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September 16, 2025
Ga. Justices Weigh Appropriate Sanction For Immigration Atty
The Georgia Supreme Court on Tuesday considered whether an immigration attorney charged with abandoning multiple clients over a period of years should be suspended for up to a year or disbarred.
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September 16, 2025
Ex-Officials Say Harvard Visa Ban Will Hurt US Security
Twenty-one former senior national security officials urged the First Circuit on Monday to uphold an injunction letting Harvard enroll international students on F-1 visas, saying the administration's attempt to bar the university from doing so is retaliatory and will drive foreign talent away.
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September 16, 2025
Bakery Drivers Are Exempt From Arbitration, 2nd Circ. Told
Two Connecticut delivery drivers asked the Second Circuit on Tuesday to reverse an order sending their employment misclassification lawsuit to arbitration, arguing the Federal Arbitration Act doesn't apply to workers engaged in interstate commerce and cuts through contracts that purportedly cast them as independent contractors.
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September 16, 2025
Biz Groups Ask 9th Circ. To Block Calif. Climate Rules
A coalition of business groups asked the Ninth Circuit to halt two new California climate regulations requiring large companies to publicly disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and climate-related financial risks, while they appeal a lower court's refusal to preliminarily block the rules that they say violate their First Amendment rights.
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September 16, 2025
4th Circ. Revives RICO Claims On Amazon Project Kickbacks
The Fourth Circuit in a published decision Tuesday revived racketeering and other claims from Amazon.com Inc. after two former employees, a real estate developer and an attorney operated a kickback scheme as the company spent hundreds of millions of dollars on a set of data center projects in northern Virginia.
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September 16, 2025
Judge Seeks Ga. Justices' Input On Bio-Lab Chemical Fire Suit
A Georgia federal judge asked the state's Supreme Court for guidance on whether metro Atlanta residents can force a chemical plant to cover medical monitoring in the aftermath of a 2024 fire, writing that there's "considerable uncertainty" around whether such a remedy is permitted by Peach State law.
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September 16, 2025
FCC Tells 1st Circ. It Will Revamp Prison Phone Caps In Oct.
The First Circuit has declined to hold off a court challenge to the Federal Communications Commission's recently adopted prison phone rate caps despite the agency saying it plans to rework the rules in October.
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September 16, 2025
7th Circ. Judge Wary Of Pilots' Bid To Amend Vax Bias Claims
A Seventh Circuit judge on Tuesday pushed counsel for two United Airlines pilots to address how the lower court abused its "very broad" discretion in refusing to allow them to file a third amended complaint accusing the airline of religious discrimination, after they were placed on unpaid leave despite religious exemptions from the airline's COVID-19 vaccination mandate.
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September 16, 2025
DC Circ. Urged To Rehear EPA's HFC Market Allocation Case
A Georgia refrigerants company is asking for another shot to challenge the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's implementation of a 2020 law mandating an 85% reduction in hydrofluorocarbon consumption by 2036, requesting an en banc rehearing from the D.C. Circuit after a panel unanimously rejected its challenge last month.
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September 16, 2025
Avalara Investors' Claims Pass Muster After 9th Circ. Revival
A Washington federal judge has allowed a proposed class action to proceed accusing tax software company Avalara Inc. of misleading investors ahead of an $8.4 billion deal to take the company private, but said the suit failed to adequately allege negligence by individual board members, giving investors one week to amend those claims.
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September 16, 2025
4th Circ. Asked To Rehear 'Inspire' Dance Team Case
A North Carolina charter school on Tuesday asked for the full Fourth Circuit to hear its claims that two former teachers should be barred from using the name "Inspire" for their dance company, arguing that declining to block the teachers is at odds with decades of circuit precedent.
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September 16, 2025
GOP Spending Bill Seeks $58M For Supreme Court, Marshals
The House Republicans unveiled their short-term spending bill Tuesday, and it includes an extra $28 million for security for the U.S. Supreme Court justices.
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September 16, 2025
3rd Circ. Says Yellow Has Ch. 11 Pension Liabilities
The Third Circuit has rejected Yellow Corp.'s appeal of a bankruptcy court decision on pension liability in its Chapter 11 case, saying Tuesday that the trucking company's pension funds are correct in their calculation of how much it owes as it pulls out of its retirement plans.
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September 16, 2025
EPA Sued For Dropping Slaughterhouse Water Pollution Regs
Several organizations have filed a petition with the Ninth Circuit contesting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's decision to renege on a Biden-era proposal that would've levied stricter rules of how much meat and poultry slaughtering, processing, and rendering facilities could discharge pollutants into nearby waterways.
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September 16, 2025
Wash. Justices Scrutinize Minimum Wage 'Live In' Exclusion
Washington Supreme Court justices on Tuesday pushed counsel for an adult family home on the stance that its "live in" workers are adequately protected by existing laws and regulations, pointing to testimony its employees are always on call and sometimes at risk of physical assault by residents.
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September 16, 2025
DC Circ. Asked To Look At ADA Injunction In Segregation Case
Washington, D.C., wants the D.C. Circuit to narrow an injunction commanding the district to help people in Medicaid-funded nursing homes move out of those facilities and into less restrictive forms of care, as the litigation approaches its 15th birthday.
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September 16, 2025
Athletes' NCAA Eligibility At Stake In Pavia Case, 6th Circ. Told
Attorneys for both the NCAA and for Vanderbilt University football player Diego Pavia acknowledged to a Sixth Circuit panel Tuesday that the court fight over his eligibility to play this season would all but certainly become a debate over the future of all NCAA eligibility rules.
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September 16, 2025
Detainees Urge Justices To Ax Early Appeal In GEO Wage Row
Immigrant detainees urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject GEO Group's bid for a ruling allowing government contractors to promptly challenge adverse rulings on derivative sovereign immunity, saying it would "dramatically expand" the number of nonfinal judgments that can be immediately appealed.
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September 16, 2025
Disbarment Of No-Show Lawyer Among Ga. Discipline Rulings
A Georgia criminal defense attorney was disbarred Tuesday by the state's high court on charges that he pocketed $5,000 from a client's mother, no-showed for a series of hearings and delayed a trial for more than a year after not so much as speaking to the defendant he was representing.
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September 16, 2025
Colo. Justices Say Min. Wage Claims Have Shorter Deadline
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled that the shorter statute of limitations under the state's Wage Claim Act applies to the Colorado Minimum Wage Act, finding the acts should be construed together because they share the common purpose of recovering unpaid wages.
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September 16, 2025
CVS Caremark Takes $290M Overbilling Judgment To 3rd Circ.
CVS's pharmacy benefits manager will appeal a judgment against the company that was recently increased from $95 million to $290 million in a suit alleging it overbilled Medicare Part D-sponsored drugs, according to a notice of appeal filed in Pennsylvania federal court.
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September 16, 2025
Wash. Charitable Limits Don't Apply To Firefighter House Sale
The Seattle Black Firefighters' Association is not a charitable organization, the Washington Court of Appeals said, affirming a lower court ruling that found the house the association occupies is not subject to charitable purpose restrictions.
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September 16, 2025
Indiana Justices Reinstate $6M Verdict In Bus Stop Death Suit
The Indiana Supreme Court has reinstated a $6 million verdict in favor of the mother of a man who died after he fell under an IndyGo Public Transportation bus, finding the video evidence does not establish as a matter of law that his own negligence contributed to his death.
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September 16, 2025
SEC Blasts Thrivent's Attempt To 'Upend' FINRA Oversight
The Securities and Exchange Commission is defending its refusal to amend three long-running arbitration rules adopted by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority at the request of financial services organization Thrivent, urging the D.C. Circuit to reject the company's appellate petition and leave FINRA's arbitration rules as they are.
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September 16, 2025
California AG Bonta Names New State Solicitor General
California Attorney General Rob Bonta has promoted a veteran attorney in the state's Department of Justice to become the state's new solicitor general.
Expert Analysis
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3 Rulings May Reveal Next Frontier Of Gov't Contract Cases
Several U.S. Supreme Court decisions over the past year — involving wire fraud, gratuities and obstruction — offer wide-ranging and arguably conflicting takeaways for government contractors that are especially relevant given the Trump administration’s focus on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, say attorneys at Rogers Joseph.
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NCAA Settlement Kicks Off New Era For Student-Athlete NIL
A landmark settlement stemming from 15 years of litigation between schools and the NCAA reflects a major development in college athletics by securing compensation for usage of student-athletes' names, images and likenesses, and schools hoping to take advantage of new opportunities should take proactive steps to comply with new rules, say attorneys at Manatt.
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7th Circ. Insurance Ruling Resolves Major Jurisdictional Issue
The Seventh Circuit recently confirmed in StarStone Insurance v. Chicago that attorney fees and costs paid as part of a settlement are covered — while unexpectedly raising and answering a question of first impression about federal jurisdiction over foreign entities, says Lara Langeneckert at Barnes & Thornburg.
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DOJ May Rethink Banning Firearms For Marijuana Users
In light of various federal circuit court decisions and an executive order from President Donald Trump, U.S. Department of Justice enforcement policy now may be on the verge of changing decidedly in favor of marijuana users' gun rights, and could foreshadow additional marijuana-friendly reforms, says Jacob Raver at Dentons.
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EDNY Ruling May Limit Some FARA Conspiracy Charges
Though the Eastern District of New York’s recent U.S. v. Sun decision upheld Foreign Agents Registration Act charges against a former aide to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, its recognition of an affirmative legislative policy to exempt some officials may help defendants charged with related conspiracies, say attorneys at ArentFox Schiff.
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9th Circ. Has Muddied Waters Of Article III Pleading Standard
District courts in the Ninth Circuit continue to apply a defunct and especially forgiving pleading standard to questions of Article III standing, and the circuit court itself has only perpetuated this confusion — making it an attractive forum for disputes that have no rightful place in federal court, say attorneys at Gibson Dunn.
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Fla. Workers' Comp Ruling Ups Bar For Emotional Injury Suits
A Florida appellate court’s recent opinion in Steak 'N Shake v. Spears requires that employees solely claiming emotional distress seek workers’ compensation before suing their employers, closing a potential loophole and reducing the potential proliferation of such disputes in Florida courts, says Rob Rogers at Kirwin Norris.
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Contract Disputes Recap: Spearin, Overpayments, Jurisdiction
Edward Arnold at Seyfarth examines three recent decisions addressing the limits of the Spearin doctrine in design-build contracts, the government's ability to recoup overpayments after a termination for convenience, and the Contract Disputes Act's strict and nonwaivable jurisdictional rules.
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What Calif. Appeals Split Means For Litigating PAGA Claims
After two recent California state appeals court rulings diverged on whether a former employee with untimely individual claims under the Private Attorneys General Act can maintain a representative action, practitioners' strategic agility will be key to managing risk and achieving favorable outcomes in PAGA litigation, say attorneys at Buchalter.
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Series
Competing In Modern Pentathlon Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Opening myself up to new experiences through competing in modern Olympic pentathlon has shrunk the appearance of my daily work annoyances and helps me improve my patience, manage crises better and remember that acquiring new skills requires working through your early mistakes, says attorney Mary Zoldak.
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NY Case Shows How LLC Agreements Can Be Amended
The New York Court of Appeals in Behler v. Tao recently held that a merger clause contained in an amended limited liability company agreement superseded and extinguished an alleged oral agreement between the parties, highlighting the importance of determining early how and when an LLC agreement may be amended, says Kerrin Klein at Olshan Frome.
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If Justices Accept, Maxwell Case May Clarify Meaning Of 'US'
If the U.S. Supreme Court agrees to take up Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal, it could clarify the meaning of “United States” in the context of plea agreements, and a plain language interpretation of the term would offer criminal defendants fairness and finality, say attorneys at Kudman Trachten.
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The State Of Play In Copyright Protection For Floor Plans
With questions over copyright protections for floor plans potentially teed up in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, attorneys in the real estate industry should take steps to clarify and strengthen clients' rights and reduce the risk of litigation, says Dylan I. Scher at Quinn Emanuel.
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Series
Law School's Missed Lessons: Teaching Yourself Legal Tech
New graduates often enter practice unfamiliar with even basic professional software, but budding lawyers can use on-the-job opportunities to both catch up on technological skills and explore the advanced legal and artificial intelligence tools that will open doors, says Alyssa Sones at Sheppard Mullin.
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Opinion
Legacy Of 3 Justices Should Guide Transgender Rights Ruling
Three Republican-appointed U.S. Supreme Court justices — Anthony Kennedy, Sandra Day O'Connor and David Souter — gave rise to a jurisprudence of personal liberty that courts today invoke to protect gender-affirming care, and with the court now poised to decide U.S. v. Skrmetti, it must follow the path that they set, says Greg Fosheim at McDermott.