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Dish Network and a group of former workers told a Colorado federal judge they've agreed that class treatment is the best fit for a lawsuit claiming the company failed to trim an underperforming Fidelity Freedom Fund target date suite from its retirement plan that cost workers millions in savings.

Two workers asked a California federal court to deny a request from X, formerly Twitter, to pause discovery in their suit alleging it stiffed employees on $500 million in severance pay when it conducted mass layoffs following Elon Musk's takeover, saying the move will create unnecessary delay.

Three doctors urged the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a case challenging Michigan State University's vaccine mandate after the Sixth Circuit backed the suit's dismissal, arguing that the circuit court should have applied a stricter standard when considering whether the government could interfere with patients' medical decisions.

An Illinois federal judge said a worker must arbitrate her suit claiming a food manufacturer sold inflated company shares to its employee stock ownership plan, finding the plan's arbitration agreement allows the business to sidestep an exception blocking some federal benefit law claims from out-of-court resolutions.

Several states passed laws in 2023 to limit nondisclosure agreements that would bar employees who suffered discrimination and harassment in the workplace from speaking publicly about their experiences, but none banned NDAs completely. That may change in the new year, however, as advocates zero in on Connecticut's statehouse.

The Motion Picture Industry Pension Plans' board told a California federal judge a set designer can't secure class status in her suit alleging the retirement fund suffered from a misguided investment strategy, arguing that the issues raised in the case do not commonly affect all plan participants the same.

Morrison Foerster LLP and a legal staffing company defeated a lawsuit from an attorney who said he endured racist remarks, inadequate work assignments and less latitude to work remotely than white lawyers before being unlawfully fired, after a judge ruled he hadn't shown the firms acted based on bias.

An Eleventh Circuit panel grappled Thursday with a retired firefighter's push to revive a disability bias suit claiming she got shorted on benefits, with one judge taking issue with her argument that backing her suit would require an "update," but not an outright reversal, of circuit precedent.

A New Jersey federal judge tossed half of a lawsuit alleging Nokia mismanaged its $8.5 billion 401(k) plan, ruling Tuesday that while the company's employees failed to show they were owed cheaper investment options, they backed up their claims that they were overcharged in plan management fees.

A Philadelphia legal services organization urged a Pennsylvania federal judge to reject the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's bid for a win in a suit alleging it fired an attorney for taking long-term disability leave, arguing the ex-employee's request for an indefinite break was unreasonable.