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Fears of document destruction have been eased, judge saysPreliminary injunction not necessary absent likelihood of injuryA watchdog group couldn’t convince a federal judge on Tuesday that the Department of Government Efficiency wasn’t following federal recordkeeping standards. The Project on Government Oversight failed to show a likelihood of facing irreparable harm or that its in danger of losing documents amid DOGE’s work at federal agencies, Judge James E.

3 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Sam Skolnik

No evidence shows Verizon an ‘intended’ beneficiaryArbitration clause is ‘silent’ as to Artech’s clientsWhile Artech LLC, a staffing company, can force a contract worker to arbitrate his claim that he was fired while he was on paternity leave, Verizon Communications Inc., which contracted Artech to hire the worker, cannot, a federal district judge ruled. The two corporate co-defendants’ single motion to compel arbitration was denied as to Verizon but granted as to Artech by Judge William J.

3 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Sam Skolnik

University of Northwestern-St. Paul is ‘Christian institution’Plaintiff held herself out to be a minister, judge saysA Christian university in Minnesota won’t have to face the Title VII job bias claims of a Black former professor because the “ministerial exception” bars a federal district court from interfering with the dispute.

3 weeks ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Sam Skolnik

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3 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Sam Skolnik

June 5, 2025, 10:56 PM UTC A prison officer guards a cell at maximum security penitentiary CECOT (Center for the Compulsory Housing of Terrorism) on April 4, 2025 in Tecoluca, San Vicente, El Salvador. Photo by Alex Peña/Getty Images COURT: D.D.C.TRACK DOCKET: No. 1:25-cv-01774 (Bloomberg Law subscription)The State Department’s pact with El Salvador to send US-based individuals into confinement in their “inhumane” prisons violates federal law, five nonprofit groups allege in a new lawsuit.