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July 16, 2025
Kratom Seltzers 'Addictive,' Wash. Class Suit Alleges
A proposed class of kratom product buyers is suing Mitra-9 Brands LLC in Washington federal court, alleging that the company knew — but failed to warn customers — that the products are addictive in the same way as opioids and can cause withdrawal symptoms.
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July 15, 2025
Modoc Nation Suit Against Computer Co. On Hold For Appeal
An Oklahoma federal judge has paused the Modoc Nation's $14.6 million lawsuit against a computer management company while a former attorney general for the tribe appeals his entitlement to sovereign immunity, ruling that the case will be stayed until the interlocutory appeal is resolved.
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July 15, 2025
EPA Defends Ending Enviro Justice Grants
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has asked a federal judge to dismiss a proposed class action filed by environmental groups, a Native American village and other local governments, alleging the EPA unlawfully stopped $3 billion in climate grant funding.
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July 15, 2025
Tribes, Enviro Groups Look To Block Copper Mine Land Swap
Environmental and tribal groups are asking a federal court to extend an injunction blocking the transfer of more than 2,500 acres within Tonto National Forest to an Arizona copper mining company, arguing that a final environmental impact study and appraisal of the property raise serious questions in the dispute.
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July 15, 2025
Fla. Tribe Seeks To Join Everglades Detention Center Suit
A Florida Native American tribe has filed a motion to join a federal lawsuit against an immigration detention center constructed in the Everglades, saying the facility poses a direct threat to its livelihood.
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July 15, 2025
Judge Won't Block Strike On Calif. Native American Casino
A California federal judge won't intervene in a strike at a Native American casino until the casino and a union have fleshed out their arguments over whether the work stoppage is legal, saying the casino's request for a restraining order left several key questions unanswered.
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July 15, 2025
DC Circ. Backs Dismissal Of Green Orgs' Drilling Permit Suit
The D.C. Circuit on Tuesday rejected environmental groups' challenge to the approvals of thousands of federally approved oil and gas drilling permits in New Mexico and Wyoming, finding that a lower court was right to find they lacked standing.
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July 14, 2025
Mich. Tribe Says Sovereign Immunity Bars Data Breach Claims
A Michigan tribe is backing its stance in federal court to dismiss a proposed class action by a group of casino employees, arguing the workers are looking to usurp recent U.S. Supreme Court precedent in a way to all but eliminate tribal sovereignty.
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July 14, 2025
USPTO Acting Director Spurns 'Traditional Knowledge' Treaty
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's acting director has come out against an international treaty that could require patent applicants to report if an invention uses the traditional knowledge of indigenous people, suggesting in remarks that such a rule would undermine the global patent system's effectiveness.
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July 14, 2025
Enviro Groups Sue DOE Over Tenn. Nuclear Site Cleanup Plan
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's $30 billion cleanup plan for a nuclear site outside Knoxville, Tennessee, has failed to prevent harmful discharges into the area's groundwater and waterways, threatening community health and the local environment, environmental groups have said.
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July 14, 2025
Tulsa Sheriff, DA Seek Pause In Tribal Jurisdiction Dispute
Tulsa County, Oklahoma, Sheriff Vic Regalado and District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler on Friday asked a federal judge to pause the Muscogee (Creek) Nation's lawsuit seeking to prevent the state from asserting criminal jurisdiction on its reservation until the U.S. Supreme Court reviews a similar case.
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July 14, 2025
Feds Argue Trump's Energy Orders Should Not Be Blocked
The federal government is fighting an effort to block President Donald Trump's fossil fuel-boosting executive orders that was filed by youths alleging U.S. energy policies harm their future by exacerbating climate change.
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July 14, 2025
States Back Domestic Violence Groups In DOJ Grant Fight
Nearly two dozen states are backing a group of domestic violence coalitions in their bid to block the Trump administration from imposing restrictions on grants by the Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women, saying the funding is critical to their ability to fulfill their public safety obligations.
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July 14, 2025
Judge Sets Hearing In $70M Alaskan Broadband Grant Row
After over a year of battling it out in Alaska federal court, two Native Alaskan villages will have their chance to go before the judge and argue for summary judgment against the U.S. Department of Agriculture in their suit over $70 million in broadband funds.
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July 14, 2025
Gambling Co. Hits Ch. 11 In Texas With More Than $100M Debt
Maverick Gaming LLC, which operates casinos and hotels in Nevada, Colorado and Washington, filed for bankruptcy relief Monday in Texas with more than $100 million in liabilities and a $22.5 million Chapter 11 financing package lined up.
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July 14, 2025
Calif. Native American Casino Seeks To Block Workers' Strike
A Native American casino near Yosemite National Park accused the union that represents about half of its employees of launching an illegal strike, claiming in a suit filed in California federal court that the UNITE HERE local is violating the law in several ways.
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July 11, 2025
Midyear 2025: A Glimpse At Sports Betting Enforcement
The first half of 2025 saw a flurry of activity in the enforcement of sports betting rules, with two NBA veterans finding themselves at the center of a federal gambling probe, two mixed martial arts fighters receiving lengthy suspensions, and Shohei Ohtani's disgraced interpreter catching a 57-month prison sentence for theft.
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July 11, 2025
Courts Face Early Push To Expand Justices' Injunction Ruling
In the two weeks since the U.S. Supreme Court curtailed federal judges' ability to issue universal injunctions, Trump administration attorneys have begun pushing to expand the decision's limits to other forms of relief used in regulatory challenges and class actions. So far, judges don't appear receptive to those efforts.
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July 11, 2025
Calif. County Asks Justices To Deny 7th Amendment Review
A Northern California county is urging the U.S. Supreme Court not to hear a case arguing that the constitutional right to a jury trial should apply in instances of local law enforcement issuing civil penalties for alleged illicit marijuana growing.
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July 11, 2025
Connecticut Wins Bid To Halt 80-Acre Tribal Land Acquisition
A federal judge has blocked the federal government from transferring 80 acres of land into trust for a Connecticut tribe, saying the state — by a narrow margin — established the factors necessary to warrant a temporary injunction to preserve the status quo.
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July 11, 2025
Judge Lifts 2-Year Stay In Okla. Tribal Gambling Compact Row
A D.C. federal judge has lifted a two-year stay in four Oklahoma tribes' challenge to the state and federal government over gambling compacts, while denying their request for Interior Department documents related to the agency's approval of the agreements.
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July 10, 2025
8th Circ. Won't Pause ND Tribes' Voting Rights Decision
The Eighth Circuit on Thursday denied a bid by two North Dakota tribes to stay its decision to vacate a challenge to two of the state's voting laws while the ruling is appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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July 10, 2025
WilmerHale, US Trustee Spar Over Work In 23andMe Ch. 11
The U.S. Trustee's Office argued Thursday the consumer privacy ombudsman in genetic testing company 23andMe's Chapter 11 shouldn't be allowed to hire lawyers from WilmerHale over conflict of interest concerns the firm disputed, an issue the presiding Missouri bankruptcy judge promised to rule on promptly.
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July 10, 2025
Okla. Gov.'s Brother Seeks High Court Review Of Tribal Ticket
Keith Stitt, brother of Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a decision that denied his appeal of a speeding ticket issued on tribal lands, arguing that the state never intended to accept a landmark ruling on the restoration of proper criminal jurisdiction in Indian Country.
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July 10, 2025
Groups Ask 9th Circ. To Sink EPA Pesticide Seed Exemption
Green groups on Wednesday asked the Ninth Circuit to revive their lawsuit alleging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is violating federal law by failing to regulate pesticide-coated crop seeds.
Expert Analysis
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How Law Firms Can Counteract The Loneliness Epidemic
The legal industry is facing an urgent epidemic of loneliness, affecting lawyer well-being, productivity, retention and profitability, and law firm leaders should take concrete steps to encourage the development of genuine workplace connections, says Michelle Gomez at Littler and Gwen Mellor Romans at Herald Talent.
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5 Keys To Building Stronger Attorney-Client Relationships
Attorneys are often focused on being seen as the expert, but bonding with clients and prospects by sharing a few key personal details provides the basis for a caring, trusted and profoundly deeper business relationship, says Deb Feder at Feder Development.
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Series
Racing Corvettes Makes Me A Better Lawyer
The skills I use when racing Corvettes have enhanced my legal practice in several ways, because driving, like practicing law, requires precision, awareness and a good set of brakes — complete with the wisdom to know how and when to use them, says Kat Mateo at Olshan Frome.
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Opinion
Attorneys Must Act Now To Protect Judicial Independence
Given the Trump administration's recent moves threatening the independence of the judiciary, including efforts to impeach judges who ruled against executive actions, lawyers must protect the rule of law and resist attempts to dilute the judicial branch’s authority, says attorney Bhavleen Sabharwal.
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Rethinking 'No Comment' For Clients Facing Public Crises
“No comment” is no longer a cost-free or even a viable public communications strategy for companies in crisis, and counsel must tailor their guidance based on a variety of competing factors to help clients emerge successfully, says Robert Bowers at Moore & Van Allen.
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How Design Thinking Can Help Lawyers Find Purpose In Work
Lawyers everywhere are feeling overwhelmed amid mass government layoffs, increasing political instability and a justice system stretched to its limits — but a design-thinking framework can help attorneys navigate this uncertainty and find meaning in their work, say law professors at the University of Michigan.
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Competitive Weightlifting Makes Me A Better Lawyer
The parallels between the core principles required for competitive weightlifting and practicing law have helped me to excel in both endeavors, with each holding important lessons about discipline, dedication, drive and failure, says Damien Bielli at VF Law.
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Opinion
Undoing An American Ideal Of Fairness
President Donald Trump’s orders attacking birthright citizenship, civil rights education, and diversity, equity and inclusion programs threaten hard-won constitutional civil rights protections and decades of efforts to undo bias in the law — undermining what Chief Justice Earl Warren called "our American ideal of fairness," says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.
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Opinion
Inconsistent Injury-In-Fact Rules Hinder Federal Practice
A recent Third Circuit decision, contradicting a previous ruling about whether consumers of contaminated products have suffered an injury in fact, illustrates the deep confusion this U.S. Supreme Court standard creates among federal judges and practitioners, who deserve a simpler method of determining which cases have federal standing, says Eric Dwoskin at Dwoskin Wasdin.
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In-House Counsel Pointers For Preserving Atty-Client Privilege
Several recent rulings illustrate the challenges in-house counsel can face when attempting to preserve attorney-client privilege, but a few best practices can help safeguard communications and effectively assert the privilege in an increasingly scrutinized corporate environment, says Daniel Garrie at Law & Forensics.
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Collecting Rare Books Makes Me A Better Lawyer
My collection of rare books includes several written or owned by prominent lawyers from early U.S. history, and immersing myself in their stories helps me feel a deeper connection to my legal practice and its purpose, says Douglas Brown at Manatt Health.
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Opinion
Judge Should Not Have Been Reprimanded For Alito Essay
Senior U.S. District Judge Michael Ponsor's New York Times essay critiquing Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito for potential ethical violations absolutely cannot be construed as conduct prejudicial to the administration of the business of the courts, says Ashley London at the Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University.
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Lights, Camera, Ethics? TV Lawyers Tend To Set Bad Example
Though fictional movies and television shows portraying lawyers are fun to watch, Hollywood’s inaccurate depictions of legal ethics can desensitize attorneys to ethics violations and lead real-life clients to believe that good lawyers take a scorched-earth approach, says Nancy Rapoport at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
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Perspectives
Accountant-Owned Law Firms Could Blur Ethical Lines
KPMG’s recent application to open a legal practice in Arizona represents the first overture by an accounting firm to take advantage of the state’s relaxed law firm ownership rules, but enforcing and supervising the practice of law by nonattorneys could prove particularly challenging, says Seth Laver at Goldberg Segalla.
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AI Will Soon Transform The E-Discovery Industrial Complex
Todd Itami at Covington discusses how generative artificial intelligence will reshape the current e-discovery paradigm, replacing the blunt instrument of data handling with a laser scalpel of fully integrated enterprise solutions — after first making e-discovery processes technically and legally harder.