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A D.C. federal judge will let a California tribe amend its suit against the U.S. Department of the Interior for axing its eligibility to run a proposed $700 million casino on new claims that a competing tribe successfully orchestrated a politically influential lobbying campaign.
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Calif. Tribe Renews $700M Casino Suit With Lobbying Claim

By Joyce Hanson

A D.C. federal judge will let a California tribe amend its suit against the U.S. Department of the Interior for axing its eligibility to run a proposed $700 million casino on new claims that a competing tribe successfully orchestrated a politically influential lobbying campaign.

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Iowa Church Says DEA Can't 'Pocket Veto' Drug Exemption

By Mike Curley

An Iowa church is asking the D.C. Circuit to force the Drug Enforcement Administration to rule on an application it filed more than six years ago for a religious exemption to use a psychedelic in its services, saying the DEA shouldn't be allowed to "pocket veto" the application and leave the church hanging.

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Omaha Tribe Leads Nebraska In Cannabis Legalization Push

By Crystal Owens

The Omaha Tribe of Nebraska is now the first Indigenous nation in the state to legalize and regulate medical and recreational cannabis use on tribal lands, putting it ahead of the state currently embroiled in litigation over voter-approved ballot referendums on the issue.

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LITIGATION

Brief

Public, Tribal Stations Face Shutdown As Senate Cuts Funds

By Nadia Dreid

America's Public Television Stations says it is "devastated" by the U.S. Senate's decision to pass a bill that would claw back $9 billion in congressionally appropriated funds, including all the money allocated for local public television stations.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Series

Playing Mah-Jongg Makes Me A Better Mediator

Mah-jongg rewards patience, pattern recognition, adaptability and keen observation, all skills that are invaluable to my role as a mediator, and to all mediating parties, says Marina Corodemus.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

​​​​​​​3rd Circ. Pick 'Respected' By Trump, Mysterious To Senators

By Matthew Santoni

The senior White House lawyer nominated to represent Delaware on the Third Circuit is a constitutional scholar and presidential immunity defender touted as "highly respected" by President Donald Trump, although some Delaware lawmakers have questioned her ties to the First State.

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NYC Legal Services Strike Continues To Grow

By Andrea Keckley

A strike by hundreds of legal service workers in New York City grew even larger on Friday after three more member shops of the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys joined the picket line.

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Judge Unsure Of Alternatives To Nationwide Birthright Ruling

By Chris Villani

A Massachusetts federal judge on Friday wrestled with how the government would implement any alternatives to a nationwide block on President Donald Trump's order limiting birthright citizenship and what type of decision would comply with recent high court precedent.

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Seven Months In, Race-Blind Charging Faces Test In Calif.

By Marco Poggio

In January, California adopted race-blind charging as a statewide policy, after a law passed in 2022 went into effect. Now, seven months into the program's statewide rollout, race-blind charging is showing both promise and limitations.

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Trump Files $10B Defamation Suit Over WSJ Epstein Story

By Hailey Konnath

President Donald Trump filed a $10 billion defamation suit Friday against The Wall Street Journal over its July 17 article reporting that he was among friends who sent a "bawdy" letter to Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th birthday, calling the article "false, defamatory and malignant."

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California Courts Set AI Rules Allowing Flexibility For Judges

By Craig Clough

The Judicial Council of California approved a policy Friday for rules and standards on the use of generative artificial intelligence for judges and court staff, with the chair of the council's AI task force saying the policy provides flexibility by allowing courts to either adopt the technology or ban it.

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Geragos Owes $100K For Role In Nike Extortion, Jury Says

By Craig Clough

Celebrity attorney Mark Geragos was ordered to pay $100,000 to a youth basketball coach by a Los Angeles jury that found he aided and abetted disbarred lawyer Michael Avenatti in a failed attempt to extort Nike that landed Avenatti with a 2½ year prison sentence.

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Ex-CEO Again Pushes For Standing In Judge Romance Case

By Catherine Marfin

The former CEO of a defunct barge company has again urged a court to rule that he has standing to sue over a former bankruptcy judge's secret romance with an attorney, writing in a supplemental filing that "certain issues" had "not been fully briefed."

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Nadine Menendez Attys Say Relationship Has 'Broken Down'

By Carla Baranauckas

One of the law firms representing former U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez's wife in her bribery case told a New York federal judge Friday that it wants to leave the matter because the attorney-client relationship has "broken down."

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Trump Asks Supreme Court To Decline Early Tariff Challenge

By Natalie Olivo

President Donald Trump's administration urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a request from Illinois-based toy makers to hear their challenge against the White House's global tariffs, arguing the justices should not "leapfrog" parallel proceedings in circuit courts.

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Roundup

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

By Max Austin

This past week in London has seen the former owner of British oil refinery Prax Group sued following the collapse of his business empire, a unit of Shard Credit Partners target a married couple believed to have inflated the value of their companies before selling them, and Aerofoil Energy reignite patent action against AFE Group over the design of its F1-inspired cooling units.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

President Donald Trump has chosen the chief labor counsel at Boeing Co. for one of two vacancies on the National Labor Relations Board, whose confirmation would help restore a quorum. And Meta reached a midtrial agreement with stockholders in an $8 billion suit.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Shapiro Arato Bach LLP leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Second Circuit overturned the conviction of a former HSBC executive accused of defrauding a Scottish oil and gas company in a $3.5 billion currency exchange deal.

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In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360

For those who missed out, here's a look back at the law firms, stories and expert analyses that generated the most buzz on Law360 last week.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

A&O Shearman

Advisors LLC

Akin Gump

Ashurst LLP

Baker McKenzie

Barnes & Thornburg

Beck Redden

Boies Schiller

Bond Schoeneck

Brito PLLC

Bryan Cave

CG Law

Carpmaels & Ransford

Clyde & Co

Coburn & Greenbaum

Corodemus & Corodemus

Cotchett Pitre

Cozen O'Connor

Crowell & Moring

DLA Piper

David Boies

Davis Polk

Dechert LLP

Dentons

Ellis George LLP

Foley & Lardner

Gateley PLC

Geragos & Geragos

Gibson Dunn

Hanson Bridgett

Hilgers Graben

Hill Dickinson

Hodgson Russ

Hogan Lovells

Hueston Hennigan

Husch Blackwell

J A Kemp LLP

Jackson Walker LLP

Jones Day

K&L Gates

Kirkland & Ellis

Latham & Watkins

Macias Counsel Inc

Mills & Reeve

Mishcon de Reya

Morgan Lewis

Murray Law Firm LLC

Osborne Clarke

Paul Weiss

Peebles Bergin

Perkins Coie

Prickett Jones

Quinn Emanuel

Reed Smith

Robins Kaplan

Rusty Hardin

Shapiro Arato

Stradley Ronon

Sullivan & Cromwell

TLT LLP

Wachtell Lipton

Wedlake Bell

Welty Weaver

Wilkinson Stekloff

WilmerHale

Womble Bond

Wright Hassall

gunnercooke LLP

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

ARAG

ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

AXA XL Ltd.

American Bar Association

American Civil Liberties Union

American International Group Inc.

American Property Casualty Insurance Association

Apple Inc.

Aramark

Association of Corporate Counsel

Barclays PLC

Bouchard Transportation Co. Inc.

Broadcom Inc.

Brussels Airlines NVSA

Cache Creek Casino Resort

Cartier SA

Center for Appellate Litigation

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp.

Corporation for Public Broadcasting

Crawford & Co.

Dow Jones & Co.

Edenred SA

Emirates National Oil Co. Ltd. LLC

Energizer Holdings Inc.

Federalist Society

George Washington University

Glencore PLC

Guardant Health Inc.

HSBC Holdings PLC

Harvard University

Heathrow Airport Holdings Ltd.

Instagram Inc.

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC

Johnson & Johnson

Learning Resources Inc.

Leidos Holdings Inc.

LinkedIn Corp.

MGM Resorts International

Mediterranean Shipping Co. SA

Meta Platforms Inc.

Microsoft Corp.

NBCUniversal Media LLC

Natera Inc.

National Collegiate Athletic Association

National District Attorneys Association

New York Legal Assistance Group Inc.

New York University

News Corp.

Nike Inc.

Nokia Corp.

OpenAI OpCo LLC

Pilot Travel Centers LLC

RaceTrac Petroleum

Reddit Inc.

Smart Approaches to Marijuana

Stanford University

Syngenta AG

Tata AIG General Insurance Co.Ltd.

Tesco PLC

The Boeing Co.

The Bronx Defenders

The Catholic University of America

Thunder Valley Casino

VMWare Inc.

Verizon Communications Inc.

World Justice Project

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Bureau of Indian Affairs

California Attorney General's Office

California Department of Justice

California District Attorneys Association

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Delaware Court of Chancery

European Union

Executive Office of the President

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Reserve System

Federal Trade Commission

HMRC

National Labor Relations Board

Nebraska Supreme Court

New Jersey Attorney General's Office

Omaha Tribe of Nebraska

San Diego County District Attorney

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York

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

U.S. Department of Education

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S. District & Bankruptcy Courts of Southern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

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

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

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

U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

UK High Court

United Auburn Indian Community

Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation

Yolo County District Attorney