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  • June 17, 2026

    Full Fed. Circ. To Hear Immigration Judges' Firing Challenge

    The Federal Circuit on Wednesday agreed to conduct en banc review over the firing of two immigration judges, after the Merit Systems Protection Board ruled that they constituted inferior officers who are subject to at-will removal by the president.

  • June 16, 2026

    7th Circ. Scraps American Airlines Toxic Uniforms Suit

    The Seventh Circuit said Tuesday that American Airlines employees suing over allegedly toxic uniforms didn't have sufficient expert evidence suggesting the uniforms triggered their allergic reactions and other health symptoms, rejecting their bid to invoke the legal doctrine of res ipsa loquitur to infer a defect or negligence.

  • June 16, 2026

    Justices Asked To Revive $77M In Trade Secret Damages

    Plastics manufacturer Trinseo Europe GmbH has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to restore a verdict of more than $77 million that it won stemming from trade secret misappropriation allegations against a former Dow Chemical Co. employee and engineering firm KBR, saying the Fifth Circuit went against precedent when it endorsed an approach to damages that "is the antithesis of flexible."

  • June 16, 2026

    Travelers Ends MLB HQ Construction Accident Coverage Row

    Three insurers have resolved their dispute over who must pay defense costs in a suit from a construction worker who was injured while working at the site of Major League Baseball's headquarters in the historic Time & Life Building in New York City.

  • June 16, 2026

    Ex-Wine Exec Says Privilege Covers Atty Emails With Spouse

    The former president of a company connected to the Josh Cellars wine brand says his attorney's messages to his wife are privileged because she participated in the communications as his "agent," a characterization the company appeared poised to dispute as the parties approach a $4 million trademark royalties trial.

  • June 16, 2026

    Software Co. Says Exec Is Taking Trade Secrets To Rival

    Software company EnterpriseDB asked a Massachusetts judge to stop a former vice president from jumping to competitor Couchbase, citing both a noncompete agreement and evidence that he downloaded hundreds of documents prior to his departure.

  • June 16, 2026

    Feds Dropped From Foreign Drivers' Fla. License Ban Suit

    Nineteen foreign drivers challenging a Florida agency's decision to stop issuing commercial driver's licenses to some noncitizens have dropped the federal government from their suit after the U.S. Department of Transportation argued that the case belongs in a federal appeals court.

  • June 15, 2026

    Cognizant, Infosys Can't Shield Execs From Depositions

    Infosys Ltd. and Cognizant TriZetto Software Group Inc. will each have to produce executives to speak on certain topics for depositions in a Texas federal lawsuit over claims that Infosys stole Cognizant's trade secrets to build a competing healthcare software, a special master ruled Monday.

  • June 15, 2026

    Hospital Co. Says Ex-CEO Siphoned $14M For Personal Use

    The former CEO of Healthcare Systems of America is facing a new lawsuit filed by several company entities in Florida state court that claims he used HSA as a personal piggy bank, transferring $14 million from corporate accounts to fund a lavish lifestyle.

  • June 15, 2026

    Judge Tosses XAI Trade Secret Case Against OpenAI

    A California federal judge on Monday dismissed xAI Corp.'s trade secret lawsuit against OpenAI without leave to amend, finding that despite updating its complaint once previously, the company still failed to plausibly allege that OpenAI knowingly obtained or used confidential information from former xAI employees.

  • June 15, 2026

    Colo. Justices OK Self-Defense Exception In At-Will Firings

    The right to self-defense applies to Colorado workers who lawfully exercise the right in response to an unprovoked attack at work even when an employer has a "don't chase or confront" policy, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled Monday.

  • June 15, 2026

    Ex-Google Worker Can't Get AI Secrets Retrial Over Jury Picks

    A California federal judge has denied one of two motions from former Google engineer Linwei Ding seeking to overturn a jury decision that convicted him of trade secret theft and economic espionage, rejecting his claim that prosecutors improperly excluded jurors of Chinese descent.

  • June 15, 2026

    Mich. Panel Upholds Stock Redemption Order

    A Michigan state appeals court has affirmed a trial court decision that resolved a decades-long shareholder dispute between a real estate development firm and its ex-CEO by ordering the company to buy out the former executive's original $25,000 investment plus 7% interest.

  • June 15, 2026

    Insurers Settle Coverage Fight Over Lung Transplant Suit

    Insurance companies Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Co. and Texas Mutual Insurance Co. told a Texas federal court Monday that they have reached a settlement resolving their nearly four-year-old dispute over who should provide coverage for a suit over injuries caused by chemical inhalation.

  • June 15, 2026

    Supreme Court Skips Challenge To $168M Trade Secret Award

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.'s challenge to a $168 million trade secret judgment for Computer Sciences Corp.

  • June 12, 2026

    Academics Ask 2nd Circ. To Revive Publisher Conspiracy Suit

    Academic researchers are asking the Second Circuit to revive their proposed class action accusing six of academia's largest journal publishers of colluding to stifle their leverage and eliminate pay for peer review work, arguing the district court credited the publishers' "written rules" but "discarded" how those rules were implemented.

  • June 12, 2026

    Former Pot Co. Execs And Wrigley Heir Settle Stock Fraud Suit

    A group of former executives for medical marijuana company Parallel and the heir to the Wrigley gum fortune have reached a settlement in principle to end claims that Wrigley lied about share prices to lure in executive talent.

  • June 11, 2026

    CFTC Eyes Faster 30% Whistleblower Awards In Small Cases

    The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is looking to amend its whistleblower rules to align with those of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and to establish an immediate minimum 30% payout for whistleblower awards of $5 million or less.

  • June 11, 2026

    Bank Alleges Former VP Took Trade Secrets To Competitor

    Massachusetts regional bank Salem Five on Thursday accused a former vice president for institutional banking of printing hundreds of documents containing confidential and trade secret information before departing for an identical role at a competitor in April.

  • June 11, 2026

    Pasco Bank Ex-CEO Alleges He Was Fired For Going To OCC

    The First National Bank of Pasco faces accusations it retaliated against its CEO by firing him after he made a whistleblower report about suspected compliance issues at the bank to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

  • June 11, 2026

    Clothing Biz Says Search Firm Didn't Vet CEO Candidate

    A Michigan-based bra and activewear company has claimed in an amended complaint filed in Michigan federal court on Thursday that an executive search firm contracted to help hire a new CEO did not properly vet the candidate who was ultimately hired, costing the clothing company "millions of dollars."

  • June 11, 2026

    Firm Says Assistant Stole, Passed On Client Communications

    A Houston law firm on Thursday told a Texas state court that an erstwhile legal assistant stole heaps of attorney-client communications that she subsequently misused, including by relaying sensitive emails to a lawyer representing the wife of a firm attorney in the middle of a divorce.

  • June 11, 2026

    Joe Gibbs Racing Can Fuel Up Suit Against NASCAR Rival

    NASCAR team Joe Gibbs Racing LLC can augment its trade secrets lawsuit against a former competition director and the rival racing company that hired him, after a North Carolina federal court found that the proposed amendments aren't pointless.

  • June 10, 2026

    Morgan & Morgan Atty Again Blocked From Harvard Suit

    A Massachusetts judge rebuffed a Morgan & Morgan PA attorney's second attempt to appear in a lawsuit over the theft of body parts from a Harvard Medical School morgue, saying he would not reconsider his earlier decision to bar the attorney over an incident in a separate court involving fake AI-generated case citations.

  • June 10, 2026

    Judge Won't Certify Class Of Health Workers In No-Poach Suit

    An Illinois federal judge on Wednesday refused to certify a class of former healthcare employees claiming that their wages were suppressed by alleged no-poach agreements among DaVita, UnitedHealth Group's Surgical Care Affiliates and Tenet Healthcare Corp. unit United Surgical Partners International, ruling that the proposed class is too diverse.

Expert Analysis

  • Del. Dispatch: Key 2025 Corporate Cases And Trends To Know

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    The Delaware corporate legal landscape saw notable changes in 2025, spurred by amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law, ubiquitous artificial intelligence fervor, boardroom discussion around DExit, record shareholder activism activity and an arguably more expansive view of potential Caremark liability, say attorneys at Fried Frank.

  • Nature Photography Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Nature photography reminds me to focus on what is in front of me and to slow down to achieve success, and, in embracing the value of viewing situations through different lenses, offers skills transferable to the practice of law, says Brian Willett at Saul Ewing.

  • Law School's Missed Lessons: Practical Problem Solving

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    Issue-spotting skills are well honed in law school, but practicing attorneys must also identify clients’ problems and true goals, and then be able to provide solutions, says Mary Kate Hogan at Quarles & Brady.

  • How Workforce, Tech Will Affect 2026 Construction Landscape

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    As the construction industry's center of gravity shifts from traditional commercial work to infrastructure, energy, industrial and data-hosting facilities, the effects of evolving technology and persistent labor shortages are reshaping real estate dealmaking, immigration policy debates and government contracting risk, say attorneys at Cozen O'Connor.

  • A Uniform Federal Rule Would Curb Gen AI Missteps In Court

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    To address the patchwork of courts’ standing orders on generative artificial intelligence, curbing abuses and relieving the burden on judges, the federal judiciary should consider amending its civil procedure rules to require litigants to certify they’ve reviewed legal filings for accuracy, say attorneys at Shook Hardy.

  • Calif. AG's No-Poach Case Reflects Tougher Antitrust Stance

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    This month, California’s attorney general resolved the latest enforcement action barring the use of no-poach agreements, underscoring an aggressive antitrust enforcement trend with significant increases in criminal and civil penalties, say attorneys at Pillsbury.

  • 2025 Noncompete Developments That Led To Inflection Point

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    Employers must reshape their approaches to noncompete agreements following key 2025 developments, including Delaware's rejection of blue-penciling and the proliferation of state wage thresholds, say attorneys at Gunderson Dettmer.

  • Tapping Into Jurors' Moral Intuitions At Trial

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    Many jurors approach trials with foundational beliefs about fairness, harm and responsibility that shape how they view evidence and arguments, so attorneys must understand how to frame a case in a way that appeals to this type of moral reasoning, says Steve Wood at Courtroom Sciences.

  • Supreme Court Term Limits Would Carry Hidden Risk

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    While proposals for limiting the terms of U.S. Supreme Court justices are popular, a steady stream of relatively young, highly marketable ex-justices with unique knowledge and influence entering the marketplace of law and politics could create new problems, say Michael Broyde at Emory University and Hayden Hall at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

  • The SEC Whistleblower Program A Year Into 2nd Trump Admin

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's whistleblower program continues to operate as designed, but its internal cadence, scrutiny of claims and operational structure reflect a period of recalibration, with precision mattering more than ever, say attorneys Scott Silver and David Chase.

  • Knitting Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Stretching my skills as a knitter makes me a better antitrust attorney by challenging me to recalibrate after wrong turns, not rush outcomes, and trust that I can teach myself the skills to tackle new and difficult projects — even when I don’t have a pattern to work from, says Kara Kuritz at V&E.

  • How 11th Circ.'s Qui Tam Review Could Affect FCA Litigation

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    On Dec. 12, the Eleventh Circuit will hear arguments in U.S. ex rel. Zafirov v. Florida Medical Associates, setting the stage for a decision that could drastically reduce enforcement under the False Claims Act, and presenting an opportunity to seek U.S. Supreme Court review of the act's whistleblower provisions, say attorneys at Epstein Becker.

  • Prepping For 2026 Shifts In Calif. Workplace Safety Rules

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    California's Division of Occupational Safety and Health is preparing for significant shifts and increased enforcement in 2026, so key safety programs — including injury and illness prevention plans, workplace violence plans, and heat illness prevention procedures — must remain a focus for employers, says Rachel Conn at Conn Maciel.

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