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April 07, 2025
3 Plead To Construction Scheme That Skirted $26M In Taxes
Three Floridians have pled guilty to a fraud scheme that prosecutors said caused more than $26 million in tax losses, bilked insurance companies and helped employ people unauthorized to work in the United States, according to court filings.
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April 07, 2025
Judge Won't Yet Block Columbia From Sharing Student Info
A Manhattan federal judge declined to issue an order blocking Columbia University from sharing student records with Congress in a suit by detained activist Mahmoud Khalil and others accusing the school of stifling pro-Palestinian views, but said the plaintiffs could revise their request.
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April 07, 2025
Justice Roberts Pauses Return Order In Deportation Case
Chief Justice John Roberts hit pause Monday on a federal judge's order requiring the Trump administration to quickly bring back a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador and imprisoned there, freeing the administration from a late night compliance deadline.
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April 04, 2025
Justices Told To Keep 'Century-Old Status Quo' On Birthright
States, immigrant advocacy groups and expectant mothers urged the U.S. Supreme Court Friday to reject President Donald Trump's bid to restrict nationwide court orders prohibiting implementation of his executive order aimed at limiting birthright citizenship, arguing that maintaining the long-held understanding of the right won't cause any harm.
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April 04, 2025
Detained Tufts Student's Suit Transferred To Vermont
A Massachusetts federal judge on Friday transferred a Tufts University student's habeas corpus suit to Vermont, rejecting the federal government's bid to dismiss the suit or transfer it to Louisiana, where the Turkish doctoral student is currently detained.
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April 04, 2025
Feds Must Bring Back Wrongly Deported Md. Man, Judge Says
A Maryland federal judge Friday ordered the Trump administration to bring back a Maryland man who was deported and imprisoned in El Salvador due to an "administrative error," finding his removal likely violates the Immigration and Nationality Act.
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April 04, 2025
DC Judge Wary Of Blocking ICE From Raiding Churches
The D.C. federal judge who is set to decide whether to block the Trump administration from carrying out immigration raids or arrests in places of worship seemed skeptical Friday morning about her ability to do so.
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April 04, 2025
NBC Settles ICE Doctor's Suit Over Hysterectomy Reporting
NBC Universal and a gynecologist who accused the media company of falsely portraying him as having performed mass unwanted hysterectomies on women detained at an immigration detention center ended their suit on Friday after informing a Georgia federal court of a settlement.
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April 04, 2025
NY Judge Who Blocked VOA Shutdown Sends Case To DC
The Manhattan federal judge who called the Trump administration's move to shutter Voice of America a "classic case" of arbitrary policymaking on Friday ordered the case transferred to D.C. federal court, but said his restraining order remains in effect.
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April 03, 2025
DC Judge Skeptical White House Heeded Deportation Order
A D.C. federal judge on Thursday told a Justice Department lawyer there was a "fair likelihood" the Trump administration defied a court order blocking the use of a 1798 wartime law to deport Venezuelans.
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April 03, 2025
Detained Tufts Student Pushes To Keep Suit In Mass.
Lawyers for a Tufts University doctoral student who was arrested by immigration officials and quickly transported out of Massachusetts urged a federal judge on Thursday to keep a suit challenging her detention in the state, accusing the government of improper forum shopping.
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April 03, 2025
Georgia Credit Union Hit With DACA-Recipient Bias Suit
The Credit Union of Georgia was hit with a proposed class action in federal court on Thursday by a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipient who claims the credit union uses immigration status as a basis to reject potential customers.
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April 03, 2025
Groups Sue Over Ariz. Migrant Arrest And Removal Measure
Immigrant advocacy groups sued Arizona in an effort to block the implementation of a measure allowing state and local law enforcement authorities to arrest noncitizens crossing the southern border without authorization, saying it violates Arizona's constitution by redefining probable cause.
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April 03, 2025
Newark Says New ICE Facility Lacks Proper Permits
The city of Newark has sued the company behind a new immigrant detention center in New Jersey state court, claiming it failed to obtain construction permits and refused to submit to local inspections in violation of city and state laws.
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April 03, 2025
'No Serious Question' Federal Firings Broke Law, Justices Told
Federal employee unions and advocacy groups urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to reject the Trump administration's bid to pause a California court order reinstating tens of thousands of probationary workers fired from six agencies, arguing the government can't escape self-inflicted harms brought on by its allegedly unlawful actions.
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April 03, 2025
Loan Fraud Plea Adds 6 Mos. To Pizzeria Owner's Prison Term
The owner of a Boston-area pizzeria chain who was sentenced to 8½ years in prison in October for an alleged forced-labor scheme will spend an additional six months behind bars after pleading guilty to submitting false information to the U.S. Small Business Administration to obtain a loan.
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April 02, 2025
Immigration Officials Restrict Sex Recognition To The Binary
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said Wednesday that it will recognize only two biological sexes — male and female — ending the Biden administration's short-lived policy of allowing nonbinary immigrants to select an "X" gender marker on some forms.
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April 02, 2025
Florida Sued Over New Criminal Penalties For Migrants
Advocates for immigrant and farmworker rights lodged a putative class action Wednesday challenging a Florida law criminalizing the entry of unauthorized migrants into the state, saying the law gives state officials unprecedented power to prosecute noncitizens and no defense to asylum seekers.
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April 02, 2025
DOJ Fights Bid To End Suit Over Ill. Sanctuary Laws
The U.S. Department of Justice responded Tuesday to a bid by Illinois and other sanctuary jurisdictions within the state to dismiss the Trump administration's suit challenging their policies toward immigrants, casting them as an "extraordinary assault" on the federal government's attempt to enforce federal immigration laws.
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April 02, 2025
Feds Claim Immunity For ICE Agent Who Made Midtrial Arrest
Lawyers with the U.S. attorney's office in Boston asked a federal judge Wednesday to toss a state court judge's contempt finding against an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who detained a defendant midtrial, calling the decision a "damaging state intrusion into federal functions."
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April 02, 2025
Judge Won't Let Feds Cut Legal Funding For Migrant Kids Yet
A California federal judge said the federal government can't cut funding for groups that provide legal representation to unaccompanied immigrant children, finding that the public interest strongly weighs in favor of maintaining the status quo.Â
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April 02, 2025
No Grounds To Block Wartime Law Deportations, DOJ Says
The Trump administration urged a D.C. federal judge not to extend his temporary block on deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members under a wartime statute, saying that the removals are lawful and out of the court's jurisdiction.
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April 01, 2025
Columbia Activist's Detention Fight To Remain In New Jersey
A New Jersey federal judge on Tuesday denied the federal government's bid to make Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil fight his U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention in Louisiana federal court, saying jurisdiction the New Jersey court obtained from New York wasn't lost when ICE brought Khalil to Louisiana.
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April 01, 2025
Trump Admin Pushes Back At Sanctuary City Funding Suit
The Trump administration urged a California federal judge to deny cities and counties' attempt to block it from withholding funding to "sanctuary jurisdictions," saying their challenge is unripe for review because the federal government hasn't taken any actions against them.
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April 01, 2025
Trump Admin Fights Wash.'s Bid To Expand Layoff Injunction
The Trump administration has urged a California federal judge to reject the state of Washington's request to expand an injunction blocking federal agencies from firing probationary employees, saying the bid to broaden the order to other agencies is unnecessary and based on unfounded speculation of harm.Â
Expert Analysis
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Round-Canopy Parachuting Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Similar to the practice of law, jumping from an in-flight airplane with nothing but training and a few yards of parachute silk is a demanding and stressful endeavor, and the experience has bolstered my legal practice by enhancing my focus, teamwork skills and sense of perspective, says Thomas Salerno at Stinson.
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Why Now Is The Time For Law Firms To Hire Lateral Partners
Partner and associate mobility data from the second quarter of this year suggest that there's never been a better time in recent years for law firms to hire lateral candidates, particularly experienced partners — though this necessitates an understanding of potential red flags, say Julie Henson and Greg Hamman at Decipher Investigative Intelligence.
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After Chevron: Courts Will Still Defer To Feds On Nat'l Security
Agencies with trade responsibilities may be less affected by Chevron’s demise because of the special deference courts have shown when hearing international trade cases involving national security, foreign policy or the president’s constitutional authority to direct such matters, say attorneys at Venable.
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What 7th Circ. Collective Actions Ruling Means For Employers
With the Seventh Circuit’s recent Fair Labor Standards Act ruling in Vanegas v. Signet Builders, a majority of federal appellate courts that have addressed the jurisdictional scope of employee collective actions now follow the U.S. Supreme Court's limiting precedent, bolstering an employer defense in circuits that have yet to weigh in, say attorneys at Jackson Lewis.
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Considering Possible PR Risks Of Certain Legal Tactics
Disney and American Airlines recently abandoned certain litigation tactics in two lawsuits after fierce public backlash, illustrating why corporate counsel should consider the reputational implications of any legal strategy and partner with their communications teams to preempt public relations concerns, says Chris Gidez at G7 Reputation Advisory.
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It's No Longer Enough For Firms To Be Trusted Advisers
Amid fierce competition for business, the transactional “trusted adviser” paradigm from which most firms operate is no longer sufficient — they should instead aim to become trusted partners with their most valuable clients, says Stuart Maister at Strategic Narrative.
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A Preview Of AI Priorities Under The Next President
For the first time in a presidential election, both of the leading candidates and their parties have been vocal about artificial intelligence policy, offering clues on the future of regulation as AI continues to advance and congressional action continues to stall, say attorneys at Mintz.
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How Methods Are Evolving In Textualist Interpretations
Textualists at the U.S. Supreme Court are increasingly considering new methods such as corpus linguistics and surveys to evaluate what a statute's text communicates to an ordinary reader, while lower courts even mull large language models like ChatGPT as supplements, says Kevin Tobia at Georgetown Law.
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Why Attorneys Should Consider Community Leadership Roles
Volunteering and nonprofit board service are complementary to, but distinct from, traditional pro bono work, and taking on these community leadership roles can produce dividends for lawyers, their firms and the nonprofit causes they support, says Katie Beacham at Kilpatrick.
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Firms Must Offer A Trifecta Of Services In Post-Chevron World
After the U.S. Supreme Court’s Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo decision overturning Chevron deference, law firms will need to integrate litigation, lobbying and communications functions to keep up with the ramifications of the ruling and provide adequate counsel quickly, says Neil Hare at Dentons.
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5 Tips To Succeed In A Master Of Laws Program And Beyond
As lawyers and recent law school graduates begin their Master of Laws coursework across the country, they should keep a few pointers in mind to get the most out of their programs and kick-start successful careers in their practice areas, says Kelley Miller at Reed Smith.
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Being An Opera Singer Made Me A Better Lawyer
My journey from the stage to the courtroom has shown that the skills I honed as an opera singer – punctuality, memorization, creativity and more – have all played a vital role in my success as an attorney, says Gerard D'Emilio at GableGotwals.
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How Law Firms Can Avoid 'Collaboration Drag'
Law firm decision making can be stifled by “collaboration drag” — characterized by too many pointless meetings, too much peer feedback and too little dissent — but a few strategies can help stakeholders improve decision-making processes and build consensus, says Steve Groom at Miles Mediation.
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Opinion
Litigation Funding Disclosure Key To Open, Impartial Process
Blanket investor and funding agreement disclosures should be required in all civil cases where the investor has a financial interest in the outcome in order to address issues ranging from potential conflicts of interest to national security concerns, says Bob Goodlatte, former U.S. House Representative for Virginia.
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What NFL Draft Picks Have In Common With Lateral Law Hires
Nearly half of law firm lateral hires leave within a few years — a failure rate that is strikingly similar to the performance of NFL quarterbacks drafted in the first round — in part because evaluators focus too heavily on quantifiable metrics and not enough on a prospect's character traits, says Howard Rosenberg at Baretz+Brunelle.