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  • August 12, 2025

    Justices Urged To Maintain Limits On Calif. Immigration Stops

    Immigration rights groups and individuals challenging recent federal immigration operations in Los Angeles urged the U.S. Supreme Court not to pause an order that temporarily prohibits the government from conducting indiscriminate immigration stops, saying the order bars only what is unlawful.

  • August 12, 2025

    Insurer Obstructed $116M In Funding Claims, Court Told

    A company that invested in a personal injury law firm's docket of cases alleges in a lawsuit removed to North Carolina federal court that its insurer "intentionally obstructed" its recovery of more than $116 million in coverage under policies insuring that investment.

  • August 12, 2025

    Trump Nominates 5 To Mississippi, Alabama Federal Courts

    President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday five judicial nominees for federal courts in Mississippi and Alabama, one of whom Trump tried to put on the bench in his first term.

  • August 12, 2025

    New ABA Leader Vows To 'Defend Liberty And Pursue Justice'

    Wisconsin business attorney Michelle A. Behnke began her one-year term as president of the American Bar Association on Tuesday, saying the organization "must be ready to lead and focus on the mission of defending liberty and pursuing justice every day." 

  • August 12, 2025

    Deal Unveiled In Schnader Harrison ERISA Case After Delays

    Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP will pay $675,000 to settle a proposed ERISA class action from a former nonequity partner who claimed the firm improperly used her and others' retirement contributions to prop itself up as it faced financial trouble, according to a motion filed Tuesday in Pennsylvania federal court.

  • August 12, 2025

    Md. Judges Say DOJ Habeas Suit Wreaks 'Havoc' On Judiciary

    The Maryland federal bench again moved to throw out the Trump administration's "disruptive affront" challenging a standing order that temporarily paused the removal of noncitizen detainees who filed habeas petitions, arguing Monday that the executive branch's suit fails to state a claim and "wreaks unprecedented havoc on the Judiciary."

  • August 12, 2025

    Atty Apologizes For Citation Error In IP Dispute

    A New York attorney who became one of many accused of using generative artificial intelligence for a brief after a federal judge found citations to nonexistent cases apologized Tuesday for a mistake in a more recent brief flagged for a false citation.

  • August 12, 2025

    Ex-Judges, DAs Blast DOJ Suit Over ICE Courthouse Arrests

    New York district attorneys, legal aid groups, law professors and retired judges have expressed support for a state law that blocks federal immigration officials from making arrests near courthouses, calling it essential to a functioning justice system and urging the dismissal of a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit challenging the law.

  • August 12, 2025

    DOJ Demurs On Lawsuit Seeking Emil Bove Docs

    The U.S. Department of Justice is contesting a watchdog's lawsuit seeking to obtain public records requests on now-Third Circuit Judge Emil Bove, who was formerly President Donald Trump's criminal attorney and a top DOJ official.

  • August 12, 2025

    ABA Delegates Remove Diversity Requirements For Board

    The American Bar Association's policymaking body approved changes to its Constitution on Tuesday to no longer require Board of Governors seats for women, members of the LGBTQ community and racial minorities.

  • August 11, 2025

    'Flipping NJ' Developer Fights Charges, Citing Habba's Role

    A New Jersey real estate developer and influencer, who is accused of running a Ponzi-like investment fraud scheme and laundering drug money, on Monday became the latest defendant to seek dismissal of his indictment over what he says was the illegal appointment of Alina Habba as acting U.S. attorney for the Garden State.

  • August 11, 2025

    Trump's DC Takeover Highlights Local Judicial Vacancies

    President Donald Trump's announcement Monday on the federal takeover of D.C. law enforcement and deployment of the National Guard to Washington, D.C., has drawn attention once again to the vacancy crisis plaguing the local D.C. court system.

  • August 11, 2025

    Pa. AG Probing 'Cyber Incident' That Disrupted Email, Phones

    The website, office email accounts and phone lines for the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office were offline Monday after being disrupted by a "cyber incident," the state's top prosecutor announced.

  • August 11, 2025

    Posner Accuser Wants Roberts To Pick Judges For Wage Case

    The pro se plaintiff seeking to revive wage claims against retired Seventh Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner has filed an opposed motion asking the circuit's chief judge to request U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts assign out-of-circuit judges to preside over the case, arguing the circuit judges cannot be impartial.

  • August 11, 2025

    Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

    Nielsen Holdings Ltd. and consumer intelligence spinoff Nielsen Consumer IQ agreed to end their dispute, a sole investor asked the court to name him lead plaintiff in a suit challenging Endeavor's $13 billion take-private deal, and the Chancery Court announced a new, automated case assignment regime. Here's the latest from the Delaware Chancery Court.

  • August 11, 2025

    Legal Tech Co. Hits Back At Norton Rose With $15M Fraud Suit

    Norton Rose Fulbright is facing a $15 million fraud suit in Illinois state court from a legal tech company claiming the firm made false promises to lure its founders to join its new Chicago office and offer its legal workflow product to clients, weeks after Norton Rose sued the company saying it deceived the firm and kept client files without authorization.

  • August 11, 2025

    McDermott, Other Firms Sign Deal To End $4.4M Guo Claims

    McDermott Will & Schulte, four other law firms and one consulting firm have agreed to settle, for an undisclosed amount and without formal litigation, clawback claims totaling $4.4 million by the Chapter 11 estate of bankrupt Chinese exile and convicted criminal Miles Guo.

  • August 11, 2025

    FTX Customers Aim To Beef Up Case Against Fenwick & West

    New information that has emerged since customers of the now-collapsed cryptocurrency trading platform FTX Trading Ltd. sued Fenwick & West LLP over the firm's alleged role in that collapse justifies updating the complaint against the firm, those customers told a Florida federal court Monday.

  • August 11, 2025

    ABA Policymakers Vote To Oppose Targeting Of Law Firms

    The American Bar Association's policymaking body on Monday took a stand against the Trump administration's targeting of law firms and clarified its position on the proper use of artificial intelligence by law students.

  • August 11, 2025

    Taft, Morris Manning Unveil Merger Plans

    Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP announced Monday its plans to merge with Atlanta firm Morris Manning & Martin LLP, which would establish the firm's presence in the city, add about 100 attorneys to its headcount and mark its third merger of 2025.

  • August 11, 2025

    FCC Republican Names Senior Legal Adviser

    A Republican on the Federal Communications Commission on Monday named an FCC lawyer and Wiley Rein LLP alum as her new senior legal adviser.

  • August 11, 2025

    NY Judge Won't Unseal 'Redundant' Maxwell Grand Jury Docs

    A New York federal judge on Monday denied the Trump administration's bid to unseal grand jury transcripts and exhibits in the prosecution of Ghislaine Maxwell, who is appealing a 20-year prison sentence for trafficking teenage girls for sex offender and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, concluding that the materials contain almost nothing new.

  • August 08, 2025

    In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360

    For those who missed out, here's a look back at the law firms, stories and expert analyses that generated the most buzz on Law360 last week.

  • August 08, 2025

    9th Circ. Says Ex-Atty Sued By Ƶ Still On Hook For $243M

    The Ninth Circuit refused to free a disbarred attorney from a $243 million order that included civil penalties to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for his role in a student loan scam, finding no genuine dispute whether the former lawyer violated consumer protection law.

  • August 08, 2025

    Fired Copyright Office Director Takes Fight For Job To DC Circ.

    The ousted head of the U.S. Copyright Office brought the fight over President Donald Trump's termination of her to the D.C. Circuit on Thursday, where she asked for an emergency injunction to reinstate her while she challenges her "patently unlawful removal."

Expert Analysis

  • Series

    After Chevron: Courts Will Still Defer To Feds On Nat'l Security

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    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.

  • Considering Possible PR Risks Of Certain Legal Tactics

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    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.

  • Defamation Law Changes May Be Brewing At Supreme Court

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's significant rightward shift has produced dramatic changes in many areas of the law, and the long-standing "actual malice" standard protecting speech about public figures could be the next precedent to fall, say attorneys at Paul Hastings.

  • It's No Longer Enough For Firms To Be Trusted Advisers

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    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.

  • Opinion

    More Guidance Needed On Appellate Amicus Recusals

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    Instead of eliminating the right for amici to file briefs on consent, as per the recently proposed Federal Appellate Rules amendment, the Judicial Conference's Committee on Codes of Judicial Conduct should issue guidance on situations in which amicus filings should lead to circuit judge recusals, says Alan Morrison at George Washington University Law School.

  • Series

    After Chevron: Conservation Rule Already Faces Challenges

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    The Bureau of Land Management's interpretation of land "use" in its Conservation and Landscape Health Rule is contrary to the agency's past practice and other Federal Land Policy and Management Act provisions, leaving the rule exposed in four legal challenges that may carry greater force in the wake of Loper Bright, say Stacey Bosshardt and Stephanie Regenold at Perkins Coie.

  • How Methods Are Evolving In Textualist Interpretations

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    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.

  • Why Attorneys Should Consider Community Leadership Roles

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    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.

  • Firms Must Offer A Trifecta Of Services In Post-Chevron World

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    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.

  • A Day In The In-House Life

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    This Expert Analysis series follows in-house fintech counsel on an average workday as they grapple with everything from regulatory challenges and product launches to work-life balance and lunch orders.

  • 5 Tips To Succeed In A Master Of Laws Program And Beyond

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    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.

  • Series

    After Chevron: SEC Climate And ESG Rules Likely Doomed

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    Under the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Loper Bright, without agency deference, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's climate disclosure and environmental, social and governance rules would likely be found lacking in statutory support and vacated by the courts, says Justin Chretien at Carlton Fields.

  • Series

    Being An Opera Singer Made Me A Better Lawyer

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    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.

  • How Law Firms Can Avoid 'Collaboration Drag'

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    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.

  • Election Outlook: A Precedent Primer On Content Moderation

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    With the 2024 election season now in full swing, online platforms will face difficult and politically sensitive decisions about content moderation, but U.S. Supreme Court decisions from last term offer much-needed certainty about their rights, say Jonathan Blavin and Helen White at Munger Tolles.

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