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  • August 21, 2026

    11th Circ. Ruling Could Help ERISA Suits Survive Until Trial

    The Eleventh Circuit's decision to reopen a suit from a former Royal Caribbean worker claiming 401(k) participants lost millions on underperforming target-date funds could make it easier for plaintiffs to get to trial in cases accusing companies of retirement plan investment picks that violate federal benefits law, attorneys said.

  • August 21, 2026

    Rocket Mortgage Points Judge Toward Zillow's Win In Wash.

    Rocket Mortgage urged a Michigan federal judge to consider a Washington federal court's recent dismissal of a proposed antitrust class action against Zillow, arguing that the Washington judge's decision supports Rocket's motion to dismiss a suit making similar claims.

  • August 21, 2026

    Illinois-Led States Win TRO To Block DOT Bid For CDL Data

    A Virginia federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from obtaining a database containing information on 17 million commercial driver's license holders, ruling in favor of 21 states that allege it unlawfully demanded the records for immigration enforcement.

  • August 21, 2026

    FTC Faces Off Against Zillow-Redfin Rental Listings Deal

    Federal Trade Commission attorneys will appear before a Virginia federal judge Monday in what will likely be the FTC's only antitrust conduct trial this year, squaring off against a rental listings syndication deal it says amounted to Zillow's $100 million payout for the smaller Redfin to exit the market.

  • August 21, 2026

    9th Circ. Keeps Order To Improve ICE Site Amid Feds' Appeal

    The Trump administration must continue to address the "severe and inhumane deficiencies" a California federal court identified at an immigrant detention facility in the Mojave Desert, the Ninth Circuit has ruled, finding it unlikely to prevail in detainees' constitutional challenge.

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