The companies behind YouTuber MrBeast denied a former employee's claims that she was forced to work through her maternity leave and fired for taking time off to have a baby, arguing she filed the suit to boost her own status as an online influencer.
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MrBeast Calls Ex-Worker's FMLA Suit A Publicity Stunt

By Grace Elletson

The companies behind YouTuber MrBeast denied a former employee's claims that she was forced to work through her maternity leave and fired for taking time off to have a baby, arguing she filed the suit to boost her own status as an online influencer.

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IQVIA Accuses Ex-Execs, Syneos Of Poaching $180M Client

By Abigail Harrison

IQVIA Holdings Inc. is accusing former executives of defecting to a competitor in the clinical research organization industry and initiating a corporate raid that resulted in the loss of one customer worth at least $180 million, according to a lawsuit filed in North Carolina Business Court.

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Developer Fights NC County's Data Center Moratorium

By Grace Dixon

The developer behind a planned data center project in Chatham County, North Carolina, has filed suit in state court challenging a yearlong moratorium on permitting for data centers, arguing that the provision violated state law governing moratoria on development approvals.

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Pool Co. Wins Extra $1.3M In Atty Fees For Unpaid Judgment

By Hayley Fowler

Attorneys from McCarter & English LLP, Womble Bond Dickinson and Georgiou Partnership LLP who represent a U.S.-based swimming pool parts manufacturer won an additional $1.3 million in attorney fees for their efforts to collect a more than $17 million judgment against a Chinese rival.

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FOURTH CIRCUIT

4th Circ. Rejects Equestrians' Bid To Revive SafeSport Suit

By David Steele

The Fourth Circuit has ruled that the U.S. Center for SafeSport, as a private entity, can legally enforce rules and impose sanctions against Olympic sport participants, denying an appeal by three former equestrian federation members contesting punishments for allegations of abuse.

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LITIGATION

Analysis

Meta Seeks A Rally As Instagram Addiction Suit Losses Mount

By Chris Villani

After a run of litigation losses, Meta Platforms Inc. will have to rethink its strategy in and out of court in an effort to beat back suits from coast to coast claiming that it is illegally hooking kids on Instagram, experts said, with everything from aggressive litigation to a global settlement on the table.

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AGs Say Live Nation Fix Can't Wait On DOJ Deal Approval

By Bryan Koenig

Live Nation Entertainment Inc. sparred with state attorneys general expected to seek a forced Ticketmaster sale after winning a New York federal jury antitrust verdict, with the company seeking to delay the breakup fight until after the judge reviews a separate U.S. Department of Justice settlement, and the enforcers preferring parallel proceedings.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

GrayRobinson Sued Over 'Reckless' Data Security Measures

By Adrian Cruz

GrayRobinson PA has been hit with a proposed class action accusing the Florida-based firm of negligence following the revelation of a March 2025 data breach that exposed the personal data of around 65,000 people.

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Judge Publicly Scolds 'Disgraced' Ex-Prosecutor For AI Errors

By Hayley Fowler

A North Carolina federal judge has eviscerated a former federal prosecutor in a public reprimand for his use of artificial intelligence to draft a response brief that was riddled with hallucinations, calling out the prosecutor's "lack of candor" and saying he "disgraced not only himself, but also the entire office he formerly served."

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Comey Indicted Again As Feds Call Seashell Message 'Threat'

By Phillip Bantz

Former FBI director James Comey was again indicted Tuesday by the Trump administration, this time over a social media post last year of an image of seashells arranged on a North Carolina beach to form the message "86 47," which prosecutors characterized as a threat of violence against the president.

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Maurene Comey Can Sue DOJ Over Firing, Judge Rules

By Phillip Bantz

Former Manhattan federal prosecutor Maurene Comey can move forward with her lawsuit alleging that President Donald Trump's administration fired her because she is the daughter of ex-FBI director and Trump's perceived enemy James B. Comey, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.

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ADT Blasts 'Speculative' Bid To DQ Ogletree From Bias Case

By Gina Kim

ADT LLC urged a Georgia federal judge on Monday to reject an attorney's motion to disqualify Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC from defending it against discrimination claims while concurrently defending Microsoft Corp. in the attorney's own pregnancy bias suit, arguing the two matters are wholly separate and unrelated so there's no conflict. 

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Nadine Menendez Says Feds Need To 'Look Into The Mirror'

By George Woolston

Nadine Menendez dug into her bid for bail while she appeals her conviction on a bribery scheme carried out with her ex-politician husband, telling a New York federal court that prosecutors refuse to own up to their handling of the "forced withdrawal" of her counsel.

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Brief

Teleflex Settles Catheter Patent Case Against Medtronic

By Elliot Weld

Medical device company Teleflex and Medtronic have reached a settlement to end a catheter patent dispute from which a judge recused himself after explaining he was "at a loss" on how to proceed.

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Carlson Caspers

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Cozen O'Connor

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Davis Malm & D’Agostine

Fisher & Phillips

Fredrikson & Byron

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GrayRobinson

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Kopelowitz Ostrow

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Latham & Watkins

McCarter & English

McCurdy Laud

Nelson Mullins

Niemeyer Grebel

Noble Law Firm

O'Hagan Meyer

Ogletree Deakins

Patterson Belknap

Rayburn Cooper

Robinson Bradshaw

Saul Ewing

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Smith Anderson Blount Dorsett Mitchell & Jernigan

Tucker Law Firm LLC

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Valli Kane

WilmerHale

Winston & Strawn

Womble Bond

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

ADT Inc.

Amazon.com Inc.

American Bar Association

Elliott Investment Management LP

Google LLC

Instagram Inc.

Iqvia Holdings Inc.

Live Nation Entertainment Inc.

Medtronic PLC

Meta Platforms Inc.

Microsoft Corp.

Syneos Health Inc.

Teleflex Inc.

TikTok Inc.

Vascular Solutions Inc.

Veritas Capital Fund Management LLC

YouTube Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Executive Office of the President

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Federal Trade Commission

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of New York

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

U.S. Department of Defense

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

U.S. Office of Personnel Management

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia