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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services must restore a swath of webpages and datasets it took down following a Trump administration executive order seeking to root out references to so-called gender ideology, a D.C. federal judge ruled.
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HHS Ordered To Restore Data Axed Under 'Gender Ideology' EO

By Gianna Ferrarin

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services must restore a swath of webpages and datasets it took down following a Trump administration executive order seeking to root out references to so-called gender ideology, a D.C. federal judge ruled.

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Genentech's $122M MS Drug Royalties Case Ends In Mistrial

By Bonnie Eslinger

A California federal judge declared a mistrial Thursday after jurors reached an impasse in Genentech Inc.'s $122 million breach of contract case over patent royalties from sales of Biogen MA Inc.'s multiple sclerosis medicine, telling the parties she's open to Genentech's suggestion that they forgo a jury for the retrial.

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Analysis

Capital Markets Upturn Sets Stage For Second-Half Rebound

By Tom Zanki

Deals attorneys are approaching the second half of 2025 increasingly confident that capital markets' activity will accelerate despite potential headwinds stemming from higher tariffs, interest rate uncertainties and geopolitical turmoil.

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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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High Court Passes On Mont. Abortion, Parental Consent Case

By Yeji Jesse Lee

The U.S. Supreme Court declined Thursday to hear a case focused on parental consent and abortion in Montana, as two conservative justices said the decision shouldn't be seen as a rejection by the justices of the parental-rights question itself.

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LITIGATION

Analysis

What To Watch In Mass. Courts In The Second Half Of 2025

By Chris Villani

Massachusetts courts should be busy through the second half of 2025, with litigation against the Trump administration playing a starring role at both the state and federal level. Here are some of the key cases and issues that attorneys are monitoring.

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Natera Inks $8.25M Deal To End Prenatal Tests Suit

By Mike Curley

A proposed class of buyers of Natera Inc.'s noninvasive prenatal tests has asked a California federal court to give preliminary approval to an $8.25 million settlement to resolve claims that the company knew the tests were unreliable but failed to tell buyers.

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Anthem Dodges Most Claims In Lab's $3.8M Insurance Suit

By Elizabeth Daley

A federal judge has dismissed a lab's $3.8 million suit against Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of Connecticut over nearly 3,000 unpaid insurance claims related to medical testing, finding the majority were barred by anti-assignment provisions, ERISA preemption and contractual time limits.

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States Still Oppose Florida's Generic Drug Deal With Sandoz

By Matthew Perlman

States accusing generic-drug makers of fixing prices are continuing to object to a $10 million settlement struck between Florida and Sandoz, arguing that it limits their ability to negotiate deals while letting the Sunshine State benefit without participating in the litigation.

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Medela Can't Escape Trade Dress Claim In Breast Pump Suit

By Adam Lidgett

An Illinois federal judge has refused to let Medela escape allegations that it infringed a rival's trade dress in a suit over a silicone breast pump design, but agreed to trim a false advertising claim.

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TRESemme Buyers' Claims Too Tangled For Class Cert.

By Mike Curley

A New York federal judge has denied class certification for a class of 717 buyers of Unilever's TRESemme shampoo who allege the product caused allergic reactions and hair loss, saying their claims would require too much individual inquiry for class certification to be appropriate.

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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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Brief

Zimmer Biomet Bone Cement Doesn't Bond, NC Suit Says

By Hayley Fowler

Medical device manufacturer Zimmer Biomet has been hit with a product liability suit in North Carolina over its compound for bonding prosthetic to bone, with a woman blaming an alleged design defect for problems she encountered following knee replacement surgery.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

What High Court's Tenn. Trans Care Ruling Means Nationally

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in U.S. v. Skrmetti, upholding a Tennessee ban on gender-affirming medical care for minors, is fairly limited in scope and closely tailored to the specific language of Tennessee's law, but it may have implications for challenges to similar laws in other states, say attorneys at Hall Render.

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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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How Trump's Trade Policies Are Shaping Foreign Investment

Five months into the Trump administration, investors are beginning to see the concrete effects of the president’s America First Investment Policy as it presents new opportunities for clearing transactions more quickly, while sustaining risk aversion related to Chinese trade and potentially creating different political risks, say attorneys at Covington.

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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

Wis. Judge Can't Slip ICE Arrest Case, Magistrate Judge Says

By Hailey Konnath

The Wisconsin judge accused of helping an immigrant living in the country illegally avoid arrest shouldn't be able to get her indictment dismissed just yet, a federal magistrate judge recommended Monday, rejecting her argument that judicial immunity shields her from the case.

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DOJ Wants Md. Federal Judges' Immigration Orders Blocked

By Jack Karp

A Maryland federal court standing order temporarily staving off the deportation of detained noncitizens who file habeas petitions is barred by a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that federal judges do not have authority to issue universal injunctions, according to the Trump administration.

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Feds Cite National Security As Trial Over Student Visas Begins

By Julie Manganis

A Trump administration lawyer told a Massachusetts federal judge Monday that the government's decision to revoke the visas of hundreds of college students and faculty over their pro-Palestinian speech was not viewpoint discrimination but a response to what it contends are threats to national security.

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MyPillow CEO's Attys Sanctioned Over False AI Citations

By Christine DeRosa

Two attorneys for MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell were sanctioned by a Colorado federal judge on Monday over a February brief containing nearly 30 "defective citations" after using artificial intelligence.

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Fox Rothschild Seeks To Exit NJ Case Over Litigation Funding

By Bonnie Eslinger

Fox Rothschild LLP urged a New Jersey state court on Monday to toss claims brought by a couple injured in a vehicle crash alleging they were unlawfully steered to cover medical expenses with high-interest loans from the law firm's litigation funder client, saying its involvement was limited to a "tangential, representative role."

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Calif. Justices Disbar SF Atty For Defrauding Elderly Client

By Hailey Konnath

The California Supreme Court has ordered the disbarment of a San Francisco lawyer who authorities say overcharged an elderly trust account client with advanced dementia, finding that he "repeatedly failed to uphold the most basic duties of an attorney" and is "unfit to serve as a member of the bar."

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Annoyed Fed. Circ. Judge Unsure Where To Land In Drug Row

By Nadia Dreid

An irascible Federal Circuit judge chewed out both sides of the aisle Monday morning during arguments over a generic endocrine disorder drug, and although she accused one attorney of "beating a straw man to death," the judge said she still wasn't sure how she would decide the appeal.

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More NY Public Interest Attys And Advocates Authorize Strikes

By Andrea Keckley

Eight chapters of the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys — a union that represents thousands of public interest attorneys and advocates in the New York City metro area — have voted to authorize strikes as workers hope their sectoral bargaining strategy will lead to more favorable deals with managers.

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Non-Attys Eyed To Tackle Civil Justice Gap In Ga. Pilot

By Emily Johnson

A Georgia Supreme Court committee has proposed the state start a pilot program to train non-attorneys to handle some legal tasks in evictions and other housing cases and consumer-debt matters, saying this "'assisted pro se' model" would improve rural and low-income people's access to civil legal services.

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FTC Wants More Time To Present Case Against Amazon Prime

By Gina Kim

The Federal Trade Commission asked a Washington federal judge for 10 days to put on its case-in-chief against Amazon over alleged deceptive practices that trick customers into automatically renewing Prime subscriptions, arguing the evidence at the upcoming trial would be "voluminous and complex," and lengthening the trial won't prejudice Amazon.

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Trump Orders Treasury To Restrain Solar, Wind Tax Credits

By Kat Lucero

President Donald Trump ordered the U.S. Treasury Department on Monday to begin carrying out cuts and restrictions to the solar and wind production and investment tax credits that were mandated in the budget bill Trump signed Friday.

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Analysis

Biggest Enviro Cases To Watch In 2025: Midyear Report

By Juan-Carlos Rodriguez

Law360 previews the lawsuits environmental attorneys will be watching closely during the second half of 2025, including the Trump administration's challenge to states' efforts to slow climate change, a lawsuit seeking to continue federal funding for climate change projects and product liability cases over forever chemicals in consumer goods.

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Analysis

Personal Injury & Med Mal Cases To Watch In 2nd Half Of 2025

By Y. Peter Kang

The social media addiction multidistrict litigation against the biggest tech companies and a U.S. Supreme Court case regarding state medical malpractice lawsuit requirements are among the cases injury and malpractice attorneys will be following closely in the second half of 2025.

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Roundup

CORRECTED: 3 Bias Arguments Sessions To Watch In July

By Amanda Ottaway

The Third and Sixth Circuits are scheduled to hear a trio of oral arguments in July as a fired professor, human resources executive and school dean each plan to argue that their terminations violated federal anti-bias law. Here, Law360 looks at those cases. 

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Allergan PLC

Alphabet Inc.

Amazon.com Inc.

American Association of University Professors

Apple Inc.

Atlanta Legal Aid Society

Aurobindo Pharma Ltd.

Biogen Inc.

Biomet Inc.

Blue Cross Blue Shield Association

Cboe Global Markets Inc.

Center for Appellate Litigation

Chime Financial Inc.

Citigroup Inc.

City Attorney of San Francisco

City of Hope National Medical Center

Colorado Rockies

Corcept Therapeutics Inc.

Dealogic LLC

DoorDash Inc.

Drummond

DuPont de Nemours Inc.

F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.

Fluor Corp.

Fougera Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Genentech Inc.

Genesis Diagnostics

Google LLC

Houlihan Lokey Inc.

Instagram Inc.

International Business Machines Corp.

Johnson & Johnson

Kenvue Inc.

Major League Baseball Inc.

Meta Platforms Inc.

NVIDIA Corp.

Natera Inc.

New Jersey Institute of Technology

New York Legal Assistance Group Inc.

New York Post

New York Yankees

Novartis AG

Pfizer Inc.

Planned Parenthood Federation

Public Citizen Inc.

RTX Corp.

Regent University

Sandoz International GmbH

Smith & Wesson Brands Inc.

StubHub Inc.

Supervalu Inc.

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

The Hershey Co.

The New York Times Co.

The Procter & Gamble Co.

TikTok Inc.

UCLA School of Law

Uber Technologies Inc.

Unilever PLC

United Auto Workers

University of Toledo

Viatris Inc.

Welch Allyn Inc.

YouTube Inc.

Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc.

iRhythm Technologies Inc.

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Alston & Bird

Appellate Advocates

Arnold & Porter

Bochner PLLC

Bradshaw & Associates PC

Bursor & Fisher

Butler Prather

Cain & Skarnulis

Clement & Murphy

Cole Schotz

Consovoy McCarthy

Covington & Burling

Crowell & Moring

Davis Wright Tremaine

Day Pitney

Debevoise & Plimpton

Dechert LLP

Duane Morris

Dunlap Bennett

Fox Rothschild

Gibson Dunn

Gimbel Reilly

Girard Sharp

Goodwin Procter

Greenberg Traurig

Gupta Wessler

Hall Render

Haynes Boone

Herrick Feinstein

Heyman Enerio

Hogan Lovells

Hueston Hennigan

Jones Day

King & Spalding

Klein Thomas

Lanier Law Group

Latham & Watkins

Lieberman Blecher

Lowenstein Sandler

Marshall Gerstein

McDermott Will & Emery

Milbank LLP

Pillsbury Winthrop

Proskauer Rose

Quinn Emanuel

Recht Kornfeld

Reed Smith

Riverside Law

Rogers Joseph O'Donnell

Sher Tremonte

Sidley Austin

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Skadden Arps

Skaggs Faucette

Squitieri & Fearon

Sterne Kessler

Strang Bradley

Troutman

Wilentz Goldman

Williams & Connolly

WilmerHale

Zimmer Citron

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives

California Supreme Court

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States

Delaware Court of Chancery

European Union

Executive Office of the President

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

Federal Reserve System

Federal Trade Commission

Florida Supreme Court

Food and Drug Administration

Georgia Court of Appeals

Georgia Supreme Court

Government of Mexico

Homeland Security Investigations

Internal Revenue Service

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Montana Attorney General's Office

New Jersey Court

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

New York State Assembly

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Patent Trial and Appeal Board

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

U.S. Department of the Treasury

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

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

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

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

U.S. Office of Personnel Management

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. Tax Court

United States District Court for the District of Colorado

United States District Court for the District of Vermont

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin