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Federal Courts Remain in Operation Amid Shutdown

1 hour 14 min ago

Court workers will continue to be paid, the memo said, because court fee balances and other existing funds can be tapped until that date. Electronic case management and filing systems are set to continue in operation.

       

Boards Cross Diversity Off Priority List, Say It's Time to Ax Underperforming Members

2 hours 1 min ago

"Directors tell us there's a clear need for a transformative shift in how boards operate and how directors hold one another accountable," a new PwC report says.

       

Utah Supreme Court Approves Alternate Pathway to Bar

4 hours 42 min ago

“This is not about making it easier to become a lawyer, Utah Supreme Court Associate Chief Justice, and Working Group Chair, John A. Pearce, said in a statement. “It's about making it smarter.

       

FedEx Hit With Employment Action for Misidentifying 'Independent Service Providers,' Suit Says

5 hours 17 min ago

A group of current and former delivery drivers claim FedEx structured its business model to classify drivers as employees of "independent service providers despite FedEx controlling their work.

       

Former AI Ethicist at Google: 'If You Want to Be an Independent Voice, You Can't Work for a Tech Company'

8 hours 24 min ago

"I think it becomes hard over time to separate what you believe as a person with what makes things easier for your company," Margaret Mitchell said during a Berkeley School of Law webinar.

       

EEOC Pregnancy-Discrimination Suits Are Rising

16 hours 11 min ago

A report on EEOC litigation in Fiscal Year 2025 showed pregnancy-discrimination suits by the agency moving to the forefront just as age-discrimination suits were in retreat.

       

'Exigent Circumstances': DOJ Requests Stays in Antitrust Cases Amid Government Shutdown

Wed, 2025-10-01 18:08

"Absent an appropriation, Department of Justice attorneys and employees are generally prohibited from working, even on a voluntary basis, except in very limited circumstances such as 'emergencies involving the safety of human life or the protection of property,'" DOJ attorneys wrote in letters requesting a stay of proceedings in at least two antitrust cases in Manhattan federal court amid a lapse of appropriations and ensuing partial government shutdown.

       

Investors Swing and Miss in Bored Ape Securities Fight

Wed, 2025-10-01 17:02

A California federal judge tossed investors' securities claims over Yuga Labs' Bored Ape NFTs, but allowed a narrower refile by Oct. 10.

       

7th Circuit Ruling Guides Reconsideration of Insurers' Liability in Underlying Biometric Privacy Suit

Wed, 2025-10-01 16:17
“In Mitsui, the Seventh Circuit held that the exclusion unambiguously applies to biometric information and therefore precludes the insurer's duty to defend or indemnify the BIPA class action, U.S. District Judge John F. Kness wrote.        

EEOC Files Fewer Suits—But Don't Get Comfortable

Wed, 2025-10-01 16:09

"It is possible, if not probable, that there are a number of cases that are waiting in the wings for that quorum to be established, and there could be a flurry of cases based on that quorum," a Seyfarth Shaw lawyer said.

       

Proposed H-1B Changes Make Foreign Lawyers More Expensive, but Also More Accessible

Wed, 2025-10-01 16:07

A weighted selection process could benefit Big Law employers who value specific hires, but a $100,000 fee would likely depress overall H-1B hiring, immigration experts said.

       

Keker Backs Suit Alleging Social Security Administration Improperly Shares Immigrants' Tax Info

Wed, 2025-10-01 16:04

A Massachusetts organization claimed the Social Security Administration shared information it pulled from tens of thousands of immigrants' privacy-protected tax filings with federal immigration officials.

       

Class Action Against OnlyFans 'Only' Suitable in U.K. Courts, Judge Rules

Wed, 2025-10-01 15:42

The court dismissed a suit claiming the site tricked fans into believing they were directly communicating with creators when many outsourced their communications to third parties who "impersonated" the messaged creators solely based on jurisdiction.

       

'End Run' or 'Pro-Competition?' FTC, States' Antitrust Lawsuits Flag Zillow-Redfin Agreement

Wed, 2025-10-01 15:18

Seattle-based Zillow paid $100 million to acquire Redfin's listings of multi-unit buildings, through an agreement by which Redfin shifted the listings to Zillow. The Federal Trade Commission and a bipartisan coalition of state attorneys generals allege the pact was violative of the Sherman and Clayton Acts.

       

Completed Law Firm Combinations Might Be Finally Catching Up to Merger Interest

Wed, 2025-10-01 15:15

After years of talking the talk, law firms may be starting to walk the walk when it comes to completing mergers.

       

AI Won't Replace Paralegals, But Experts Say It's Likely to Redefine the Role

Wed, 2025-10-01 14:57

New artificial intelligence-powered legal tech tools have stoked large fears of job losses for paralegals, but those fears so far have yet to play out, say several legal industry sources.

       

Some Law Firms Turning Down ABA Work After Trump Administration Targets Legal Industry

Wed, 2025-10-01 14:02

Also, a group of about 850 lawyers filed an amicus curiae brief on Friday supporting the ABA in a lawsuit against the Trump administration and asking a federal judge to "swiftly and decisively invalidate the Executive Branch's campaign of intimidation against the legal profession."

       

Full 5th Circuit to Rehear Alien Enemies Act Deportations Case

Wed, 2025-10-01 13:58

Judge Leslie Southwick dissented, saying en banc rehearing would only delay a final resolution from the U.S. Supreme Court.

       

Spirit Airlines Class Action Zeroes In on Upbeat Comments by Execs Prior to Second Bankruptcy

Wed, 2025-10-01 13:35

Companies that hit hard times can be sure that plaintiffs attorneys will pore over every press release and every earnings call transcript in search of potentially misleading statements.

       

Supreme Court Says Fed Governor Can Remain In Office For Now, Sets January Hearing

Wed, 2025-10-01 11:19

The case, which will be heard sometime during the court's January session, presents a major bellwether test over President Donald Trump's influence over the central bank, which, by setting monetary policy, wields enormous control over the U.S. economy.

       

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