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December 20, 2024
Spain Can't Use Immunity To Block Translator's Bias Case
Spain cannot rely on state immunity to overturn a translator's harassment and discrimination claim, a London appeals court ruled Friday, finding that the conduct complained of was not part of a governmental activity.
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December 20, 2024
Halliburton Tells High Court That Age Bias Battle Can't Go On
Halliburton told the U.S. Supreme Court that an ex-worker is attempting to create a "back door" to challenge an arbitration award that resolved his age bias suit, urging the justices to join the Tenth Circuit in finding that the case had run its course.
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December 20, 2024
Top North Carolina Cases Of 2024: Bias, Fraud And False Ads
North Carolina saw a host of heavy-hitting civil trials in 2024, from back-to-back multimillion-dollar jury verdicts in suits over false advertising and employment discrimination, to a substantial bench ruling in a much-watched bias suit against the federal judiciary.
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December 20, 2024
Top Pa. Cases Of 2024: Elon Musk, Johnny Doc, Uber Drivers
This year was a standout for high-profile legal battles in Pennsylvania, from a blockbuster verdict against Monsanto over its Roundup weedkiller to the Philadelphia district attorney's fight with Elon Musk over allegations that he tried to influence the 2024 presidential election with his million-dollar giveaway.
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December 20, 2024
Watershed NCAA, UFC Settlements Highlight 2024's 2nd Half
The second half of 2024 saw the sunset of several yearslong lawsuits that will significantly impact the world of sports, including the settlement of the NCAA's name, image and likeness antitrust litigation and the closing of the UFC's legal battle with current and former fighters. Here, Law360 explores the top sports and betting moments from the second half of 2024.
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December 19, 2024
Uber Sues Seattle Over Courier Account Deactivation Law
A Seattle ordinance aimed at preventing app-based workers from being unfairly deactivated from apps they use poses "grave constitutional problems," Uber alleged in a suit filed Wednesday in Washington federal court, saying the local law forces the transportation company to express views inconsistent with how it approaches privacy and safety.
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December 19, 2024
Mortgage Firm Should Face Sex Harassment Suit, Judge Says
A Georgia federal judge on Wednesday recommended not granting summary judgment to CrossCountry Mortgage LLC and a branch manager in a former employee's sexual harassment and retaliation suit.
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December 19, 2024
NLRB, Post-Gazette Trade Barbs Over Bad Faith Bargaining
National Labor Relations Board prosecutors and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette have squared off in dueling briefs in Pennsylvania federal court over whether the newspaper bargained in bad faith with its workers' unions and whether it should be forced back to the bargaining table.
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December 19, 2024
Teamsters Launch Strike In Bid To Force Amazon To Table
Workers at seven Amazon facilities across the country who have organized with the Teamsters launched a strike against the e-commerce giant Thursday, demanding that the company meet them at the bargaining table.
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December 19, 2024
Bill Aimed At IHS Recruitment, Retention Heads To House
A bill designed to make it easier for the Indian Health Service to recruit and retain medical workers is headed for the U.S. House of Representatives for consideration after easily passing the U.S. Senate this week.
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December 19, 2024
Top Gov't Contracts Cases Of 2024
Courts and the U.S. Government Accountability Office have made several high-profile, consequential decisions for government contractors this year, addressing the constitutionality of the False Claims Act's whistleblower provisions and the limits of the president's authority over federal procurement.
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December 19, 2024
The Spiciest Quotes Heard In Mass. Courts In 2024
Another year of hard-fought litigation was replete with quips, barbs, and both attorneys and defendants put on blast — plus one litigant who simply wished for the return of a nine-foot bedazzled grand piano.
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December 19, 2024
DuPont, Corteva Liable For Bad Benefits Info, Judge Says
Chemical companies DuPont and Corteva Inc. violated federal benefits law when they cut hundreds of workers off from retirement benefits following a merger and subsequent spinoff, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled, finding the companies didn't clearly explain how the transactions would impact employees' benefits.
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December 19, 2024
$18M TransUnion Loss 'Riddled With Defects,' 6th Circ. Says
The Sixth Circuit said Wednesday that a jury's $18.3 million award in a dustup over intellectual property related to an online insurance quote marketplace was based on damages evidence that was sorely lacking, affirming that TransUnion is off the hook.
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December 19, 2024
Amazon Gets 'Wide Berth' Of Discovery In Drivers' Wage Suit
A Washington federal judge largely granted Amazon's discovery request in an 8-year-old lawsuit brought by delivery drivers accusing the company of misclassifying them as independent contractors, saying the data it seeks is reasonable for its forthcoming challenge to the workers' class certification bid.
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December 19, 2024
3rd Circ. Backs $22M Win For Battery Co. Workers In Pay Suit
The Third Circuit held Thursday that a Pennsylvania battery manufacturer flouted federal labor law when it failed to pay workers $22 million for time they spent changing in and out of protective gear, rejecting the company's assertion it was only obligated to pay workers what was "reasonable."
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December 19, 2024
Labcorp Settles Competition Suit Against Ex-Sales Exec
Less than two weeks after Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings sued its former sales marketing executive and his new employer in North Carolina federal court for allegedly violating noncompete and nonsolicitation agreements, a deal has been reached to end the lawsuit.
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December 19, 2024
Michigan's Biggest Decisions Of 2024
This year, the Michigan Supreme Court instituted sweeping changes to the state's wage and paid leave laws, took some damages off the table for wrongful death plaintiffs, and recognized third-party retaliation claims.
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December 19, 2024
Rival Firms End $2M Client Poaching Suit
A lawsuit by Chicago law firm Loftus & Eisenberg Ltd. accusing an attorney with "a very limited skill set" of stealing clients while jumping to Good Law Group PC has been dismissed, after Good Law said the "venomous allegations" were not backed by hard evidence.
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December 19, 2024
Bain Capital Wants Out Of Bias Claims From Attorney
Bain Capital has asked a New Jersey state court to toss discrimination claims brought by a former in-house attorney for a chemicals company it had acquired, alleging she was unlawfully dismissed after she discussed taking leave to recover from a miscarriage.
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December 19, 2024
X Workers Say Entire Severance Suit Should Survive
Former X employees urged a Delaware federal court to set aside portions of a magistrate judge's recommendation that the court partially toss their unpaid severance benefits lawsuit, saying the judge incorrectly found that a merger agreement stripped them of standing.
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December 19, 2024
Ballard Spahr Seeks To End Paralegal's Age Discrimination Suit
Longtime issues with her performance and a disparaging remark made about a client to a firm partner led to Ballard Spahr LLP's decision to terminate a paralegal's employment, the firm said has said, and it asked a Pennsylvania federal court to dismiss the former employee's age and gender discrimination complaint.
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December 19, 2024
Cos. Press Justices To Review Contractors Min. Wage Dispute
Opposite opinions over the scope of the president's authority "cry out" for the U.S. Supreme Court intervention in a case challenging President Joe Biden's increase of the federal contractors' hourly minimum wage, two outdoor groups said, pointing to a Ninth Circuit's decision axing the wage hike.
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December 18, 2024
RTX Will Pay $34M To End Engineers' No-Poach Class Action
A group of engineers asked a Connecticut federal judge Wednesday to greenlight a $34 million settlement resolving claims that RTX Corp.'s Pratt & Whitney division orchestrated an agreement among five aerospace engineering firms not to hire one another's employees, following the workers' $26.5 million settlement with the five other firms.
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December 18, 2024
Charles Schwab Says Ex-Employee Stole Client Info
Charles Schwab has filed a suit in Texas federal court accusing a former employee of misappropriating confidential trade secrets and client information to solicit business once he joined a competitor.
Expert Analysis
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Timing Of An NLRB Power Shift Hinges On Biden Nominees
President-elect Donald Trump seems certain to shake up the National Labor Relations Board's prounion Democrat majority, but the incoming president's timing depends on whether the current Senate confirms two pending nominees to board positions, say attorneys at Fox Rothschild.
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Opinion
The Right Kind Of Deregulation In Commercial Airline Industry
Similar to the economic deregulation that occurred more than four decades ago during the Carter administration, the incoming Trump administration should restore the very limited federal regulatory role in the economics of the airline industry, says former U.S. transportation secretary James Burnley at Venable.
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5 Tips For Complying With NLRB Captive Audience Ban
The National Labor Relations Board’s recently ruled that so-called captive audience meetings violate federal labor law, representing a radical shift in precedent and creating new standards for employers to follow when holding workplace meetings where union representation will be discussed, say attorneys at Fisher Phillips.
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4 Ways Attorneys Can Emotionally Prepare For Trial
In the course of litigation, trial lawyers face a number of scenarios that can incite an emotional response, but formulating a mental game plan in advance of trial can help attorneys stay cool, calm and collected in the moment, says Rachel Lary at Lightfoot Franklin.
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The Bar Needs More Clarity On The Discovery Objection Rule
Almost 10 years after Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 34 was amended, attorneys still seem confused about what they should include in objections to discovery requests, and until the rules committee provides additional clarity, practitioners must beware the steep costs of noncompliance, says Tristan Ellis at Shanies Law Office.
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Key Plaintiff Litigation Strategies For Silicosis Lawsuits
A California stone worker's recent $52 million jury award highlights the growing silicosis crisis among employees in the stone fabrication industry — and points to the importance of a strategic approach to litigating silicosis cases against employers and manufacturers, says David Matthews at Matthews & Associates.
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Presidential Campaign Errors Provide Lessons For Trial Attys
Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign employed numerous strategies that evidently didn’t land, and trial attorneys should take note, because voters and jurors are both decision-makers who are listening for how one’s case presentation would affect them personally, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.
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Expect More State-Level Scrutiny Of Noncompetes Ahead
Despite the nationwide injunction against the Federal Trade Commission’s noncompete ban, and the incoming Republican administration, employers should anticipate that state legislatures will continue to focus on laws that limit or ban noncompetes, including those that target certain salary thresholds or industries, says Benjamin Fryer at FordHarrison.
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A Look At The Hefty Demands In Calif. Employer AI Draft Regs
California's draft regulations on artificial intelligence use in employment decisions show that the California Privacy Protection Agency is positioning itself as a de facto AI regulator for the state, which isn't waiting around for federal legislation, says Lily Li at Metaverse Law.
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Series
Being A Navy Reservist Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Serving this country in uniform has not only been one of the greatest honors of my life, but it has also provided me with opportunities to broaden my legal acumen and interpersonal skills in ways that have indelibly contributed to my civilian practice, says Phillip Smith at Weinberg Wheeler.
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Cos. Should Inventory Issues To Prep For New Congress
As the legislative and oversight agendas of the 119th Congress come into sharper focus, corporate counsel should assess and plan for areas of potential oversight risk — from tax policy changes to supply chain integrity — even as much uncertainty remains, say attorneys at WilmerHale.
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Navigating DOJ's Patchwork Whistleblower Regime
In the past few months, the U.S. Department of Justice and several individual U.S. attorney’s offices have issued different pilot programs aimed at incentivizing individuals to blow the whistle on misconduct, but this piecemeal approach may create confusion and suboptimal outcomes, say attorneys at BakerHostetler.
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What To Expect From State AGs As Federal Control Changes
Under the next Trump administration, Democratic attorneys general are poised to strengthen enforcement in certain areas as Republican attorneys general continue their efforts with stronger federal support — resulting in a confusing patchwork of policies that create unintended liabilities for businesses operating in multiple jurisdictions, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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So You Want To Move Your Law Practice To Canada, Eh?
Google searches for how to move to Canada have surged in the wake of the U.S. presidential election, and if you’re an attorney considering a move to the Great White North, you’ll need to understand how the practice of law differs across the border, says David Postel at Henein Hutchison.
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When Arbitration Is Effective For Employment And IP Cases
Widespread adoption of arbitration has revolutionized conflict resolution in employment law, and the benefits of speed, expertise and confidentiality make it an increasingly attractive alternative for resolving patent conflicts — but arbitration is not a silver bullet, say Brandon Miller at Fisher Phillips and Camilla Bykhovsky at Turner Boyd.