Alexis Waiss

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Chain didn’t waive right to compel arbitration, court ruledPlaintiffs failed to challenge arbitration applicabilityA Detroit chain of recreational and medical cannabis dispensaries can arbitrate a proposed wage collective action brought by its workers who alleged they didn’t receive overtime pay, a federal judge ruled.

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June 19, 2025, 8:53 PM UTC The U.S. Department of Education Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Summary sits on a table during a House Appropriations Labor-HHS-Education Subcommittee in on May 24, 2017.

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A federal judge granted a Massachusetts nonprofit’s request to block the Trump administration’s efforts to cut the US Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. Judge Myong J. Joun approved a preliminary injunction Wednesday that requires the White House to stop employee layoffs for that office and blocks them from reinstating a March 11 reduction-in-staff directive.

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Anavex Life Science Corp. defeated a proposed class action over clinical trials for a neurodevelopmental drug after a federal trial court judge ruled a shareholder failed to bring valid securities fraud claims. Judge Colleen McMahon Wednesday held that only one of the 10 allegedly false statements highlighted in the suit actually cleared the legal bar for alleging falsity.

1 week ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Alexis Waiss

Anavex Life Science Corp. defeated a proposed class action over clinical trials for a neurodevelopmental drug after a federal trial court judge ruled a shareholder failed to bring valid securities fraud claims. Judge Colleen McMahon Wednesday held that only one of the 10 allegedly false statements highlighted in the suit actually cleared the legal bar for alleging falsity.