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  • August 29, 2025

    Emigrant Seeks High Court Review Of 'Reverse Redlining' Suit

    Emigrant Mortgage Co. has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Second Circuit decision upholding a jury verdict that found the company engaged in "reverse redlining" by targeting Black and Latino homeowners with predatory loans, arguing the appeals court broke with other circuits and made it too easy for borrowers to sue and prove disparate impact.

  • August 29, 2025

    Full DC Circ. Asked To Revive Inquiry Into El Salvador Flights

    The American Civil Liberties Union is asking the full D.C. Circuit to review a panel ruling ending a district judge's investigation into the Trump administration's first flights of Venezuelan citizens to El Salvador in March, claiming that the decision undermines the court's fundamental authority to enforce its orders.

  • August 29, 2025

    NJ Casinos Say 9th Circ. Ruling Backs Axing Price-Fixing Suit

    A group of Atlantic City casino-hotel owners have asked the Third Circuit to review a recent decision in the Ninth Circuit involving "nearly identical" antitrust claims related to the same software the defendants in both suits used to allegedly orchestrate inflated room rates across a given area.

  • August 29, 2025

    Norwegian Shipping Co. Pleads Guilty To Pollution Charge

    Shipping company V.Ships Norway admitted to illegally dumping oil-contaminated waste in the Atlantic Ocean and was sentenced to pay a $2 million fine, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

  • August 29, 2025

    Del. Gun Ownership Age Limit Deemed Unconstitutional

    A Delaware Superior Court judge on Friday ruled unconstitutional a state law prohibiting 18- to 20-year-olds from buying firearms or using them without the supervision of someone 21 or older, citing in part infringement of the "quintessential" right to self-defense under the state's constitution.

  • August 29, 2025

    Trump Admin Yanks $679M In Offshore Wind Projects

    The U.S. Department of Transportation announced Friday that it is canceling $679 million in federal funding for a dozen offshore wind projects, the latest salvo in the Trump administration's attack on wind power. 

  • August 29, 2025

    Former National Security Officials Say Union EO Went Too Far

    Although President Donald Trump said he was protecting national security when he opened the door for dozens of agencies to shred their union contracts, he was actually retaliating against the unions for speaking out against him, a coalition of former senior national security officials told the Ninth Circuit on Friday.

  • August 29, 2025

    Hegseth Creates Joint Task Force To Counter Drone Threats

    Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has moved to establish a joint Interagency task force aimed at countering foreign drone threats and promoting sovereignty over U.S. airspace. 

  • August 29, 2025

    Tribe Says Okla. City Can't Avoid Sovereignty Suit

    The Muscogee (Creek) Nation told an Oklahoma federal court to reject a local city's bid to dismiss the Indian nation's suit accusing the city of violating the nation's sovereignty by prosecuting Indians for crimes committed within the nation's territory.

  • August 29, 2025

    DOJ Targets BigLaw, Big Tech For Antitrust 'Gamesmanship'

    The U.S. Department of Justice's top antitrust official singled out technology platforms and the BigLaw attorneys who represent them for "gamesmanship" by hiding key information from merger and conduct investigators, and announced a special task force "to tackle abuses that arise in our investigations."

  • August 29, 2025

    Republicans Urge Justices To End Campaign Spending Caps

    Top Republican lawmakers are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to eliminate caps on how much political parties can spend on campaigns while in coordination with candidates, saying the caps hinder free speech and don't prevent corruption.

  • August 29, 2025

    Pro-Palestine Student Group Must Be Allowed On Pitt Campus

    The University of Pittsburgh must lift its suspension of a pro-Palestine student group, a federal judge ordered, several weeks before the group's ban on activities on-campus was set to expire.

  • August 29, 2025

    Texas Fights Statewide Block Of Migrant Transport Order

    Texas has urged a federal court not to issue a statewide injunction against an executive order allowing state officers to pull over drivers suspected of transporting unauthorized migrants in the wake of a Supreme Court decision limiting universal injunctive relief.

  • August 29, 2025

    Vape Groups Say Wisconsin Law Preempted By Federal Policy

    A coalition of vaping interests urged a Wisconsin federal judge not to dismiss their challenge to a new state law that bans the sale of e-cigarettes not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, a law they allege is blocked by federal policy.

  • August 29, 2025

    High Court Urged To Uphold Wash. Gaming Compact Order

    Washington state, an Indigenous nation and the federal government are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to deny a gaming operator's bid to undo a Ninth Circuit ruling over tribal compacts, saying the petition mischaracterizes the decision and argues for certiorari based on the strawman it creates.

  • August 29, 2025

    Can Trump's Orders Stop The Rise Of Cashless Bail?

    President Donald Trump's recent executive orders threatening several cities and states that limit cash bail would end a "government-backed crime spree," according to the White House, despite data largely showing declining crime rates and other successes in jurisdictions he is targeting.

  • August 29, 2025

    NY Town Officials Let Mosque Land-Use Deal Fizzle

    A Long Island town has backed out of a settlement with a mosque that had accused local officials of leaning on land-use laws to thwart its redevelopment plans, an about-face the town blamed on traffic concerns but the mosque has attributed to public backlash.

  • August 29, 2025

    4 Appellate Arguments For Benefits Attys To Watch In Sept.

    Yellow Corp. seeks to revive a $137 million breach dispute against the Teamsters at the Tenth Circuit, married retirees will ask the Eleventh Circuit to restart a pension conversion fight, and the en banc Fifth Circuit reconsiders a challenge to a rule implementing a 2020 surprise health billing law.

  • August 29, 2025

    Insurance Broker Says NJ School Board Defamed Him

    A New Jersey town's board of education replaced its insurance broker with a different firm after certain officials defamed him, even while the new firm cost the board more in brokerage services costs and higher insurance premiums, the broker told a New Jersey state court.

  • August 29, 2025

    JAG Corps Sent To DC To Fill 'Critical Vacancies'

    Military attorneys are being sent to prosecute crimes in Washington, D.C., as the Trump administration seeks to beef up prosecutions in the nation's capital as part of the federal surge of law enforcement.

  • August 29, 2025

    Creek Nation Halts Citizenship Cards After Freedmen Ruling

    The Muscogee (Creek) Nation's Citizenship Board must pause the issuance of any enrollment cards to descendants of those once enslaved by the tribe, Principal Chief David Hill said in an executive order, arguing he must uphold its constitution until the requirements of a recent high court ruling can be reviewed.

  • August 29, 2025

    Ill. Jury Sides With Ex-CTA Worker In Vax Bias Lawsuit

    An Illinois federal jury on Friday awarded a former Chicago Transit Authority employee $425,000 in damages, finding the transit agency liable on his religious discrimination claim after he was terminated following his refusal to take the COVID-19 vaccine and denied an exemption to the agency's vaccine requirement.

  • August 29, 2025

    House Dems Reintroduce Marijuana Legalization Bill Again

    Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives once again reintroduced a federal marijuana legalization bill that previously passed the chamber twice when it was under Democratic control, but has never gained traction in the U.S. Senate or under a majority-Republican House.

  • August 29, 2025

    7th Circ. Affirms Sweepstakes Co. Owner's Bribery Conviction

    The Seventh Circuit has refused to vacate the roughly five-year sentence a lower court handed down to a sweepstakes machine business owner convicted of bribing two Illinois state lawmakers, finding the judge made no errors in instructing the jury or admitting certain statements at trial.

  • August 29, 2025

    UN Tax Committee Extends Deadline For Consultation

    The United Nations' tax committee has extended a deadline for comments on its work priorities ahead of a session in October, the organization said Friday. 

Expert Analysis

  • Assessing Impact Of USPTO's New Patent Policies

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    Recent data shows how the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's new patent policies are affecting America Invents Act trial institution rates, including spurring an uptick in discretionary denials, say attorneys at Armond Wilson.

  • What US Medicine Onshoring Means For Indian Life Sciences

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    Despite the Trump administration's latest moves to onshore essential medicine manufacturing, India will likely remain an indispensable component of the U.S. drug supply chain, but Indian manufacturers should prepare for stricter compliance checks, says Jashaswi Ghosh at Holon Law Partners.

  • APA Relief May Blunt Justices' Universal Injunction Ruling

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    The Administrative Procedure Act’s avenue for universal preliminary relief seems to hold the most promise for neutralizing the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. CASA to limit federal district courts' nationally applicable orders, say attorneys at Crowell.

  • Wells Fargo Suit Shows Consumer Protection Limits In Mass.

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    The Massachusetts Appeals Court's May decision in Wells Fargo Bank v. Coulsey underscores that consumer rights are balanced against the need for closure, and even the broad protections of state consumer protection law will not open the door to relitigating the same claims, say attorneys at Greenberg Traurig.

  • Series

    Ohio Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q2

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    Ohio's financial services sector saw several significant developments in the second quarter of 2025, including a case that confirmed credit unions' setoff rights, another that established contract rights between banks and cardholders, and the House passage of a digital asset bill, say attorneys at Frost Brown.

  • Building Better Earnouts In The Current M&A Climate

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    In the face of market uncertainty, we've seen a continued reliance on earnouts in M&A deals so far this year, but to reduce the risk of related litigation, it's important to use objective standards, apply company metrics cautiously and ensure short time periods, among other best practices, say attorneys at White & Case.

  • Managing Risks As State AGs Seek To Fill Enforcement Gap

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    Given an unprecedented surge in state attorney general activity resulting from significant shifts in federal enforcement priorities, companies must consider tailored strategies for navigating the ever-evolving risk landscape, say attorneys at Cozen O'Connor.

  • A Deep Dive Into 14 Nixed Gensler-Era SEC Rule Proposals

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission last month formally withdrew 14 notices of proposed rulemaking, including several significant and widely criticized proposals that had been issued under former Chair Gary Gensler's leadership, signaling a clear and definitive shift away from the previous administration, say attorneys at Dechert.

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    Law School's Missed Lessons: Skillful Persuasion

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    In many ways, law school teaches us how to argue, but when the ultimate goal is to get your client what they want, being persuasive through preparation and humility is the more likely key to success, says Michael Friedland at Friedland Cianfrani.

  • A Look At Trump 2.0 Antitrust Enforcement So Far

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    The first six months of President Donald Trump's second administration were marked by aggressive antitrust enforcement tempered by traditional structural remedies for mergers, but other unprecedented actions, like the firing of Federal Trade Commission Democrats, will likely stoke heated discussion ahead, says Richard Dagen at Axinn.

  • Reform Partly Modernizes Small Biz Stock Gains Exclusion

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    Changes to the Internal Revenue Code in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act update the qualified small business stock gains exclusion to reflect inflation, but the regime would be more in line with current business realities if Congress had also made the exemption available to additional business structures, says Mark Parthemer at Glenmede.

  • Breaking Down Novel Va. Social Media Law For Minors

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    While a Virginia bill passed in May is notable for setting a one-hour daily limit on minors' use of social media, other provisions create compliance burdens for social media operators and app store providers, and increase privacy and security risks associated with the collection of sensitive information to prove identity, says Jenna Rode at Hunton.

  • Lessons From Crackdown On Mexican Banks With Cartel Ties

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    Recent U.S. Treasury Department orders excluding three major Mexican financial institutions from the U.S. banking system for laundering drug cartel money and processing payments for fentanyl precursor chemicals offer guidance for companies in reviewing their procedures and controls to ensure they are not the next targets, say attorneys at Paul Weiss.

  • Litigation Inspiration: How To Respond After A Loss

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    Every litigator loses a case now and then, and the sting of that loss can become a medicine that strengthens or a poison that corrodes, depending on how the attorney responds, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.

  • Tips For Cos. From California Climate Reporting FAQ

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    New guidance from the California Air Resources Board on how businesses must implement the state's sweeping climate reporting requirements should help companies assess their exposure, understand their disclosure obligations and begin documenting good-faith compliance efforts, says Thierry Montoya at Frost Brown.

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