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July 21, 2025
Fla. Judge Pick Probed On Trump Case, Nomination Timing
A judicial nominee for the Southern District of Florida has fielded more questions from Democrats who have suggested that he ruled in favor of President Donald Trump and repeated the president's "partisan talking points" while simultaneously being vetted for a federal judgeship.
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July 21, 2025
9th Circ. Narrows 'Remain In Mexico' Block During Appeal
A split Ninth Circuit panel ruled that a California federal judge's nationwide block of the Remain in Mexico program can only apply to the clients of the nonprofit that brought the underlying challenge while the Trump administration's appeal proceeds.
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July 21, 2025
Pay Bias Judge Guts $2.8M Fee Request, Citing Errors At Trial
A Pennsylvania federal judge sliced an attorney's requested $2.8 million fee award for a pay-discrimination case against a school district Monday, blaming the plaintiff's counsel for errors during the two trials it took to reach a verdict.
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July 21, 2025
Huawei Chips Block Some TVs' NextGen Signals, FCC Told
Pearl TV is calling on SiliconDust to remove Huawei-made components from its products, which rebroadcast TV signals from viewer antennas over home networks, saying the chips in its HDHomeRun Flex devices are unable to broadcast certain Next Generation TV programming.
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July 21, 2025
FinCEN Gives Investment Advisers Reprieve On AML Rule
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has pushed back the compliance date for a rule requiring investment advisers to report suspicious activity to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network while it weighs the future of the Biden-era regulation.
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July 21, 2025
Sens. Float Bill To Protect Against AI Data Piracy
Federal lawmakers said Monday that they are floating a measure that would give creators the right to sue companies that use their work to train artificial intelligence models without their permission, a move that comes amid concerns over AI and intellectual property.
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July 21, 2025
Justices Asked If Frontier Law Covers 'Corner Crossing' Case
A Wyoming ranch owner is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Tenth Circuit decision that four hunters who crossed over its property to reach public lands didn't trespass, arguing that state law prohibits "corner crossing" and that no federal easement exists across private land for public access.
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July 21, 2025
Ex-Judges Call SAP Hypocritical In 'Self-Serving' Fintiv Appeal
Retired Federal Circuit Judges Randall Rader and Kathleen O'Malley are urging their former court to reject SAP America Inc.'s challenge to how the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is implementing new policies, saying the agency is acting within its limits and that SAP is selfishly contradicting arguments it previously made at the U.S. Supreme Court.
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July 21, 2025
Concertgoers Narrow Live Nation Antitrust Claims
Consumers accusing Live Nation of monopolizing the live entertainment industry are dropping their allegations about high prices in the resale ticketing market to focus on prices for the initial sale of tickets in the primary market.
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July 21, 2025
Lawmakers' Plan To Target Bid Protesters Seen As Unfounded
Congress's quest to deter frivolous protests from companies that fail to win Pentagon contracts exposes a gap between lawmakers and attorneys who refute the problem, and worry that small businesses that get penalized could get shut out of the procurement process.
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July 21, 2025
How GOP Judges Teed Up 4th Circ.'s Supreme Court Shutout
No appeals court found the U.S. Supreme Court's latest term less endearing than the Fourth Circuit, where a supersize shutout accentuated a multiyear slump for the once-favored circuit and repeatedly vindicated conservative dissenters on the left-leaning bench.
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July 21, 2025
Board Says Salvadoran Women Not A Social Group Under INA
The Board of Immigration Appeals has dismissed a Salvadoran woman's attempt to revive her application for asylum and withholding of removal, ruling that a particular social group based solely on an individual's sex and nationality is "overbroad and insufficiently particular."Â
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July 21, 2025
Energy Litigation To Watch In The 2nd Half Of 2025
Courtroom showdowns between the Trump administration and blue states over U.S. energy and climate change policy will dominate the energy litigation landscape for the rest of 2025. Here is what the energy industry will be watching closely in the second half of the year.
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July 21, 2025
Builder Accuses NC County Of Losing $1.3M In Phishing Scam
A general contractor is suing to recoup the cost of renovating a county administrative building in eastern North Carolina after local officials fell for a phishing scam and sent more than $1.3 million in payments for the project to fraudsters, according to a state court complaint.
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July 21, 2025
California Invests $10M In Tribal College's Accreditation Push
A $10 million California budget allocation is bringing a Native American college one step closer to receiving federal tribal accreditation, which, in turn, will bring future employment, student financial grants and loan opportunities.
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July 21, 2025
JetBlue Says Fla. Used Unlawful Formula In Calculating Taxes
JetBlue urged a Florida state court on Monday to negate a $631,000 corporate tax assessment by the state's Department of Revenue, arguing that a component of the agency's formula for taxing out-of-state miles is inconsistent with federal law.
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July 21, 2025
COVID-19 Fraudster Can Keep His Pension, Conn. Judge Says
A former Connecticut firefighter who pled guilty in connection with a COVID-19 relief fund scam can keep the pension he earned through 26 years of service, a state trial court judge has ruled, pointing to the employee's otherwise clean record and comparatively lesser role in the scheme.
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July 21, 2025
States Say Noncitizen Benefit Restrictions Are Creating Chaos
A coalition of 20 Democratic-led states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration on Monday for "upending" noncitizens' access to publicly funded programs like Head Start and food banks.
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July 21, 2025
Trade Court Hits Importer With $3.4M Penalty Over Fraud
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is due to collect more than $2.4 million in duties plus interest and a $3.4 million civil penalty after the U.S. Court of International Trade determined in a recent opinion that a California-based importer falsely reported Chinese mattress springs were imported from Thailand.
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July 21, 2025
DC Circ. Strikes Down Gag Order On X Corp. Subpoenas
A D.C. Circuit panel has struck down a lower court's sweeping order blocking X Corp. from informing users about government data requests, with the appeals court finding the district court failed to identify specific harm that would come from keeping users in the loop.
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July 21, 2025
Ex-ComEd CEO Gets 2 Years For Burying Madigan Bribes
The former CEO of Commonwealth Edison and later Exelon Utilities was sentenced to two years in prison Monday for a scheme to pay millions to associates of ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan to secure his support for major energy legislation, and for hiding the nature of those payments to circumvent the company's internal accounting controls.
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July 21, 2025
EPA Asks 9th Circ. To Reverse Calif. Judge In Fluoride Suit
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is asking the Ninth Circuit to reverse a California federal judge who ruled that the EPA's current "optimal" level of fluoride in drinking water poses an unreasonable risk of lowering children's IQ.
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July 21, 2025
Stadium Deal Still On Despite Trump Threat, DC Officials Say
The mayor and City Council chair of Washington, D.C., said on Monday that they were focusing on their roles in approving the $3 billion plan for a new stadium for the NFL's Commanders, regardless of President Donald Trump's weekend threat to kill the deal if the team's racist former nickname was not brought back.
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July 21, 2025
States, Territories Get The OK For $42B In Broadband Grants
The U.S. Department of Commerce said Monday that all 56 states and territories taking part in a $42.5 billion expansion of U.S. broadband service can now begin picking contractors to get the work done on the ground.
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July 21, 2025
Officials' Intent Key In Visa Revocation Trial, Judge Says
A Massachusetts federal judge hearing a free-speech case stemming from the arrests of pro-Palestinian student activists said Monday he is grappling with whether immigration officials were carrying out an official Trump administration policy or using their own discretion to implement a broader set of priorities within the law.
Expert Analysis
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In NRC Ruling, Justices Affirm Hearing Process Still Matters
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Nuclear Regulatory Commission v. Texas safeguards the fairness, clarity and predictability of the regulatory system by affirming that to challenge an agency's decision in court, litigants must first meaningfully participate in the hearing process that Congress and the agency have established, says Jonathan Rund at the Nuclear Energy Institute.
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Comparing Stablecoin Bills From UK, EU, US And Hong Kong
For multinational stablecoin issuers, navigating the differences and similarities among regimes in the U.K., EU, Hong Kong and U.S., which are currently unfolding in several key ways, is critical to achieving scalable, compliant operations, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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What Baseball Can Teach Criminal Attys About Rule Of Lenity
Judges tend to assess ambiguous criminal laws not unlike how baseball umpires approach checked swings, so defense attorneys should consider how to best frame their arguments to maximize courts' willingness to invoke the rule of lenity, wherein a tie goes to the defendant, says Jonathan Porter at Husch Blackwell.
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Performing As A Clown Makes Me A Better Lawyer
To say that being a clown in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has changed my legal career would truly be an understatement — by creating an opening to converse on a unique topic, it has allowed me to connect with clients, counsel and even judges on a deeper level, says Charles Tatelbaum at Tripp Scott.
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Focusing On Fluoride: From FDA To Class Action
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.
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How Energy Cos. Can Prepare For Potential Tax Credit Cuts
The Senate Finance Committee's version of the One Big Beautiful Bill act would create a steep phaseout of renewable energy tax credits, which should prompt companies to take several actions, including conduct a project review to discern which could begin construction before the end of the year, say attorneys at Husch Blackwell.
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The CFTC Is Shaking Up Sports Betting's Legal Future
The sports betting industry faces a potential sea change amid recent state and federal actions across the regulatory landscape that have expanded access to sporting event contracts against the backdrop of waning Commodity Futures Trading Commission opposition, says Nick Covek at Foley & Lardner.
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DOJ Atty Firing Highlights Tension Between 2 Ethical Duties
The U.S. Department of Justice's recent firing of a prosecutor-turned-whistleblower involved in the Abrego Garcia v. Noem case illustrates the tricky balancing act between zealous client advocacy and a lawyer’s duty of candor to the court, which many clients fail to appreciate, says David Atkins at Yale Law School.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Rejecting Biz Dev Myths
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.
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Fla. Condo Law Fix Clarifies Control Of Common Areas
Florida's repeal of a controversial statutory provision that permitted developers of mixed-use condominium properties to retroactively assert control over common facilities marks a critical shift in legal protections for unit owners and associations, promoting fairness, transparency and accountability, say attorneys at Pardo Jackson.
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Trade In Limbo: The Legal Storm Reshaping Trump's Tariffs
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.
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Shareholder Takeaways From NY Internal Affairs Doctrine Suit
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.
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The Legal Fallout Of The Open Model AI Ecosystem
The spread of open-weight and open-source artificial intelligence models is introducing potential harms across the supply chain, but new frameworks will allow for the growth and development of AI technologies without sacrificing the safety of end users, says Harshita Ganesh at CMBG3 Law.
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Move Beyond Surface-Level Edits To Master Legal Writing
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.
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3 Rulings May Reveal Next Frontier Of Gov't Contract Cases
Several U.S. Supreme Court decisions over the past year — involving wire fraud, gratuities and obstruction — offer wide-ranging and arguably conflicting takeaways for government contractors that are especially relevant given the Trump administration’s focus on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, say attorneys at Rogers Joseph.