On February 6, 2026, a Kootenai County jury found that Rocky Mountain Hunting Calls & Supplies, LLC (“Rocky Mountain”), a Post Falls based company, violated Idaho law by using Corey Jacobsen’s name, image and likeness (“NIL”) without his permission for a three year period in the promotion of its products.

On September 26, 2025, Southwest Airlines agreed to pay $18,500,000 to settle a class action accusing the carrier of failing to provide paid leave to employees who took short-term military leave. The lawsuit alleged that Southwest wrongly denied pay when they took 14 days or fewer of military leave, despite paying for other absences including sick leave, bereavement leave and jury duty—a violation of USERRA.

On March 12, 2025, the 9^th Circuit Court of Appeals found the Armed Forces Board of Correction of Military Records committed two legal errors in refusing to properly consider the role PTSD played in the Army’s discharge of a member of the Army’s 75^th Ranger Regiment.

Obtained $4.75 million settlement in USERRA class action plus commitment from Alaska to pay full wages for four days each year for when reservists go to drill.

Matthew Z. Crotty and Asti M. Gallina recently achieved a substantial victory in a complex case involving the Washington Law Against Discrimination (WLAD). The case centered around a father who had filed a lawsuit against a private school for retaliation. The father alleged that the children’s school had retaliated against him due to his advocacy efforts on behalf of his special-needs children.

Oregon State University (“OSU”) retained RNWLG attorneys, Matthew Mensik and Max Archer, as its local counsel in the litigation it filed with Washington State University (“WSU”) against the Pac-12 Conference, the then-Conference Commissioner, George Kliavkoff, and the University of Washington (“UW”), which intervened in the litigation shortly after its commencement. OSU and WSU commenced the lawsuit in Whitman County Superior Court (see Case No. 23-2-00273-38).