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June 1, 2023

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Here’s a quick look at today’s top legal news.

Additional reporting by R. Rohit.

Afternoon Docket writer Caitlin Tremblay is on a Reuters assignment this spring and will return to the newsletter soon.

US Supreme Court hands defeat to organized labor in truckers strike case

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The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday made it easier for employers to sue over strikes that cause property destruction.

The 8-1 decision overturned a lower court’s ruling that said a lawsuit filed against a local affiliate of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters by Glacier Northwest Inc was preempted by the National Labor Relations Act.

The workers at Glacier, which sells and delivers ready mix concrete, went on strike while their mixing trucks were filled with concrete, and Glacier was forced to discard the unused product.

Conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote that “because the union took affirmative steps to endanger Glacier’s property rather than reasonable precautions to mitigate that risk, the NLRA does not arguably protect its conduct.”

Liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote in dissent that the ruling “is likely to cause considerable confusion among the lower courts” about how preemption under the NLRA should apply and “risks erosion of the right to strike.”

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Elon Musk is accused of insider trading by investors in Dogecoin lawsuit

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Elon Musk has been accused of insider trading in a proposed class action by investors who say he manipulated Dogecoin, a cryptocurrency, costing them billions of dollars.

Investors said the billionaire used Twitter posts and “publicity stunts” including appearing on NBC’s Saturday Night Live in 2021 to drive up price and then let it crash.

The latest accusations are included in a proposed third amended complaint, in a lawsuit that began last June. Musk and Tesla in March had sought for a dismissal of the second amended complaint, calling it a “fanciful work of fiction,” and on May 26 said another amendment was unjustified.

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US sues ex-Trump labor agency appointee over required financial disclosure

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The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday sued James Abbott, a former Trump-era appointee to the Federal Labor Relations Authority, alleging he knowingly failed to file a required public financial disclosure report after he left government service last year.

The lawsuit alleged that Abbott was warned, after repeated failures to submit the requisite report, that he would be referred to the Justice Department.

Abbott in November 2022 allegedly told an agency official in an email — reprinted in the lawsuit — that federal authorities “might well want to invest those resources into prosecuting Hunter Biden, rather than harassing President Trump and those who worked in his administration.”

He could not immediately be reached for comment.