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June 20, 2025
DOT Blocked From Conditioning Grants On Immigration Policy
A Rhode Island federal judge on Thursday preliminarily blocked the U.S. Department of Transportation from conditioning billions of state grant dollars on enforcing President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown agenda, finding that a 20-state coalition is likely to win its constitutional legal fight and will be irreparably harmed without an injunction.
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June 20, 2025
Pearson Warshaw, Fegan Scott To Steer PVC Antitrust Class
Pearson Warshaw LLP and Fegan Scott LLC have been tapped as lead counsel for a new class of end-user plaintiffs in consolidated litigation accusing polyvinyl chloride pipe companies of using a commodity pricing service to exchange information and illegally fix prices.
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June 20, 2025
NJ Federal Judge Orders Khalil To Be Released On Bond
A New Jersey federal judge ordered Columbia graduate student Mahmoud Khalil to be released from immigration detention on bond, ruling from the bench on Friday that keeping someone like him behind bars is "highly unusual."
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June 20, 2025
Artist Accuses Hachette Of AI-Created Copyright Violations
A freelance artist accused Hachette Book Group of using artificial intelligence to create derivative book covers of copyrighted artwork he created for books authored by romance and thriller novelist Sandra Brown.
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June 18, 2025
Rio Tinto Agrees To $139M Mongolian Mine Suit Settlement
Rio Tinto agreed to pay $139 million to resolve a putative securities class action that accused the mining giant of concealing delays and cost overruns in a $7 billion copper-gold mine development in southern Mongolia, according to a group of investment funds' Wednesday motion for the settlement's preliminary approval.
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June 18, 2025
OCC Orders Earnings, Strategy Overhaul For 'Troubled' Carver
Carver Federal Savings Bank, one of the nation's largest Black-led banks, has agreed to undertake new strategic planning and efforts to improve its earnings in response to regulatory concerns flagged by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.
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June 18, 2025
NY Prosecutors Seize Crypto Linked To Social Media Scams
New York Attorney General Letitia James on Wednesday said her office and the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office collaborated to seize and freeze $440,000 worth of cryptocurrency that was stolen via Facebook scams targeting Russian-speaking communities in the city and beyond.
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June 18, 2025
Anavex Gets Suit Over Rett Syndrome Clinical Trials Nixed
A New York federal judge tossed an Anavex investor's proposed class action alleging she suffered losses from its misleading statements regarding methodologies used in neurological treatment clinical trials, ruling that stock prices rose from the day the statements were made after Anavex made corrective disclosures in a pre-market earnings call.
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June 18, 2025
NY High Court Lifts Block On NYC Shifting Retiree Healthcare
New York's highest court lifted an injunction Wednesday that had blocked New York City from switching retired city employees' health insurance provider, ruling that the city never promised its retirees that it would keep them on a Medicare supplemental plan.
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June 18, 2025
Feds Refer NY To Justice Department Over Native Mascot Ban
The federal government is referring the New York State Education Department and its Board of Regents to the U.S. Department of Justice for enforcement actions over the state ban on the use of Native American mascots in public schools after education officials rejected a proposal to resolve alleged civil rights violations.
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June 18, 2025
NY Tribe Looks To Block Long Island Town Code Enforcement
A Long Island tribe is asking a New York federal court to block the Town of Southampton from imposing its municipal codes on 84 acres of their lands, saying its officials are attempting to prevent them from using the site for economic gain.
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June 18, 2025
Feds Want Pa. Inmate To Face $810K Tax Refund Case
Massachusetts federal prosecutors want a Pennsylvania inmate returned to the Bay State by July to face claims he impersonated a corporate executive and swiped an $810,000 tax refund bound for a Stamford, Connecticut, investment firm.
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June 18, 2025
News Orgs Urge Court To Stick With OpenAI Evidence Order
A group of news organizations has asked a Manhattan federal judge to reject OpenAI's request to terminate an order for it to retain output log data for user conversations with ChatGPT, saying the order is necessary to prevent the company from deleting further evidence in a case alleging news articles were improperly used to train the generative artificial intelligence model.
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June 18, 2025
Union Praises NY Bills On AI In Advertisements, Digital Rights
Entertainment labor union SAG-AFTRA has applauded the passage of two bills by the New York State Legislature that would require the disclosure of advertisements' use of artificial intelligence-generated performers and for permission to be obtained to use digital renderings of deceased performers in expressive works.
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June 18, 2025
Ex-Yankee Scores $222K Jury Award In Moldy Mansion Trial
A Connecticut federal jury on Wednesday awarded retired New York Yankees third baseman Joshua Donaldson more than $222,000 in a dispute with a former landlord he blamed for the presence of mold in a Greenwich mansion, and a judge is expected to double a substantial portion of that amount.
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June 18, 2025
Applebee's Franchise Settles NY Pay Disparity Claims
The operator of New York City-area Applebee's restaurants entered into a National Labor Relations Board settlement after a former server claimed he was fired after complaining about Black workers getting paid less than white employees, advocacy group One Fair Wage announced Wednesday.
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June 18, 2025
NY Exterminator Says Its 'Black Widow' TM Is 'Incontestable'
A downstate New York pest exterminator on Wednesday urged a Connecticut federal judge to rule that a Constitution State competitor infringed its logo and confused customers, arguing it owns "valid, incontestable" trademarks that have been in use since 2003.
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June 18, 2025
Tarter Krinsky Brings Back Healthcare And Pharmacy Chair
Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP announced on Wednesday the rehiring of its former healthcare and pharmacy law practice chair after a nearly two-year stint as a shareholder with Polsinelli PC's national healthcare group.
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June 18, 2025
Judge Says A Ruling Unfreezing Wind Projects May Be Pyrrhic
A Massachusetts federal judge said on Wednesday he will allow key claims to move forward in a suit challenging the Trump administration's halt of wind farm project reviews, yet he suggested even if the plaintiffs ultimately prevail, the administration could still simply deny requests for permits and leases.
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June 18, 2025
AGs Tell 3rd Circ. To Close 'Loophole' In Kalshi Betting Case
A bipartisan group of attorneys general co-led by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, a Republican, pressed the Third Circuit to prevent trading platform Kalshi's "broad preemptive coup," urging the appellate court to allow New Jersey to regulate the company.
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June 18, 2025
Eversheds Sutherland Adds Ex-Kelley Drye Restructuring Atty
Eversheds Sutherland announced Tuesday the hiring of a New York-based counsel formerly of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP for its U.S. finance practice group.
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June 18, 2025
Squire Patton Adds Polsinelli Trio To New Private Credit Group
Squire Patton Boggs has added a three-lawyer team from Polsinelli PC to its private credit and direct lending practice group.
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June 18, 2025
Altice France Files Ch. 15 In New York With $22B In Debt
Telecom company Altice France SA has asked a New York bankruptcy judge to recognize its French insolvency, saying it has over €19.2 billion ($22 billion) in debt and citing pressures from rising costs and increased competition.
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June 17, 2025
Block On Job Corps Cuts Extended As Judge Weighs Injunction
A New York federal judge on Tuesday extended a temporary restraining order prohibiting the U.S. Department of Labor from "suspending" most of the Job Corps program, which contractors and others say is tantamount to shuttering the youth education and vocational training program and will likely result in student homelessness.
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June 17, 2025
States Say Trump Admin Can't Freeze EV Charging Funds
An attorney for the Washington Attorney General's Office on Tuesday urged a federal judge in Seattle to issue a preliminary injunction requiring the Trump administration to release funding for electric vehicle charging infrastructure projects in 16 states, saying the administration cannot "go back in time" and eliminate congressionally approved funding.
Expert Analysis
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Evolving Federal Rules Pose Further Obstacles To NY LLC Act
Following the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network's recent changes to beneficial ownership information reporting under the federal Corporate Transparency Act — dramatically reducing the number of companies required to make disclosures — the utility of New York's LLC Transparency Act becomes less apparent, say attorneys at Pillsbury.
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Deregulation Memo Presents Risks, Opportunities For Cos.
A recent Trump administration memo providing direction to agencies tasked with rescinding regulations under an earlier executive order — without undergoing the typical notice-and-review process — will likely create much uncertainty for businesses, though they may be able to engage with agencies to shape the regulatory agenda, say attorneys at Blank Rome.
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Ch. 15 Ruling May Offer Path To Ch. 11 Workaround
In Mega Newco, a New York bankruptcy court recently recognized an English scheme of arrangement involving a Mexican financial services company under Chapter 15, showing the flexibility and pragmatism of U.S. bankruptcy courts in effectuating an international restructuring that was consensually designed as a Chapter 11 alternative, says Arthur Rosenberg at Holland & Knight.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Mastering Discovery
The discovery process and the rules that govern it are often absent from law school curricula, but developing a solid grasp of the particulars can give any new attorney a leg up in their practice, says Jordan Davies at Knowles Gallant.
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Understanding Compliance Concerns With NY Severance Bill
New York's No Severance Ultimatums Act, if enacted, could overhaul how employers manage employee separations, but employers should be mindful that the bill's language introduces ambiguities and raises compliance concerns, say attorneys at Norris McLaughlin.
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Mergers Face Steeper Slopes In State Antitrust Reviews
The New York Supreme Court's recent summary judgment in New York v. Intermountain Management, blocking the acquisition and shuttering of a ski mountain in the Syracuse area, underscores the growing trend among state antitrust enforcers to scrutinize and challenge anticompetitive conduct under state laws, say attorneys at Robins Kaplan.
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Maneuvering The Weeds Of Cannabis Vertical Integration
The conversation around vertical integration has taken on new urgency as the cannabis market expands, despite federal reform remaining a distant dream, so the best strategy for cannabis operators is to approach vertical integration on a state-by-state basis, say attorneys at Sweetspot Brands.
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Strategies To Limit Inherent Damage Of Multidefendant Trials
As shown by the recent fraud convictions of two executives at the now-shuttered education startup Frank, multidefendant criminal trials pose unique obstacles, but with some planning, defense counsel can mitigate the harm and maximize the chances of a good outcome, says Kenneth Notter at MoloLamken.
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Playing Guitar Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Being a lawyer not only requires logic and hard work, but also belief, emotion, situational awareness and lots of natural energy — playing guitar enhances all of these qualities, increasing my capacity to do my best work, says Kosta Stojilkovic at Wilkinson Stekloff.
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Takeaways From DOJ's Latest FCA Customs Fraud Intervention
The U.S. Department of Justice's recent intervention in a case alleging customs-related reverse False Claims Act fraud underlines the government’s increased scrutiny of, and importers’ corresponding exposure from, information related to product classification, country of origin and pricing, say attorneys at Bass Berry.
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Crisis Management Lessons From The Parenting Playbook
The parenting skills we use to help our kids through challenges — like rehearsing for stressful situations, modeling confidence and taking time to reset our emotions — can also teach us the fundamentals of leading clients through a corporate crisis, say Deborah Solmor at the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and Cara Peterman at Alston & Bird.
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Adapting To Private Practice: From NY Fed To BigLaw
While the move to private practice brings a learning curve, it also brings chances to learn new skills and grow your network, requiring a clear understanding of how your skills can complement and contribute to a firm's existing practice, and where you can add new value, says Meghann Donahue at Covington.
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Cos. Face Enviro Justice Tug-Of-War Between States, Feds
The second Trump administration's sweeping elimination of environmental justice policies, programs and funding, and targeting of state-level EJ initiatives, creates difficult questions for companies on how best to avoid friction with federal policy, navigate state compliance obligations and maintain important stakeholder relationships with communities, say attorneys at Arnold & Porter.
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Combs Case Reveals Key Pretrial Scheduling Strategies
The procedural battles over pretrial disclosure deadlines leading up to the criminal trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs show how disclosure timing can substantially affect defendants’ ability to prepare and highlight several scheduling pointers for defense counsel, says Sara Kropf at Kropf Moseley.
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Top 3 Litigation Finance Deal-Killers, And How To Avoid Them
Like all transactions, litigation finance deals can sometimes collapse, but understanding the most common reasons for failure, including a lack of trust or a misunderstanding of deal terms, can help both parties avoid problems, say Rebecca Berrebi at Avenue 33 and Boris Ziser at Schulte Roth.