The lack of documented discipline against the employee before she disclosed her pregnancy raised a trial question over the true reason she was fired, the court said. While recent focus has been on ...

The OMB memo to agency and department heads said that the freeze of grants and loans, effective Jan. 28, is designed to review expenditures to ensure they align with the administration’s priorities.

Lawyers carry an ethical duty of competent representation for clients, an obligation that in some states requires colleagues to report professional lapses they observe to the bar. Many of these ...

Elon Musk did not receive Tesla compensation as a director but has been involved in a long-running dispute in McCormick’s court – which he has thus far lost – over a $56 billion pay package Tesla ...

The start of any administration in Washington means regulatory change as the incoming team tries to enact the new president’s agenda. But this year will be unusually uncertain as companies leverage ...

The Justice Department is intervening and assuming a whistleblower complaint brought by a former CVS pharmacist, Hillary Estright, who filed a qui tam writ under the False Claims Act in October 2019.

Taking a rest from the corporate world can be professionally clarifying. Jasmine Singh learned this after leaving a career as a commercial litigator at a large law firm to take a year working as an ...

The legal world has debated the demise of the billable hour for years, with generative artificial intelligence merely the latest rationale offered for its extinction. The traditional billing model ...

In Monk’s case, the attorney was filing a reply to a motion to dismiss on behalf of the plaintiff in a wrongful termination lawsuit against Goodyear Tire & Rubber. Defendants' counsel discovered the ...

The Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling in Students for Fair Admission v. Harvard to strike down race-based admissions programs in higher education is leading to more reverse discrimination challenges in the ...

Camilo Artiga-Purcell is general counsel at Kiteworks. Views are the author’s own. Allianz paints a concerning picture in a recent report: Cyber claims exceeding $1 million rose 14% in early 2024, ...

Spirit Airlines filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Monday in a prearranged transaction supported by a supermajority of its bondholders, who will make a $350 million equity investment in the company.