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  • January 21, 2026

    Apple Workers In Wash. Sue Over Limits On Moonlighting

    Apple Inc. has broken a Washington state moonlighting law by prohibiting dozens of lower-wage workers from taking second jobs to supplement their incomes, according to a former employee's proposed class action against the company.

  • January 21, 2026

    UFC Asks 9th Circ. To Nix 'Overbroad' Discovery In Wage Suits

    The Ultimate Fighting Championship urged the Ninth Circuit to immediately stop a Nevada federal court from enforcing a "breathtakingly overbroad" discovery order in wage suppression lawsuits, saying it violates attorney-client privilege and the First Amendment.

  • January 21, 2026

    9th Circ. Reverses Ruling In $4.1M Union Health Plan Suit

    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.

  • January 21, 2026

    UPS Strikes Deal In Class Action Over Pay For Military Leave

    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.

  • January 21, 2026

    Jefferies Steered Feds To $200M Water Ponzi Case, Judge Told

    Two men charged in connection with an allegedly massive water-vending Ponzi scheme were investigated after counsel for investment giant Jefferies — one defendant's former employer — walked the case into the Manhattan U.S. attorney's office, a federal judge heard Wednesday.

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