“At least a few courts throughout the country have concluded that a jury could find that a plaintiff was constructively discharged when they were subject to an unsafe or dangerous working environment.” A sheriff’s deputy with a hearing impairment—who had been assigned to train in the jail setting and who resigned after having been denied her requested accommodations—sufficiently established that her working conditions were so intolerable that a reasonable person in her position would have had…

The defendants may opt for an initial trial on the issue of special committee members’ good faith. Cloudflare stockholders won a preliminary injunction against an allegedly unfair share reclassification. While conflicted transactions are protected by safe harbors recently added to DGCL Section 144, those safe harbors are predicated on good faith. Finding a good chance that the defendants will not be able to satisfy entire fairness if the safe harbors are unavailable, the Delaware Court of…

Technology that hides the names of websites individuals visit should be enabled by federal government websites to protect website visitors from hackers and foreign adversaries, according to Sen. Ron Wyden (D., Ore.). In a letter sent yesterday to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and Office of Management and Budget, Sen. Wyden noted that federal government websites “nearly universally encrypt website data, protecting the contents of web pages from prying eyes.” “However,…

The extensive guidance clarifies eligibility of providers, the minimal content necessary for a disclosure report, and financial liability. The Office of Inspector General (OIG) supplemented preexisting guidance on the Provider Self-Disclosure Protocol (SDP) for healthcare fraud, specifying: (1) the providers and the conduct deemed eligible for self-reporting; (2) the information that must be included in a submission to the OIG; and (3) the OIG’s determination of settlement to resolve the…

Application intake remains contingent on Office of Management and Budget approval, while the final rule and the GENIUS Act take effect January 18, 2027. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) finalized regulations implementing the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act for permitted payment stablecoin issuers and foreign payment stablecoin issuers under its jurisdiction, along with certain custody activities by OCC-supervised entities. The…

The district court did not err in finding the asserted claims of a patent on methods for treating patients using remote devices ineligible for patent protection. In a non-precedential disposition, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s decision granting the motion to dismiss the patent owner’s complaint for failure to state a claim based on patent ineligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101. The Federal Circuit determined that the asserted claims of the patent…

Sandoz's total settlement payouts in the generic pharmaceutical antitrust litigation cases brought by U.S. state attorneys general could top $1 billion. The federal district court in Hartford, Connecticut has granted preliminary approval to a settlement agreement between generic drug manufacturers Sandoz Inc. and Fougera Pharmaceuticals Inc. (collectively “Sandoz”), and a consortium of state attorneys general. The settlement requires Sandoz to pay a Total Settlement Amount of $400 million…

The consumer, who had eaten the company’s breaded fish fillets, required surgery to remove a fish bone lodged in her esophagus. The District of Columbia Court of Appeals reversed the judgment of the Superior Court and remanded the case of a woman who appealed the trial court’s order granting a grocery company’s motion to reconsider and dismiss the negligence cause of action in her complaint. The woman, who ate breaded fish fillets she purchased from the grocery store, subsequently had surgery…

Excluding men from a paid, employer-sponsored conference plausibly caused harm under Muldrow , the court found, and a candidate-pool-expansion rationale did not support dismissal. A federal district court in New Hampshire denied dismissal of a Title VII suit challenging a beverage bottler's decision to send only women to a two-day professional forum, concluding that the EEOC plausibly alleged that excluded male employees suffered cognizable harm. The agency identified three alleged harms: lost…