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EEOC Pregnancy-Discrimination Suits Are Rising
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. Click Here To Read The Full Article
‘Exigent Circumstances’: DOJ Requests Stays in Antitrust Cases Amid Government Shutdown
“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 […]
Investors Swing and Miss in Bored Ape Securities Fight
A California federal judge tossed investors’ securities claims over Yuga Labs’ Bored Ape NFTs, but allowed a narrower refile by Oct. 10. Click Here To Read The Full Article
7th Circuit Ruling Guides Reconsideration of Insurers’ Liability in Underlying Biometric Privacy Suit
“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. Click Here To Read The Full Article