A federal judge in Syracuse has approved a class action settlement against Little Caesar Enterprises, dismissing the lawsuit with prejudice and retaining jurisdiction to enforce the agreement.
A Northern District of New York magistrate judge narrowed a subpoena seeking broad financial records from a plaintiff’s production company in a medical malpractice case, ruling the request was overbroad but ordering the LLC to produce documents showing...
A federal judge ruled that eight commercial property owners may pursue Fifth Amendment takings and First Amendment retaliation claims against the City of Kingston, New York, over the demolition of a historic 1,700-foot colonial-revival canopy attached to...
A federal judge conditionally certified a Fair Labor Standards Act collective action against a Syracuse waste hauler, but limited the group to full-time drivers at one facility and denied requests for email, text, or workplace notices.
A federal judge signed off on a three-class settlement resolving property and medical monitoring claims against DuPont, with more than 4,000 claims filed and zero objections from class members.
A former cloud architect who alleges his supervisor told him he could no longer use his anxiety disability as an excuse gets a second chance to serve his ADA and state-law claims properly.
Judge Elizabeth Coombe granted final approval of a class action settlement resolving wage and hour allegations brought by technicians against Grid One Solutions, LLC.
A federal judge granted summary judgment to Syracuse University after a custodian alleged the school punished him for taking intermittent FMLA leave to care for his husband's anxiety and depression by barring him from attending classes on days he used that...
A federal judge denied Dollar General's bid to dismiss a hostile work environment claim brought by a former store employee who alleged her supervisor made repeated sexual advances and racially disparaging comments about her Black husband and biracial children.
A federal judge denied a motion to dismiss claims that The Center for Internet Security fired an employee after his supervisor allegedly grew hostile toward his anxiety, depression, and back-injury accommodations — but the ruling turned entirely on...
A federal judge dismissed all discrimination claims brought by a former New York state juvenile-facility employee but gave him 30 days to file an amended complaint.
A federal magistrate judge has allowed both the alleged victim and the three accused student-defendants to proceed under pseudonyms in a civil lawsuit arising from a 2022 sexual assault and hazing incident during a private school hockey tournament.