The recent dismissal of a suit brought by former Wells Fargo workers who claimed high prescription drug costs violated federal benefits law shows the ability to establish standing emerging as a key stumbling block for Employee Retirement Income Security Act suits alleging excessive health fees, experts say.
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Standing Emerges As Key Front In ERISA Health Fee Battles

By Kellie Mejdrich

The recent dismissal of a suit brought by former Wells Fargo workers who claimed high prescription drug costs violated federal benefits law shows the ability to establish standing emerging as a key stumbling block for Employee Retirement Income Security Act suits alleging excessive health fees, experts say.

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3rd Circ. Says Pension Law OKs Suits To Enforce Settlements

By Emily Brill

A Teamsters pension fund can go after a bankrupt dairy business's affiliates for the $39 million that the business owes the fund under the terms of a settlement, the Third Circuit ruled Thursday, saying the fund has a viable cause of action under the Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act.

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9th Circ. Won't Stay Injunction Compelling Fed. Worker Rehire

By Emily Brill

A split Ninth Circuit panel has refused to block an injunction compelling the Trump administration to reinstate about 16,000 probationary employees to six federal agencies, saying the administration will likely lose its argument that the agencies weren't acting on an order from above when they fired the workers.

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LITIGATION

Alibaba Investors' Attys Awarded $108M In IPO Settlement

By Hailey Konnath

A New York federal judge on Thursday granted final approval to Alibaba Group's $433.5 million settlement with investors suing the company over alleged misstatements about its exclusivity practices and its planned initial public offering of a fintech affiliate, awarding the investors' attorneys 25%, or roughly $108 million.

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UPS, Workers To Take Military Leave Suit To Mediation

By Emmy Freedman

United Parcel Service and a class of employees alerted a Washington federal court that they intend to mediate the workers' lawsuit accusing the company of failing to pay drivers on short-term military leave while paying those who take time off for jury duty and other short-term absences.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

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Baseball Fantasy Camp Makes Me A Better Lawyer

With six baseball fantasy experiences under my belt, I've learned time and again that I didn't make the wrong career choice, but I've also learned that baseball lessons are life lessons, and I'm a better lawyer for my time at St. Louis Cardinals fantasy camp, says Scott Felder at Wiley.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360

For those who missed out, here's a look back at the law firms, stories and expert analyses that generated the most buzz on Law360 last week.

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Judges Block Trump's Jenner & Block, WilmerHale Orders

By Lauren Berg, Ali Sullivan and Alison Knezevich

Jenner & Block LLP and WilmerHale both won temporary restraining orders late Friday blocking President Donald Trump's executive orders targeting the firms, with two Washington, D.C., federal judges determining the firms have shown the orders are likely retaliation for their representation of certain clients.

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Ex-Paralegal Sues Ga. Personal Injury Firm Over 658 OT Hours

By Irene Spezzamonte

An Atlanta-based personal injury law firm didn't pay a former paralegal for 658 hours of overtime, and it erroneously considered her a salaried-exempt employee, according to a lawsuit filed in Georgia federal court.

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Skadden Offers $100M In Pro Bono Work To Avoid Trump Order

By Aebra Coe

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP has reached a deal with President Donald Trump to avert an impending executive order that could have prevented it from taking on work connected to the federal government and its contractors, according to an announcement by the president Friday on social media platform Truth Social.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

UCLA School of Law's Supreme Court Clinic and Gair Gallo Eberhard LLP head this week's list of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a Seventh Circuit ruling that upheld the conviction of a former Chicago alderman for making false statements about loans from a defunct bank.

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Roundup

UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Max Austin

This past week in London has seen sparkling winemaker Nyetimber hit a rival distillery with an intellectual property claim, Newcastle United's former owner Mike Ashley target the club's ex-vice president for damages tied to a fraudulent investment, and a real estate agency file a legal claim against law firm Winston & Strawn LLP. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

As a growing number of companies and their general counsel consider moving their incorporation out of Delaware, the state's governor has quickly signed into law a measure revising its corporation statutes, though there are still critics. And 98% of legal leaders in a recent survey said their budgets are increasing in 2025 to handle the extra work stemming from new diversity risks, tech changes and cybersecurity threats.

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Tubi Says Keller Postman Breached Deal In Arbitration Fight

By Emily Sawicki

The D.C. federal judge overseeing video streaming service Tubi Inc.'s tortious interference suit against Keller Postman LLC over mass arbitration claims ordered the parties on Friday to schedule a status conference for next month, in light of Tubi's claims that the firm violated an agreement.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Altshuler Berzon

Arnold & Itkin

Arthur Cox

Ashfords LLP

Ashurst LLP

Barclay Damon

Berger Montague

Birketts LLP

Bronstein Gewirtz

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang

Clement & Murphy

Clyde & Co

Cooley LLP

Covington & Burling

DWF LLP

Dickinson Wright

Druces LLP

Engstrom Lee

Eversheds Sutherland

Fisher & Phillips

Gateley PLC

Gibson Dunn

Gilbert & Tobin

Glancy Prongay

Gordons LLP

Greenberg Traurig

Gupta Wessler

Gutride Safier

Holland & Knight

Irell & Manella

Jeffers Danielson

Jenner & Block

Keller Postman

Keystone Law

Kirkland & Ellis

Kline & Specter

Lankler Siffert & Wohl

Latham & Watkins

Macfarlanes LLP

Mayer Brown

Miller & Chevalier

Mitchell Silberberg

Morgan Lewis

Morvillo Abramowitz

Nabarro LLP

Outten & Golden

Pallas Partners

Paul Weiss

Perkins Coie

Peter Romer-Friedman Law

Pomerantz LLP

Quinn Emanuel

Richards Layton

Riverside NW Law Group

Robinson & Cole

Ropes & Gray

Shook Hardy

Shoosmiths LLP

Signature Litigation LLP

Simmons & Simmons

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Skadden Arps

Stephenson Harwood

Sullivan & Cromwell

Sullivan Hazeltine

Sweet James LLP

TLT LLP

Wachtell Lipton

Weightmans LLP

Wiley Rein

WilmerHale

Winston & Strawn

gunnercooke LLP

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

A.P. Moller-Maersk

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.

American Federation of Government Employees

Amicus

Apple Inc.

Association of Corporate Counsel

Axis Bank Ltd.

BDO LLP

Barclays PLC

Bayer CropScience Ltd.

Borden Dairy Co.

Coupang Inc.

Digital River Inc.

EE Ltd.

Elevance Health Inc.

Elliott Investment Management LP

Express Scripts Holding Co.

FTI Consulting Inc.

Great American Insurance Co.

Intel Corp.

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

James Hardie Industries PLC

Johnson & Johnson

LG Electronics Inc.

LexisNexis Legal & Professional

Major League Baseball Inc.

Mars Inc.

Mediterranean Shipping Co. SA

Monsanto Co.

National Westminster Bank PLC

Netlist Inc.

Phillips 66

RELX PLC

Ryanair Holdings PLC

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Severn Trent PLC

Sony Music Publishing LLC

St. Louis Cardinals

The AZEK Co. LLC

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC

UCLA School of Law

Uber Technologies Inc.

United Parcel Service Inc.

Walt Disney Parks & Resorts Worldwide Inc.

Warner Bros. Records Inc.

Wells Fargo & Co.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Companies House

Delaware Court of Chancery

Executive Office of the President

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

Financial Reporting Council

National Labor Relations Board

Patent Trial and Appeal Board

U.S. Army

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

U.S. Department of Agriculture

U.S. Department of Defense

U.S. Department of Energy

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Labor

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S. Department of the Treasury

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Office of Personnel Management

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

UK High Court