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A Third Circuit panel set to examine the constitutionality of a judicial safety law born out of the murder of a New Jersey federal judge's son is tasked with what experts are viewing as a lesser-of-two-evils choice: chilling free speech or chilling public service.
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What Judges Might Ponder In Judicial Safety Law Challenge

By Carla Baranauckas

A Third Circuit panel set to examine the constitutionality of a judicial safety law born out of the murder of a New Jersey federal judge's son is tasked with what experts are viewing as a lesser-of-two-evils choice: chilling free speech or chilling public service.

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Gold Reserve Unit To Bid $7.4B In Venezuelan Debt Case

By Caroline Simson

The special master overseeing the sale of Citgo's parent company to satisfy billions of dollars of Venezuelan debt on Wednesday made his final recommendation on a bidder, choosing a subsidiary of mining company Gold Reserve that has agreed to a $7.382 billion purchase price.

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Stewart Drops Mixed Bag Of Discretionary Denial Rulings

By Dani Kass

Acting U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Coke Morgan Stewart has released 24 more discretionary denial decisions, more than half of which she cleared challenges to move forward through the Patent Trial and Appeal Board process.

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SUPREME COURT

Analysis

The Firms That Won Big At The Supreme Court

By Jack Karp

The number of law firms juggling three or more arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court this past term nearly doubled from the number of firms that could make that claim last term.

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Analysis

Circuit-By-Circuit Recap: Justices Send Message To Outliers

By Jeff Overley

It was a tough term at the U.S. Supreme Court for two very different circuits — one solidly liberal, one solidly conservative — that had their rulings overturned in eye-popping numbers. But it was another impressive year for a relatively moderate circuit that appears increasingly simpatico with the high court.

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Analysis

Breaking Down The Vote: The High Court Term In Review

By Jack Karp

The U.S. Supreme Court once again waited until the term's closing weeks — and even hours — to issue some of its most anticipated and divided decisions.

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Analysis

The Moments That Shaped The Universal Injunction Case

By Cara Bayles and Steven Trader

The U.S. Supreme Court voted along ideological lines when it hindered the ability of federal district court judges to issue nationwide pauses on presidential policies, but that outcome didn't seem like a foregone conclusion during oral arguments earlier this year. What do the colloquies suggest about the justices' thinking? Here are some moments that may have swayed them.

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COURT OF CHANCERY

Implant Co. Sues Zimmer Biomet In Del. Over Milestone Miss

By Jeff Montgomery

A securityholder representative for biomaterial implant developer Embody Inc. has accused Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc. of buying Embody and then immediately undermining the new subsidiary's ability to hit product development milestones worth some $120 million, according to a recently unsealed complaint.

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BANKRUPTCY COURT

Dolphin Encounter Co. Asks For Flexible Ch. 11 Sales Process

By Emily Lever

Dolphin encounter company Leisure Investments Holdings LLC asked a Delaware bankruptcy court to give it leave to begin marketing its many assets around the globe, saying it has gained "some measure of control" of its business through litigation since it filed for Chapter 11.

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NY Landlord Sues Walmart, Others In Del. Alleging Fraud

By Jeff Montgomery

A New York City landlord sued Walmart Inc. and the bankruptcy successor to Bonobos Inc. in Delaware's Court of Chancery late Thursday, asserting hundreds of million in claims and compensatory and punitive damages under both Delaware and New York law arising from an allegedly fraudulent transfer of a Fifth Avenue retailer's lease and obligations.

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ROUNDUPS

Roundup

Real Estate Recap: CEQA, Data Center Energy, Midyear Views

By Real Estate Authority Staff

Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including attorney insight into this week's reforms to the California Environmental Quality Act, how states are approaching energy demand for data center projects, and where the commercial and residential real estate sectors stand at the midyear.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Opinion

IPR Denial In IRhythm Should Not Set A Blanket Rule

Though the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's discretionary denial in iRhythm v. Welch Allyn last month raised concerns that mere knowledge of a patent could bar inter partes review institution, a closer look at the facts and reasoning reveals why this case's holdings should not be reflexively applied to all petitioners, says David McCombs at Haynes Boone.

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Series

My Opera And Baseball Careers Make Me A Better Lawyer

Though participating in opera and the world of professional baseball often pulls me away from the office, my avocations improve my legal career by helping me perform under scrutiny, prioritize team success, and maintain joy and perspective at work, says Adam Unger at Herrick Feinstein.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Legal Sector Jobs Continue To Climb, Nearing All-Time High

By Aebra Coe

The U.S. legal industry added 2,800 jobs in June, marking four months in a row of job growth in the sector, according to preliminary data released Thursday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Spectrum, Border, Injunction Changes Included In Mega Bill

By Courtney Bublé

The House voted 218-214, almost along party lines, on Thursday on the reconciliation budget package, which includes a range of policy provisions on nationwide injunctions, spectrum and immigration and now goes to President Donald Trump's desk ahead of the decided Fourth of July deadline.

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Ex-Treasury Official Joins Covington's Nat'l Security Practice

By Madeline Lyskawa

Covington & Burling LLP has boosted its national security practice with the hire of the former head of the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence under former President Barack Obama's administration as of counsel.

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Supreme Court Takes Up Transgender Sports Bans

By Katie Buehler and Alex Lawson

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Thursday to hear challenges to West Virginia and Idaho laws barring transgender athletes from competing on sports teams consistent with their gender identity, putting yet more anti-trans legislation to the test after upholding Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for minors this term. 

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Analysis

ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ Funding Cut Could Alter Injunction Calculus At DC Circ.

By Jon Hill

The steep funding cut that Republicans have passed for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau could strengthen the Trump administration's position in its court fight to resume downsizing the agency, even if it doesn't directly resolve the legal questions at play.

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Justices Extend Due Process Pause To South Sudan Removals

By Katie Buehler

The U.S. Supreme Court clarified Thursday that its recent order allowing the Trump administration to send noncitizens to countries they have no connection to with little notice or chance to object extends to a group of men the government plans to send to South Sudan.

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139 EPA Workers Put On Leave For Letter Critical Of Trump

By Hailey Konnath

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency confirmed Thursday that it had placed 139 employees on administrative leave after they signed onto a letter criticizing the Trump administration's policies as undermining the agency's "mission of protecting human health and the environment."

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'Whiz Honor' Judge Denies Disrepute From Slinging Steaks

By Matthew Santoni

A Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas judge is accusing the state's judicial ethics board of showing "animus" toward him with its investigation of his moonlighting at his wife's cheesesteak restaurant, saying he did not tout his judgeship to promote the business or bring disrepute upon the bench.

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Pa. Judge's COVID Fraud Charges Survive Dismissal Bid

By P.J. D'Annunzio

A Pennsylvania state judge accused of misusing COVID-19 unemployment relief money to pay his law firm's staff has lost a bid to shake the criminal charges he's facing, as a federal judge rejected the state judge's argument that prosecutors withheld his ex-workers' employment records that he sought to determine their credibility.

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Analysis

SEC Signals Openness To Novel Crypto ETPs

By Aislinn Keely

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission appears to be laying the groundwork to approve increasingly innovative crypto exchange-traded products with a staff statement on disclosure expectations and the recent approval of a novel fund, but experts said the commission's openness comes with a focus on fulsome disclosure.

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Roundup

UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Max Austin

The past week in London has seen the owner of Crystal Palace and the troubled Olympique Lyonnais football clubs sue its current chief executive John Textor, Fieldfisher faces a claim by Georgian businessman Zaza Okusahvili, and a dispute partner at Travers Smith file a personal injury claim against the firm.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Michele Gorman

Target's board faces a shareholder derivative suit that accuses the retail giant of damaging the company by implementing an LGBTQ+ Pride-themed marketing campaign, despite knowing the risk of "public backlash." Meanwhile, SolarWinds and the SEC are close to resolving a novel case that alleges the software developer hid faulty cybersecurity practices before a major breach. These are some of the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a Maryland school district burdened parents' religious rights when it declined to provide opt-outs from a policy that introduced LGBTQ-themed storybooks into its K-12 English curriculum.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

AFN Law PLLC

Abrams & Bayliss

Addleshaw Goddard

Agnifilo Intrater

Alston & Bird

Arnold & Porter

Baker Botts

Baker McKenzie

Ballard Spahr

Bartlit Beck

Blank Rome

Boies Schiller

Buchanan Ingersoll

Bucher Law PLLC

Bunsow De Mory

CMS Cameron McKenna

Caldwell Cassady

Clarke Willmott

Cleary Gottlieb

Clement & Murphy

Constangy Brooks

Cooley LLP

Covington & Burling

Cox Castle

Curtis Mallet-Prevost

DWF LLP

Davis Woolfe

Dechert LLP

Desmarais LLP

Edwin Coe

Eimer Stahl

Eversheds Sutherland

Farnan LLP

Fenchurch Law

Fieldfisher

Fish & Richardson

FisherBroyles

Foley & Lardner

Fredrikson & Byron

Freeths LLP

Fried Frank

Gibbons PC

Gibson Dunn

Goodwin Procter

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani

Gowling WLG

Greenberg Traurig

Greenspoon Marder

Gupta Wessler

Harness IP

Haun Mena

Hausfeld LLP

Haynes Boone

Herrick Feinstein

Heyman Enerio

Hill Dickinson

Hogan Lovells

Holland & Knight

Humphries Kerstetter

Hunton Andrews

Jones Day

K&L Gates

Katten Muchin

Kennedys Law LLP

Keystone Law

King & Spalding

Kirkland & Ellis

Klein Thomas

Korein Tillery

Latham & Watkins

Lee & Hayes

Lewis Brisbois

Lomurro Munson

Lowenstein Sandler

Manatt Phelps

Martin LLP

McCarter & English

McDermott Will & Emery

McElroy Deutsch

McGuireWoods

McManis Faulkner

Milbank LLP

Mishcon de Reya

Morgan & Morgan

Morgan Lewis

Morris Manning

Morris Nichols

Munger Tolles

Nabarro LLP

Nelson Bumgardner

Parlatore Law Group

Pashman Stein

Paul Hastings

Perkins Coie

Pierson Ferdinand LLP

Polsinelli PC

Potter Anderson

Pryor Cashman

Quarles & Brady

Quinn Emanuel

RKW LLC

Raj Ferber

Reed Smith

Richards Layton

Riker Danzig

Seyfarth Shaw

Shapiro Arato

Sharpe Pritchard

Sheppard Mullin

Sidley Austin

Slaughter and May

Stephenson Harwood

Sterne Kessler

Stinson LLP

Stoel Rives

Sullivan & Cromwell

Thompson Hine

Travers Smith

Troutman

Tucker Arensberg

Volpe Koenig

Walker Morris LLP

Weil Gotshal

White and Williams

Whiteford Taylor

Wilkin Chapman Rollits

Williams & Connolly

WilmerHale

Windels Marx

Withersworldwide

Wood Smith

Wright Close & Barger

Young Conaway

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

AIT Worldwide Logistics Inc.

Alkermes PLC

Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE

American Bankers Association

American Civil Liberties Union

American International Group Inc.

Amperex Technology Ltd.

Apotex Inc.

Apple Inc.

Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd.

Association of Corporate Counsel

Aviva SA

Azurity Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co.

Berkshire Hathaway Energy GT&S

Biofrontera Inc.

Bonobos

CITGO Petroleum Corp.

CTIA

Cammeby's Management Co. LLC

Colorado Rockies

Competitive Carriers Association

ConocoPhillips Co.

Contrarian Capital Management LLC

CosMX Battery Co. Ltd.

Crow Holdings Capital

Crystallex International Corp

Discovery Land Co.

Drummond

ENI SpA

Entegris Inc.

Equifax Inc.

Gold Reserve Inc

Google LLC

Guy Carpenter & Co. LLC

HSBC Holdings PLC

Harvard University

Human Rights First

Hyatt Hotels Corp.

Institutional Shareholder Services Inc.

Insurance Europe Ltd.

Intellectual Ventures Management LLC

KSL Capital Partners LLC

Lam Research Corp.

LexisNexis Legal & Professional

LinkedIn Corp.

Major League Baseball Inc.

Major Lindsey & Africa LLC

Marcus & Millichap Inc.

Medtronic PLC

Merck & Co. Inc.

NFL Enterprises LLC

NVIDIA Corp.

National Association of Realtors

National Collegiate Athletic Association

National Treasury Employees Union

New York Jets LLC

New York Life Insurance Co.

New York Post

New York Yankees

Oracle Corp.

PacifiCorp

Philadelphia Eagles

Pinnacle Group International

Planned Parenthood Federation

Pro Bono Institute

RELX PLC

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Savills PLC

Skanska UK Plc

Smith & Wesson Brands Inc.

SolarWinds Corp.

Sotheby's

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

Supervalu Inc.

Tesla Inc.

The Philadelphia Inquirer LLC

The Salvation Army

The Wireless Infrastructure Association

Thomson Reuters Corp.

Tidewater, Inc.

TikTok Inc.

Tutor Perini Corp.

United Airlines Holdings Inc.

United States Telecom Association

Valve Corp.

WEC Energy Group Inc.

WHP Global

Walmart Inc.

Welch Allyn Inc.

Werner Enterprises Inc.

ZEDRA

Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc.

e.l.f. Beauty Inc.

iRhythm Technologies Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Delaware Court of Chancery

Executive Office of the President

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

Federal Reserve System

Financial Ombudsman Service

Florida State Senate

Food and Drug Administration

Government of Mexico

Internal Revenue Service

International Trade Commission

Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation

New Jersey Legislature

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Office of Foreign Assets Control

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

Patent Trial and Appeal Board

Texas Supreme Court

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware

U.S. Department of Defense

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Labor

U.S. Department of State

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S. Department of the Treasury

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. Tax Court

UK High Court