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October 06, 2026
A Washington federal judge has appointed two pension funds as lead plaintiffs in a proposed securities class action filed over an allegedly anticompetitive Zillow Group Inc. and Redfin Corp. deal and has also appointed Keller Rohrback LLP and Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP as local and lead counsel, respectively.
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October 06, 2026
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is among those backing Boeing's call to the Seventh Circuit to overturn class certification in a case accusing the aerospace firm of misleading investors about the safety of its 737 Max fleet, arguing that the certification is dependent on a damages model that the U.S. Supreme Court and Fourth Circuit have rejected.
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October 06, 2026
Workers hit banking giant Wells Fargo with a proposed class action in Minnesota federal court alleging that underperforming and costly funds in their 401(k) plan breached fiduciary duties of prudence under federal benefits law, causing at least $1 billion in losses.
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October 06, 2026
A New Jersey federal judge rejected a painting company's challenge to a magistrate judge's ruling that denied its bid for a union pension fund to cover roughly $350,000 in legal fees, finding that the magistrate judge applied the correct legal standard in his findings.
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October 06, 2026
A Texas memory care facility agreed to settle a lawsuit alleging it fired an employee after trying to demote her for taking military leave, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
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October 06, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court appeared likely Tuesday to affirm a Ninth Circuit decision ending a federal benefits dispute against Intel Corp. from ex-workers who alleged that underperforming 401(k) funds breached fiduciary duties, as multiple justices indicated support for requiring that claims predicated on underperformance include meaningful comparisons.
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October 05, 2026
A Washington woman who successfully sued the owner of coffee kiosks known as bikini barista espresso stands won a $1.4 million state court award for attorney fees and costs, with the judge denying the defense's request for a 30% reduction in fees.
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October 05, 2026
A Fifth Circuit panel seemed hesitant to buy an argument that a rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services dealing with Medicare Advantage plan overpayments went through proper rulemaking steps, asking Monday if the agency's argument that it can change its rationale "upends" rulemaking procedures.
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October 05, 2026
Federal judges from California to New York and several states in between issued a slew of decisions last week that determined the fates of shareholder lawsuits against a major health insurer, a New York bank that nearly failed in 2024 and a diagnostic company accused of hiding its challenges as COVID testing demand ebbed.
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October 05, 2026
Washington state-based Coastal Financial Corp. has been hit with an investor's proposed class action accusing it of failing to disclose risks related to its "banking as a service" offerings, which the shareholder says ultimately resulted in a 44% share decline earlier this year following the announcement of a $42 million quarterly loss.
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October 05, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday appeared split on whether the Veterans' Judicial Review Act bars federal district courts from presiding over constitutional challenges to statutes affecting veterans' benefits, with justices questioning both sides' interpretation of the law's no-review clause.
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October 05, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday from former Intel Corp. workers looking to revive a suit claiming their retirement savings suffered because of shoddy investments, a case that could shed light on what it takes to keep challenges to allegedly subpar 401(k) offerings alive.
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October 05, 2026
A group of life insurance policyholders told a Connecticut federal court it has fixed the "narrow issues" that caused a $147.5 million settlement over life insurance costs to be thrown out this summer.
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October 05, 2026
A coalition of interests challenging a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services program to provide patients access to federally legal hemp products told the D.C. Circuit on Monday that a lower court was wrong to dismiss their petition.
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October 05, 2026
A Tokio Marine unit accused of misrepresenting the terms of its policy has slipped a roofing contractor's negligence claims in a $4.6 million coverage dispute over a school renovation project but must face a claim that it intentionally misrepresented coverage, a Connecticut state court ruled.
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October 05, 2026
The federal government unveiled a final rule Monday intended to make it easier to understand healthcare pricing information that President Donald Trump's first administration required private-sector healthcare plans to disclose, a move that agencies said was needed because previous regulations triggered a deluge of data.
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October 05, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away an appeal of a Third Circuit ruling involving a number of labor issues, including the National Labor Relations Board's heightened remedies and the level of deference courts owe the agency.
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October 05, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to hear former Delta Air Lines pilots' challenge to an Eleventh Circuit ruling that grounded their suit alleging the airline pushed them out of their jobs for taking military leave.
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October 05, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to take up a Netflix employee health plan participant's challenge to a Ninth Circuit ruling that said contracts between Netflix and its health plan administrators weren't subject to disclosure under federal benefits law.
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October 05, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a pensioner's appeal challenging agricultural chemical giant EIDP Inc. and its retirement plan administrator's decision to reduce his monthly benefits.
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October 03, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court will begin its new term on Monday, when the justices consider whether state courts have the authority to hear climate change lawsuits that seek to hold fossil fuel companies liable for local damages caused by greenhouse-gas emissions and whether federal courts can hear constitutional challenges to veterans benefits laws.
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October 02, 2026
The federal government asked the full D.C. Circuit on Friday to reconsider a panel ruling allowing Teva to challenge Medicare's rules for deciding which drugs qualify for price negotiations, arguing the decision invites litigation that could create drug-pricing "chaos" and cause drug prices to quickly leap by more than 550%.
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October 02, 2026
Pennsylvania courts do not have to follow federal precedents that limit deference to a state agency's interpretation of unclear regulations, with a majority of the state's highest court finding Thursday that an agency interpretation can be one of multiple factors for analyzing an ambiguous regulation.
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October 02, 2026
A former employee of a compensation, benefits and business risk advisory firm used an unapproved artificial intelligence note-taking app to record confidential client meetings before leaving for a competitor and taking company trade secrets with her, the company said in a complaint filed in Colorado federal court.
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October 02, 2026
A New York federal judge ruled three union benefit funds can pursue an antitrust suit against New York Presbyterian Hospital without first proving it holds a large market share in the city, rejecting the hospital's motion to toss the suit on Friday.