Benefits

  • October 06, 2025

    Justices Deny Certiorari In Auditor's $1.5M Retaliation Suit

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Axos Bank's petition challenging a $1.5 million award to a former auditor who claimed he was fired for whistleblowing, rejecting a matter that concerns how companies defend against such retaliation claims.

  • October 06, 2025

    Justices Turn Away BDO's Auditor Fraud Case

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday said it would not hear a case that BDO USA LLP claimed could set a "dangerous precedent" for public-company auditors, leaving intact a Second Circuit decision allowing the securities fraud suit against the accounting firm to move forward.

  • October 03, 2025

    Up First At High Court: Election Laws & Conversion Therapy

    The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in six cases during the first week of its October 2025 term, including in disputes over federal candidates' ability to challenge state election laws, Colorado's ban on conversion therapy, and the ability of a landlord to sue the U.S. Postal Service for allegedly refusing to deliver mail. 

  • October 03, 2025

    4 Top Supreme Court Cases To Watch This Term

    After a busy summer of emergency rulings, the U.S. Supreme Court will kick off its October 2025 term Monday with only a few big-ticket cases on its docket — over presidential authorities, transgender athletes and election law — in what might be a strategically slow start to a potentially momentous term. Here, Law360 looks at four of the most important cases on the court's docket so far.

  • October 03, 2025

    6th Circ. Will Hear Ohio PBM Fight Arguments In December

    The Sixth Circuit will hear arguments from the state of Ohio and the pharmacy benefit managers it's accusing of colluding to raise the price of prescription medications in December to decide whether the matter belongs in state or federal court.

  • October 03, 2025

    11th Circ. Pushes Forward Fla.'s ACA Trans Health Appeal

    The Eleventh Circuit resolved a jurisdictional question that will allow Florida to continue pursuing its challenge against Biden-era policies impacting Affordable Care Act coverage for gender-affirming care.

  • October 03, 2025

    Cigna Inks $5.7M Ghost Network Suit Settlement

    Cigna has struck a $5.7 million deal to settle a proposed class action alleging the insurer violated federal benefits law by advertising out-of-network providers as in-network to participants in benefit plans it administered, counsel for plaintiffs announced Friday.

  • October 03, 2025

    Pa. Supreme Court Snapshot: Silent Witness, Corporate Veil

    When its October session launches Tuesday, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court will consider issues such as the time limits on long-hidden crimes and long-undiscovered construction flaws, along with witnesses who say nothing on the stand and experts who opine on manner of death.

  • October 03, 2025

    Amazon Disputes Firing Worker On Maternity Leave

    Amazon has urged an Illinois federal judge to grant it summary judgment in an ex-worker's lawsuit alleging pregnancy-based discrimination, saying she was fired only after failing to return at the end of an extended leave period and that it reminded her at least five times that she needed to provide documentation to support a longer leave.

  • October 03, 2025

    Mich. Top Court To Weigh If MSU Hid Liability In Contract Row

    The Michigan Supreme Court said it will hear Michigan State University's bid for immunity from a lawsuit filed by former law professors who allege the school concealed its liability for their claims that MSU abandoned promised retirement benefits when it merged with a law college.

  • October 03, 2025

    Feds Accuse NC Farmers Of $8.5M 'Straw Producer' Crop Plot

    The U.S. government accused a family farm of engaging in a roughly $8.5 million scheme to inflate crop insurance payouts, alleging in North Carolina federal court that its owner used family members as "straw producers" who had "no legitimate insurable interest in the crops insured."

  • October 03, 2025

    The Roberts Court At 20: How The Chief Is Reshaping America

    Twenty years after John Roberts became the 17th chief justice of the United States, he faces a U.S. Supreme Court term that's looking transformative for the country and its institutions. How Justice Roberts and his colleagues navigate mounting distrust in the judiciary and set the boundaries of presidential authority appear increasingly likely to define his time leading the court.

  • October 03, 2025

    Off The Bench: QB Wins In Court, 'Poaching' Feud Heats Up

    In this week's Off The Bench, the NCAA's bid to overturn a football player's eligibility falls short, a transgender athlete wants a potential landmark U.S. Supreme Court case stopped, and a $55 million feud between two athletic conferences continues.

  • October 03, 2025

    $1T Tesla Pay Proposal Sets Ambitious Goals For Musk

    A massive pay proposal for Tesla CEO Elon Musk contains performance metrics that would make it tough for Musk to pull in the maximum pay available, even if the deal gets a green light from shareholders in November. Here are four things about the $1 trillion pitch that have caught attorneys' attention.

  • October 03, 2025

    8th Circ. Won't Review Teachers' Union Taxpayer Ruling

    The full Eighth Circuit will not review a split panel decision ruling that taxpayers could challenge a Minnesota school district's paid leave policy that allows teachers to take paid time off to work for their union.

  • October 02, 2025

    FDA OKs New Generic Abortion Pill, Drawing Conservative Ire

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a second generic version of the abortion medication mifepristone, prompting outrage from anti-abortion groups and conservative politicians.

  • October 02, 2025

    11th Circ. Denies Stay In Settled Employee Stock Plan Suit

    Two Eleventh Circuit judges denied a joint request to briefly pause and remand a proposed class-action lawsuit over control of equity in a stock ownership plan pitting a Georgia-based consulting firm and its employees against plan participants, despite the parties announcing a settlement has been reached.

  • October 02, 2025

    Disability Group To Pay At Least $1M For Misleading Calls

    A disability advocacy group will pay at least $1 million to the Federal Trade Commission to wash its hands of claims that it made "tens of millions of illegal calls" to people in order to solicit their business and weren't upfront about why they were calling.

  • October 02, 2025

    9th Circ. Says DOL Benefits Board Must Redo Atty Fees

    The Ninth Circuit Thursday vacated a U.S. Department of Labor Benefits Review Board decision awarding a National Steel and Shipbuilding Co. worker $145,500 in fees and costs because his injury claims were still disputed when he settled, with a dissent saying apportioning the success of the settlement is impractical.

  • October 02, 2025

    Bain Inside Trade Claims Advance In Del. Cerevel Sale Suit

    Delaware's Court of Chancery on Thursday kept alive a pension funds suit alleging that private equity firm Bain Capital Investors LLC and others traded on inside information in the run-up to a secondary sale ahead of biopharmaceutical venture Cerevel Therapeutics Holdings Inc.'s $8.7 billion acquisition by AbbVie.

  • October 02, 2025

    Aramark, Vestis Can't Nix Investor Suit Over Spinoff's Woes

    Uniform supplier Vestis Corp. and food and facilities services giant Aramark can't shed proposed shareholder class action claims that they misled investors about Vestis' operations and customer relationships prior to its 2023 spinoff from Aramark.

  • October 02, 2025

    No Pay Owed To Flooring Co.'s Fired CEO, 11th Circ. Says

    The Eleventh Circuit won't revive a suit from the former CEO of flooring manufacturer Interface Inc. claiming he was bilked out of a severance package after allegedly going on a drunken tirade at a company function, ruling Thursday that the executive's appeal impermissibly tried to advance a new reading of his contract.

  • October 02, 2025

    Furniture Co. Beats ESOP Investment Challenge

    A furniture company had no obligation under federal benefits law to invest a cash buffer in its employee stock ownership plan more aggressively, a North Carolina federal judge ruled in shutting down a former employee's Employee Retirement Income Security Act suit.

  • October 01, 2025

    Wash. Appeals Panel Reopens Teachers' Pension Interest Suit

    A Washington state appeals court unanimously revived a class action claim that accuses a state pension agency of unlawfully skimming interest from teachers' retirement accounts, holding that a lower court was wrong to decide that it couldn't take up the matter.

  • October 01, 2025

    Ex-Texans CEO Seeks $100M, Says NFL Colluded To Oust Him

    The eldest son of the late Houston Texans owner Bob McNair is accusing the NFL in a $100 million New York state lawsuit of conspiring with his brother to "silence" and oust him as a board member of the family trust and as CEO of McNair Interests.

Expert Analysis

  • Justices' Decision Axing Retiree's ADA Claim Offers Clarity

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's holding in Stanley v. City of Sanford that protections under Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act don't extend to retirees potentially limits liability by giving employers additional support to challenge complaints, and highlights the need for proactive policy management to mitigate risk, say attorneys at Jackson Lewis.

  • Series

    Playing Soccer Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Soccer has become a key contributor to how I approach my work, and the lessons I’ve learned on the pitch about leadership, adaptability, resilience and communication make me better at what I do every day in my legal career, says Whitney O’Byrne at MoFo.

  • DOJ-HHS Collab Crystallizes Focus On Health Enforcement

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    The recently announced partnership between the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to combat False Claims Act violations, following a multiyear trend of high-dollar DOJ recoveries, signals a long-term enforcement horizon with major implications for healthcare entities and whistleblowers, say attorneys at RJO.

  • Series

    Law School's Missed Lessons: Learning From Failure

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    While law school often focuses on the importance of precision, correctness and perfection, mistakes are inevitable in real-world practice — but failure is not the opposite of progress, and real talent comes from the ability to recover, rethink and reshape, says Brooke Pauley at Tucker Ellis.

  • Lessons On Parallel Settlements From Vanguard Class Action

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    A Pennsylvania federal judge’s unexpected denial of a proposed $40 million settlement of an investor class action against Vanguard highlights key factors parties should consider when settlement involves both regulators and civil plaintiffs, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.

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    Adapting To Private Practice: From ATF Director To BigLaw

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    As a two-time boomerang partner, returning to BigLaw after stints as a U.S. attorney and the director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, people ask me how I know when to move on, but there’s no single answer — just clearly set your priorities, says Steven Dettelbach at BakerHostetler.

  • What To Know As SEC Looks To Expand Private Fund Access

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    As the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission considers expanding retail access to private markets, understanding how these funds operate — and the role of financial intermediaries in guiding investors — is increasingly important, say attorneys at K&L Gates.

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    Playing Baseball Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Playing baseball in college, and now Wiffle ball in a local league, has taught me that teamwork, mental endurance and emotional intelligence are not only important to success in the sport, but also to success as a trial attorney, says Kevan Dorsey at Swift Currie.

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    Law School's Missed Lessons: Skillful Persuasion

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    In many ways, law school teaches us how to argue, but when the ultimate goal is to get your client what they want, being persuasive through preparation and humility is the more likely key to success, says Michael Friedland at Friedland Cianfrani.

  • FCA Working Group Reboot Signals EHR Compliance Risk

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    The revival of the False Claims Act working group is an aggressive expansion of enforcement efforts by the Justice Department and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services targeted toward technology-enabled fraud involving electronic health records and other data, say attorneys at ArentFox Schiff.

  • Litigation Inspiration: How To Respond After A Loss

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    Every litigator loses a case now and then, and the sting of that loss can become a medicine that strengthens or a poison that corrodes, depending on how the attorney responds, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.

  • The Metamorphosis Of The Major Questions Doctrine

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    The so-called major questions doctrine arose as a counterweight to Chevron deference over the past few decades, but invocations of the doctrine have persisted in the year since Chevron was overturned, suggesting it still has a role to play in reining in agency overreach, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.

  • Arguing The 8th Amendment For Reduction In FCA Penalties

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    While False Claims Act decisions lack consistency in how high the judgment-to-damages ratio in such cases can be before it becomes unconstitutional, defense counsel should cite the Eighth Amendment's excessive fines clause in pre-trial settlement negotiations, and seek penalty decreases in post-judgment motions and on appeal, says Scott Grubman at Chilivis Grubman.

  • $95M Caremark Verdict Should Put PBMs On Notice

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    A Pennsylvania federal judge’s recent ruling that pharmacy benefits manager CVS Caremark owes the government $95 million for overbilling Medicare Part D-sponsored drugs highlights the effectiveness of the False Claims Act, as scrutiny of PBMs’ outsized role in setting drug prices continues to increase, say attorneys at Duane Morris.

  • Series

    Playing Mah-Jongg Makes Me A Better Mediator

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    Mah-jongg rewards patience, pattern recognition, adaptability and keen observation, all skills that are invaluable to my role as a mediator, and to all mediating parties, says Marina Corodemus.

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