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Withdrawing an H-1B petition or application for benefits won’t prevent US Citizenship and Immigration Services from making a fraud finding that could have consequences for future requests, the agency said in recent guidance. news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-re…

Patients accusing health claims administrator UMR Inc. of failing to fully cover medical care aimed at reducing the risk of HIV infections lost their bid to litigate as a certified class. news.bloomberglaw.com/employee-benef…

Opinion: Liability management transactions are no longer a niche tactic—they’re the default playbook when liquidity tightens or maturities loom. news.bloomberglaw.com/legal-exchange…

Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center were separately sued by proposed classes of employees challenging the performance of a single actively managed retirement fund from Vanguard. news.bloomberglaw.com/employee-benef…

The Illinois Supreme Court roundly rejected Amazon‘s arguments about state wage-and-hour law, finding an Illinois statute protects workers’ right to be paid for certain pre-shift activities. news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/ama…

New Jersey businesses can’t avoid state minimum wage and overtime when compensating undocumented migrants, the state high court ruled. news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/nj-…

Opinion: Trans-Atlantic law mergers are surging in 2026 and is set to enhance career development, cross-border expertise, and expand firms' scale and global footprint. news.bloomberglaw.com/legal-exchange…

A woman who incurred more than $420,000 in medical bills when her newborn twins required extended hospitalization will get another chance to argue that Aetna Life Insurance Co. should have footed the bill. news.bloomberglaw.com/employee-benef…

The US Securities and Exchanges Commission is “actively engaged” in executing a Trump administration directive alongside the Labor Department to expand private market access for retail 401(k) investors, according to commissioner Mark Uyeda. news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-re…

The Federal Communications Commission has granted approval for Nexstar Media Group Inc. to complete its $3.5 billion acquisition of TV station operator Tegna Inc., waiving an anti-consolidation rule that would’ve prevented the combination. news.bloomberglaw.com/tech-and-telec…

A pair of former United Parcel Service Inc. employees advanced their proposed class action alleging the shipping company failed to pay them adequate compensation for referring new hires. news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/ups…

Two major Wall Street regulators are joining forces to provide regulatory certainty to cryptocurrency newcomers, but they stopped short of a full tie-up, each with about 20% fewer employees on hand to enforce any new rules. news.bloomberglaw.com/securities-law…

The US Justice Department unconditionally cleared the $3.5 billion deal for Nexstar Media Group Inc. to acquire rival Tegna Inc., which would create the largest operator of local TV stations in the country, according to people familiar with the matter. news.bloomberglaw.com/antitrust/nexs…

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead a new fraud division at the Justice Department as Democrats question the unit’s enforcement focus. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/se…

The US Patent and Trademark Office's move to factor where a patent challenger's products are made into decisions about which validity reviews move forward could tilt access to the agency's administrative tribunal toward companies with US manufacturing news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/tying-p…

Wall Street lending giants would get relaxed capital requirements under proposals unveiled by the Federal Reserve on Thursday, in a move that could potentially unleash billions of dollars for lending, share buybacks and dividends. news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/us…

With losses mounting in lower courts, Trump officials are asking the US Supreme Court to quash judges’ ability to hear challenges to its elimination of temporary deportation protections for more than a million immigrants. news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-re…

Two shareholder advocacy groups on Thursday sued the SEC over its decision to stop weighing in on which investor proposals companies are required to put to a vote. news.bloomberglaw.com/esg/sec-sued-o…

A federal judge in Los Angeles said she started her job with "eyes wide open" that each decision issued would displease half of the people involved. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/ju…

The US Department of Labor said it is effectively restoring a 1975 five-part test for determining retirement account fiduciary status after two Texas federal courts agreed to vacate a Biden administration 401(k) rule. news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-re…