A Texas federal judge refused to toss a proposed class action against Whole Foods from employee health plan participants who challenged a surcharge on workers who used tobacco, ruling allegations should proceed to discovery that the fees violated multiple provisions of federal benefits law.
A Texas federal judge refused to toss a proposed class action against Whole Foods from employee health plan participants who challenged a surcharge on workers who used tobacco, ruling allegations should proceed to discovery that the fees violated multiple provisions of federal benefits law.
A California district court erred in concluding a medical center where union dockworkers received treatments was not a hospital, a split Ninth Circuit panel ruled Wednesday, sending the workers' $4.1 million claims dispute against a multiemployer health plan back to the lower court.
UPS has reached a deal to end a class action alleging the package delivery giant violated federal law by failing to pay drivers for short-term military leave despite providing compensation for jury duty and other short-term absences, according to a filing in Washington federal court.
Starbucks has agreed to settle a proposed class action from employee health plan participants and their beneficiaries alleging lapses in the coffee chain retailer's post-employment medical insurance notices, according to filings in Florida federal court.
A Pennsylvania federal judge on Wednesday dismissed two Schwab companies from a U.S. Department of Labor enforcement case, finding the financial services providers' participation was no longer needed in the agency's dispute against another firm.
Dozens of former military leaders have backed U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., in challenging Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's bid to reduce his Navy rank, saying Kelly's punishment for "accurate statements of military law" discourages veterans from exercising their own First Amendment rights.
A Missouri federal judge has thrown out a proposed class action accusing the country's three largest pharmacy benefit managers — owned by CVS, UnitedHealth Group and Cigna Group — of inflating prescription costs through their rebating practices.
In 2026, some employers may have 27 pay periods, instead of the usual 26, which can cause budgeting and compliance headaches, particularly for salaried employees, but there is still time to develop a strategy to avoid payroll compliance problems, say attorneys at Fisher Phillips.
Rapid advances in generative artificial intelligence test work-product principles first articulated in the U.S. Supreme Court’s nearly 80-year-old Hickman v. Taylor decision, as courts and ethics bodies confront whether disclosure of attorneys’ AI prompts and outputs would reveal their thought processes, say Larry Silver and Sasha Burton at Langsam Stevens.
A former Baker McKenzie associate who was sued for defamation over a series of social media posts accusing the firm's Washington, D.C., managing partner of sexual assault has brought her own lawsuit, marking the first time she publicly detailed her allegations in court records.
Shortly after former special counsel Jack Smith gave his first public congressional testimony on the Trump cases, in which he warned the rule of law should not be taken for granted, President Donald Trump said he should be prosecuted.
A former lawyer at SCOTUSblog founder Thomas Goldstein's firm said Thursday that Goldstein told coworkers that the more than $960,000 in cash he brought off a flight from Hong Kong — the source of which is integral to the government's case — had come from a client.
The American Bar Association said attorneys have a limited responsibility to convey information to former clients or successor counsel that was not within the client's file, when doing so is necessary to protect a client's interests and reasonably practicable, according to a new ethics opinion.
A proposal to loosen restrictions on the use of federal criminal subpoenas would endanger and further traumatize victims of crime, most of whom lack legal representation to fight the invasive demands, victims' rights advocates told a federal rules advisory committee on Thursday.
Pennsylvania's highest court has adopted a balancing test for restricting a sitting judge's free speech outside the context of an election and, in doing so, affirmed the suspension of a state court judge who it said damaged the court's appearance of impartiality by making political posts on social media.
National litigation news outlet Courthouse News Service has voluntarily and permanently dropped claims against a Washington, D.C., Superior Court clerk and the executive officer of the D.C. courts over filing delays, with both sides agreeing to pay their own costs.
