By Sanjay Talwani

Minnesota taxpayers are liable for state income tax on money received from federal pandemic relief programs because the state has not conformed to federal law excluding those funds from taxable income, the state tax department said Monday.

By Bonnie Eslinger

A California federal judge overseeing the trial of an ex-Twitter employee accused of spying for Saudi Arabia persuaded the parties on Monday to proceed with a trimmed jury panel after one juror dropped out with COVID-19, saying the risk of others catching the disease meant the trial faced "a ticking time bomb."

By Bill Wichert

A New Jersey state judge refused Monday to toss a discrimination lawsuit against West Orange from firefighters alleging the township improperly denied their requests for exemptions from its COVID-19 vaccine mandate, citing the municipality's conflicting positions on the workers' religious and medical arguments.

By Dorothy Atkins

Prosecutors told a California federal jury during trial openings Monday that Arrayit Corp.'s president defrauded the Medicare program, patients and investors out of millions with lies about its COVID-19 tests, while defense counsel argued that the defendant dedicated his life to science and never thought he was defrauding anybody.

By Andrew McIntyre

Real estate lawyers have had more than two years to focus their attention on force majeure clauses amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and attorneys say such clauses have changed markedly but questions remain. Here, Law360 looks at three ways the pandemic has shaped force majeure clauses.

By David Holtzman

An African American employee sued The RMR Group LLC, a real estate asset management company, in Atlanta federal court, alleging he was denied gift cards and a bonus given to other staff because of his race, and was fired when he complained.