 06, 2025
Judge Orders Reinstatement Of NLRB Member Wilcox
A Washington, D.C., federal judge ordered Thursday that fired National Labor Relations Board member Gwynne Wilcox be reinstated, restoring a quorum on the board pending a likely appeal by the Trump administration.
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March 06, 2025
USW Strikers Found Eligible For Unemployment Pay
Workers represented by the United Steelworkers who sought unemployment compensation during a work stoppage could receive the benefit under state law, a Pennsylvania appellate court concluded Thursday, finding claimants were eligible because a steel company took actions that changed the strike to a lockout.
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March 06, 2025
Trump's Labor Secretary Pick Clears Senate Hurdle
The U.S. Senate agreed Thursday to end debate and move to a vote on President Donald Trump's nominee for labor secretary.
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March 06, 2025
6th Circ. Says Nursing Home Worker's Actions Justified Firing
The Sixth Circuit refused to revive a former nursing home social services director's suit claiming she was fired for raising concerns about resident care and her supervisor's inappropriate behavior, finding she couldn't overcome the company's explanation that her absenteeism and covert recordings of meetings cost her the job.
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March 06, 2025
Worker Seeks To Revive NY Teamsters Retirement Plan Suit
A union-represented worker is fighting a New York federal judge's conclusion that he failed to show how the caretakers of his Teamsters retirement plan mismanaged his savings, asking the Second Circuit to revive his proposed Employee Retirement Income Security Act class action.
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March 06, 2025
Ga. Chiropractic Co., Ex-Worker Settle OT Suit
An Atlanta-area chiropractic chain and a former employee alleging it stiffed her on overtime and fired her when she complained, reached a settlement, according to court papers filed Thursday.
Expert Analysis
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Expect A Big Shake Up At The EEOC Under 2nd Trump Admin
During President-elect Donald Trump’s second term, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is likely to significantly shift its focus and priorities, especially where workplace DEI initiatives, immigration enforcement, LGBTQ+ rights and pregnancy protections are concerned, say attorneys at Stoel Rives.
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Defense Strategies For Addressing Conspiracy-Minded Jurors
As conspiracy theories continue to proliferate and gain traction in the U.S., defense attorneys will need to consider ways to keep conspiracy-minded jurors from sitting on the jury, and to persuade them when this isn’t possible, say consultants at IMS Legal Strategies.
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7 Ways 2nd Trump Administration May Affect Partner Hiring
President-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House will likely have a number of downstream effects on partner hiring in the legal industry, from accelerated hiring timelines to increased vetting of prospective employees, say recruiters at Macrae.
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4 Novel Issues From The Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni Suits
A series of lawsuits arising from actress Blake Lively's sexual harassment and retaliation complaint against her "It Ends With Us" co-star, Justin Baldoni, present novel legal issues that employment and defamation practitioners alike should follow as the litigation progresses, say attorneys at Dorsey & Whitney.
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E-Discovery Quarterly: Rulings On Custodian Selection
Several recent rulings make clear that the proportionality of additional proposed custodians will depend on whether the custodians have unique relevant documents, and producing parties should consider whether information already in the record will show that they have relevant documents that otherwise might not be produced, say attorneys at Sidley.
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Religious Accommodation Lessons From $12.7M Vax Verdict
A Michigan federal jury’s recent $12.7 million verdict against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan starkly reminds employers of the risks they face when assessing employees’ religious accommodation requests, highlighting pitfalls to avoid and raising the opportunity to consider best practices to follow, say attorneys at Williams & Connolly.
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What To Expect In Higher Ed Enforcement Under Trump
Colleges and universities should prepare for shifting priorities, as President-elect Donald Trump is likely to focus less on antitrust cases and more on foreign relations policy, while congressional oversight of higher education continues to increase, say attorneys at Steptoe.
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NY Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q4
In 2024's final quarter, the New York State Department of Financial Services published guidance on mitigating the rising cybersecurity risks of artificial intelligence and remote technology workers with North Korean ties, and the state attorney general launched an antitrust investigation into Capital One's proposed Discover merger, say attorneys at Haynes Boone.
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How Trial Attys Can Wield Amended Federal Evidence Rules
Trial lawyers should assess recent amendments to four Federal Rules of Evidence and a newly enacted rule on illustrative aids to determine how to best use the rules to enhance pretrial discovery and trial strategy, says Stewart Edelstein, former litigation chair at Cohen & Wolf.
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Exercising On My Peloton Bike Makes Me A Better Lawyer
While I originally came to the Peloton bike for exercise, one cycling instructor’s teachings have come to serve as a road map for practicing law thoughtfully and mindfully, which has opened opportunities for growth and change in my career, says Andrea Kirshenbaum at Littler.
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Lessons From United's Axed Win In Firing Over Online Pics
In Wawrzenski v. United Airlines, a California state appeals court revived a flight attendant’s suit over her termination for linking photos of herself in uniform to her OnlyFans account, providing a cautionary tale for employers navigating the complexities of workplace policy enforcement in the digital age, say attorneys at ArentFox Schiff.
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3 Factors Affecting Retail M&A Deals In 2025
Retailers considering mergers and acquisitions this year face an evolving antitrust environment, including a new administration under President-elect Donald Trump, revised merger guidelines and a precedent set last year by a canceled $8.5 billion handbag merger, say attorneys at DLA Piper.
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How Trump Admin May Approach AI In The Workplace
Key indicators suggest that the incoming Trump administration will adopt a deregulatory approach to artificial intelligence, allowing states to fill the void, so it is critical that employers pay close attention to developing legal authority concerning AI tools, say attorneys at Littler.
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Top 10 Legal Issues This Year For Transportation Industry GCs
General counsel must carefully consider numerous legal and policy challenges facing the automotive and transportation industry in the year to come, especially while navigating new technologies, regulations and global markets, says Francesco Liberatore at Squire Patton.
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Exploring Venue Strategy For Trump-Era Regulatory Litigation
Litigation will likely play a prominent role in shaping policy outcomes during the second Trump administration, and stakeholders have several tools at their disposal to steer regulatory litigation toward more favorable venues, say attorneys at Covington.