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Md. Judges Slam 'Unprecedented' Suit Over Habeas Orders

By Hailey Konnath

Maryland federal judges on Monday pressed a Virginia federal judge to throw out the Trump administration's "unprecedented" suit challenging their standing order that temporarily blocks deportation of detained noncitizens who file habeas petitions, warning that if the suit succeeds, "it will not be the last."

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Trump DOJ To Appeal Axing Of Order Targeting Jenner & Block

By Alison Knezevich

The U.S. Department of Justice plans to fight a federal judge's ruling that struck down President Donald Trump's executive order targeting Jenner & Block LLP, as it filed a notice of appeal Monday in D.C. federal court.

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NY Judge Wants Atty To Explain Bogus AI Citations

By Jack Karp

A federal judge wants a New York attorney to explain himself after he potentially used artificial intelligence to write his response to an order she issued concerning his use of AI to write an earlier brief that cited nonexistent cases.

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NJ US Atty Accused Of Ethics Violations Amid Possible Exit

By Jake Maher

A group of ethics experts and former presidential advisors requested an ethics investigation into interim U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba on Monday, as she reportedly approaches the end of her run as the top federal prosecutor in the Garden State.

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Fla. Judge Pick Probed On Trump Case, Nomination Timing

By Courtney Bubl茅

A judicial nominee for the Southern District of Florida has fielded more questions from Democrats who have suggested that he ruled in favor of President Donald Trump and repeated the president's "partisan talking points" while simultaneously being vetted for a federal judgeship.

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Senate Panel To Revote On US Atty Noms After Dem Walkout

By Courtney Bubl茅

The Senate Judiciary Committee is poised to revote on five U.S. attorney nominees on Thursday, including Jeanine Pirro, former Fox News host and New York state judge, after Democrats walked out of last week's meeting over objections to how the consideration of controversial Third Circuit nominee Emil Bove was being handled.

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Q&A

How Criminal Law Is Shaped By Administrative Decisions

By Cara Salvatore

Behind line prosecutors are administrators, policies, and day-to-day logistics that enable and shape not only prosecutors' work but trends in how justice is administered throughout the country, according to a New York University School of Law professor and researcher.

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Tax-Lien Biz Atty Tells Jury He Didn't Seek To Dupe Lender

By Pete Brush

Counsel for a former compliance lawyer accused of pilfering from a $20 million line of credit extended to his tax-lien investment firm told a Manhattan federal jury Monday that the defendant was "sloppy," but never intended fraud.

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SEC Lifts FINRA Ban For Atty Accused Of Cheating On Exam

By Katryna Perera

A divided U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has lifted an industry ban placed on a former SEC enforcement attorney who was deemed by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority to have cheated on a securities exam, finding there was no conclusive evidence of cheating.

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Ex-Eckert Seamans Atty Drops Pa. License Over Cash Scheme

By Emily Sawicki

A onetime Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC attorney who allegedly asked clients for direct payments to circumvent the firm has surrendered his Pennsylvania law license, but is now alleging state disciplinary authorities violated a deal to keep the records private if he agreed to the disbarment.

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Brief

Colo. Ex-Judge Sanctioned For Using Position To Help Ex-Client

By Zach Dupont

The Colorado Commission of Judicial Discipline issued sanctions on Friday against a state judge who misused his position to benefit a former client he had an intimate relationship with.

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Reed Smith's Doc Block Motion 'Hyperbolic,' 2nd Circ. Told

By Emily Sawicki

Reed Smith LLP cannot block the new owners of reorganized Greece-based international shipping company Eletson from viewing files already in its possession, the company has told the Second Circuit, arguing the law firm's emergency motion to stop the new owners from accessing the files was intentionally timed to head off anticipated district court rulings.

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Robinson & Cole Ducks Recruiter's Contract Breach Suit

By Adrian Cruz

A Connecticut federal judge has granted summary judgment to Robinson & Cole LLP in a legal recruiter's contract breach suit, determining that under its terms with the recruiter, none of the information disclosed to a second company violated the original agreement between the two sides. 

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Uber Sues LA Law Firms Over Alleged Crash Fraud Scheme

By Rose Krebs

Uber Technologies Inc. filed a lawsuit Monday against two Los Angeles personal injury firms, two of their attorneys and others, alleging the ride-sharing company is being targeted by a scheme involving fraudulent personal injury claims arising from motor vehicle accidents.

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Fla. Atty Urges Toss Of Sean Combs' $50M Defamation Suit

By David Minsky

A Miami attorney urged a New York federal judge to toss Sean "Diddy" Combs' $50 million defamation suit alleging she perpetuated false claims of him sexually assaulting inebriated celebrities and minors on recorded video, saying the complaint fails to state a claim or back up accusations with facts. 

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DC Circ. Strikes Down Gag Order On X Corp. Subpoenas

By MJ Koo

A D.C. Circuit panel has struck down a lower court's sweeping order blocking X Corp. from informing users about government data requests, with the appeals court finding the district court failed to identify specific harm that would come from keeping users in the loop.

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Dinsmore Seeks To End LabMD's Malpractice Suit

By Lynn LaRowe

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP and a legal nonprofit have urged a Georgia federal court to toss a malpractice lawsuit brought by now-shuttered LabMD, saying the defunct cancer diagnostic company has abandoned the case which was ordered to arbitration two years ago.

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Pot Drink Co.'s Case Belongs In Arbitration, Stoel Rives Says

By Mike Curley

Stoel Rives LLP and a group of its clients are urging a California federal court to send a fraud suit brought by a maker of nonalcoholic cannabis drinks back to arbitration, arguing all the claims are subject to a valid arbitration agreement.

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Judge Won't Recuse Over Past Work With DraftKings Counsel

By Elaine Brise帽o

A California federal judge presiding over a proposed class action against DraftKings regarding its fantasy sports games offerings rejected a request from the plaintiffs to recuse himself over concerns that an attorney for the defense has ties to the court.

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CWA Unit Decries Use Of Its Funds As 'Personal Piggy Bank'

By Beverly Banks

A CWA local representing New York City Police Department traffic enforcement agents demanded $1 million in damages in a federal suit aiming to block its placement in a trusteeship, with the affiliate claiming a temporary administrator from the parent union used the local's funds as a "personal piggy bank."

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Pay Bias Judge Guts $2.8M Fee Request, Citing Errors At Trial

By Matthew Santoni

A Pennsylvania federal judge sliced an attorney's requested $2.8 million fee award for a pay-discrimination case against a school district Monday, blaming the plaintiff's counsel for errors during the two trials it took to reach a verdict.

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Calif. Court Orders Drug Deal Retrial Over Mistaken Admission

By Parker Quinlan

A California state appeals court on Monday demanded a new trial on drug dealing charges for a man who admitted to possessing cocaine while on probation, finding a trial court judge had erroneously admitted botched testimony the man gave in a probation hearing.

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How Patent Attys Can Carefully Integrate LLMs Into Workflows

With artificial intelligence-powered tools now being developed specifically for the intellectual property domain, patent practitioners should monitor evolving considerations to ensure that their capabilities are enhanced — rather than diminished — by these resources, say attorneys at McDonnell Boehnen.

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Unpacking DOJ's Suit Against Maryland Federal Bench

Political hoopla aside, the Trump administration’s suit naming the Maryland federal district court and all of its judges, which challenges a standing order that delays deportation upon the filing of a habeas petition, raises valid questions about both the validity of the order and the DOJ’s approach, says Steven Gordon at Holland & Knight.

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The Metamorphosis Of The Major Questions Doctrine

The so-called major questions doctrine arose as a counterweight to Chevron deference over the past few decades, but invocations of the doctrine have persisted in the year since Chevron was overturned, suggesting it still has a role to play in reining in agency overreach, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.

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Analysis

How GOP Judges Teed Up 4th Circ.'s Supreme Court Shutout

By Jeff Overley

No appeals court found the U.S. Supreme Court's latest term less endearing than the Fourth Circuit, where a supersize shutout accentuated a multiyear slump for the once-favored circuit and repeatedly vindicated conservative dissenters on the left-leaning bench.

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Revived Effort To Break Up 9th Circ. Makes Its Way To Senate

By Hailey Konnath

Idaho Republicans have reintroduced a U.S. Senate bill that looks to split up the Ninth Circuit and create a new Twelfth Circuit, according to an announcement made Monday, roughly nearly seven months after a similar bill was introduced in the House.

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Sens. Float Bill To Protect Against AI Data Piracy

By Adam Lidgett

Federal lawmakers said Monday that they are floating a measure that would give creators the right to sue companies that use their work to train artificial intelligence models without their permission, a move that comes amid concerns over AI and intellectual property.

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Trump Admin's Harvard Cuts Vex Judge: 'Staggering To Me'

By Chris Villani

A Massachusetts federal judge said Monday that the Trump administration has not presented evidence that Harvard has failed to address antisemitism on its campus and expressed bewilderment at the government's legal justifications for cutting $2.2 billion in funding.

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Bronx Defenders Reaches Tentative Deal To End Strike

By Andrea Keckley

The union representing staff attorneys for the Bronx Defenders — one of several member shops of the Association of Legal Advocates and Attorneys that went on strike last week — has reached a tentative contract agreement with their managers.

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States Embrace Second Look Laws To Reward Rehabilitation

By Brian Steele

Criminal justice reform advocates have in recent years found an effective weapon against the effects of lengthy mandatory minimum sentences, convincing states to enact "Second Look" laws that enable judges to reward people in prison who show rehabilitation by shortening their original sentence.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Sydney Price and Jeff Montgomery

Last week at the Delaware Court of Chancery, a major settlement between Meta Platforms Inc. and its investors reached on the proverbial courthouse steps during day two of a trial ended an $8 billion-plus suit accusing the company's directors and officers of breaching privacy regulations and corporate fiduciary duties tied to allegations dating to the Cambridge Analytica scandal more than a decade ago.

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