/washington?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Washington Copyright 2025 ĂŰĚŇĘÓƵ. en-US Thu, 03 Jul 2025 20:15:42 +0000 /washington/articles/2361154?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2361154 Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including attorney insight into this week's reforms to the California Environmental Quality Act, how states are approaching energy demand for data center projects, and where the commercial and residential real estate sectors stand at the midyear. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 19:24:16 +0000 /washington/articles/2360699?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2360699 A group of youths is asking the Ninth Circuit to revive its lawsuit alleging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Office of Management and Budget are violating the youngsters' constitutional rights by not properly protecting them from climate change. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 19:04:10 +0000 /washington/articles/2361090?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2361090 Two former wrestlers, including an Olympic medalist, and a former walk-on football player have joined the list of college athletes announcing plans to appeal the $2.78 billion name, image and likeness settlement with the NCAA, arguing that they are receiving far too small a portion of the compensation package. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 17:30:14 +0000 /washington/articles/2354744?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2354744 It was a tough term at the U.S. Supreme Court for two very different circuits — one solidly liberal, one solidly conservative — that had their rulings overturned in eye-popping numbers. But it was another impressive year for a relatively moderate circuit that appears increasingly simpatico with the high court. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 17:12:44 +0000 /washington/articles/2360694?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2360694 The U.S. Supreme Court voted along ideological lines when it hindered the ability of federal district court judges to issue nationwide pauses on presidential policies, but that outcome didn't seem like a foregone conclusion during oral arguments earlier this year. What do the colloquies suggest about the justices' thinking? Here are some moments that may have swayed them. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 16:32:26 +0000 /washington/articles/2360703?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2360703 The Center for Food Safety and Wild Fish Conservancy hit Pacific Seafood Aquaculture LLC with a Clean Water Act citizen suit alleging it has failed to comply with permit terms for three Columbia River net pen facilities, each producing more than 20,000 pounds of rainbow trout annually. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 16:02:36 +0000 /washington/articles/2332681?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2332681 Though participating in opera and the world of professional baseball often pulls me away from the office, my avocations improve my legal career by helping me perform under scrutiny, prioritize team success, and maintain joy and perspective at work, says Adam Unger at Herrick Feinstein. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 14:16:29 +0000 /washington/articles/2360386?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2360386 The number of law firms juggling three or more arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court this past term nearly doubled from the number of firms that could make that claim last term. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 14:09:59 +0000 /washington/articles/2360220?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2360220 The U.S. Supreme Court once again waited until the term's closing weeks — and even hours — to issue some of its most anticipated and divided decisions. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 10:17:42 +0000 /washington/articles/2360938?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2360938 The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Thursday to hear challenges to West Virginia and Idaho laws barring transgender athletes from competing on sports teams consistent with their gender identity, putting yet more anti-trans legislation to the test after upholding Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for minors this term.  Wed, 02 Jul 2025 23:13:38 +0000 /washington/articles/2360691?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2360691 A collective of 20 states said Wednesday that only Congress can change the terms of federal grants, telling a Rhode Island federal judge that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's softening of its stance on withholding funds to states that don't cooperate with immigration enforcement cannot moot their suit against the government. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 22:54:30 +0000 /washington/articles/2360725?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2360725 The Ninth Circuit refused to revive a gastroenterologist's constitutional challenge against Sutter Health alleging the nonprofit paid kickbacks to its physicians to refer low-income patients to other hospitals, ruling Wednesday the appellant lacks evidence of purported kickbacks and doesn't address how the alleged injury to those patients harmed him.  Wed, 02 Jul 2025 21:15:43 +0000 /washington/articles/2359752?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2359752 As the Federal Trade Commission insisted Wednesday that Amazon should be punished with a bad faith finding for mislabeling documents as privileged in a case over the company's Prime subscription practices, a Washington federal judge questioned why the agency wasn't "made whole" when the court granted its sanctions bid. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 18:44:32 +0000 /washington/articles/2360236?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2360236 There was no shortage of big rulings, verdicts and happenings in the product liability sphere in the first half of 2025. Here, Law360 looks at the most significant news cross-referenced with the articles that garnered the most page views. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 18:44:22 +0000 /washington/articles/2360767?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2360767 President Donald Trump announced nominations for judges on the First and Ninth circuit courts on Wednesday evening. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 18:07:42 +0000 /washington/articles/2359493?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2359493 Whether they are concerned with judicial independence, regulatory predictability or client confidence, lawyers can take specific meaningful actions on their own when traditional structures are too slow or too compromised to respond, says Angeli Patel at the Berkeley Center of Law and Business. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 17:43:56 +0000 /washington/articles/2360373?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2360373 A Washington law that took effect this month will allow its state police to enforce tribal warrants, a move that legislators say closes a jurisdictional gap that often allowed individuals who committed crimes on Indigenous lands to evade prosecution by fleeing to state property. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 17:40:12 +0000 /washington/articles/2360627?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2360627 The Washington Supreme Court has agreed to review a lower appellate court's January ruling that an Evergreen State university owed a duty of care to a student who died of alcohol poisoning following a hazing ritual at an off-campus fraternity party. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 15:29:20 +0000 /washington/articles/2360119?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2360119 A Washington construction company and two Seattle homeowners claimed in Washington federal court that the city's Mandatory Housing Affordability program is "unconstitutional," in part because it doesn't consider the public impact of housing projects and makes land-use permit applicants pay upzoning fees for the city's public housing fund. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 14:05:53 +0000 /washington/articles/2352368?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2352368 After justices and oral advocates spent much of an argument pummeling a lower court's writing talents, one attorney suggested it might be time to move on — only to be told the drubbing had barely begun. Here, Law360 showcases the standout jests and wisecracks from the 2024-25 U.S. Supreme Court term.