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July 17, 2025
Israel Criticism Isn't Antisemitism, Judge Tells DOJ Lawyers
A Massachusetts federal judge overseeing a free speech trial over deportation actions targeting pro-Palestinian students and faculty said Thursday that "criticism of the state of Israel is not antisemitism," and that even the most "vile" statements, absent threats or violence, are protected by the First Amendment.
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July 17, 2025
Colo. Judge Tosses Fertilizer Workers' 'Vague' Wage Suit
A composting company and its owner can exit an overtime suit brought by two former employees, a Colorado federal magistrate judge has ruled, finding that the ex-workers didn't bring enough evidence to back their claims.
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July 17, 2025
Calif. Supreme Court Won't Look At Meal-Break Waivers
The California Supreme Court declined to weigh in on a case in which veterinarians claimed that the prospective waivers from state meal-break requirements that an operator of veterinary hospitals rolled out were illegal, leaving undisturbed a panel's decision in favor of the hospitals.
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July 17, 2025
Dementia Society Settles 'Spying' Lawsuit By Ex-Workers
The Dementia Society has settled a privacy lawsuit by former employees who claimed the organization spied on them by putting listening devices in their workspaces, according to a court order.
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July 17, 2025
Paralegal Fights Saltz Mongeluzzi's Bid To Dismiss Bias Suit
Personal injury firm Saltz Mongeluzzi & Bendesky PC shouldn't escape an Afro-Latina former paralegal employee's lawsuit claiming she was forced to put up with colleagues' racist remarks and sexual advances, the worker told a Pennsylvania federal court Wednesday, arguing her allegations are detailed enough for the suit to advance.
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July 17, 2025
Trump Picks Two For NLRB, Setting Up Return Of Quorum
President Donald Trump announced his choices Thursday of an in-house counsel at Boeing and a longtime National Labor Relations Board official to fill two long-standing vacancies on the board, setting up confirmations that would restore a quorum on the NLRB.
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July 16, 2025
PR Consultant Wins Exit From Lively's 'It Ends With Us' Suit
A New York federal judge Wednesday dismissed a public relations consultant and his company from actress Blake Lively's lawsuit that accuses her "It Ends With Us" co-star and director, Justin Baldoni, of sexual harassment on set and trying to orchestrate a public relations campaign to "destroy" her reputation.
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July 16, 2025
Union Pension Fund Says Cos. Can't Get Fees In ERISA Row
A Tennessee federal judge should deny two companies' "extraordinary" request for a union pension fund to cover their attorney fees in an Employee Retirement Income Security Act dispute, the union argued Wednesday, saying the section of ERISA the lawsuit was lodged under doesn't allow for attorney fee awards.
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July 16, 2025
Bojangles Managers Ask To Redo Cert. After 4th Circ. Setback
Managers at the fast-food chain Bojangles asked a North Carolina federal judge Wednesday to certify more than a dozen subclasses in their wage and hour case, arguing that there's still a path forward after the Fourth Circuit sent them back to the drawing board on certification.
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July 16, 2025
American Airlines Pushed Assault Victim Out, Suit Says
American Airlines pushed a customer service agent out of her job after she reported that her supervisor repeatedly physically assaulted her at work by punching, pulling her hair and kicking her, according to a suit the airline removed to Washington federal court.
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July 16, 2025
Penske Tells 5th Circ. To Ax Freight Broker Negligence Case
Trucking services giant Penske Logistics LLC and an affiliate told the Fifth Circuit on Wednesday that the family of a man killed in a 2018 Texas collision cannot revive their wrongful death suit seeking to hold Penske liable for negligently hiring the unsafe motor carrier that caused the accident.
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July 16, 2025
Split 7th Circ. Backs NCAA In Eligibility Rule Antitrust Suit
A split Seventh Circuit on Wednesday overturned a decision granting a University of Wisconsin football player another year of eligibility, finding that the college athlete hasn't shown he is likely to succeed on his claim that the National Collegiate Athletic Association's five-year rule restrains competition in violation of federal antitrust laws.
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July 16, 2025
Mass. Judges To Mull Dismissals Amid Defender Pay Standoff
Nearly two months after many court-appointed attorneys in Massachusetts stopped accepting new cases over what they say is poor pay, a solution still appears elusive, even as judges will soon start hearing motions to dismiss cases under an emergency order issued by a state high court justice.
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July 16, 2025
DOJ Settles With Recruiter Of Temporary Foreign Farmworkers
The U.S. Department of Justice announced a settlement agreement with a Mississippi staffing consultancy Tuesday, closing an investigation into allegations that the company manipulated job orders to give preference to H-2A visa workers.
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July 16, 2025
Flowers Foods Pushes Justices To Take Up Arbitration Case
Flowers Foods pressed the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to take up a case in which the Tenth Circuit decided to keep a distributor's overtime suit out of arbitration, urging the justices to cure a deep circuit split once and for all.
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July 16, 2025
Legal Aid Union Avoids Bias Claims Over Disciplinary Attempt
A legal aid attorneys' union didn't violate antidiscrimination laws by moving to discipline three members after they sued to block a controversial pro-Palestine resolution, but it may have violated labor law, a New York federal judge said, letting a trimmed version of the members' lawsuit against the union proceed.
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July 16, 2025
Booz Allen Hit With Retaliation, Wrongful Firing Suit
Booz Allen Hamilton has been sued for race discrimination and retaliation in Georgia federal court by the Black former chief technologist of its global converged resilience practice, who said he was discriminated against and then fired for raising concerns about fraudulent billing.
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July 16, 2025
Ex-Union Official Wants Probation For $15K Embezzlement
The former financial secretary of a Pittsburgh-area steelworkers' union on Wednesday asked a federal court to sentence him to probation and nearly $15,000 in restitution after he pled guilty to embezzling funds.
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July 16, 2025
Ex-Commissioner's RICO Suit Calls NYPD 'Criminal At Its Core'
A former New York Police Department commissioner on Wednesday sued Mayor Eric Adams and other city officials in federal court alleging they ran the police department as a criminal enterprise that hid misconduct, paid out millions of taxpayer dollars to politically connected officers, and retaliated against him and his wife when he blew the whistle.
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July 16, 2025
WK Kellogg, Kellanova Settle Overtime Suit For $1.5M
WK Kellogg Co. and Kellanova will pay almost $1.5 million to settle claims that workers didn't receive accurate overtime pay and weren't compensated for preshift COVID-19 temperature checks and other off-the-clock activities, according to Michigan federal court filings.
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July 16, 2025
Fast Food Workers Settle Trans Bias Case Dropped By EEOC
Three former workers for a Culver's franchisee agreed to settle claims that the business fired them for opposing the harassment of a transgender employee, resolving a Michigan federal court case that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission abandoned because of Trump administration orders.
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July 16, 2025
Paramount Fired VP For Return-To-Office Concerns, Suit Says
Paramount fired an executive for raising concerns that the company's return to in-person work during the COVID-19 pandemic put her at risk because of her autoimmune condition and then replaced her with a less experienced man, she said in a disability and gender bias suit filed in California state court.
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July 16, 2025
Gordon Rees Opens Permanent Downtown Cleveland Office
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP announced Tuesday the official opening of a permanent office located in Cleveland.
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July 15, 2025
Trump Admin Seeks Win In Harvard $2B Funding Freeze Case
The Trump administration urged a Massachusetts federal judge Monday to grant it summary judgment in Harvard University's lawsuit challenging the government's effort to freeze $2.2 billion in funding, arguing the dispute is a contract fight that belongs in the Federal Claims Court and the allegations fail on the merits.
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July 15, 2025
NC Docs Say Practice Duped Them Into Providing Free Labor
A trio of reproductive and women's health care physicians were enticed to sell their practice by promises of a brighter financial future, only to be forced into providing more than a year of free labor, the doctors say in a complaint designated to the North Carolina Business Court.
Expert Analysis
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Performing As A Clown Makes Me A Better Lawyer
To say that being a clown in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has changed my legal career would truly be an understatement — by creating an opening to converse on a unique topic, it has allowed me to connect with clients, counsel and even judges on a deeper level, says Charles Tatelbaum at Tripp Scott.
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A Midyear Tuneup For Your Trade Secret Portfolio
Halfway through 2025, now is a good time for companies to thoroughly evaluate their trade secret portfolios and follow eight steps to reassess protection processes for confidential information, says Robert Jensen at Wolf Greenfield.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Rejecting Biz Dev Myths
Law schools don’t spend sufficient time dispelling certain myths that prevent young lawyers from exploring new business opportunities, but by dismissing these misguided beliefs, even an introverted first-year associate with a small network of contacts can find long-term success, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein.
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DOJ Has Deep Toolbox For Corporate Immigration Violations
With the U.S. Department of Justice now offering rewards to whistleblowers who report businesses that employ unauthorized workers, companies should understand the immigration enforcement landscape and how they can reduce their risk, say attorneys at McDermott.
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Move Beyond Surface-Level Edits To Master Legal Writing
Recent instances in which attorneys filed briefs containing artificial intelligence hallucinations offer a stark reminder that effective revision isn’t just about superficial details like grammar — it requires attorneys to critically engage with their writing and analyze their rhetorical choices, says Ivy Grey at WordRake.
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NCAA Settlement Kicks Off New Era For Student-Athlete NIL
A landmark settlement stemming from 15 years of litigation between schools and the NCAA reflects a major development in college athletics by securing compensation for usage of student-athletes' names, images and likenesses, and schools hoping to take advantage of new opportunities should take proactive steps to comply with new rules, say attorneys at Manatt.
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9th Circ. Has Muddied Waters Of Article III Pleading Standard
District courts in the Ninth Circuit continue to apply a defunct and especially forgiving pleading standard to questions of Article III standing, and the circuit court itself has only perpetuated this confusion — making it an attractive forum for disputes that have no rightful place in federal court, say attorneys at Gibson Dunn.
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What Calif. Appeals Split Means For Litigating PAGA Claims
After two recent California state appeals court rulings diverged on whether a former employee with untimely individual claims under the Private Attorneys General Act can maintain a representative action, practitioners' strategic agility will be key to managing risk and achieving favorable outcomes in PAGA litigation, say attorneys at Buchalter.
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Competing In Modern Pentathlon Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Opening myself up to new experiences through competing in modern Olympic pentathlon has shrunk the appearance of my daily work annoyances and helps me improve my patience, manage crises better and remember that acquiring new skills requires working through your early mistakes, says attorney Mary Zoldak.
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Shifting DEI Expectations Put Banks In Legal Crosshairs
The Trump administration's rollbacks on DEI-friendly policies create something of a regulatory catch-22 for banks, wherein strict compliance would contradict established statutory and administrative mandates regarding access to credit for disadvantaged communities, say attorneys at Husch Blackwell.
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When Rule 12 Motions Against Class Allegations Succeed
Companies facing class actions often attempt early motions to strike class allegations, and while some district courts have been reluctant to decide certification issues at the pleading stage, several recent decisions have shown that Rule 12 motions to dismiss or strike class allegations can be effective, say attorneys at Womble Bond.
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Compliance Tips After Court Axes EEOC's Trans Rights Take
A Texas federal court's recent decision struck portions of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's 2024 guidance pertaining to sexual orientation and gender identity under Title VII, barring their use nationwide and leaving employers unsure about how to proceed in their compliance efforts, say attorneys at Dorsey & Whitney.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Teaching Yourself Legal Tech
New graduates often enter practice unfamiliar with even basic professional software, but budding lawyers can use on-the-job opportunities to both catch up on technological skills and explore the advanced legal and artificial intelligence tools that will open doors, says Alyssa Sones at Sheppard Mullin.
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How AI May Reshape The Future Of Adjudication
As discussed at a recent panel at Texas A&M, artificial intelligence will not erase the human element of adjudication in the next 10 to 20 years, but it will drive efficiencies that spur private arbiters to experiment, lead public courts to evolve and force attorneys to adapt, says Christopher Seck at Squire Patton.
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5 Insurance Claims That Could Emerge After NCAA Settlement
Following the recent NCAA class action settlement that will allow revenue sharing with college athletes, there may be potential management liability for universities, their executive leadership and boards that could expose insurers to tax, regulatory, breach of contract and other claims, says Sarah Abrams at Baleen Specialty.