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Ill. Jury Sides With Ex-CTA Worker In Vax Bias Lawsuit

By Celeste Bott

An Illinois federal jury on Friday awarded a former Chicago Transit Authority employee $425,000 in damages, finding the transit agency liable on his religious discrimination claim after he was terminated following his refusal to take the COVID-19 vaccine and denied an exemption to the agency's vaccine requirement.

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Former National Security Officials Say Union EO Went Too Far

By Emily Brill

Although President Donald Trump said he was protecting national security when he opened the door for dozens of agencies to shred their union contracts, he was actually retaliating against the unions for speaking out against him, a coalition of former senior national security officials told the Ninth Circuit on Friday.

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'I'm Flabbergasted': Fla. Atty's Accusers Rip Bar For Inaction

By Phillip Bantz

More than a year after it began receiving complaints that a Florida lawyer was ghosting clients, the state bar has yet to take action — highlighting what experts call a slow-moving process that can fail to keep pace with expansive alleged frauds.

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DC Judge Says Fed. Reserve Gov. Can't Get TRO Just Yet

By Nadia Dreid

Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook didn't walk away from her emergency hearing with the temporary restraining order she was looking for, but a D.C. federal judge said she was willing to expedite briefing over the president's attempt to strip Cook of her position.

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Single Slur Not Enough For Retaliation Suit, Judge Says

By Grace Elletson

A Michigan federal judge stood by her dismissal of an Arab American worker's suit claiming a car dealership fired him for protesting a supervisor's racist language while following up on her original ruling to say that opposition to the single use of a slur isn't enough to establish a retaliation case.

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UPenn Prof Suspended For Racist Remarks Loses Bias Claim

By Matthew Santoni

University of Pennsylvania law professor Amy Wax lost her federal discrimination claims against the school for suspending her over disparaging comments she made about minorities, with a judge finding that she was disciplined for racist speech, not because of her own race.

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Roundup

Employment Authority: Courts Back A Broad EEOC

蓝莓视频 Employment Authority covers the biggest employment cases and trends. Catch up this week with coverage on a recent Second Circuit ruling that adds to a growing consensus among circuit courts that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission should have a long leash, why it may have just gotten harder for California employers to defend against minimum wage suits, and a reflection on the exit of National Labor Relations Board Chairman Marvin Kaplan.

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US Education Dept. Finds Denver Schools Flouted Title IX

By Zach Dupont

The first Title IX investigation undertaken by the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights since President Donald Trump returned to office found Denver Public Schools violated Title IX by converting two bathrooms at a local high school to multi-stall, all-gender bathrooms, according to a Thursday news release from the OCR.

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EEOC, Sam's Club Strike $60K Deal In ADA Suit

By Kelcey Caulder

The operators of warehouse club retail store Sam's Club will pay $60,000 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit alleging a worker was refused accommodations and ultimately fired after attempting to return to work following an automobile accident.

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Amazon Workers Get Class Nod In Military Leave Bias Suit

By Grace Elletson

A New York federal judge handed class certification to a group of workers alleging Amazon did not provide equal leave benefits to service members compared to those who took other forms of leave such as jury duty, although he found the class representative couldn't lead the case.

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Elevance Says Worker Seeking 'Bizarre' Payout In Late Suit

By Irene Spezzamonte

A former Elevance utilization representative's proposed class suit claiming the company owes her damages for paying her last paycheck late would lead to a "bizarre" conclusion, the entity told a Connecticut state court, arguing that she is potentially owed only $1.18.

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Logistics Cos. Can't Escape Worker Visa Misuse Class Action

By Rae Ann Varona

Two logistics companies have failed to escape a proposed class action accusing them of misusing a professional worker visa program to lure workers from Mexico, with a Georgia federal judge trimming out some discrimination and fair labor claims, but allowing several others to proceed.

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Orkin Pest Control Overtime Case Put On Hold

By Irene Spezzamonte

A Georgia federal judge agreed to pause a suit accusing pest control giant Orkin of automatically deducting time for unpaid breaks from thousands of employees who did not take the breaks and requiring unpaid training sessions.

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Ex-Philly Labor Leader Cites Ailing Wife In Prison Release Bid

By P.J. D'Annunzio

John Dougherty, the former business manager of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98 in Philadelphia, has asked a federal judge to free him early from his six-year prison term for bribery and embezzlement so that he can go home to care for his ailing wife, who he claims will ultimately die without his assistance.

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GardaWorld Can't Avoid Tobacco, Vaccine Health Fee Suit

By Kellie Mejdrich

A North Carolina federal judge trimmed — but refused to toss — a proposed class action challenging a security company's health plan surcharges to employees who refused COVID-19 vaccinations and who use tobacco, opening discovery on claims that the fees violated nondiscrimination provisions in federal benefits law.

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NLRB Atty Joins Blank Rome's Labor Group In Philadelphia

By James Boyle

An attorney who spent the first 15 years of his legal career working with National Labor Relations Board has recently moved into private practice and joined Blank Rome LLP's growing labor team.

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Union Interference Lessons From 5th Circ. Apple Ruling

The Fifth Circuit's recent holding that Apple did not violate the National Labor Relations Act during a store's union organizing drive provides guidance on what constitutes coercive interrogation and clarifies how consistently enforced workplace policies may be applied to union literature, say attorneys at Proskauer.

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Advice For 1st-Gen Lawyers Entering The Legal Profession

Nikki Hurtado at The Ferraro Law Firm tells her story of being a first-generation lawyer and how others who begin their professional journeys without the benefit of playbooks handed down by relatives can turn this disadvantage into their greatest strength.

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The 2025 Regional Powerhouses

By Cara Bayles

蓝莓视频's annual list of regional powerhouses reflects not only the work of exemplary firms, but also emerging legal trends in each state, from matters involving Colorado's growing life sciences industry, to an uptick in bankruptcies in Delaware, to the continued flurry of intellectual property litigation in California.

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蓝莓视频 Pulse Exclusive: The Billable Hour

In this package, 蓝莓视频 Pulse explores the demand for rainmakers, the continued increase of hourly rates and whether artificial intelligence will finally kill the billable hour. For all 蓝莓视频 readers, click to access a sample story: Why This Small-Firm Lawyer Charges $3,000 Per Hour.

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JAG Corps Sent To DC To Fill 'Critical Vacancies'

By Courtney Bubl茅

Military attorneys are being sent to prosecute crimes in Washington, D.C., as the Trump administration seeks to beef up prosecutions in the nation's capital as part of the federal surge of law enforcement.

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Judge Newman's Suspension Extended Once Again

By Ryan Davis and Theresa Schliep

Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman's suspension from hearing cases was extended by another year on Friday, in a unanimous opinion by the appeals court's 11 other judges.

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Q&A

'Be Careful,' New Mich. Chief Judge Tells Attys When Using AI

By Danielle Ferguson

Just weeks into the job, the new chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan is navigating challenges like an uptick in cases and the need for another magistrate judge, and has a word of warning for attorneys using artificial intelligence in their practice.

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Analysis

M&A Attys Hand Tasks To 'Machines' In Careful Embrace Of AI

By Al Barbarino

Artificial intelligence is no longer just a back-office tool in mergers and acquisitions legal work, but is increasingly embedded in core deal processes that help attorneys manage due diligence, draft agreements and assess risk.

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DOJ Targets BigLaw, Big Tech For Antitrust 'Gamesmanship'

By Bryan Koenig

The U.S. Department of Justice's top antitrust official singled out technology platforms and the BigLaw attorneys who represent them for "gamesmanship" by hiding key information from merger and conduct investigators, and announced a special task force "to tackle abuses that arise in our investigations."

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蓝莓视频's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP leads this week's edition of 蓝莓视频 Legal Lions, after the Fifth Circuit vacated a pair of Biden-era regulations aimed at bolstering transparency in the short-selling market.

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Panel Nixes Buzbee Win Against Atty Who Aided Campaign

By Madison Arnold

A Texas state appeals court has reversed a $765,000 summary judgment awarded to personal injury lawyer Tony Buzbee in a dispute with an attorney who said she was never paid for her contributions to his 2019 Houston mayoral campaign.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

Is AI killing the billable hour — here's what general counsel need to know about how the use of artificial intelligence is affecting law firms' billing model. Anthropic has agreed to a deal to end copyright suits brought by authors who said their works were illegally used to train the company's large language model. These are some of the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.​

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DOJ Swears In 3 New Board Of Immigration Appeals Members

By Britain Eakin

The Executive Office for Immigration Review announced Friday that three new Board of Immigration Appeals members — Sheila E. Gallow, Marcos Gemoets and Kathleen K. Volkert — were sworn in during a ceremony on Thursday.

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Colorado Law Firm Faces Class Action Over Data Breach

By Zach Dupont

A Colorado law firm was hit with a proposed class action in federal court after a Utah woman claimed that the firm didn't take ample measures to protect the personal information of more than 5,000 people, which was stolen in a data breach earlier this year.

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Scores On July Bar Exam Rise Amid Dip In Test Takers

By Tracey Read

The number of examinees passing the multistate bar exam in July continued to gain momentum, with near record highs seen this summer over the past 12 years, according to an announcement from the National Conference of Bar Examiners.

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LA's Acting US Atty Essayli Faces DQ Bid Over Expired Term

By Craig Clough

The Federal Public Defender's Office in Los Angeles urged a California federal court Friday to disqualify acting U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli, arguing that his temporary 120-day appointment has expired and his continuing service in the role "circumvented limitations" imposed by Congress.

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Split Fed. Circ. Backs Limits On Presidential Tariff Powers

By Hailey Konnath

The Federal Circuit held that President Donald Trump's emergency tariffs were improperly imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which it said makes no mention of "tariff," "duties" or "tax."

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蓝莓视频 Names Attys Who Moved Up The Firm Ranks In Q2

A promotion to partner or election to practice group chair means a slew of new responsibilities and also lots of well-deserved recognition. 蓝莓视频 reveals the list of attorneys whose commitment to legal excellence earned them highly coveted spots in the law firm leadership ranks. Find out if your old legal friends — or rivals — moved up in the second quarter of the year.

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Hub Hires: Prince Lobel, Rubin And Rudman, Weil

By Chris Villani

The dog days of summer did little to slow the churn in the Boston legal market. Prince Lobel added a veteran cybersecurity lawyer, Rubin and Rudman made a pair of partner hires, and Weil added more attorneys from Latham.

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Roundup

UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Laura Stewart Liberty

This past week in London has seen Prosecco DOC Consortium bring an intellectual property claim against a distributor, the Serious Fraud Office bring a civil recovery claim against the ex-wife of a solicitor jailed over a £19.5 million fraud scheme, and law firm Joseph Hage Aaronson & Bremen LLP sue its former client, the bankrupt Indian tycoon Vijay Mallya. Here, 蓝莓视频 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On 蓝莓视频

For those who missed out, here's a look back at the law firms, stories and expert analyses that generated the most buzz on 蓝莓视频 last week.

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