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February 10, 2025
The recently fired head of the U.S. Office of Special Counsel will remain in his position, at least for a few more days, after a D.C. federal judge on Monday ordered a short pause on his termination the same day he sued to challenge the allegedly "unlawful" removal.
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February 10, 2025
A judge on Massachusetts' highest court said Monday it's "problematic" that a state law could shield Harvard Medical School from liability in a suit by family members of people whose remains were allegedly sold off in parts by a rogue mortician.
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February 10, 2025
A Garden State-based aerospace company is asking a federal judge to dismiss with prejudice the second amended counterclaims by its ex-president and his new business in a trade secrets case, according to court filings.
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February 10, 2025
Massachusetts' highest court on Monday hinted that it will allow a former ghostwriter for the state's intermediate appellate court to continue pursuing his wrongful firing claims against a former supervisor, but not necessarily against two higher-ups, in a challenge to the extent of common-law immunity for public officials.
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February 10, 2025
House Democrats announced on Monday a new litigation initiative to confront the Trump administration and the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency, which has been slashing federal funding, from stopping some government services and firing workers without Congressional approval.
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February 10, 2025
A Pennsylvania federal judge threw out a lawsuit filed on behalf of utility workers alleging Verizon endangered them by failing to properly dispose of lead-covered cables on telephone poles, ruling that allegations of suffering common ailments were not enough to support a class action.
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February 10, 2025
U.S. Supreme Court lawyer and SCOTUSblog publisher Tom Goldstein was arrested again Monday following his earlier release on criminal tax evasion charges, after prosecutors alleged that he secretly made millions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency transactions in recent days and was a serious risk to flee.
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February 07, 2025
A California judge on Thursday granted Apple's request to drop a lawsuit against a former employee who allegedly leaked sensitive company information to journalists and others, the same day the software engineer issued a public apology for his "profound and expensive mistake."
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February 07, 2025
A federal judge has granted a University of Wisconsin football player another year of eligibility, overriding the NCAA's five-year-rule and noting that the landscape of college athletics has shifted.
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February 07, 2025
A former Massachusetts state senator was sentenced to 18 months in prison Friday after being convicted of fraudulently collecting pandemic unemployment benefits and failing to report consulting income he was also earning at the time on his tax returns.
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February 07, 2025
The Ninth Circuit upheld a $1.5 million jury verdict in favor of a former bank auditor who claimed he was fired for flagging evidence of wrongdoing, finding evidence suggesting he was treated differently from other workers was enough to back up the jurors' decision.
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February 07, 2025
A former assistant to Arizona Cardinals owner Michael Bidwill has sued both him and the team in state court, claiming that her former boss "unmercifully harassed" her through an assortment of erratic and intimidating behavior.
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February 07, 2025
Connecticut Trial Firm LLC former co-owner Andrew Garza has asked a Connecticut Superior Court judge to issue sanctions against his former 50-50 partner, Ryan McKeen, accusing McKeen of "misconduct presenting a threat to the administration of justice" in heated litigation over the firm's split.
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February 07, 2025
An agricultural firm and a former employee it accused of pilfering confidential information on his way out the door in a bid to steal clients have reached a deal to resolve the firm's claims, according to a court order.
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February 07, 2025
A Connecticut state judge ruled that the former CEO of WorldQuant Predictive Technologies LLC cannot sue Connecticut law firm Pullman & Comley LLC over the loss of $6 million in WorldQuant stock, determining that he should have raised those concerns earlier in the termination process.
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February 07, 2025
The New Jersey Attorney General's Office is urging a state judge to reconsider a ruling that denied its bid to escape a lawsuit accusing the Warren County Prosecutor's Office of retaliating against two officers for their part in uncovering an alleged fraud scheme, saying the office cannot be held liable for the purported misconduct.
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February 07, 2025
The federal government agreed Friday not to publicize a list of FBI personnel who investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol without giving FBI agents suing the U.S. Department of Justice a heads-up beforehand.
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February 07, 2025
Prosecutors have asked a Maryland federal judge to strike a pro se motion from Tom Goldstein in his tax evasion case, saying the U.S. Supreme Court attorney and SCOTUSblog publisher shouldn't be allowed to personally make arguments to the court when he is represented by several experienced lawyers.
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February 06, 2025
A California federal judge suggested on Thursday there might be too many individualized issues to certify a class of thousands of current and former TikTok content moderators in a suit alleging the social media platform is responsible for mental health issues the workers developed after being exposed to graphic content.
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February 06, 2025
An Arizona federal judge on Thursday signaled plans to send a defamation suit against the Arizona Cardinals and others to arbitration, as requested by the National Football League team and its owner in their ongoing dispute with its former vice president.
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February 06, 2025
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act preempts a former Leerink Partners employee's claims that she was cheated out of about $5.5 million in deferred compensation after the bank hired her under allegedly false pretenses from Goldman Sachs, a Massachusetts federal judge ruled Thursday.
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February 06, 2025
FBI agents were unable to strike a deal Thursday that would block the federal government from releasing a list of FBI employees who investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, but the U.S. Department of Justice told a judge it does not immediately intend to make that information public.
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February 06, 2025
One of the 50-50 partners litigating the dramatic breakup of Connecticut Trial Firm LLC, a personal injury firm known for high-dollar verdicts, has accused his onetime partner of having "plotted a secret lockout" to remove him from the firm, according to a revised derivative complaint filed in Connecticut state court.
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February 06, 2025
Logistics company XPO Inc. is accusing two ex-employees of violating their nonsolicitation and confidentiality agreements by poaching its clients after leaving to work for a rival firm, but the workers say the contracts are unenforceable, anyway.
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February 05, 2025
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's roughly 230 administrative law judges dedicated to patent disputes and appeals must start working from an office, according to a directive implementing President Donald Trump's return-to-office order that former board judges said Wednesday threatens to destabilize a largely remote workforce and risks mass resignations and retirements.