Thousands of Twitter employees fired after Elon Musk took control of the social media company in November 2022 are not entitled to $500 million in unpaid severance under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, a federal judge ruled. Lead plaintiff Courtney McMillian, vice president of total rewards at Twitter before…

The plaintiffs opposing a Louisiana law mandating the display of the Ten Commandments in every public school classroom have filed a motion for a preliminary injunction Monday, asking the court to refrain from imposing the law or allowing any related enforcement of it during pending legal proceedings. Attorneys from Simpson Thacher…

A federal judge in Pennsylvania cleared the way for a former teacher’s First Amendment claims against a school district, finding the educator was wrongly accused of storming the U.S. Capitol after making posts on social media about attending the former president’s “Stop the Steal” rally on Jan. 6, 2021. In…

In a challenge to a federal rule reducing fishing quotas in certain areas, judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit weighed Wednesday whether members of the body that approved the regulation were constitutionally appointed. Judge Marjorie Rendell questioned whether members of the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council…

The first trial against Abbott Laboratories Inc. involving infant formula designed for premature babies began on Tuesday in Missouri. Attorney Jake Plattenberger told jurors in an opening statement that Abbott’s cow’s milk-based formula, sold under the Similac brand, caused plaintiff Margo Gill’s daughter, Robynn Davis, to get necrotizing enterocolitis, or…

A three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit denied CITGO Petroleum Corp.’s motion to appeal former employees’ class certification last week in a move that could lead the gas and energy giant to trial over allegations that it underpaid pension plans by upward of $31 million. Circuit…