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  • July 22, 2025

    5th Circ. Asks If Fishery Council Guidance Was Ratified

    A Fifth Circuit panel pushed multiple commercial fisheries to explain how the adoption of fishing limit recommendations from a council would not count as a ratification and clear constitutional hurdles, saying during oral arguments on Tuesday that the council in question seemingly made a "bottom up data recommendation."

  • July 22, 2025

    GOP Senators Float Crypto Market Structure Discussion Draft

    Republicans on the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday circulated a discussion draft of their bill to regulate crypto markets building on the House's Clarity Act, which passed the lower chamber last week.

  • July 22, 2025

    Convicted Crypto Hacker Used Tornado Cash To Aid Coverup

    A former Amazon engineer who was sentenced to three years in prison after admitting to stealing approximately $12 million from cryptocurrency exchanges testified Tuesday that he used Tornado Cash as part of a complex scheme to cover his hacking activities, as the trial of its co-founder entered its second week.

  • July 22, 2025

    OCC Defends Ex-Wells Fargo Exec's $10M Fake Accounts Fine

    The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has urged the Eighth Circuit to uphold a $10 million penalty and industry ban against a former Wells Fargo risk executive for her role in the bank's fake accounts scandal, arguing her post-Jarkesy claims rest on a "fundamental misconception" of the Constitution.

  • July 22, 2025

    CFTC Denied Early Win In $185M Metals Fraud Suit

    A Texas federal judge has denied summary judgment to both the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and two individual defendants in a fraud suit that accuses them and their entities of ripping off more than 1,600, mostly elderly, investors and causing over $185 million in customer losses, setting the matter up for a potential trial.

  • July 22, 2025

    Gov'ts, Tribes Look To Settle Idaho Mining Pollution Suit

    The U.S. government, Idaho and a tribal nation are asking a federal judge to approve an unopposed settlement with a phosphate ore mining company over its alleged dumping of hazardous substances within a national forest.

  • July 22, 2025

    DC Circ. Puts Fired FTC Dem's Restoration On Ice, For Now

    One of the Federal Trade Commission Democrats who was removed from the agency before her term was up by the Trump administration will not be returning to her seat just yet after the D.C. Circuit agreed to put the order mandating her return to work on hold.

  • July 22, 2025

    Bitcoin ATM Co. Enables Crypto Scams, Class Action Says

    A retiree who lost $7,000 to scammers filed a proposed class action against bitcoin ATM operator Bitcoin Depot Inc., claiming the company facilitates schemes that target the elderly by failing to intervene in suspicious transactions, misrepresenting its services' security and continuing to take a cut of "red flag" transactions.

  • July 22, 2025

    US Olympic Officials Ban Trans Women, Comply With Trump

    The U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee has banned transgender women from competition in Olympic women's sports, adding a clause to its policy that otherwise protects athletes from abuse but now also complies with President Donald Trump's executive order.

  • July 22, 2025

    ND Fights Tribes' High Court Bid To Stay Voting Rights Order

    North Dakota Secretary of State Michael Howe urged U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh to deny a bid by two North Dakota tribes to pause an Eighth Circuit decision that vacated their challenge to two state voting laws, arguing the tribes have not established a likelihood of reversal.

  • July 22, 2025

    Ex-Boeing Engineer's Racial Bias Appeal Divides Wash. Panel

    A Washington state appellate judge appeared doubtful on Tuesday of an ex-Boeing engineer's claims that he was targeted for his Middle Eastern background, citing an internal probe purportedly justifying his firing, while another panelist suggested that the company is missing "linchpin" evidence to preserve its trial court win in the case.

  • July 22, 2025

    Employers, Plans Force Freeze Of Iowa's PBM Law

    A federal judge slapped a temporary hold on parts of an Iowa law that aims to limit pharmacy benefit managers' power to set drug prices, ruling that provisions barring discrimination against certain pharmacies and pushing cost-saving strategies are preempted by federal benefits law.

  • July 22, 2025

    Amazon Pushes Back On FTC's Trial Time Extension Bid

    Amazon has urged a Washington federal court to reject the Federal Trade Commission's bid to extend the agency's trial time in a lawsuit over automatically recurring Prime subscriptions, calling the proposal both unfair and baseless.

  • July 22, 2025

    Ex-Informant Gentile Should Pay SEC $15.5M, Judge Says

    A U.S. magistrate judge has recommended that former government informant Guy Gentile pay $15.5 million to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for failing to register his Bahamas-based brokerage firm with the regulator.

  • July 22, 2025

    Quantum Wants FTC To Lift Order On $5.2B Natural Gas Deal

    The Federal Trade Commission is asking for public feedback on a Quantum Energy Partners petition aiming to set aside a consent order the agency entered over a $5.2 billion deal that EQT Corp. struck with Quantum for oil and gas assets in Appalachia.

  • July 22, 2025

    Lawmakers Consider Case Of Would-Be Donor's 'Signs Of Life'

    The nation's organ transplant system is again under the microscope of federal lawmakers after a federal investigation found that a Kentucky organ procurement organization moved forward with the transplant process despite the patient showing "signs of life."

  • July 22, 2025

    Trump Taps Longtime Prosecutor To Be Next US Atty In Mich.

    The Trump administration has tapped a longtime federal prosecutor to serve as U.S. attorney for the Western District of Michigan on an interim basis.

  • July 22, 2025

    House Panel Knocks EBSA Sharing Info With Workers' Attys

    House lawmakers on Tuesday criticized the U.S. Department of Labor's employee benefits subagency for sharing information from enforcement investigations with plaintiffs attorneys representing benefit plan participants, with some lawmakers calling on Congress to pass new legislation to curb the practice.

  • July 22, 2025

    Gogo Worries 900 MHz Redo Could Disrupt In-Flight Receivers

    In-flight communications provider Gogo told the Federal Communications Commission that a plan advanced early this year to rework two bands of 900 megahertz airwaves could disrupt its air-to-ground receivers that use an adjacent band.

  • July 22, 2025

    Final OK Sought On Energy Co.'s $8.2M 401(k) Suit Deal

    A class of employees who participated in a Pennsylvania energy company's retirement plan have asked a federal judge to give final approval to an $8.2 million settlement resolving claims that the employees' 401(k) plans were mismanaged.

  • July 22, 2025

    Samourai Wallet Execs Could Explore Plea Deals, Judge Says

    Two Samourai Wallet executives accused of using the crypto-mixing service to facilitate $2 billion in illegal transactions denied charges in an updated indictment Tuesday, before a Manhattan federal judge suggested they could explore plea talks ahead of their November trial.

  • July 22, 2025

    FCC Urged To Exempt Private Networks In Foreign Owner Rule

    Private networks that offer public safety and industrial communications shouldn't be required to fill out new paperwork saying they aren't under the thumb of foreign adversaries, a nonprofit group told the Federal Communications Commission.

  • July 22, 2025

    AST Plan Called Threat To Amateur Satellite Signals

    A nonprofit amateur satellite organization is fighting an application from AST SpaceMobile to launch hundreds of satellites for space-based cellular service, saying the company's proposal to use the 430-440 megahertz frequencies for telemetry and command could cause interference with amateur satellites active in the band.

  • July 22, 2025

    Capital One Gets Discovery Pause In Trump De-Banking Suit

    A Florida federal judge on Tuesday paused discovery in the lawsuit brought by President Donald Trump's revocable trust and Eric Trump against Capital One, citing a possibility the complaint — alleging the bank canceled hundreds of Trump-affiliated accounts after the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol — could be dismissed. 

  • July 22, 2025

    Transportation Cases To Watch: Midyear Report 2025

    Litigation concerning whether local delivery drivers qualify as transportation workers exempt from arbitration and clashes over the scope of federal preemption in personal injury cases involving freight brokers and motor carriers are among the court battles that transportation attorneys are watching in the latter half of 2025.

Expert Analysis

  • Focusing On Fluoride: From FDA To Class Action

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    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.

  • A Guide To Permanent Capital Vehicles As Access Widens

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    Recent regulatory and legislative actions are making it easier for retail investors to access permanent capital vehicles like closed-end, interval, tender offer and open-end funds, which each offer distinct advantages that are important to review, say attorneys at Mayer Brown.

  • The CFTC Is Shaking Up Sports Betting's Legal Future

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    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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    Law School's Missed Lessons: Rejecting Biz Dev Myths

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    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.

  • DOJ Has Deep Toolbox For Corporate Immigration Violations

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    With the U.S. Department of Justice now offering rewards to whistleblowers who report businesses that employ unauthorized workers, companies should understand the immigration enforcement landscape and how they can reduce their risk, say attorneys at McDermott.

  • Trade In Limbo: The Legal Storm Reshaping Trump's Tariffs

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    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.

  • Speech Protection Questions In AI Case Raise Liability Risk

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    A Florida federal court's recent landmark ruling in Garcia v. Character Technologies, rejecting artificial intelligence developers' efforts to shield themselves from product liability and wrongful death claims under the First Amendment, challenges the assumption that chatbot outputs qualify as speech, and may redefine AI regulation and litigation nationally, says Peter Gregory at Goldberg Segalla.

  • Move Beyond Surface-Level Edits To Master Legal Writing

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    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.

  • 3 Rulings May Reveal Next Frontier Of Gov't Contract Cases

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    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.

  • How Ore. Law Puts New Confines On Corp. Health Ownership

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    A newly enacted law in Oregon strengthens the state’s restrictions on corporate ownership of healthcare practices, with new limitations on overlapping control, permissible services, restrictive covenants and more making it necessary for practices to review decades-old physician practice arrangements, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.

  • Early Trends In Proxy Exclusion After SEC Relaxes Guidance

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s recent guidance broadening shareholder proposal exclusion under Rule 14a-8 has been undoubtedly useful to issuers this proxy season, but it does not guarantee exclusion, say attorneys at Debevoise.

  • Best Practices For State Banks Eyeing Federal Conversions

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    Amid a notable uptick — fueled by ongoing regulatory upheaval — in state-chartered banks exploring conversion to national bank charters, banks contemplating the decision should weigh the benefits, like uniform supervision, and potential impediments, like costly exam fees, say attorneys at Skadden.

  • 9th Circ. Has Muddied Waters Of Article III Pleading Standard

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    District courts in the Ninth Circuit continue to apply a defunct and especially forgiving pleading standard to questions of Article III standing, and the circuit court itself has only perpetuated this confusion — making it an attractive forum for disputes that have no rightful place in federal court, say attorneys at Gibson Dunn.

  • An Underused Tariff Exemption For Medical Product Importers

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    Medical device importers may be able to reduce tariff exposure by leveraging an often-overlooked Nairobi Protocol duty exemption for products specially designed to benefit those with qualifying medical conditions, says Samuel Finkelstein at LMD Trade Law.

  • Future Of Enviro Crimes Under Trump's Federal Regs Order

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    President Donald Trump's recent executive order about fighting overcriminalization in federal regulations creates new advocacy opportunities for defense counsel to argue that particular environmental crime investigations and matters ought to be limited or declined based on the policy priorities reflected in the order, say attorneys at Sidley.

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