Labor Department Personnel Chief Resigns Amid DOGE Layoff Push
Troy Finnegan, the US Labor Department’s assistant secretary for administration and management, resigned Wednesday, the agency confirmed.
Montana Laws Limiting Medicaid-Funded Abortion Struck by Court
Three Montana laws placing new restrictions on Medicaid coverage of abortions violate the state’s constitution, a Montana ...
DOGE Can Continue Removal of African Development Group's CEO
The Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency can continue its efforts to change the leadership of the US African Development Foundation narrow the operations of the independent ...
Paramount Label Gets $11 Million Settlement With Comedians
Paramount Global and its comedy record label’s $11 million settlement with a group of comedians who alleged the weren’t paid proper royalties for their albums was greenlit by a Manhattan federal judge ...
Lawyers That Won 'Worthless' Proxy Concessions Must Give Up Fees
Counsel for Akorn Inc. investors must return $332,500 in attorneys’ fees for filing frivolous lawsuits against the ...
Fed Staff Met With Treasury’s DOGE Team in January, Filing Shows
Staff at the Federal Reserve cooperated with the Treasury Department to give Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency access to federal payment systems, according to a new court filing.
Trump’s DOJ Antitrust Chief Gail Slater Wins Senate Confirmation
The US Senate confirmed Gail Slater to lead antitrust enforcement at the Justice Department, installing a key official who will oversee lawsuits alleging illegal monopolization by companies including ...
KPMG Members Pay $3.4 Million for Flawed Audit Contributor Lists
KPMG affiliates in the UK, Canada, and Australia were among nine network members that agreed to pay $3.4 million in combined ...
House GOP Passes Stopgap, Daring Senate Democrats on Shutdown
House Republicans passed legislation to keep the US government open past a Saturday shutdown deadline, daring moderate Democrats in the Senate to block the measure over objections it fails to ...
Microsoft Wins Dismissal of Ad-Shielding Patent Suit, for Now
A federal judge in New York granted Microsoft Corp.‘s motion to dismiss a patent infringement suit SafeCast Ltd. filed over a system for shielding minors from inappropriate streaming advertisements, ...
Case: Disability Discrimination/Failure to Accommodate (C.D. Ill.)
A former Rock Island Arsenal employee suffering from blackout episodes and mood disorder isn’t entitled to a trial on her Rehabilitation Act failure to accommodate claim, a federal district court held ...
Case: Discrimination/Religious Accommodation (D. Md.)
A Maryland federal district court denied summary judgment to Medstar Health on the claim of a Catholic pharmacist that she was denied a requested religious exemption from the company’s mandatory Covid ...