The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday closely scrutinized the procedures governing late-raised legal defenses amid a former political aide's fight to reinstate her pregnancy discrimination lawsuit, with some justices hinting that the case should be sent back down for review under a different federal rule set.
The California Supreme Court is expected to dig into the meaning of the word "and" in the state's Private Attorneys General Act to determine whether workers can bring wage and hour claims under the statute on behalf of only other workers and not themselves, attorneys said.
A New Jersey federal judge tossed the bulk of a suit against McCarter & English LLP pursued by an ex-associate who said he was underpaid and ultimately fired because he is a veteran, finding that the former Navy SEAL's discrimination allegations suffered from misplaced comparisons and insufficient facts.