The Trump administration is moving to drop controversial plans for a $1.8 billion fund to pay victims of alleged government “weaponization,” but will still provide immunity from any probes into the president’s past tax filings under a deal agreed to last month.
Opponents of the $1.8 billion fund proposed to settle President
Milbank LLP is raising salaries for its associates, a move quickly followed by McDermott Will & Schulte.
A unique barrier to bringing ERISA class actions in the Eleventh Circuit looks to be in peril, with multiple judges appearing willing to abandon the judge-made rule during en banc arguments Tuesday in Atlanta.
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The US Labor Department is proposing exemptions that would allow a pair of corporate retirement plans and one union to make transactions that would otherwise be prohibited under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
Major retirement industry groups urged the Department of Labor to make several specific adjustments to its proposal that would offer fiduciaries legal cover to add alternative assets including cryptocurrency to 401(k) plan menus.
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The Trump administration’s push to expand individual retirement account access to more workers without an employer-sponsored plan could reach beyond a patchwork of existing state programs.
A new analysis has found that some corporate legal leaders are benefiting from a fast-changing geopolitical and technological environment that presents challenges for public and private companies.
Law firm partners in Big Law earn a lot of money, but just how much they make can vary widely. Whether it's equity or non-equity or merit versus lockstep, this video explains what goes into determining the size of those paychecks at elite law firms.
A California federal district court denied Southwest Airlines’ motion to decertify classes of flight attendants challenging the airline’s policy denying disciplinary point reductions to employees who take FMLA leave. Refuerzo v. SW. Airlines Co., 2026 BL 183260, N.D. Cal., 22-cv-00868-JSC, 5/18/26
A Wisconsin federal district court denied summary judgment on FMLA and ADA claims by a lubricant coordinator with lung cancer against Rote Oil Ltd., finding genuine factual disputes about resignation versus termination. Mans v. Rote Oil Ltd., 2026 BL 176576, E.D. Wis., 25-cv-505, 5/13/26
A New York federal district court ruled a former executive for The Arena Group must prove termination without cause to receive severance, and determined standards for the faithless servant doctrine in the employer’s fiduciary duty counterclaim. Kraft v. Arenta Grp. Holdings, 2026 BL 146020, S.D.N.Y., 24-cv-2619 (LJL), 4/23/26
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