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September 16, 2025
BlackRock Blames Coal Production Cuts On Falling Demand
BlackRock Inc. told a Texas federal court that coal production has declined because demand from coal-fired power plants has been falling for years, not because asset managers conspired to pressure the producers.
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September 16, 2025
CVS Caremark Takes $290M Overbilling Judgment To 3rd Circ.
CVS's pharmacy benefits manager will appeal a judgment against the company that was recently increased from $95 million to $290 million in a suit alleging it overbilled Medicare Part D-sponsored drugs, according to a notice of appeal filed in Pennsylvania federal court.
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September 16, 2025
Duke Strikes $2.35M Deal To Resolve Mortality Data Suit
Duke University has agreed to pay $2.35 million to settle a proposed class action alleging the school's use of decades-old mortality tables to calculate retirement benefits shorted former employees by millions of dollars, according to a filing in North Carolina federal court.
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September 15, 2025
Rent The Runway Gets Investor Suit Trimmed On 2nd Look
Designer dress rental company Rent the Runway convinced a New York federal judge to trim certain shareholder claims against it after the judge reconsidered an earlier ruling on a putative class action suit that alleges the company failed to inform investors about major challenges it was facing prior to its 2021 initial public offering.
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September 15, 2025
2nd Circ. Upholds Dismissal Of Libor Rigging Claims
The Second Circuit on Monday affirmed the dismissal of investor lawsuits alleging multiple global banks, including UBS and Lloyds Bank, conspired to rig the benchmark interest rate Libor, which is tied to the British pound, finding the plaintiffs never showed they actually lost money from the alleged manipulation.
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September 15, 2025
Trump Once More Floats The End Of The Quarterly Report
President Donald Trump has again suggested that publicly traded companies be allowed to issue financial reports twice a year instead of quarterly, reigniting a debate that stalled during his prior term in office when the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission did not pursue such rulemaking.
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September 15, 2025
RTX Beats Investor Suit Over Engine 'Microcrack' Claims
Aerospace and defense company RTX Corp. escaped a proposed investor class action alleging it concealed a known defect affecting a subsidiary's aircraft engines after a Connecticut federal judge found the complaint didn't show the alleged misrepresentations were known to be false, or even just false, when they were made.
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September 15, 2025
IRS Finalizes Retirement Savings Catch-Up Rules
The IRS released final regulations Monday that would allow workers reaching retirement age to catch up on their savings by making additional contributions above the annual limits to their employer-sponsored retirement plans, including a requirement for high earners to designate those additional funds as Roth contributions.
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September 15, 2025
Unum Must Pay Trademark Atty $1M In Disability Benefits Suit
A Minnesota federal judge said Unum owes a trademark attorney about $1 million in disability benefits and attorney fees, after ruling the insurance provider violated federal benefits law by terminating her benefits while she was in the midst of recovering from breast cancer.
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September 15, 2025
House Panel To Consider Retirement, Tribal Workforce Bills
A House panel announced plans Monday to advance several workforce and retirement-related bills later this week, including legislation that would require new reporting from the U.S. Department of Labor's employee benefits arm on information-sharing agreements and a bill to exempt tribal governments from federal wage laws.
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September 15, 2025
Town Not Liable For HSA Payments, Conn. Justices Told
Five retired Groton, Connecticut, police officers are not entitled to receive payments into their health savings accounts to offset their deductibles because that benefit is only available to active employees, the town told the Connecticut Supreme Court on Monday as it seeks to avoid a $36,000 judgment.
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September 15, 2025
Calif. Legislators OK Requiring Oversight Of Workplace AI
The California Senate has approved a bill that would restrict how employers can use tools powered by artificial intelligence to make employment decisions, sending the legislation to Gov. Gavin Newsom's desk despite opposition from business groups.
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September 15, 2025
Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
Delaware's governor weighed in on a challenge to recently approved state legislation that bars damages or "equitable" relief for some controlling stockholder or going-private deals. Meanwhile, Moelis told the Delaware Supreme Court that the struck-down stockholder agreement that triggered that legislation was valid. Additionally, one of two newly funded magistrates' posts in the Chancery Court has been filled.
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September 15, 2025
Northeastern Settles Retirement Plan Fee, Investment Suit
Northeastern University has agreed to settle a proposed class action from employee retirement plan participants who alleged their savings were dragged down by poorly-performing investments and high fees, parties told a Massachusetts federal court on Monday.
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September 12, 2025
3rd Circ. Backs Philly School In Worker's COVID Leave Suit
A former Philadelphia school employee resigned rather than being fired, the Third Circuit said Friday, affirming a federal court decision tossing his suit claiming he was discriminated against for refusing to get the coronavirus vaccine because of his religious beliefs.
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September 12, 2025
Waste Management Cos. Must Face Union Benefit Funds' Suit
Two Boston-area waste management companies must face claims that they conspired to shortchange a pair of Teamsters benefit funds, a Massachusetts federal judge ruled Friday, tossing the companies' motion for summary judgment.
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September 12, 2025
Boehringer Misused Forfeited Retirement Funds, Suit Says
Pharmaceutical giant Boehringer Ingelheim cost workers millions of dollars by using forfeited retirement plan funds to cover company contributions rather than administrative fees charged to participants, according to a proposed class action filed in Connecticut federal court.
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September 12, 2025
Va. City Attorney Tells 4th Circ. He's Immune From FMLA Suit
A Virginia federal judge erred by allowing a Family and Medical Leave Act suit against a municipal attorney to head to trial, the attorney said Friday, asking the Fourth Circuit to hold that he is immune from suit.
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September 12, 2025
Conn. Supreme Court Snapshot: Amazon Wages Top Sept.
A wage and hour dispute between Amazon and its Connecticut warehouse workers is the top corporate dispute on the Connecticut Supreme Court's September docket after the justices agreed to answer a certified question over whether state law requires the retailer to pay employees undergoing security screenings.
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September 12, 2025
Another Investor Settles In $2.1B Danish Tax Fraud Case
A U.S. investor and two of his alleged pension plans have settled claims by Denmark's tax agency accusing them of participating in a $2.1 billion scheme that fraudulently claimed refunds on tax withheld from stock dividends, with a New York federal court dismissing the allegations.
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September 12, 2025
Troutman Adds Robinson Bradshaw Benefits Pro
Troutman Pepper Locke LLP has grown its tax and benefits practice group in North Carolina with the addition of a Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson PA attorney.
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September 12, 2025
Fresh Angles On Display In ERISA Summer Filing Uptick
Attorneys dealing with a rise in Employee Retirement Income Security Act cases are paying close attention to a handful of recent suits with allegations that put a twist on traditional benefits disputes. Here, Law360 looks at three cases with fresh angles that lawyers are keeping an eye on.
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September 11, 2025
BofA Still Can't Block Exec Depositions In COVID Fraud MDL
A California federal judge has refused to rethink his earlier order requiring Bank of America NA's CEO and former chief operating officer to sit for depositions in multidistrict litigation over alleged security failures at the bank during the COVID-19 pandemic, ruling the bank hasn't shown he erred.
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September 11, 2025
Ex-BofA Exec Sues Insurer For Denied Disability Pay
Tennessee-based Provident Life & Accident Insurance Co. has been sued in North Carolina federal court by a former Bank of America vice president accusing it of unlawfully denying him disability benefits after he allegedly received a traumatic brain injury at work.
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September 11, 2025
11th Circ. Seeks Additional Briefing In Mortality Table Suit
The Eleventh Circuit has requested additional briefing on what the term "actuarial equivalence" meant when the Employee Retirement Income Security Act was enacted in an appeal by married utility company retirees who filed a class suit claiming their pension benefits were lowballed due to outdated mortality tables used in conversions.
Expert Analysis
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How Attys Can Use A Therapy Model To Help Triggered Clients
Attorneys can lean on key principles from a psychotherapeutic paradigm known as the "Internal Family Systems" model to help manage triggered clients and get settlement negotiations back on track, says Jennifer Gibbs at Zelle.
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3 Steps For In-House Counsel To Assess Litigation Claims
Before a potential economic downturn, in-house attorneys should investigate whether their company is sitting on hidden litigation claims that could unlock large recoveries to help the business withstand tough times, says Will Burgess at Hilgers Graben.
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ERISA Forecast After Diverging Pension Risk Transfer Rulings
Two district courts' split decisions on whether plaintiffs had standing in class actions challenging pension risk transfer transactions, amid a swath of similar suits, provide an early indication of how courts might rule in this new wave of Employee Retirement Income Security Act litigation, say attorneys at Gibson Dunn.
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Teaching College Students Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Serving as an adjunct college professor has taught me the importance of building rapport, communicating effectively, and persuading individuals to critically analyze the difference between what they think and what they know — principles that have helped to improve my practice of law, says Sheria Clarke at Nelson Mullins.
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Adapting To Private Practice: From DOJ Enviro To Mid-Law
Practitioners leaving a longtime government role for private practice — as when I departed the U.S. Department of Justice’s environmental enforcement division — should prioritize finding a firm that shares their principles, values their experience and will invest in their transition, says John Cruden at Beveridge & Diamond.
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Legal Ethics Considerations For Law Firm Pro Bono Deals
If a law firm enters into a pro bono deal with the Trump administration in exchange for avoiding or removing an executive order, it has an ethical obligation to create a written settlement agreement with specific terms, which would mitigate some potential conflict of interest problems, says Andrew Altschul at Buchanan Angeli.
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Playing Football Made Me A Better Lawyer
While my football career ended over 15 years ago, the lessons the sport taught me about grit, accountability and resilience have stayed with me and will continue to help me succeed as an attorney, says Bert McBride at Trenam.
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What Del. Supreme Court LKQ Decision Means For M&A Deals
The Delaware Supreme Court's recent decision in LKQ v. Rutledge greatly increases the enforceability of forfeiture-for-competition provisions, representing an important affirmation of earlier precedent and making it likely that such agreements will become more common in M&A transactions, say attorneys at Mayer Brown.
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10 Arbitrations And A 5th Circ. Ruling Flag Arb. Clause Risks
The ongoing arbitral saga of Sullivan v. Feldman, which has engendered proceedings before 10 different arbitrators in Texas and Louisiana along with last month's Fifth Circuit opinion, showcases both the risks and limitations of arbitration clauses in retainer agreements for resolving attorney-client disputes, says Christopher Blazejewski at Sherin and Lodgen.
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How High Court's Cornell Decision Will Affect ERISA Suits
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Cunningham v. Cornell, characterizing prohibited transaction exemptions as affirmative defenses, sets the bar very low for initiating Employee Retirement Income Security Act litigation, and will likely affect many plan sponsors with similar service agreements, says Carol Buckmann at Cohen & Buckmann.
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Power To The Paralegals: The Value Of Unified State Licensing
Texas' proposal to become the latest state to license paraprofessional providers of limited legal services could help firms expand their reach and improve access to justice, but consumers, attorneys and allied legal professionals would benefit even more if similar programs across the country become more uniform, says Michael Houlberg at the University of Denver.
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10 Soft Skills Every GC Should Master
As businesses face shifting regulatory and technological uncertainty, general counsel will need to strengthen certain soft skills to succeed, from admitting when they make a mistake to maintaining a healthy dose of dispassion, says Douglas Brown at Manatt.
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How Proxy Advisory Firms Are Approaching AI And DEI
Institutional Shareholder Services' and Glass Lewis' annual updates to their proxy voting guidelines reflect some of the biggest issues of the day, including artificial intelligence and DEI, and companies should parse these changes carefully, say attorneys at Cahill Gordon.
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An Unrestrained, Bright-Eyed View Of Legal AI's Future
Todd Itami at Covington offers a bright-eyed, laughing-all-the-way, skydive look at what the legal industry could look like after an artificial intelligence revolution, which he believes may happen much sooner and more dramatically than we expect.
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Tracking The Evolution In Litigation Finance
Despite continued innovation, litigation finance remains an immature market with borrowers recieving significantly different terms as lenders learn to value cases, which firms need a strong handle on to ensure lending terms do not overwhelm collateral value, says Robert Wilkins at Lightfoot Franklin.