JetBlue Hit With Meal Break, Back Pay Class Suit In Wash.

By Greg Lamm

JetBlue Airways Corp. is the target of a proposed class action in Washington state court from workers who allege the airline owes them for sick leave and breaks, as well as back pay for new hires, who had to study for mandatory orientation and job assessments.

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Wash. Atty Disbarred For Blown Divorce Case, Blaming Client

By Rachel Riley

A Seattle-area attorney has been disbarred for failing to file any pleadings in a divorce case, resulting in a default order keeping the client from his children, then repeatedly lying during disciplinary proceedings in an attempt to avoid the blame, according to records from the Washington State Bar Association.

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Wash. AG Says Seattle Public Schools Shows Pregnancy Bias

By Emmy Freedman

Seattle Public Schools fails to provide pregnant and nursing employees with accommodations such as flexible bathroom breaks and retaliates against workers who request pregnancy-related accommodations, the Washington state attorney general said in a new lawsuit.

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Cannabis Co. Drops Back Taxes Case Against 2 Payroll Firms

By Greg Lamm

A Washington cannabis company has dropped claims against a pair of payroll services providers accused of leaving the cannabis company with a $172,500 tax bill after failing to pay the Internal Revenue Service on its behalf.

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Colo. AG Vows To Sue If Congress Passes Voting Law

By Thy Vo

Colorado Attorney General Philip J. Weiser said Wednesday that if Congress passes a proposal to require proof of U.S. citizenship in order to register to vote, he and other Democratic attorneys general will sue to challenge it.

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AT&T Gets $450M 'Twinning' Patent Suit Tossed Again

By Andrew Karpan

A New York federal judge has held that it is only fitting that she rule twice on a motion to dismiss a $450 million patent lawsuit against AT&T over so-called twinning phone technology, deciding yet again that the patent is not inventive enough to be worth anything.

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Accellion Breach Victims Fight Uphill To Get Class Cert.

By Dorothy Atkins

A California federal judge Wednesday doubted whether a class of 5 million individuals could be certified on claims that file-sharing software-maker Accellion negligently failed to protect against cyberattacks in light of the high court's TransUnion ruling, adding that it would be a "Herculean task" to determine certain classwide damages.

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More Students Sue Over Scrapped Foreign Student Records

By Madeline Lyskawa

More than 130 international students accused the U.S. Department of Homeland Security of abruptly and unlawfully terminating digital visa compliance records, saying in a complaint filed in Georgia federal court that the data deletion puts them at risk of arrest, detention and deportation. 

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9th Circ. Won't Revive Ex-Beach Boy Guitarist's Royalty Fight

By Gina Kim

The Ninth Circuit refused to reinstate a former Beach Boys guitarist's suit that sought to revoke his royalty agreements with Universal Music Group since they were based on physical record sales and didn't contemplate the evolution of digital streaming, ruling Wednesday the contracts only paid for physical record sale royalties.

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Justices Urged To Deny Insurers' Tribal Jurisdiction Challenge

By Ganesh Setty

The Suquamish Tribe told the U.S. Supreme Court it shouldn't hear a group of insurers' bid to litigate COVID-19-related property insurance claims outside tribal court, arguing the Ninth Circuit correctly held that the insurers' coverage of tribal property sufficiently established tribal jurisdiction.

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DOJ Resists Perkins Coie Summary Judgment Bid In EO Case

By Emily Sawicki

The U.S. Department of Justice is continuing to defend President Donald Trump's March 6 order suspending security clearances held by Perkins Coie LLP attorneys, arguing on Wednesday that the BigLaw firm cannot take an early win, in part due to the firm's alleged "discriminatory employment activities" through participation in Mansfield Certification.

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Firms Mum As EEOC Deadline For Diversity Data Passes

By Vin Gurrieri

Tuesday marked the deadline for large law firms to answer the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's acting chair's request for detailed information about their diversity, equity and inclusion programs, and neither the firms nor the EEOC would confirm if or how the legal heavyweights had responded.

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DC Judge Mulls Contempt For Gov't Over 'Rushed' Removals

By Britain Eakin

U.S. District Judge James Boasberg found probable cause on Wednesday to hold the Trump administration in criminal contempt for willfully violating his order barring removals of Venezuelans under the Alien Enemies Act, despite the U.S. Supreme Court having vacated that order.

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Former McCarter & English Atty Fights Bid To Toss Firing Suit

By Jake Maher

A former McCarter & English LLP attorney and Navy SEAL has accused the firm in New Jersey state court of trying to "smear" him by claiming he was fired for his offensive social media posts rather than his advocacy for veterans.

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Jackson Walker Hits Back At Bankruptcy Court Standing Brief

By Catherine Marfin

Jackson Walker LLP told a federal judge that the CEO of a now-bankrupt barge company is improperly trying to relitigate the issue of standing in bankruptcy court with his suit over a former judge's secret romance with a firm partner.

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DC Judge Considers Bid To Block IRS Info Sharing With ICE

By Ali Sullivan

A D.C. federal judge on Wednesday questioned whether immigrant advocacy groups have standing to block a tax information-sharing agreement between the IRS and immigration enforcement agencies, but she also outlined concerns that the agreement could be abused.

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California Challenges Trump's Economic Emergency Tariffs

By Dylan Moroses

The California state government filed suit Wednesday challenging President Donald Trump's recent use of a law that has allowed him to unilaterally impose broad and aggressive tariffs on imports entering the U.S.

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Ed Martin Discloses Russia TV Spots, Coloring Books, Jan. 6

By Courtney Bublé

Ed Martin, President Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, has disclosed dozens of additional media interviews with right-wing and Russian-state outlets, according to a letter obtained on Wednesday by Law360.

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Schumer Looks To Block Trump NY US Attorney Nominations

By Courtney Bublé

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., announced on Wednesday he is exercising his power to block two of President Donald Trump's nominations for U.S. attorneys, which could set up an early test for preserving the long-standing Senate blue slip tradition.

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