The judiciary …
A federal judge appointed by President Joe Biden recused herself from an FTC case after a conservative legal group protested that a potential witness had supported the judge’s nomination … U.S. District Judge William Young urged the judiciary and a former North Carolina public defender to settle a lawsuit accusing court officials of being indifferent to her complaints of sexual harassment … Biden nominated a federal magistrate judge in Indiana and a public defender in Kansas who are both U.S. Navy Reserve officers to serve on two federal appeals courts … Florida’s top court publicly reprimanded the judge who presided over the Parkland school shooting for appearing partial to the prosecution … And plans by Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his right-wing government to overhaul the country’s judiciary have spurred months of unprecedented protests, opened up a deep divide in Israeli society, and strained the loyalties of some army reservists. Find out what the new law is and why it is causing upheaval.
Labor unions …
American Airlines’ pilots union reached an agreement on enhancements to a new labor contract that would bring it in line with the gains for aviators at rival United Airlines … Meanwhile, FedEx pilots rejected a tentative contract deal with the parcel delivery firm and the two sides will reopen negotiations … Employment law firm Outten & Golden said it voluntarily recognized a union formed by its associate attorneys … UPS and its Teamsters union signed a tentative contract deal for about 340,000 U.S. workers, one week ahead of a threatened strike … Trucking firm Yellow averted a threatened strike by 22,000 Teamsters-represented workers, saying the company will pay the more than $50 million it owed in worker benefits and pension accruals … And the NLRB ruled that Starbucks violated U.S. labor law by firing a Manhattan store supervisor who had organized workers to join a union.
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During the pandemic-era meme stock craze, when billionaire Ryan Cohen spoke, an army of faithful retail investors listened – even when Cohen used emojis instead of words. Bed Bath & Beyond’s share price shot up after Cohen tweeted an emoji of a smiling moon. Days later, the share price plunged when Cohen revealed that he had sold off his huge equity stake. Now a federal judge has ruled that shareholders can move ahead with claims that Cohen defrauded them by posting an emoji that they read as a sign of confidence in the tottering company. Alison Frankel has the story.
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Is it unbearably hot where you are, too? Here’s some cool news. A Norwegian woman and her sherpa guide climbed Mount K2 in Pakistan (pictured) on Thursday, their 14th highest mountain in just over three months, becoming the world’s fastest climbers to scale all peaks above 26,246 feet in the shortest time. Read more.
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Additional writing by Tanvi Shenoy.
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