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  • September 19, 2025

    Feds Say Court Can't Stop Voice Of America Layoffs

    The U.S. government agency that runs broadcaster Voice of America urged a  D.C. federal judge not to hold that an order to fulfill its mandate as a news source blocks it from carrying out imminent layoffs, opposing an enforcement bid by unions and employees including VOA's director.

  • September 19, 2025

    Ky.-Based CBD Co. Sues Tenn. Regulators Over New Law

    A Kentucky-based hemp products manufacturer is looking to block Tennessee officials from enforcing a new state law that would both ban direct-to-consumer sales and all health-related marketing labeling, according to a federal lawsuit that claims the statute violates the U.S. Constitution's commerce clause and the First Amendment.

  • September 19, 2025

    NC Judge Creates Bail Task Force, Citing 'Disturbing' Events

    The chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court has ordered that a task force be created to study whether pretrial release policies comply with relevant state laws, and help develop a new suite of court rules governing when trial judges may release defendants.

  • September 19, 2025

    Hotel Settles Ga. Minor's Sex Trafficking Suit

    A settlement has been reached in a 17-year-old girl's lawsuit accusing an Atlanta-based hotel and its management company of doing nothing to help when managers and hotel employees knew she and others were being sex trafficked.

  • September 19, 2025

    EU Finalizes Pact To Block Intra-EU Energy Charter Claims

    Lawmakers in the European Union have adopted a decision agreeing that the Energy Charter Treaty's arbitration clause "cannot and never could serve as a legal basis for intra-EU arbitration proceedings."

  • September 19, 2025

    Bills Would End Emergencies For Tariffs On Brazil, Canada

    A national emergency underpinning U.S. tariffs imposed on Canada and another one justifying most American tariffs on Brazil would be ended under a pair of resolutions introduced with bipartisan support by Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va.

  • September 19, 2025

    ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ Union Drops Suit Over DOGE Access To Worker Data

    The National Treasury Employees Union on Friday dropped a lawsuit seeking to block Department of Government Efficiency access to personnel data at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a move that comes as the union assesses next steps in its other, higher-profile challenge to the consumer agency's downsizing.

  • September 19, 2025

    Ore. Tax Court Must Defer To Dept.'s Rules, Justices Say

    The Oregon Tax Court erred when it failed to defer to the Department of Revenue's assessment rules and decided to use a different valuation method in valuing a utility company's property, the state Supreme Court ruled.

  • September 19, 2025

    Fla. Entrepreneur Urges 1st Circ. To Remand RI Pot Regs Suit

    A Florida entrepreneur on Friday urged the First Circuit to remand to Rhode Island federal court his constitutional challenge to Rhode Island's cannabis retail licensure scheme, now that the cannabis regulations at issue have been made public and the license application process is open.

  • September 19, 2025

    Fed Workers Can Telework For Religious Reasons, DOJ Says

    Federal employees should be allowed to telework occasionally for religious reasons, even after President Donald Trump's January executive order requiring in-person attendance for government workers, the U.S. Department of Justice said.

  • September 19, 2025

    Lawmakers' Exit Puts Court, Judicial Security Funds In Limbo

    Congress left for recess Friday afternoon after the Senate failed to pass a stopgap spending measure that includes funds for judicial security and the courts.

  • September 19, 2025

    DC Circ. Sides With FERC On Puerto Rican Gas Pipeline

    The D.C. Circuit on Friday unanimously rejected challenges to a liquefied natural gas pipeline in Puerto Rico built after hurricanes battered the island's electrical grid, saying the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's decision not to stop the project fell under its unreviewable enforcement discretion.

  • September 19, 2025

    Fla. Bar Must Conduct Bondi Ethics Probe, State Justices Told

    An attorney has doubled down on his attempt to force the Florida Bar into investigating U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi for alleged unethical conduct, arguing to the state Supreme Court that the bar has a clear legal duty to do so.

  • September 19, 2025

    FTC Restructuring Its Non-DC Offices Under Single Banner

    The head of the Federal Trade Commission's Competition Bureau said in New York City remarks Friday that the agency is restructuring its offices outside its Washington, D.C., base so that those satellite units operate as a single division under an "easier, cleaner, more efficient reporting structure."

  • September 19, 2025

    Builder Not Covered In Conn. Park Dispute, Insurers Tell Court

    Two insurers have no duty to defend or indemnify a developer and two of his companies against a suit accusing them of unlawfully encroaching on and destroying public land because the claims do not trigger their policies' insuring agreements, the insurers told a Connecticut federal court.

  • September 19, 2025

    Off The Bench: Briefings On Trans Ban, New Kalshi Conflicts

    In this week's Off The Bench, the U.S. Supreme Court receives initial briefs from West Virginia and Idaho regarding their bans on gender identity-based participation in school sports, Kalshi is taken to court by another state over its event contract offerings, and Washington, D.C.'s National Football League team takes a major step toward returning to its namesake city.

  • September 19, 2025

    Former Immigration Judge's Bias Suit Gets Trimmed In Fla.

    A Florida federal judge has trimmed multiple counts from a former immigration judge's discrimination lawsuit, finding that she failed to back up her bias claims.

  • September 19, 2025

    Trump Asks High Court To Lift Block On Trans Passport Ban

    The Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to lift a nationwide order requiring the U.S. Department of State to issue passports to transgender and nonbinary individuals that reflect their gender identity, arguing the mandate wrongly compels the government to express speech it disagrees with.

  • September 19, 2025

    Groups Decry Bid To Roll Back Ariz. Monument Protections

    Conservation groups are denouncing congressional legislation that, if approved, would nullify protections on two Indigenous national monuments in Arizona that were put in place to prevent new uranium, copper and gold mining of the sites.

  • September 19, 2025

    ICE Leaders Sued For Calif. Court Arrests, Custody Conditions

    A class action complaint filed Thursday accused Trump administration officials of turning Northern California's immigration courts into "a trap" where masked agents ambush and needlessly arrest immigrants who must then endure squalid conditions in a makeshift San Francisco holding facility.

  • September 19, 2025

    USPTO's Top Solicitors To Leave Amid Continued Shake-Ups

    The legal department at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is facing some shake-ups, with two of its top officials slated to leave the agency in the coming weeks.

  • September 19, 2025

    Mich. Top Court Again Backs Retroactive Auto Reform Limits

    The Michigan Supreme Court on Friday reversed a lower state appellate panel's decision in a dispute over whether no-fault reforms enacted in 2019 apply to policies that "straddled" the reform effective dates, pointing to the top court's earlier finding that such policies are subjected to post-reform increased limits for liability.

  • September 19, 2025

    Rhode Island, Connecticut Fight To Finish Building Wind Farm

    The Rhode Island and Connecticut attorneys general asked a Rhode Island federal judge to allow an energy developer to resume work on an offshore wind farm that is 80% complete, arguing that a delay past Monday could imperil the entire project and thwart states' abilities to meet mandated emissions goals.

  • September 19, 2025

    Maine County Can Use Business Channel For Public Safety

    Maine's northernmost county will be able to draw from a pool of industrial channels to use for internal public safety and first responder communications.

  • September 19, 2025

    UK Gov't Borrowing Hits £18B Ahead Of Autumn Budget

    U.K. government borrowing reached £18 billion ($24.3 billion) in August, according to official figures published Friday, adding to pressure for the government to hike taxes in its coming budget.

Expert Analysis

  • Open Banking Is On Ice As ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ Seeks To Toss Its Own Rule

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    Even as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's efforts to toss its open banking rule play out in Kentucky federal court, it remains statutorily required to effectuate consumer access to data, raising questions about how it would replace the previously finalized standard, say attorneys at Cooley.

  • SEC, FINRA Obligations In Changing AI Regulatory Landscape

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    Despite the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent withdrawal of its proposed artificial intelligence conflict rules, financial regulators remain focused on firms developing the correct AI compliance framework, as well as continuously testing and supervising them to ensure they're fit for purpose, say attorneys at Cahill Gordon.

  • Trump Air Emissions Carveouts Cloud The Regulatory Picture

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    President Donald Trump's new proclamations temporarily exempting key U.S. industries from air toxics standards, issued under a narrow, rarely-used provision of the Clean Air Act, will likely lead to legal challenges and tighter standards in some states, contributing to further regulatory uncertainty, say attorneys at GableGotwals.

  • Opinion

    DOJ's HPE-Juniper Settlement Will Help US Compete

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    The U.S. Department of Justice settlement with Hewlett Packard Enterprise clears the purchase of Juniper Networks in a deal that positions the U.S. as a leader in secure, scalable networking and critical digital infrastructure by requiring the divestiture of a WiFi network business geared toward small firms, says John Shu at Taipei Medical University.

  • How Property Insurers Serve As Climate Change Harbingers

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    Thomas Dawson at McDermott discusses the role that U.S. property insurers may play in identifying and assessing climate risk, as well as in financing climate change adaptation projects, in light of global warming and shifting geopolitical realities.

  • Series

    Playing Baseball Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Playing baseball in college, and now Wiffle ball in a local league, has taught me that teamwork, mental endurance and emotional intelligence are not only important to success in the sport, but also to success as a trial attorney, says Kevan Dorsey at Swift Currie.

  • 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.

  • Series

    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.

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