LFDB v SM — Federal Court declines vexatious-proceedings order
Case LFDB v SM (Vexatious Proceedings Order) Court Federal Court of Australia Date Decided 25 September 2026 Citation [2026] FCA
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McConnell v Morrisons — ordered a fresh hearing on disability-discrimination claims but upheld the TUPE assignment ruling
Case Mr K P McConnell v WM Morrisons Supermarkets Ltd Court Employment Appeal Tribunal (United Kingdom) Judge HIS HONOUR JUDGE
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Pierce — Repeated missed deadlines justify dismissal of amended wage claims
A Northern District court dismissed repleaded wage claims with prejudice after repeated missed deadlines made a late amendment more than an isolated calendaring error.
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Ziebarth v Nayaned — Federal Court temporarily blocked dealings with WA Petmeat’s property and sale proceeds
Case Ziebarth v Nayaned Court Federal Court of Australia (Australia) Date Decided 24 September 2026 Citation [2026] FCA 1459 Topics
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Kailash Lawyers v Patial — Court barred vexatious litigant from proceeding without leave
Case Kailash Lawyers Pty Ltd trading as Kailash Lawyers and Consultants v Patial Court Federal Court of Australia (Australia) Judge
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Manebona — Full Court upheld ministerial cancellation of visa
Case John Manebona v Assistant Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs Court Federal Court of Australia (Australia) Date Decided 24
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ALUT v. Minister of Health — Supreme Court rejected a challenge to reimbursement rates for paramedical care in rehabilitative day-care centers
Case ALUT—National Association for Children and Adults with Autism et al. v. Minister of Health et al. Court Supreme Court
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Goldstein v. Town of Niskayuna — Vague findings undo civil-service termination
The Third Department annulled a systems administrator’s termination because the hearing officer failed to make findings detailed enough for substantial-evidence review.
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Garnett v. ViaQuest — Ohio appeals court affirms dismissal of harassment and retaliation claims
Case Timothy Garnett v. ViaQuest Residential Services, LLC Court Ohio Court of Appeals, Tenth District Judge Beatty Blunt (elected 2018);
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Ridings v. PeaceHealth — Ninth Circuit revived nurse’s religious-accommodation claims
Case Karly Ridings v. PeaceHealth Court U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Judge Daniel P. Collins (Donald Trump,
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Steedman v East Lothian Council — EAT dismisses appeal over reasonable-adjustments compensation
Case Karen Steedman v East Lothian Council Court Employment Appeal Tribunal (United Kingdom) Judge THE HONOURABLE LADY POOLE (Lord President
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Ridings v. PeaceHealth — Religious-Accommodation Complaint Should Have Included Exemption Letter
The Ninth Circuit revived a nurse’s religious-accommodation suit because her exemption letter was central to the complaint and made the asserted conflict plausible.
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Sanchez v. Michaels Stores — Workplace harassment suit remanded because employee defendants defeated diversity
The Central District remanded an employment harassment case because individual employee defendants were not fraudulently joined and the removing parties failed to establish complete diversity.
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Bedoy v. CRST — Weakly pleaded claims against California employees defeat fraudulent-joinder removal
The Eastern District remanded an employment case because deficient allegations against California coworkers did not satisfy the demanding fraudulent-joinder standard.
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CSEA v. Town of Eastchester — Missing claim notice defeats union contract suit
The Second Department held that Town Law § 65(3)’s six-month verified-claim requirement barred a union suit seeking both damages and equitable relief under a collective bargaining agreement.
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Deyanti — Full Court rejects citizenship claim by child abandoned in Australia
Case Deyanti v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship Court Federal Court of Australia (Australia) Date Decided 23 September 2026 Citation
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F v King’s College London — EAT upheld refusal of an insufficiently particularised amendment
Case F v King’s College London Court Employment Appeal Tribunal (United Kingdom) Judge HIS HONOUR JUDGE AUERBACH (Lord Burnett of
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Collard v. Bisignano — Working through worsening pain cannot be used mechanically to deny disability benefits
The Ninth Circuit required a new disability analysis because an ALJ misused the claimant’s work history, daily activities, treatment record, and corroborating lay testimony.
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Valley Children’s Hospital v. Ironworkers Trust — Independent Payment Promise Avoids ERISA Preemption
court remands hospital payment dispute because an independent state-law promise was not completely preempted by ERISA.
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Veliu v. Verizon — First Department sends Scaffold Law trench-injury claim to trial
A divided First Department held that conflicting accounts of a trench accident and evidence of available bracing precluded summary judgment under Labor Law § 240(1).
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Sciascia v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship — Federal Court upholds visa cancellation
Case Sciascia v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship Court Federal Court of Australia Date Decided 22 September 2026 Citation [2026]
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A.S. v. Los Angeles Unified School District — Expunged Misdemeanors Could Not Bar School Employment
LAUSD violated California’s criminal-history nondisclosure law by rejecting applicants based on expunged misdemeanor convictions not covered by a statutory exception.
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Spencer v. City of San Diego — Dismissal for Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies
Court dismisses employment discrimination complaint for failure to exhaust administrative remedies with EEOC or California CRD and for lack of factual allegations supporting Title VII claim; allows amendment.
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Zhang v. Driscoll — District Court Narrows Title VII Retaliation Claims in Federal Employment Case
Northern District of California denies motion to dismiss employment discrimination and hostile work environment claims but dismisses EPA and constitutional claims based on jurisdictional and sovereign immunity grounds.