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March 25, 2026
The Delaware Chancery Court has paused a high-profile Tesla stockholder case following a recusal bid from Elon Musk and Tesla Inc. after a judge's LinkedIn account appeared to react to a post celebrating a recent California jury verdict against Musk, including language praising efforts to stand up to "the richest man in the world."
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March 25, 2026
A Minnesota federal judge trimmed but refused to toss a proposed class action against Ecolab Inc. from retirees who alleged their joint-and-survivor annuity pension benefits were miscalculated, holding that two early retirees who sued lacked standing and that a fiduciary breach claim was time-barred.
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March 24, 2026
The Second Circuit won't revive a proposed investor class action alleging solar panel infrastructure company Array Technologies failed to convey the impact of certain heightened costs stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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March 24, 2026
Business services company Conduent unlawfully imposes health insurance surcharges on employees who use tobacco products, forcing them to pay more for coverage the company provides, a former employee and plan participant said in a proposed class action in New Jersey federal court.
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March 24, 2026
A carpenters union and its retirement plan manager failed in an early bid to defeat a class action claiming they violated federal benefits law by investing retirement plan assets in risky funds that lost more than $250 million, with a Washington federal judge saying the Ninth Circuit already determined that the workers have a viable claim.
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March 24, 2026
An Illinois federal judge gave his final sign-off Tuesday to a $5.7 million settlement in what he called an "interesting" case accusing Cigna of improperly advertising out-of-network providers as though they're in-network for certain benefit plans it administered.
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March 24, 2026
A Louisiana federal judge agreed to toss a federal benefits lawsuit against a health company from workers who alleged the company misspent forfeitures from their employee 401(k) plan, rejecting the workers' argument that funds should have gone toward defraying expenses instead of lowering employer-side contribution obligations.
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March 24, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court shouldn't disturb a union pension fund's win in a multimillion-dollar dispute with the federal agency that bails out struggling pension funds, the fund's trustees have argued, asking the justices to reject the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.'s petition for review of a Second Circuit ruling.
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March 24, 2026
Federal Trade Commission staffers have asked to let the agency's commissioners consider a potential settlement with Caremark in a case accusing pharmacy benefit managers of inflating insulin prices through rebate schemes, following a recent deal with Express Scripts.
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March 24, 2026
The National Rifle Association asked a Florida federal judge to dismiss a suit from a former association president as a sanction because the former leader cursed at and threw water from her glass at the association's counsel when she was deposed this month.
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March 24, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review whether a federal court can certify a class of third-party payors who claim drugmakers hid the cancer risks of an anti-diabetes drug.
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March 23, 2026
Four groups of amici have urged the U.S. Supreme Court to take up Johnson & Johnson's challenge to a Third Circuit decision allowing a securities class action over its talc products to proceed, warning the ruling could reshape how shareholder suits are litigated nationwide.
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March 23, 2026
Chemical manufacturer Olin Corp. has defeated a proposed class action alleging it shortchanged retirees' pension payments by relying on decades-old mortality data, with a Missouri federal judge saying federal benefits law doesn't dictate the information employers should use to calculate their plans' actuarial estimates.
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March 23, 2026
A Texas trucking company denied H-2A workers overtime pay and misrepresented the nature of their work to qualify for the federal visa program, according to a proposed collective action filed Monday in federal court.
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March 23, 2026
Allegations that Progressive Corp. wrongly charged higher health premiums from workers who used tobacco or refused the COVID-19 vaccination failed to state a claim for violating federal benefits law, an Ohio federal judge ruled as he tossed a proposed class action against the insurance giant.
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March 23, 2026
The Third Circuit on Monday sided with a nuclear power company in a dispute with an electrical workers union over contributions to employee healthcare premiums, holding that the union couldn't force issues out of court because their disagreement was outside the scope of the collective bargaining agreement's arbitration provision.
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March 23, 2026
An organization representing the largest U.S. airlines supported its claims that Chicago's new paid sick leave law could affect air carriers' business, an Illinois federal judge said, keeping alive the group's challenge to the law.
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March 23, 2026
Elevance Inc. can't compel arbitration of a union health plan's allegations the insurer caused it to pay excessive administrative fees and medical costs, a Connecticut federal judge ruled, finding the insurer and its subsidiaries waived that right by seeking to dismiss the proposed class action.
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March 23, 2026
The Delaware Chancery Court's docket this past week featured high-stakes disputes involving major consumer brands, a reinstated video game executive, revived noncompete and compensation claims and fresh allegations of corporate misconduct in the healthcare sector.
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March 23, 2026
BJ's Wholesale Club told a Massachusetts federal judge that it cannot be forced to poll shareholders on whether the retailer should study the effects of deforestation on its supply chains, calling it an improper attempt at "micromanagement."
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March 20, 2026
The federal government opposed a new trial bid by Keith Gray, a former NFL player and Texas laboratory owner convicted in a $328 million scheme involving billing for unnecessary cardiovascular genetic testing for Medicare beneficiaries, arguing Thursday he lacks any valid basis to "disturb the jury's sound verdict."
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March 20, 2026
A hydro-excavation company must submit to an audit by a union pension fund, an Indiana federal judge ruled Friday, agreeing with the fund that the company is contractually obligated to do so.
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March 20, 2026
The operators of a multistate network of vascular medicine clinics have reached a $4 million settlement to resolve claims that they billed Medicaid, Medicare and Tricare for medically unnecessary vein treatment procedures over the course of seven years.
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March 20, 2026
A federal judge granted Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan's request to transfer a proposed class action alleging the insurance company violated federal benefits law by mismanaging claims in self-funded employee healthcare plans it administered, given that a similar, earlier-filed action was proceeding in an adjacent district.
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March 20, 2026
Increased scrutiny of health plans and the high costs of care are fueling a litigation uptick that's coming not just from plan participants but also from employers frustrated with their third-party administrators, said Darren Shuler, a partner at King & Spalding LLP. Here, Shuler speaks with Law360 about litigation trends involving the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.