Colo. Panel Says EFAA Covers Bartender's Retaliation Claim

By Patrick Hoff

A Denver strip club can't arbitrate a former bartender's claim that she was fired for lodging a lawsuit alleging a supervisor sent her unwanted messages, with a Colorado appeals court ruling Thursday that federal law barring arbitration of sexual harassment allegations applied to her entire case.

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Colo. Panel Nixes Developer's $1.2M Atty Fee Award

By Rachel Konieczny

Colorado appellate judges held for the first time Thursday that a trial court's order denying a request for attorney fees is not final and appealable until the trial court resolves every party's fee request, siding with a property owners association's bid to reverse a developer's $1.26 million fee award.

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Colo. Judge Stays CU Regent's Suit To Determine Immunity

By Zach Dupont

A member of the University of Colorado Board of Regents asked a federal judge Wednesday to declare an interlocutory appeal to the Tenth Circuit from university officials she alleges sanctioned her over protected speech frivolous, asking the court to keep jurisdiction over future proceedings over whether board members have immunity.

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Actavis Can't Escape State AG Generic Drug Claims

By Matthew Perlman

A Connecticut federal court has trimmed several claims from state enforcers accusing Actavis of fixing prices for dermatology drug products but allowed most of the claims against the drugmaker to proceed.

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Workers Drop WARN Act Suit To Join Related Colo. Case

By Benjamin Morse

Two former employees dropped a proposed class action accusing a recently shuttered commercial facility services company of failing to warn workers before mass layoffs and facility closures, with the case expected to be consolidated with a related Colorado federal suit.

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Colo. Content Studio 'Stiffed' Freelancers, Suit Says

By Rachel Konieczny

A Colorado content creation studio did not pay independent contractors for their work performed for the company, according to a proposed class action filed in Colorado state court.

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10th Circ. Won't Revive Bias Claims Against Kansas Judge

By Zach Dupont

A Kansas court clerk was unable to revive her gender discrimination suit against a state court judge after the Tenth Circuit on Thursday affirmed the lower court's decision to grant Kansas summary judgment on the woman's claims.

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Okla. Tax Officials Say McGirt Can't Upend Osage Ruling

By Crystal Owens

Oklahoma tax officials say the Osage Nation can't rely on a 2020 landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling to overturn a decision that declined to vacate a 16-year-old determination that its reservation boundaries had been disestablished, telling the Tenth Circuit that the tribe's challenge is too late.

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Bass Fishing Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Landing a trophy striped bass and closing a big deal both require cultivating the patience to finesse — not force — your way to desired outcomes, changing course when your old approach isn’t working and learning from the ones that got away, says Jon Ruiss at Alston & Bird.

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NY Courts Ban 'Smart' Glasses Over Secret Recording Abilities

By Lauren Berg

"Smart" glasses containing cameras and other recording devices will be banned from all state courts in New York beginning later this month, making it the apparent first in the nation to implement a statewide blanket ban on the wearable technology.

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Ex-Associate Says Jackson Lewis Pushed Her Out After Leave

By MJ Koo

A former associate attorney who was on the partnership track at Jackson Lewis PC has brought suit against the employment law firm in California state court, alleging that it refused to accommodate her temporary medical restrictions after she returned from leave and pressured her to accept a demotion or resign.

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Woodward Running DOJ Antitrust Division Alarms Observers

By Bryan Koenig

When Associate Attorney General Stanley E. Woodward Jr. quietly took over direct oversight late last month of the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division, there was no formal announcement, no White House action or U.S. Senate consultation, and little to signal what lies ahead.

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Arizona Atty Faces Possible Sanctions Over Bogus Quotes

By Emily Sawicki

An Arizona federal judge is mulling fee sanctions against an attorney found to have included erroneous quotations in a brief she filed in her client's employment discrimination case, amid what he called her history of "improper litigation conduct" in the pending matter and previous cases.

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Photographers Group Rebuts Judiciary On Court Cameras

By Courtney Bublé

The National Press Photographers Association pushed back on the federal judiciary's claims that allowing cameras in courtrooms would be problematic.

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Chicago US Atty Faces Ill. Judge For Discussing Sealed Case

By Lauraann Wood

Chicago's U.S. attorney stood silent for nearly 30 minutes Thursday as an Illinois magistrate judge sternly criticized him for publicly discussing a gang-related kidnapping case before it was officially unsealed, though she stopped short of finding his conduct constituted a deliberate violation of court orders.

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Ex-Wis. Judge Appeals Conviction In ICE Obstruction Case

By Ganesh Setty

A former Wisconsin state judge convicted of obstructing immigration authorities trying to arrest a defendant after he appeared in her courtroom lodged an appeal before the Seventh Circuit on Thursday, after avoiding a prison sentence but being fined $5,000.

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Grassley Claims Smith's Team Mishandled Classified Docs

By Jack Karp

Individuals working in then-special counsel Jack Smith's office may have mishandled classified information while investigating President Donald Trump, according to messages obtained by the Senate Judiciary Committee, committee Chair Sen. Chuck Grassley has told the U.S. Department of Justice.

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Attys Win $2.5M Fee Award After $63K Native Bias Verdict

By Joyce Hanson

A South Dakota hotel must pay an Indigenous advocacy group about $2.5 million in attorney fees following a trial jury's $63,191 verdict in a civil rights case claiming the business discriminated against Native American tribe members based on race, a federal judge has ruled.

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