By Emily Sawicki

A Pennsylvania federal court on Wednesday formally terminated jury selection and halted a trial set to begin next week, one day after approving a diversion agreement between prosecutors and a state judge charged with misusing COVID-19 unemployment relief money.

By Abigail Harrison

Ohio's participation in temporarily enhanced unemployment benefits during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic will again go before the Ohio Supreme Court after the governor petitioned for review, arguing that state law doesn't force him to seek certain federal funds.

By Patrick Hoff

The Fifth Circuit breathed new life into a proposed class action claiming the U.S. Department of Defense unlawfully slow-walked civilian employees' requests for religious exemptions from its COVID-19 vaccination directive, saying the mandate getting rescinded didn't nullify the lawsuit.

By Anne Cullen

A Minnesota Department of Human Services employee struggled at an Eighth Circuit hearing Thursday to persuade an appellate panel to reinstate a religious and disability discrimination suit that challenged pandemic-era safety protocols.

By Lauraann Wood

Chicago's public transit agency urged an Illinois federal judge to unwind a jury's finding earlier this year that it unlawfully fired an employee who refused the COVID-19 vaccine on religious grounds, arguing that he hasn't proven that those beliefs contributed to his termination.

By Gina Kim

A Winix Global customer has filed a proposed false advertising class action in Illinois federal court alleging that the company is "making a killing" selling air purifiers and replacement filters that fail to live up to claims that they can capture at least 99.97% of dust, pollen and any airborne particles.