If you have made it known to your employer that you are considering a medical leave of absence, can they then lay you off a couple days later? I know it’s morally wrong, but any legal perspectives?
Their rationale was that my position was no longer needed due to an upcoming potential merger (which is not guaranteed to happen).

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This is not my area of expertise as a lawyer, but, my guess is, as long as they can show it was unrelated to your medical LOA (easiest way would be to show they were discussing it before you gave them notice), it's legal.

Any time you are considering something like this, you need to have every mention of it in writing to avoid an outcome like this

Every bit is in writing

Well, now they have to prove it’s not a retaliation.

OP has the timeline that looks exactly like retaliation

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