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August 21, 2025
DOJ Gets Backing In Fight Over Public Benefits
A group that fights to restrict immigration into the U.S. is urging a Rhode Island federal court to let the Trump administration narrow noncitizens' access to programs like Head Start, homeless shelters and food banks, arguing Thursday that a coalition of 20 states is trying to obstruct immigration enforcement and give benefits to "illegal aliens."
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August 21, 2025
NHTSA Looking Into Tesla Crash Report Tardiness
Tesla Inc. must explain why many crashes involving its advanced driver-assistance systems or self-driving vehicles are not being timely reported to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, according to a notice filed by federal regulators who are now investigating the company's compliance.
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August 21, 2025
High Court Allows Trump Admin To Cancel $783M In NIH Grants
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the Trump administration to resume the mass termination of scientific grants, overturning rulings by lower courts that had kept the funds flowing to universities and other recipients.Â
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August 21, 2025
Minnesota Tax Court Cuts Abbott Labs Property Value By $7M
A property owned by Abbott Laboratories Inc. was overvalued, and its 2022 assessment should be reduced by about $7 million, the Minnesota Tax Court found.
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August 21, 2025
Connecticut, Feds Look To Settle 80-Acre Tribal Land Row
The state of Connecticut and the Department of the Interior have asked a judge to pause a case over the federal government's proposed acquisition of 80 acres of tribal land so that the matter can be sent to mediation.
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August 21, 2025
Mass. Sheriff Pleads Not Guilty To Pot Extortion Scheme
Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Sheriff Steven W. Tompkins pled not guilty Thursday in a federal courtroom to charges that he used his position to obtain pre-IPO shares in a cannabis retailer, then a refund when the investment lost money.
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August 21, 2025
NJ Court Halts Tower Linked To Menendez Co-Conspirator
A New Jersey state court judge ordered a developer to halt construction on a mixed-use project formerly headed by a businessman convicted alongside former U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, finding the buildings' height is "clearly exceeding" plans approved in 2018.
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August 21, 2025
EU, US Agree To Eliminate Industrial Tariffs
The European Union and the U.S. have agreed on new terms to the trade agreement to eliminate EU tariffs on U.S. industrial products and implement a 15% U.S. tariff cap for most other sectors, according to a joint statement issued Thursday.
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August 21, 2025
Texas High Court Takes Down Hurdle On Campaign Prosecutions
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has ruled that prosecutors do not need referrals from the Texas Ethics Commission to bring campaign misconduct charges, reversing its own recent decision that had thrown out a grand jury indictment against a former judicial candidate.
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August 21, 2025
HHS Wants Out Of Unions' Suit Over Layoffs, Agency Cuts
The Department of Health and Human Services fought back against amended claims from several unions over layoff notices and the alleged dismantling of an agency focused on worker safety, telling a D.C. federal judge that the unions are pursuing "judicial overreach" in their suit.
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August 21, 2025
Treasury Gets New Acting International Tax Counsel
A deputy international tax counsel for the U.S. Department of the Treasury has been elevated to serve as acting counsel, he said in a post on LinkedIn.
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August 21, 2025
C-Band Payment Clearinghouse Officially Wound Down
The C-Band Relocation Payment Clearinghouse has officially ceased operations after the Federal Communications Commission agreed back in June that the clearinghouse had done what it was intended to do.
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August 21, 2025
Ga. Judge Says Gov. Hopeful's Cash Advantage Looks 'Unfair'
A Georgia federal judge gave little indication Thursday of whether she would halt the bottomless fundraising privileges of one of the frontrunners in the Peach State's Republican gubernatorial primary, but opined that the advantage appeared "unfair" to one of his top rivals, the state's current attorney general.
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August 21, 2025
Ill. AG 'Deputized' Firms To Go After Power Cos., Suit Says
Two retail power suppliers have asked a federal judge to block enforcement actions taken by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, claiming his office has unconstitutionally deputized plaintiffs law firms to pursue consumer fraud enforcement cases against the industry.
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August 21, 2025
FCC Seeks Feedback Before Ditching Truth-In-Billing Rules
The Federal Communications Commission is officially asking for opinions on whether the agency's slamming and truth-in-billing rules are outdated and, if so, where they should be cut, after voting earlier this month to propose eliminating some of them.
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August 21, 2025
Judge Finds Habba Unlawfully Serving As NJ's US Atty
Alina Habba, President Donald Trump's former personal attorney and his pick to remain the U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey, was unlawfully given an extension of her temporary post after her "interim" appointment expired, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled Thursday.
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August 21, 2025
EPA Denies 'Sitting On Its Hands' On Pesticide Ban Request
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday asked the Ninth Circuit to reject green groups' effort to force it to respond to their petition to ban organophosphate pesticides, saying it "has not unreasonably delayed action."
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August 21, 2025
Trump To Get Texas Vacancy With Judge Taking Senior Status
U.S. District Judge David Godbey of the Northern District of Texas, who was at the center of a debate on judge shopping last year, will take senior status on Sept. 17, according to an update posted on the federal judiciary's website on Thursday.
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August 21, 2025
Feds Extend Mich. Coal Plant Order Amid Court Fight
The U.S. Department of Energy has renewed an order keeping a Michigan power plant open past its retirement date for another three months, as the government faces court challenges to its exercise of emergency powers.
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August 21, 2025
Chinese Fiberglass Imports Face Steep Early Duties
Chinese fiberglass door panels entering the U.S. from certain exporters face preliminary countervailing duties above 900% after those companies were unresponsive during an investigation conducted by the U.S. Department of Commerce, according to a notice published Thursday.
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August 21, 2025
FCC Dings NC FM Station For Unapproved Transfer Of Control
The owners of a low-power Catholic FM station in North Carolina are entering into a consent decree with the Federal Communications Commission over allegations that its owners effectively gave control to another entity without authorization, agreeing to pay $2,000 and implement a comprehensive compliance plan.
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August 21, 2025
Oklahoma Gov. Challenges Tulsa's Tribal Jurisdiction Deal
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt is asking the state's high court to block a settlement between the city of Tulsa and the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, arguing that without intervention the agreement will erode state sovereignty, undermine public safety and invite other municipalities to surrender their legal obligations.
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August 21, 2025
Employer Plans In Limbo As Courts Grapple With Trans Care
Despite appellate courts' apparent willingness to allow states to ban gender-affirming care for minors, employers are still waiting for clarity on whether federal anti-discrimination laws require health plans to cover transgender healthcare access, experts say.
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August 21, 2025
NY Appeals Court Throws Out Trump's $500M Fraud Penalty
A divided New York state appeals court panel on Thursday tossed a nearly $500 million civil fraud penalty against President Donald Trump and his sons, companies and their executives, ruling that the fine was "excessive," but kept in place a judge's finding of liability.
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August 21, 2025
Adams Ally Hit With New Bribery, Corruption Charges
A former top aide to New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday was hit with a slew of new bribery charges, with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg saying she engaged in a "wide-ranging series" of conspiracies alongside her son and others in the city.
Expert Analysis
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Opinion
PFAS Reg Reversal Defies Water Statute, Increasing Risks
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.
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New Federal Worker Religious Protections Test All Employers
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.
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FTC Focus: Surprising Ways Meador And Khan Sound Alike
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.
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Supreme Court's Criminal Law Decisions: The Term In Review
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.
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Compliance Is A New Competitive Edge For Mortgage Lenders
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.
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Noncompete Forecast Shows Tough Weather For Employers
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.
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Opinion
Privacy Bill Must Be Amended To Protect Small Businesses
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.
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Opinion
Budget Act's Deduction Limit Penalizes Losing Gamblers
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.
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Even As States Step Up, They Can't Fully Fill ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ's Shoes
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.
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Opinion
The Legal Education Status Quo Is No Longer Tenable
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.
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The Int'l Compliance View: Everything Everywhere All At Once
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.
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Opinion
Calif. Must Amend Trade Secret Civil Procedure
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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Previewing State Efforts To Regulate Mental Health Chatbots
New York, Nevada and Utah have all recently enacted laws regulating the use of artificial intelligence to deliver mental health services, offering early insights into how other states may regulate this area, say attorneys at Goodwin.
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6 Questions We Should Ask About The Trump Trade Deals
Whenever the text becomes available, certain questions will help determine whether the Trump administration’s trade deals with U.S. trading partners have been crafted to form durable economic relationships, or ephemeral ties likely to break upon interpretive disagreement or a change in political will, says Ted Posner at Baker Botts.
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'Pig Butchering' Seizure Is A Milestone In Crypto Crime Fight
The U.S.' recent seizure of $225 million in crypto funds in a massive "pig butchering" scheme highlights the transformative impact of blockchain analysis in law enforcement, and the increasing necessity of collaboration between law enforcement agencies, cryptocurrency exchanges and stablecoin issuers, says David Zaslowsky at Baker McKenzie.