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  • September 22, 2025

    Oracle To Secure TikTok Users' Data In Deal To Skirt US Ban

    Tech giant Oracle will be tasked with safeguarding U.S. TikTok users' personal data, and the app's recommendation algorithm will be "retrained" and operated outside the control of TikTok's Chinese parent company under a deal that President Donald Trump is expected to sign this week to avert a shutdown of TikTok, the White House said Monday. 

  • September 22, 2025

    Google Ad Tech Breakup 'Drastic' But Best, DOJ Tells Judge

    A U.S. Department of Justice attorney pressed a Virginia federal judge Monday to break up Google's advertising placement technology business, asserting in opening statements that a divestiture is doable and the only way to fully address Google's monopoly.

  • September 22, 2025

    VoIP Provider Seeks Faster Switch To Internet-Based Lines

    Local carriers are dragging their feet in changing from older switching systems to internet-based call interconnection, and federal rules should be crafted to hasten the transition, says a telecom technology platform.

  • September 22, 2025

    $100K H-1B Fee Will Likely Hurt Both US And Foreign Workers

    The new $100,000 fee for H-1B visas, which took effect on Sunday with little advance notice, blindsided immigration attorneys who told Law360 that it could ultimately hurt domestic workers by driving U.S. companies to do business elsewhere.

  • September 22, 2025

    Colo. Justices Unsure How To Interpret Open Records Law

    Colorado Supreme Court justices grilled an attorney representing the state Monday about how its interpretation of Colorado's open records laws actually protects the identity of children, and whether its reading of the statute isn't overly broad.

  • September 22, 2025

    New Framework Needed For Satellite Power Caps, Orgs Say

    More than a dozen groups on Monday told the Federal Communications Commission it's time to update spectrum sharing rules between low earth orbit and other satellites to spur industry growth.

  • September 22, 2025

    UK, US To Collaborate On Capital Markets, Crypto Policy

    The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the United Kingdom's financial ministry on Monday announced the formation of a joint taskforce to explore ways to collaborate on digital asset policy and "improve links" between the two countries' capital markets.

  • September 22, 2025

    T-Mobile, Sprint Push DC Circ. To Revisit $92M FCC Fines

    T-Mobile and Sprint are asking the full D.C. Circuit to review a $92 million fine from the Federal Communications Commission over their sale of sensitive user location data with third-party companies, asking for an en banc rehearing of their challenge after a three-judge panel unanimously affirmed the penalty last month. 

  • September 22, 2025

    DC Circ. Mulls International Media Funding, Firings

    The D.C. Circuit is set to decide whether or not to allow the Trump administration to continue dismantling the agency that oversees state news broadcaster Voice of America after hearing consolidated arguments Monday morning in a quartet of cases challenging the shutdown.

  • September 22, 2025

    DOJ Urges 7th Circ. To Affirm Strike Of Ill. Assault Rifle Ban

    The Department of Justice's civil rights chief told a Seventh Circuit panel on Monday that an Illinois law banning assault weapons and high capacity magazines is unconstitutional and that the appellate court set an "inaccurate standard" when it denied an earlier bid to block the law's enforcement.

  • September 22, 2025

    Feds Urge No Injunction In Ill. Migrant Shelter Fund Fight

    An Illinois federal judge hearing Chicago and other municipalities' dispute over migrant-focused grant funds the U.S. Department of Homeland Security stopped reimbursing should not halt that decision while the parties' case plays out, because the funds aren't being moved or used elsewhere, the federal government argued Monday.

  • September 22, 2025

    Judge Lets Suit Over Audible's Expiring Credits Move Forward

    A Washington federal judge has declined to toss a consumer's proposed class action against Audible Inc. over the expiration dates on membership "credits," saying such vouchers don't have to be backed by a specific cash value to be covered by the Evergreen State's gift card law.

  • September 22, 2025

    5th Circ.'s 340B Ruling 'Limited,' Pharma Cos. Tell 4th Circ.

    The Fifth Circuit's recent refusal to block a Mississippi law regulating the delivery of discounted drugs to rural providers can't be wielded by West Virginia in its battle over the law's constitutionality because of the distinctions between the two state laws, a coalition of pharmaceutical companies told the Fourth Circuit.

  • September 22, 2025

    In-House Judge Won't Pause FTC's Heart Valve Deal Challenge

    An administrative law judge refused to pause the Federal Trade Commission's in-house case challenging Edwards Lifesciences Corp.'s planned $945 million purchase of JenaValve Technology Inc. until after a ruling in the related federal court case.

  • September 22, 2025

    HUD Attys Say Trump Is Undermining Fair Housing Work

    A group of U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development attorneys claimed in a lawsuit Monday that the Trump administration is deliberately undermining the federal government's enforcement of fair housing laws.

  • September 22, 2025

    Trump Admin Says Calif. Emissions Waiver Fight Is DOA

    The Trump administration has told a federal judge that California can't use the courts to override the will of Congress and undo the revocation of Clean Air Act waivers allowing the Golden State to establish its own vehicle emissions standards.

  • September 22, 2025

    Ex-Boston Transit Cop Spared Prison In Beating Coverup

    A federal judge on Monday, "with some reservations," spared a former Boston transit police sergeant from prison time for his alleged role in trying to cover up the 2018 beating of a homeless man by an officer.

  • September 22, 2025

    Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

    Last week, Match.com secured approval for a $30M settlement over its 2019 reverse spinoff from IAC, and Vice Chancellor Morgan T. Zurn urged decorum among Delaware lawyers, comparing recent legal turmoil to dark times in British monarchy history. Here's the latest from the Chancery Court.

  • September 22, 2025

    Tech Groups Ask To Maintain Block On Fla. Social Media Law

    Tech industry organizations and civil rights groups threw their support behind two groups challenging a Florida law banning children 13 and under from social media, telling the Eleventh Circuit the law is an unconstitutional regulation of speech.

  • September 22, 2025

    Cruz Urges Trump To Back Pilot Retirement Age Increase

    Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, urged the White House to support a proposal that would raise an international aviation agency's standard for pilot retirement age from 65 to 67, saying the arbitrary age limit makes flying more dangerous and expensive.

  • September 22, 2025

    Puerto Rico Finance Board Members Sue Trump Over Firings

    Three former members of the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico have sued the Trump administration alleging they were illegally fired without cause last month, asking a judge to block the "unlawful and unconstitutional" action.

  • September 22, 2025

    EPA Proposes Rolling Back TSCA Risk Evaluation Regs

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday proposed loosening regulations for chemical health risk evaluations, saying the existing set can unnecessarily prolong reviews and stifle new products, but green groups are criticizing the move as a giveaway to industry.

  • September 22, 2025

    Newsom Approves Bill Reversing Calif. Cannabis Tax Hike

    California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed into law a bill that reverses a tax increase on regulated cannabis businesses, in an effort to give the state's beleaguered marijuana industry some financial relief.

  • September 22, 2025

    Conn. Board Seeks To Cement Win Over Tax Atty's Firing

    The Connecticut Employees' Review Board has asked an appellate court not to rehear a fired tax attorney's unsuccessful appeal en banc, arguing that she has failed to show any fatal flaws in a three-judge panel's decision against her.

  • September 22, 2025

    DOJ Presses For 30-Year Sentence In Attempt On Kavanaugh

    The government wants a defendant to spend at least 30 years in prison for attempting to kill U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, while defense counsel is seeking an eight-year sentence.

Expert Analysis

  • New NY Residential Real Estate Rules May Be Overbroad

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    New legislation imposing a 90-day-waiting period and tax deduction restrictions on certain New York real estate investors may have broad effects and unintended consequences, creating impediments for a wide range of corporate and other transactions, says Libin Zhang at Fried Frank.

  • Cos. Must Tailor Due Diligence As Trafficking Risks Increase

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    As legislators, prosecutors and plaintiffs attorneys increasingly focus on labor and sex trafficking throughout the U.S., companies must tailor their due diligence strategies to protect against forced labor trafficking risks in their supply chains, say attorneys at Steptoe.

  • Series

    Creating Botanical Art Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Pressing and framing plants that I grow has shown me that pursuing an endeavor that brings you joy can lead to surprising benefits for a legal career, including mental clarity, perspective and even a bit of humility, says Douglas Selph at Morris Manning.

  • Opinion

    PFAS Reg Reversal Defies Water Statute, Increasing Risks

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    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's recent moves delaying the deadlines to comply with PFAS drinking water limits, and rolling back other chemical regulations, violate the Safe Drinking Water Act, and increase the likelihood that these toxins could become permanent fixtures of the water supply, says Vineet Dubey at Custodio & Dubey.

  • New Federal Worker Religious Protections Test All Employers

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    A recent Trump administration memorandum expanding federal employees' religious protections raises tough questions for all employers and signals a larger trend toward significantly expanding religious rights in the workplace, say attorneys at Seyfarth.

  • FTC Focus: Surprising Ways Meador And Khan Sound Alike

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    Since becoming a commissioner on the Federal Trade Commission, Mark Meador's public comments, speeches and writings reveal a surprising degree of continuity with former Chair Lina Khan's approach, in an indication that differing philosophies might have comparable practical effects, say attorneys at Proskauer.

  • Supreme Court's Criminal Law Decisions: The Term In Review

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    Though the U.S. Supreme Court’s criminal law decisions in its recently concluded term proved underwhelming by many measures, their opinions revealed trends in how the justices approach criminal cases and offered reminders for practitioners, says Kenneth Notter at MoloLamken.

  • Compliance Is A New Competitive Edge For Mortgage Lenders

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    So far, 2025 has introduced state and federal regulatory turbulence that is pressuring mortgage lenders to reevaluate the balance between competitive and compliant employee and customer recruiting practices, necessitating a compliance recalibration that prioritizes five key strategies, say attorneys at Mitchell Sandler.

  • Noncompete Forecast Shows Tough Weather For Employers

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    Several new state noncompete laws signal rough conditions for employers, particularly in the healthcare sector, so employers must account for employees' geographic circumstances as they cannot rely solely on choice-of-law clauses, say lawyers at McDermott.

  • Opinion

    Privacy Bill Must Be Amended To Protect Small Businesses

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    While a bill recently passed by the California Senate would exempt a company's use of legally compliant website advertising and tracking technologies from the California Invasion of Privacy Act, it must be amended to adequately protect small businesses, say attorneys at Thompson Hine.

  • Opinion

    Budget Act's Deduction Limit Penalizes Losing Gamblers

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    A provision in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that reduces the deduction for gambling losses is unfair to professional and recreational players, risks driving online activity to offshore sites, and will set back efforts to legalize and regulate the industry, says Walter Bourdaghs at Kang Haggerty.

  • Even As States Step Up, They Can't Fully Fill ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ's Shoes

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    The Trump administration's efforts to scale down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau have prompted calls for state regulators to pick up the slack, but there are also important limitations on states' ability to fill the gap left by a mostly dormant ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ, say attorneys at Covington.

  • Opinion

    The Legal Education Status Quo Is No Longer Tenable

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    As underscored by the fallout from California’s February bar exam, legal education and licensure are tethered to outdated systems, and the industry must implement several key reforms to remain relevant and responsive to 21st century legal needs, says Matthew Nehmer at The Colleges of Law.

  • The Int'l Compliance View: Everything Everywhere All At Once

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    Changes to the enforcement landscape in the U.S. and abroad shift the risks and incentives for global compliance programs, creating a race against the clock for companies to deploy investigative resources across worldwide operations, say attorneys at Dentons.

  • Opinion

    Calif. Must Amend Trade Secret Civil Procedure

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    A California procedural law that effectively shields trade secret defendants from having to return company materials until the plaintiff can craft detailed requests must be amended to recognize that property recovery and trade secret analysis are distinct issues, says Matthew Miller at Hanson Bridgett.

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