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  • November 25, 2024

    Tesla Nears Deal In Trade Secret Suit Against EV Rival Rivian

    Tesla said in a notice filed in California state court that it would be settling its lawsuit accusing rival electric vehicle manufacturer Rivian Automotive of recruiting its employees, who allegedly took Tesla's trade secrets with them to the defendant to use for its plans to release an electric truck.

  • November 25, 2024

    DC Circ. Won't Rehear Allowing H-1B Spousal Work Permits

    The District of Columbia Circuit has denied a petition to reconsider its decision upholding an Obama-era program allowing some spouses of highly skilled foreign workers to obtain work permits.

  • November 22, 2024

    Ill. Judge Bucks Colleague In Limiting BIPA Change's Reach

    An Illinois federal judge held Friday that a legislative amendment limiting damages under the state's Biometric Information Privacy Act doesn't apply to lawsuits filed before the change took effect, refusing to side with a recent ruling from another judge in the same court that reached the opposite conclusion. 

  • November 22, 2024

    1st Circ. Affirms Volvo Win In Dealers' Maintenance Pay Suit

    The First Circuit affirmed a pretrial win granted to Volvo in a suit brought by two dealerships claiming the carmaker was underpaying them for maintenance they perform under prepaid service plans.

  • November 21, 2024

    Ex-Google Engineer Ordered To Stop Posting Pixel Secrets

    A former Google engineer must immediately cease publishing confidential company information and remove social media posts that reveal Pixel device trade secrets, a Texas federal judge ruled Wednesday, after the tech giant sought an emergency restraining order on allegations its former employee is continuing to "maliciously" leak internal files.

  • November 21, 2024

    Settlement Doesn't Void Injury Coverage Ruling, Judge Says

    A Colorado federal court refused to set aside its September ruling that an oil and gas production company isn't owed coverage by an electrical drilling company for a worker's underlying injury lawsuit, saying the parties' settlement negotiations don't justify vacating a valid court order.

  • November 21, 2024

    Howmet Accuses Wash. DOL Of Muscling Into Worker's Suit

    Howmet Aerospace slammed the Washington state labor department on Thursday for "interjecting" into a dispute with a former smelter employee who claims he developed cancer from asbestos exposure, urging the state's highest court not to relax the standard for workers to sue over job-related illnesses.

  • November 21, 2024

    11th Circ. Says Fla. Law Bars Workers' Comp Suit

    The Eleventh Circuit backed the dismissal of a worker's suit claiming a chemical company didn't do enough to shield him from particles that caused a lung condition, ruling that a Florida workers' compensation law blocks him from pursuing the company in court for negligence.

  • November 20, 2024

    DOJ Settles With Atty Who Reported Judge's Sexual Misconduct

    A former Alaska federal prosecutor who made allegations of sexual misconduct against then-U.S. District Judge Joshua Kindred has reached an undisclosed settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice resolving claims she suffered retaliation for speaking up, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel said Wednesday.

  • November 20, 2024

    Uber, Lyft, Chicago Ignored Due Process, Banned Driver Says

    A former Uber and Lyft driver has sued the platforms in Illinois federal court for deactivating her accounts over false claims she spit on a passenger, and she also sued the city of Chicago over its ordinance allowing rideshare platforms to ban drivers without notice or an opportunity to defend themselves.

  • November 20, 2024

    Judiciary Touts Reforms In Handling Workplace Complaints

    The federal judiciary is successfully reforming the controversial process that aims to protect its 30,000 employees from sexual harassment in the workplace, according to a new internal report released Wednesday, even as lawmakers have called for scrapping that process altogether and replacing it with a new one.

  • November 20, 2024

    Pa. Justices Ask Why CBD Isn't 'Medicine' For Hurt Workers

    Justices on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court questioned Wednesday why they should accept an insurer's assertion that hemp-derived CBD oil should be deemed dangerous, when an injured attorney's physician had prescribed it for pain relief as part of his workers' compensation treatment plan.

  • November 19, 2024

    'Blackballed' Bailiff Who Reported Jury Tampering Loses Suit

    A Texas appeals court on Tuesday tossed a former courtroom bailiff's suit alleging Brazoria County "blackballed" him for reporting several instances of a clerk's jury tampering, saying the county had no control over the state-elected judge who stopped assigning him as a bailiff.

  • November 19, 2024

    ​​​​​​​Loper Bright Can't Save DTE Safety Appeal, Mich. Court Says

    A Michigan appellate court was not persuaded by an energy company's invocation of the demise of the Chevron agency-deference doctrine, affirming on Monday a safety citation issued to the company after an employee's death and ruling that the state never followed Chevron deference anyway.

  • November 19, 2024

    Graham Capital Sues To Stop Ex-Exec's Return To Competitor

    Graham Capital Management LP, a Connecticut investment firm with more than $19 billion in assets under management, is asking a Connecticut state trial court judge to block a former managing director from working in California for a competitor that previously employed him in Connecticut for 11 years.

  • November 19, 2024

    Ill. Makes $1.8M Staffing Antitrust Deal After High Court Input

    Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul on Tuesday announced a $1.8 million settlement with one of three staffing agencies the state accused of unlawfully agreeing not to poach each other's employees and to offer below-market wages to those assigned to work for a client they shared.

  • November 19, 2024

    Chicago Transit Authority Hit With Genetic Privacy Lawsuit

    The Chicago Transit Authority is facing a new lawsuit in Illinois state court that was brought by job applicants, who allege the agency's questions about family medical histories violated an Illinois law barring employers from asking about genetic information and using it to make employment decisions.

  • November 19, 2024

    Conn. Firm CEO's Wife Dropped From Ex-Partner's Suit

    Connecticut lawyer Andrew P. Garza on Tuesday dropped attorney Allison M. McKeen, the wife of his former 50-50 law firm partner Ryan C. McKeen, from a lawsuit surrounding the breakup of Connecticut Trial Firm LLC, a high-dollar firm where all three once worked together.

  • November 19, 2024

    Feds Ordered To Delete Combs Notes From Raid, For Now

    A Manhattan federal judge directed prosecutors Tuesday to temporarily delete potentially privileged notes recovered from the jail cell of Sean "Diddy" Combs pending briefing, after lawyers for the hip-hop mogul called the seizure "outrageous."

  • November 19, 2024

    Fla. FordHarrison Employment Atty Jumps To GrayRobinson

    GrayRobinson PA announced Tuesday that it has strengthened its labor and employment practice with an Orlando shareholder from FordHarrison LLP.

  • November 19, 2024

    Flooring Co. Asks 11th Circ. To Back 'Inebriated' CEO's Ouster

    Flooring manufacturer Interface Inc. told the Eleventh Circuit Tuesday it stands by its decision to fire its CEO after he allegedly got drunk and berated a subordinate at a company function, urging a three-judge panel to affirm a summary judgment ruling that put an end to the former executive's $100 million suit.

  • November 18, 2024

    Diddy Calls DOJ's Possession Of His Notes 'Outrageous'

    Sean "Diddy" Combs said Monday that federal prosecutors are in possession of privileged attorney-client materials, including his own written notes, which they're "actively" using to detain him ahead of his trial, a move the hip-hop mogul called "outrageous government conduct."

  • November 18, 2024

    Plaintiffs Dispute Ruling Applying BIPA Change To Past Cases

    Workers suing over the allegedly unlawful collection of their fingerprints are urging an Illinois federal court to reject a recent ruling that a legislative amendment limiting damages under the state's Biometric Information Privacy Act applies to previously filed disputes, arguing that several state courts have reached the opposite conclusion.

  • November 18, 2024

    Fringe Benefits Co.'s Ex-Atty Can't 'Abandon' Them, DOL Says

    The U.S. Department of Labor on Monday urged a Maryland federal court not to let a fringe benefits company's former attorney "abandon" the company ahead of a civil contempt hearing over $3.8 million in unpaid mismanaged funds meant for government contractor employees' benefits, citing potentially "severe" consequences for the company.

  • November 18, 2024

    AECOM Calls FCA Suit Alleging False Army Billing 'Meritless'

    AECOM has pushed to end a False Claims Act suit alleging that it falsely billed the U.S. Army on a $1.9 billion support deal, saying the whistleblower who filed the suit hadn't shown that his remaining allegations were material to the government.

Expert Analysis

  • It's No Longer Enough For Firms To Be Trusted Advisers

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    Amid fierce competition for business, the transactional “trusted adviser” paradigm from which most firms operate is no longer sufficient — they should instead aim to become trusted partners with their most valuable clients, says Stuart Maister at Strategic Narrative.

  • Rise Of Transpo Contractors Brings Insurance Disputes

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    As more independent contractors are contracted and subcontracted in the delivery industry, companies must be prepared to defend claims from drivers who are injured on the job as they are often seeking to establish an employment relationship with one of the entities in the chain, says Nathan Milner at Goldberg Segalla.

  • 5 Credibility Lessons Trial Attys Can Learn From Harris' Run

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    In launching a late-stage campaign for president, Vice President Kamala Harris must seize upon fresh attention from voters to establish, or reestablish, credibility — a challenge that parallels and provides takeaways for trial attorneys, says Ken Broda-Bahm at Persuasion Strategies.

  • New Employer Liability Risks In Old Ill. Genetic Privacy Law

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    Illinois’ Genetic Information Privacy Act has been litigated very sparsely, but two recent federal court decisions — Taylor v. Union Pacific and McKnight v. United Airlines — holding that preemployment family medical history questions violated the 1998 law may encourage more lawsuits, say Peter Berk and Madison Shepley at Clark Hill.

  • A Preview Of AI Priorities Under The Next President

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    For the first time in a presidential election, both of the leading candidates and their parties have been vocal about artificial intelligence policy, offering clues on the future of regulation as AI continues to advance and congressional action continues to stall, say attorneys at Mintz.

  • What To Know About CFPB Stance On Confidentiality Terms

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    A recent circular from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau represents a growing effort across government agencies to address overbroad confidentiality agreements, and gives employers insight into the bureau's perspective on the issue as it relates to the Consumer Financial Protection Act, say Holly Williamson and Elizabeth King at Hunton.

  • How Methods Are Evolving In Textualist Interpretations

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    Textualists at the U.S. Supreme Court are increasingly considering new methods such as corpus linguistics and surveys to evaluate what a statute's text communicates to an ordinary reader, while lower courts even mull large language models like ChatGPT as supplements, says Kevin Tobia at Georgetown Law.

  • 5 Ways To Confront Courtroom Technology Challenges

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    Recent cybersecurity incidents highlight the vulnerabilities of our reliance on digital infrastructure, meaning attorneys must be prepared to navigate technological obstacles inside the courtroom, including those related to data security, presentation hardware, video playback and more, says Adam Bloomberg at IMS Legal Strategies.

  • Pa. Health Employers Must Prep For Noncompete Restrictions

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    Newly enacted legislation in Pennsylvania prohibits certain noncompete covenants for healthcare practitioners in the state beginning next year, creating compliance challenges that both employers and employees should be aware of, say attorneys at Buchanan Ingersoll.

  • Avoiding Corporate Political Activity Pitfalls This Election Year

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    As Election Day approaches, corporate counsel should be mindful of the complicated rules around companies engaging in political activities, including super PAC contributions, pay-to-play prohibitions and foreign agent restrictions, say attorneys at Covington.

  • Employer Arbitration Lessons From Calif. Consumer Ruling

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    Although a California state appeals court’s recent arbitration ruling in Mahram v. Kroger involved a consumer transaction, the finding that the arbitration agreement at issue did not apply to a third-party beneficiary could influence how employment arbitration agreements are interpreted, says Sander van der Heide at CDF Labor Law.

  • Why Attorneys Should Consider Community Leadership Roles

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    Volunteering and nonprofit board service are complementary to, but distinct from, traditional pro bono work, and taking on these community leadership roles can produce dividends for lawyers, their firms and the nonprofit causes they support, says Katie Beacham at Kilpatrick.

  • Firms Must Offer A Trifecta Of Services In Post-Chevron World

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    After the U.S. Supreme Court’s Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo decision overturning Chevron deference, law firms will need to integrate litigation, lobbying and communications functions to keep up with the ramifications of the ruling and provide adequate counsel quickly, says Neil Hare at Dentons.

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