Meta Wins Consumer Antitrust Case After Judge Excludes Plaintiffs' Expert Witness
"To be sure, the absence of admissible expert testimony by an economist does not automatically foreclose an antitrust claim. But as a number of courts have observed, proof of antitrust injury typically demands expert witness evidence," U.S. District Judge James Donato wrote in a decision excluding the plaintiffs' expert witness opinions as inadmissible and granting summary judgment in favor of defendant Meta Platforms Inc.
State Appellate Court Reinstates Religious Discrimination Suit Against Hospital's Vaccination Policy
"In Massachusetts, an employer must accommodate an employee's genuine religious beliefs if it can do so without creating an undue hardship. We conclude that the plaintiff's stated beliefs that her body is a temple of God and that she prayed to God and received a message not to receive the COVID-19 vaccination were beliefs that a trier of fact could determine were religious in nature," said Justice Joseph M. Ditkoff, who authored the opinion.
'Suspect Circumstances'?: DLA Piper Can't Stamp Out Ex-Associate's Pregnancy Bias Lawsuit
The law firm had argued that it had fired Anisha Mehta because of performance issues. But observing that Mehta had been fired "in suspect circumstances," U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres found that Mehta had presented enough evidence suggesting she was fired because of her pregnancy and upcoming maternity leave.
This Legal Nonprofit Has Taken Nearly 100 Actions Against Trump Agenda, as Big Law Shies Away
A number of law firms "are not taking on the level of pro bono work, the level of pro democracy work that they did in the first Trump administration, or that they have historically, as a result of the president's strategy to try to intimidate institutions,” said Skye Perryman, CEO and president of Democracy Forward.