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The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Thursday to hear a challenge to an ordinance in Brandon, Mississippi, that redirects demonstrations to a designated protest area, teeing up an examination of whether case law prevents someone who has been convicted from bringing a civil rights suit.
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High Court To Hear Street Preacher's First Amendment Case

By Spencer Brewer

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Thursday to hear a challenge to an ordinance in Brandon, Mississippi, that redirects demonstrations to a designated protest area, teeing up an examination of whether case law prevents someone who has been convicted from bringing a civil rights suit.

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5th Circ. Won't Revive Singer's TM Claims Against Bandmates

By Elliot Weld

The Fifth Circuit has declined to revive a case between the former members of the R&B group Jade, saying the Lanham Act claims brought by one member aren't supported when they are against co-owners of a trademark.

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50 Cent Faces Uphill Battle To Stop Release Of Horror Film

By Gina Kim

A California federal judge appeared ready Thursday to reject 50 Cent's efforts to stop the release of a horror film that allegedly uses the rapper's name and likeness without authorization, saying he's "skeptical" of the request and unclear about how the rapper's reputation would be harmed by the film's release. 

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Ex-Sports Agent Accused Of Trapping Woman As 'Sex Slave'

By Lauren Berg

Jonathan Barnett, once named the "World's Most Powerful Sports Agent" by Forbes, is accused of forcing an Australian woman to serve as his "sex slave," while his sports agency within Creative Artists Agency ignored the "obvious red flags" of abuse, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday in California federal court.

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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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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

3 More Athletes Appeal NCAA NIL Settlement To 9th Circ.

By David Steele

Two former wrestlers, including an Olympic medalist, and a former walk-on football player have joined the list of college athletes announcing plans to appeal the $2.78 billion name, image and likeness settlement with the NCAA, arguing that they are receiving far too small a portion of the compensation package.

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Fortnite Creator Accused Of IP Violations For In-Game Comms

By Elliot Weld

The creator of the popular video game Fortnite has been sued by a California company claiming the game's player-to-player messaging options infringe patents it holds related to communications via internet protocols.

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PRIVACY & CONSUMER PROTECTION

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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TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Analysis

State Telecom Roundup: States Rush To Meet New BEAD Regs

By Nadia Dreid

States were allocated their share of the $42.5 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program two years ago. Some states were nearly ready to announce which companies would receive a slice of the funding and exactly how much they would get when President Donald Trump's administration shook things up in early June by rescinding all the awards.

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FCC Aims To Advance Fast-Track Process For Removing Regs

By Christopher Cole

The Federal Communications Commission plans to vote this month on whether to employ a fast-track procedure to remove regulations that are deemed obsolete without having to go through the typical process of first issuing a public notice and soliciting comment.

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FCC Waives Lifeline Voice, Mobile Changes For 1 Year

By Jared Foretek

The Federal Communications Commission has once again postponed two changes to its Lifeline subsidy program, delaying the phase-out of support for voice-only services that were originally meant to push users toward broadband and keeping minimum broadband data standards at 4.5 gigabytes per month for at least an extra year.

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TAX

Colo. Sales Tax Applies To Netflix Subscriptions, Court Rules

By Sanjay Talwani

Netflix's streaming services in Colorado are tangible personal property subject to sales tax, a state appeals court ruled, reversing a district court's finding that the subscriptions were not taxable under state law because they were not tangible physical items.

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BANKRUPTCY

Dr. Phil, Christian Network Clash Over Media Co. Ch. 11 Loan

By Rick Archer

A Texas bankruptcy judge on Thursday gave a media company permission to draw on a Chapter 11 loan from its founder, television personality Phil McGraw, and set a short schedule for a hearing on an attempt to claw back a $25 million note from the company's Christian network co-owner.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

4 Consumer Class Action Trends To Watch In 2nd Half Of 2025

The first half of 2025 has seen a surge of consumer class action trends related to online tools, websites and marketing messages, creating a new legal risk landscape for companies of all sizes, says Scott Shaffer at Olshan Frome.

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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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Analysis

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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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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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

AIT Worldwide Logistics Inc.

Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE

American Bankers Association

American Civil Liberties Union

American International Group Inc.

Apple Inc.

Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd.

Association of Corporate Counsel

Aviva SA

Berkshire Hathaway Energy GT&S

CTIA

Cars.com LLC

Colorado Rockies

Competitive Carriers Association

Creative Artists Agency LLC

Dave & Buster’s Entertainment Inc.

Discovery Land Co.

Drummond

ENI SpA

Epic Games Inc.

Equifax Inc.

First Liberty Institute

Fox News Network LLC

Google LLC

Guy Carpenter & Co. LLC

HSBC Holdings PLC

Harvard University

Human Rights First

Instagram Inc.

Institutional Shareholder Services Inc.

Insurance Europe Ltd.

LexisNexis Legal & Professional

LinkedIn Corp.

LiveRamp

Major League Baseball Inc.

Major Lindsey & Africa LLC

Medtronic PLC

Meta Platforms Inc.

NFL Enterprises LLC

NVIDIA Corp.

National Collegiate Athletic Association

National Treasury Employees Union

Netflix Inc.

New York Jets LLC

New York Post

New York Yankees

Oracle Corp.

Philadelphia Eagles

Planned Parenthood Federation

Pro Bono Institute

R.C. Bigelow Inc.

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Inc.

RELX PLC

Savills PLC

SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment Inc.

Skanska UK Plc

Smith & Wesson Brands Inc.

SolarWinds Corp.

Sotheby's

Stanford University

Steven Madden Ltd.

Supervalu Inc.

The Philadelphia Inquirer LLC

The Salvation Army

The Walt Disney Co.

The Wireless Infrastructure Association

Thomson Reuters Corp.

TikTok Inc.

United Airlines Holdings Inc.

United States Telecom Association

Universal Service Administrative Co.

University of Arkansas

Valve Corp.

Werner Enterprises Inc.

Williams-Sonoma Inc.

ZEDRA

e.l.f. Beauty Inc.

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

AFN Law PLLC

Addleshaw Goddard

Agnifilo Intrater

ArentFox Schiff LLP

Arnold & Porter

Baker Botts

Baker McKenzie

Ballard Spahr

Barks Law PLLC

Bartlit Beck

Blank Rome

Boies Schiller

Buchanan Ingersoll

Bucher Law PLLC

Bunsow De Mory

CMS Cameron McKenna

Clarke Willmott

Cleary Gottlieb

Clement & Murphy

Constangy Brooks

Cooley LLP

Covington & Burling

DWF LLP

Davis Woolfe

Dechert LLP

Duane Morris

Edwin Coe

Eversheds Sutherland

Farnan LLP

Fenchurch Law

Fieldfisher

FisherBroyles

Foley & Lardner

Freeths LLP

Gibbons PC

Gibson Dunn

Goodwin Procter

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani

Gowling WLG

Greenberg Traurig

Greenspoon Marder

Gupta Wessler

Hagens Berman

Haun Mena

Hausfeld LLP

Herrick Feinstein

Hill Dickinson

Hogan Lovells

Holland & Knight

Humphries Kerstetter

Jackson Walker LLP

Jones Day

Katten Muchin

Kennedys Law LLP

Keystone Law

King & Spalding

Kirkland & Ellis

Klein Thomas

Korein Tillery

Latham & Watkins

Law Firm of Tamara N. Holder

Law Office of Jeff Augustini

Lewis Brisbois

Loeb & Loeb

Lomurro Munson

Lowenstein Sandler

Manatt Phelps

McDermott Will & Emery

McElroy Deutsch

McManis Faulkner

Milbank LLP

Mishcon de Reya

Morgan & Morgan

Nabarro LLP

Narvios Law Firm

Olshan Frome

Parlatore Law Group

Phelps Dunbar

Pierson Ferdinand LLP

Pryor Cashman

Quinlan Law Firm LLC

Quinn Emanuel

RKW LLC

Raj Ferber

Reed Smith

Riker Danzig

Sage Patent Group

Seyfarth Shaw

Shapiro Arato

Sharpe Pritchard

Sheppard Mullin

Sidley Austin

Slaughter and May

Snell & Wilmer

Spector Roseman

Stephenson Harwood

Stinson LLP

Stoel Rives

Sullivan & Cromwell

Thompson Hine

Travers Smith

Troutman

Tucker Arensberg

Walker Morris LLP

Wilkin Chapman Rollits

Wilkinson Stekloff

Williams & Connolly

WilmerHale

Winston & Strawn

Withersworldwide

Wood Smith

Wright Close & Barger

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Arizona Supreme Court

Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives

Bureau of Labor Statistics

California Public Utilities Commission

Colorado Department of Revenue

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Executive Office of the President

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

Federal Reserve System

Federal Trade Commission

Financial Ombudsman Service

Food and Drug Administration

Government of Mexico

Internal Revenue Service

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

National Telecommunications and Information Administration

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. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

U.S. Department of Commerce

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 Treasury

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

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

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

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

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

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

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

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

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