Kate FitzGerald, West Virginia Public Broadcasting Journalist Profile

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Dana Busgang Speaks on Driving Social Change Through a Career in Employment Law

1 week ago | cohenmilstein.com | Kate FitzGerald

Dana Busgang, an associate in our Civil Right & Employment practice, has been invited to speak at the National Employment Lawyers Association’s 40th Annual NELA Convention at the Marriott Baltimore Waterfront in Baltimore, Maryland on June 25, 2025.
Agri Beef, Indiana Packers Strike $2.5M Deal in Wage-Fix Suit

1 week ago | cohenmilstein.com | Kate FitzGerald

Agri Beef, the Indiana Packers Corporation and a proposed class of workers at red meat processing plants have reached settlements totaling $2.5 million in a suit alleging a nationwide conspiracy to suppress wages. Lead plaintiffs Ron Brown and Minka Garmon asked U.S. District Judge Philip A. Brimmer on Friday to preliminarily approve the settlements with Agri Beef and its unit Washington Beef, along with Indiana Packers, bringing the total settlements in the suit to more than $200 million.
Grubhub Can’t Use FTC Deal to End Chicago’s Deception Suit

1 week ago | cohenmilstein.com | Kate FitzGerald

Grubhub cannot cite a deceptive practices settlement it entered into with the Federal Trade Commission and Illinois officials to terminate the city of Chicago’s lawsuit targeting prices it shows to customers, a state judge said on Monday.
4th Circ. Upholds Revival of Naval Engineers’ No-Poach Case

1 week ago | cohenmilstein.com | Kate FitzGerald

The Fourth Circuit has kept its revival of a no-poach wage-fixing case against some of the nation’s biggest warship makers intact, rejecting a petition to rehear the case en banc after a three-judge panel kicked it back to district court last month. The naval contractors accused of colluding on illegal no-poach agreements — including General Dynamics, Huntington Ingalls Industries and CACI — had petitioned the full circuit for a rehearing in late May.
Family Sues Elite D.C. School Over Alleged Racial and Disability Harassment

1 week ago | cohenmilstein.com | Kate FitzGerald

The BriefA family is suing Saint Anselm’s Abbey School in D.C., alleging their 12-year-old son was harassed due to his race and autism, with school administrators failing to intervene despite multiple complaints. The lawsuit claims the child faced racial slurs, disability mocking, and a physical attack by classmates, after which he was suspended for defending himself and then barred from re-enrolling.
Civil Rights Lawsuit Filed Against Elite Washington, D.C. Private School Alleging Racist and Disability-Based Harassment

1 week ago | cohenmilstein.com | Kate FitzGerald

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A student, “John Doe,” and his mother, “Jane Doe,” have filed a civil rights lawsuit against a Washington, D.C. private school, St. Anselm’s Abbey School. The lawsuit challenges the school’s failure to protect John Doe from daily harassment to which he was subjected based on his race and disability. Rather than protect John Doe from harassment by his peers, the school suspended him and barred him from re-enrolling for the following school year.
Midyear Report: 5 ERISA Decisions Attys Should Know

1 week ago | cohenmilstein.com | Kate FitzGerald

The U.S. Supreme Court revived retirement plan mismanagement allegations against Cornell University, the Sixth Circuit restarted a yacht company’s suit against its health benefits administrator and American Airlines took a hit for emphasizing socially conscious investing in its 401(k) plan decisions. Here are five important decisions that came down in Employee Retirement Income Security Act cases during the first half of this year. . . . 6th Circ.
Home Sellers Say Brokerages Can’t Pause Mo. Antitrust Case

1 week ago | cohenmilstein.com | Kate FitzGerald

A proposed class of home sellers urged a Missouri federal court to deny two brokerages’ second request to stay proceedings against them in a consolidated antitrust broker fees class action while they finalize a parallel settlement in what sellers have called “copycat” proceedings in Georgia.
GM Can’t Arbitrate Driver’s Transmission Defect Suit

1 week ago | cohenmilstein.com | Kate FitzGerald

General Motors can’t rely on an arbitration clause contained in a purchase agreement between a plaintiff customer and a dealership to arbitrate his claims alleging GM made cars with a defective transmission, after a Michigan federal judge ruled Friday the clause doesn’t cover GM, which wasn’t a party to the contract. In a 13-page order, U.S. District Judge David M.
Lighting Co. Strikes Deal to End ESOP Management Suit

2 weeks ago | cohenmilstein.com | Kate FitzGerald

A California-based lighting company and the managers of its employee stock ownership plan agreed to resolve a proposed class action claiming they mismanaged the $25 million sale of company stock that established the plan, according to a filing in federal court.