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• December 12, 2025

  Fired MSPB Member Urges Full DC Circ. To Rehear Case

  A D.C. Circuit panel based its decision to uphold Merit Systems Protection Board member Cathy Harris' firing on a mischaracterization of the agency, Harris argued Friday to the full D.C. Circuit, asking the en banc court to override the decision, bring her back to work and preserve MSPB members' job protections.

• December 12, 2025

  Mich. High Court Backs Rejection Of Farmwork Comp Suit

  A closely divided Michigan Supreme Court on Friday let stand a lower appellate court holding that a nonprofit's legal challenge to a state policy denying workers' compensation pay to unauthorized immigrants was filed too late.

• December 12, 2025

  Printing Co. Defends Trial Win In $265M ESOP Sale Dispute

  A printing company's directors and employee stock ownership plan trustee say the Seventh Circuit should back their win over accusations they illegally undersold the company into private equity for $265 million, arguing the trial court correctly decided their interests were "perfectly aligned" with plan participants' interests.

• December 12, 2025

  Delta Retirees' Pension Dispute Paused For Mediation Efforts

  A Nevada federal judge Thursday froze a proposed class action accusing Delta Air Lines Inc. of shorting married pensioners on retirement benefits by miscalculating lump-sum payouts, giving the airline and the former workers behind the suit a chance to try and reach a deal. 

• December 12, 2025

  Sherwin-Williams Flicks Tobacco Fee Suit To Arbitration

  An Ohio federal judge refused Friday to toss a proposed class action from two Sherwin-Williams ex-workers who alleged an employee health plan tobacco surcharge violated nondiscrimination provisions in federal benefits law, finding while one claim could proceed in court, the dispute should first head to arbitration.

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