General Mills Inc. sued units of Liberty Mutual Holding Co. and Chubb Ltd. seeking coverage for litigation over the manufacture, marketing, and sale of ultra-processed foods.

Tara Lee, Scott Lerner and Melissa Taylormoore joined Dechert as partners in its enforcement and investigations group in Washington D.C., the firm announced Monday.

Partners at Perkins Coie and Ashurst voted to combine the two firms, resulting in a $2.8 billion, 3,000-lawyer entity by the third quarter of the year.

Derek Pease joined Cooley LLP’s New York office as a partner in the firm’s fund formation practice, the firm announced Monday.

Josh Elefant joined DLA Piper as a partner in its corporate group, the firm announced Monday.

Rebecca Lutzko joined BakerHostetler as a partner in its litigation practice group in Cleveland, the firm announced Monday.

International Motors LLC will pay $150,000 to settle a former employee’s proposed class action claiming the truck maker mishandled a wellness program that charges tobacco-using workers an extra $600 per year for health coverage.

Canceling employment authorization for several hundred thousand Haitian migrants will hurt patients receiving long-term care and the larger health-care system, a South Florida senior living center warned the US Supreme Court.

An Illinois appellate court affirmed a city board’s decision to discharge an aviation security sergeant for neglect of duties and insubordination, finding substantial evidence supported the ruling despite the sergeant’s claims to the contrary. Logan v. Hum. Res. Bd., 2026 BL 126371, Ill. App. Ct., 1st Dist., 1-25-0003, 4/9/26

A Georgia federal district court denied dismissal of a disabled mail carrier’s Rehabilitation Act claims for failure to accommodate and retaliation against the United States Postal Service, but only for conduct after a specific date, as earlier incidents were time-barred. Simmons v. Steiner, 2026 BL 128381, N.D. Ga., CIVIL ACTION FILE NO. 1:23-cv-5863-MLB-JKL, 4/8/26

A Virginia circuit court in Fairfax County granted defendants’ plea in bar against Intercoastal Mortgage LLC, finding non-solicitation provisions in employment agreements unenforceable for being overbroad and unduly restrictive on employees’ livelihoods. Intercoastal Mortg. LLC v. Wampler, 2026 BL 109352, Va. Cir. Ct., CL-2025-12268, 3/30/26

A federal district court allowed a Black registered nurse’s Title VII race discrimination and retaliation claims to proceed against The University of Alabama while dismissing other claims due to sovereign immunity and insufficient hostile work environment allegations. Riley-Cornutt v. Bd. of the Trs. of the Univ. of Ala., 2026 BL 127436, N.D. Ala., 2:23-cv-00454-MHH, 4/9/26

The IRS has issued notice providing updated interest rates that pension plans must use for funding calculations. The notice includes the corporate bond monthly yield curve, spot segment rates, and ...

Paul Myers joined Venable as a partner in its transactional tax group in Baltimore, the firm announced Monday.

The IRS wrongly axed a Florida fuel distributor’s tax-exempt registration in 2020 after the company failed to respond to unrelated agency inquiries, not because it failed to meet the requirements for the vendor status in question, a federal judge said.

Alec Campbell joined Weil, Gotshal & Manges as a partner in its tax department in New York, the firm announced Monday.

Ed Moberly joined Vinson & Elkins as a partner in its tax practice in London, the firm announced Monday.

A New Jersey homeowner’s beach house doesn’t qualify for a lower valuation for property tax purposes under the New Jersey Freeze Act, a state appeals court held Monday, affirming the tax tribunal.

A panel of judges at the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday questioned whether youth plaintiffs could show their challenge to three energy-focused executive orders from Trump is different enough from separately dismissed climate cases to warrant moving forward.

Frustrated by Iran’s unwillingness to give up its strangehold over the Strait of Hormuz, US President Donald Trump is trying to force the issue. The US military announced that it had imposed a full blockageof Iran’s southern coastline, including traffic from there through the Strait of Hormuz, as of April 13.

The Trump administration’s Education Department warned college accreditors and higher education writ large to get on board with their agenda to put its stamp on the century-old system for oversight of college quality, or “untether” themselves from the federal government.

General Mills Inc. sued units of Liberty Mutual Holding Co. and Chubb Ltd. seeking coverage for litigation over the manufacture, marketing, and sale of ultra-processed foods.

Lululemon Athletica Inc. fell in New York trading Monday after the Texas attorney general said his office is investigating for the presence of so-called “forever chemicals,” which have been linked to health problems, in the yogawear brand’s apparel.

The Trump administration’s push to bar community lenders from using federal funds to support noncitizens or diversity efforts would cause some lenders to refuse the money altogether, a credit union trade group says.