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  • June 25, 2025

    Tennis Players Ponder Adding Grand Slams To Antitrust Suit

    A group of professional tennis players accusing the organizers of the sport's largest competitive events of running an illegal "cartel" is considering adding the operators of the four Grand Slam tournaments as defendants in a proposed antitrust class action, but told a New York federal judge it will wait for further talks with them before deciding.

  • June 25, 2025

    Ad Co. Says Rumble's Boycott Suit Belongs In NY, Not Texas

    Media strategy company GroupM Worldwide has asked a Texas federal judge to transfer Rumble's lawsuit accusing the company and others of boycotting the user-generated video platform, arguing that even if the antitrust case survives a pending motion to dismiss, it should be heard in New York.

  • June 25, 2025

    Hodgson Russ Adds Ex-GC Of NY Enviro Agency

    Hodgson Russ LLP has hired the former longtime deputy commissioner and general counsel of the New York Department of Environmental Conservation to bolster its environmental and energy practices and expand the reach of its Albany, New York, office.

  • June 25, 2025

    Spirit Flags Competition Concerns Over United-JetBlue Pact

    Spirit Airlines LLC has filed a complaint with federal transportation regulators contending that a recently announced partnership between United Airlines and JetBlue raises issues similar to an alliance between American and JetBlue that was blocked over competition concerns.

  • June 25, 2025

    Do Kwon Trial Judge Has Eye On Federal Crypto Legislation

    Federal legislation that could codify stablecoins as payment-related assets — not securities — has the potential to impact the Manhattan U.S. attorney's $40 billion criminal case against Terraform founder Do Kwon, a federal judge said Wednesday.

  • June 25, 2025

    Xero Paying Up To $3B For Melio Amid North American Push

    Xero Ltd. has agreed to acquire New York-based payments platform Melio for $2.5 billion, plus up to $500 million in contingent payments, as the New Zealand-based company looks to deepen its North American presence.

  • June 25, 2025

    Latham Lands M&A Pro In NY From Wachtell

    Latham & Watkins LLP has added an attorney from Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz to bolster its mergers and acquisitions and private equity practice and capacity to handle various types of transactions globally.

  • June 24, 2025

    Wash. Judge Blocks Trump Admin's EV Charging Funds Freeze

    A Seattle federal judge Tuesday issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from withholding funds for electric vehicle charging infrastructure projects in 14 states, but stopped short of applying it to two other states and Washington, D.C., and stayed the order to give the administration time to appeal.

  • June 24, 2025

    2nd Circ. Tells Feds To 'Facilitate' Another Deportee's Return

    The Trump administration must "facilitate the return" to the U.S. of a man deported to El Salvador in violation of an order blocking his removal, the Second Circuit ruled Tuesday, citing a U.S. Supreme Court decision backing the return of a Maryland man improperly deported to a Salvadoran prison.

  • June 24, 2025

    State AGs Sue Trump Admin To Stop Billions In Grant Cuts

    A coalition of 21 states and the District of Columbia filed suit Tuesday in Massachusetts federal court, accusing the Trump administration of unlawfully using a single clause "buried in federal regulations" to nix billions of dollars in federal grant funding to the states.

  • June 24, 2025

    NY Denies School District's Bid To Delay Mascot Ban

    The New York State Education Department denied a deadline extension request by a Long Island school district to comply with the state's ban on the use of Indigenous mascots, telling the district's superintendent that the district has shown no good cause toward the law's compliance.

  • June 24, 2025

    Twitter Investors Seek Class Cert. In Suit Against Musk

    Shareholders of the social media company formerly known as Twitter have asked a New York federal judge to certify their proposed class in a suit accusing Elon Musk of failing to timely disclose his purchase of company stock back when it was publicly traded.

  • June 24, 2025

    Sirius XM Fee Suit Undermined By Site Changes, Judge Hints

    A Washington federal judge suggested Tuesday that a proposed class action in which consumers are accusing Sirius XM of charging a misleading "royalty fee" has potentially been undercut by the satellite radio provider's decision in 2024 to change disclosures on its website to reflect music plan pricing in lump sums.

  • June 24, 2025

    2nd Circ. Says Salvadoran Man Derived Citizenship Via Mom

    A divided Second Circuit panel vacated a more than decade-old removal order for a Salvadoran man convicted of robbery and burglary, saying he derived U.S. citizenship when his mother was naturalized 40 years ago.

  • June 24, 2025

    Visa Can't Duck DOJ's Debit Card Monopoly Case

    A New York federal court has refused to throw out the U.S. Department of Justice's case accusing Visa of illegally maintaining a monopoly over debit card networks, rejecting arguments about the market at issue, discounts offered and the scope of deals with would-be competitors.

  • June 24, 2025

    Cornell, Arb. Group Team Up For Dispute Resolution Service

    Cornell University and the American Arbitration Association are working together to establish a nationwide service offering assistance with dispute resolution and mediation for labor contracts, with a former Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service officer leading as the executive manager.

  • June 24, 2025

    Trump Hones Immunity Argument In 2nd Circ. Carroll Appeal

    Counsel for President Donald Trump told the Second Circuit on Tuesday that he did not "unequivocally and explicitly" waive presidential immunity before a jury awarded writer E. Jean Carroll $83.3 million in their defamation battle, refining the theory that he cannot be held liable.

  • June 24, 2025

    V&E Adds Investment, Finance Trio In NY, Texas

    Vinson & Elkins LLP has brought on three new partners to strengthen its investment management and finance practices.

  • June 24, 2025

    Harris Beach Atty To Chair Akerman's NY Public Finance Team

    A corporate attorney who worked on the financing of Yankee Stadium, Brooklyn's Barclays Center and other high-profile projects has joined Akerman LLP as chair of the New York public finance practice, the firm announced this week.

  • June 24, 2025

    Kasowitz Rebrands Amid Shift To Streamlined Firm Names

    Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP announced Tuesday that it is rebranding to Kasowitz LLP, becoming the latest firm to shorten its name.

  • June 24, 2025

    Trump Admin Must Release NIH Funds Amid Appeal

    A Massachusetts federal judge on Tuesday denied the Trump administration's request to stay a recent order that it resume processing National Institutes of Health grant applications and releasing funds, warning that even one more day of delay would lead to irreparable harm.

  • June 24, 2025

    Lewis Brisbois Opens Insurance Practice With Atty From WTW

    Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP has launched a practice catering to the legal needs of insurance underwriters, product leaders and managing general underwriters and agents, hiring a former executive vice president at insurance broker Willis Towers Watson PLC to co-chair it.

  • June 23, 2025

    Muddy Waters Must Face Suit Over $14M SEC Tipster Award

    Investment research service Muddy Waters LLC and its founder cannot escape a lawsuit alleging they stiffed a purported former partner out of his share of a $14 million whistleblower award from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, a New York federal judge ruled Monday.

  • June 23, 2025

    Visa Defeats Class Claims Over Third-Party Gift Card Scams

    A New York federal judge on Monday threw out a proposed class action accusing Visa of knowingly peddling gift cards that are susceptible to scams, ruling that "no reasonable consumer would fail to recognize the possibility that a gift card they bought may be subject to a third-party scam."

  • June 23, 2025

    Palantir Reaches Deal With Ex-Employees In AI Secrets Case

    Palantir Technologies Inc. has reached a settlement with former employees it accused of stealing trade secrets to launch a competing artificial intelligence business, according to a notice asking a New York federal judge to let Palantir permanently dismiss its claims.

Expert Analysis

  • Focusing On Fluoride: From FDA To Class Action

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    A class action filed two days after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced plans to remove ingestible fluoride prescription drug products for children from the market may be the tip of the iceberg in terms of the connection between government pronouncements on safety and their immediate use as evidence in lawsuits, says Rachel Turow at Skadden.

  • How Dfinity Timeliness Ruling Can Aid Crypto Issuers

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    A California federal court's recent dismissal of a class action against Dfinity, holding that the claims were time-barred by the Securities Act's three-year statute of repose, provides a useful defense for cryptocurrency issuers, which often solicit investments years before minting and distributing the associated tokens, say attorneys at Paul Weiss.

  • 4 Precautions For Responsible AI Use In Bid Protests

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    Despite the U.S. Government Accountability Office’s May warning that it will impose stiff sanctions on bid protesters whose filings contain artificial intelligence-generated mistakes and hallucinations, generative AI can be a valuable tool for the bid protest bar if used with safeguards, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.

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    Law School's Missed Lessons: Rejecting Biz Dev Myths

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    Law schools don’t spend sufficient time dispelling certain myths that prevent young lawyers from exploring new business opportunities, but by dismissing these misguided beliefs, even an introverted first-year associate with a small network of contacts can find long-term success, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein.

  • Trade In Limbo: The Legal Storm Reshaping Trump's Tariffs

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    In the final days of May, decisions in two significant court actions upended the tariff and trade landscape, so until the U.S. Supreme Court rules, businesses and supply chains should expect tariffs to remain in place, and for the Trump administration to continue pursuing and enforcing all available trade policies, say attorneys at Ice Miller.

  • Shareholder Takeaways From NY Internal Affairs Doctrine Suit

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    A May New York Court of Appeals decision in Ezrasons v. Rudd involving Barclays — affirming the state's "firmly entrenched" internal affairs doctrine — is a win for all corporate stakeholders seeking stability in resolving disputes between shareholders and directors and officers, say attorneys at Sadis & Goldberg.

  • Move Beyond Surface-Level Edits To Master Legal Writing

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    Recent instances in which attorneys filed briefs containing artificial intelligence hallucinations offer a stark reminder that effective revision isn’t just about superficial details like grammar — it requires attorneys to critically engage with their writing and analyze their rhetorical choices, says Ivy Grey at WordRake.

  • EDNY Ruling May Limit Some FARA Conspiracy Charges

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    Though the Eastern District of New York’s recent U.S. v. Sun decision upheld Foreign Agents Registration Act charges against a former aide to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, its recognition of an affirmative legislative policy to exempt some officials may help defendants charged with related conspiracies, say attorneys at ArentFox Schiff.

  • 9th Circ. Has Muddied Waters Of Article III Pleading Standard

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    District courts in the Ninth Circuit continue to apply a defunct and especially forgiving pleading standard to questions of Article III standing, and the circuit court itself has only perpetuated this confusion — making it an attractive forum for disputes that have no rightful place in federal court, say attorneys at Gibson Dunn.

  • How Cos. Can Prep For Calif. Cybersecurity Audit Regulations

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    As the California Privacy Protection Agency Board finalizes cybersecurity audit requirements, companies should take six steps to prepare for the audit itself and to build a compliant cybersecurity program that can pass the audit, say attorneys at Covington.

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    Competing In Modern Pentathlon Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Opening myself up to new experiences through competing in modern Olympic pentathlon has shrunk the appearance of my daily work annoyances and helps me improve my patience, manage crises better and remember that acquiring new skills requires working through your early mistakes, says attorney Mary Zoldak.

  • NY Case Shows How LLC Agreements Can Be Amended

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    The New York Court of Appeals in Behler v. Tao recently held that a merger clause contained in an amended limited liability company agreement superseded and extinguished an alleged oral agreement between the parties, highlighting the importance of determining early how and when an LLC agreement may be amended, says Kerrin Klein at Olshan Frome.

  • If Justices Accept, Maxwell Case May Clarify Meaning Of 'US'

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    If the U.S. Supreme Court agrees to take up Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal, it could clarify the meaning of “United States” in the context of plea agreements, and a plain language interpretation of the term would offer criminal defendants fairness and finality, say attorneys at Kudman Trachten.

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    Law School's Missed Lessons: Teaching Yourself Legal Tech

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    New graduates often enter practice unfamiliar with even basic professional software, but budding lawyers can use on-the-job opportunities to both catch up on technological skills and explore the advanced legal and artificial intelligence tools that will open doors, says Alyssa Sones at Sheppard Mullin.

  • How AI May Reshape The Future Of Adjudication

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    As discussed at a recent panel at Texas A&M, artificial intelligence will not erase the human element of adjudication in the next 10 to 20 years, but it will drive efficiencies that spur private arbiters to experiment, lead public courts to evolve and force attorneys to adapt, says Christopher Seck at Squire Patton.

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