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• March 12, 2026

  Ex-Dealer's Retaliation Suit Against Harrah's NC Revived

  The Fourth Circuit on Thursday revived employment retaliation claims against Harrah's and Caesars Entertainment by a former table games dealer, finding the lower court abused its discretion by making "speculative assertions" about the need to add as a defendant a related tribal gaming enterprise.

• March 12, 2026

  DOJ Wants Morgan Stanley, DOL Opinion Dispute Tossed

  The U.S. government has moved to dismiss a suit from former Morgan Stanley financial advisers challenging a U.S. Department of Labor advisory opinion that said the bank's deferred compensation plans likely aren't covered by federal benefits law, with the advisers responding by saying the agency's finding is hurting them because the bank is using it in arbitration proceedings.

• March 12, 2026

  Lack Of 'Wages Due' Vexes Pa. Justices In Damages Bid

  Members of Pennsylvania's Supreme Court on Thursday seemed to doubt the ability of a debt collection firm's former CEO to sue his employer solely for punitive damages over bonuses the company eventually paid, albeit belatedly, pointing to state law that says claims can be made for "wages due" in the present tense.

• March 12, 2026

  United Airlines Agrees To Pay $27.5M To End ERISA Suit

  United Airlines has agreed to shell out $27.5 million to end a proposed class action alleging it locked retired employees out of a generous COVID-era retirement package, a deal that would moot retirees' pending appeal to the Seventh Circuit, according to a filing in Illinois federal court.

• March 12, 2026

  Aerotech Workers Get Class Nod In Suit Over ESOP Strategy

  A Pennsylvania federal judge handed class certification to a group of 500 workers in their suit claiming Aerotech Inc. failed to more aggressively invest cash held in its employee stock ownership plan, ruling the case clears the requirements needed to secure class status.

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