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  • October 06, 2025

    Trump Names Investigator Of Russia Probe As DOJ Acting IG

    The White House has tapped an experienced government attorney who investigated the FBI's probe into President Donald Trump's links with Russia to be the U.S. Department of Justice's acting inspector general, according to a notification sent to Congress.

  • October 06, 2025

    NC Chamber Says AG Overstepping In DuPont Pollution Suit

    The North Carolina Chamber has urged the state's top court to review a forever chemical contamination suit against two DuPont spinoffs, saying state Attorney General Jeff Jackson is "driving far outside of his lane" by continuing to press forward with the case.

  • October 06, 2025

    More Time Needed To Replace DA On Trump Case, Judge Told

    The Georgia agency tasked with appointing a new prosecutor to oversee the election interference case against President Donald Trump told a state court judge Monday it needs more time to name a successor than the 14 days the judge said he'll allow before he throws the case out.

  • October 06, 2025

    Social Security Chief Adds Duties As Inaugural CEO Of IRS

    The current administrator of the Social Security Administration is adding a new role as the Internal Revenue Service's first chief executive officer, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced Monday.

  • October 06, 2025

    FirstEnergy Pushes Justices To Restore FERC Grid Incentive

    FirstEnergy Corp. has said electricity markets would be roiled by uncertainty if the U.S. Supreme Court doesn't undo the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's revocation of an incentive for power companies that are required to be members of a regional transmission organization.

  • October 06, 2025

    Justices Won't Review 5th Circ. Ending ACA Trans Policy Suit

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review the Fifth Circuit's decision to shut down a challenge to a Biden-era interpretation of the Affordable Care Act's nondiscrimination-in-healthcare policy as also protecting against gender identity bias, which an appellate panel told a Texas court to dismiss in December.

  • October 06, 2025

    ICE Ordered To Halt Plan To Send Teens To Adult Facilities

    A D.C. federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to halt an allegedly unlawful U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plan to transfer unaccompanied immigrant youths to adult detention facilities as soon as they turn 18 years old.

  • October 06, 2025

    Justices Won't Revisit Apache Land Exchange Dispute

    The U.S. Supreme Court won't reconsider its decision to deny an Apache nonprofit's petition that looked to block the transfer of nearly 2,500 acres to a copper mining company it said would destroy an ancient Indigenous worship site.

  • October 06, 2025

    High Court Skips Review Of ERISA Liability For DuPont Heirs

    The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to consider whether DuPont heirs should be held liable for alleged Employee Retirement Income Security Act violations for inadequately funding a now-insolvent trust established in 1947 by their grandmother to pay them and their workers retirement benefits.

  • October 06, 2025

    Justices Skip Pa. GOP Challenge To Biden's Voting Order

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take on Pennsylvania GOP lawmakers' challenge to former President Joe Biden's executive order expanding "get-out-the-vote" information, letting stand a ruling that the Republican politicians did not have standing to sue over the order.

  • October 06, 2025

    Justices Deny SEC Whistleblower Award Calculation Appeal

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up two whistleblowers' case alleging the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission shortchanged them after they helped to uncover purportedly the largest fraud in Texas history, after the pair argued the agency improperly and retroactively applied a rule amendment to dilute their awards.

  • October 06, 2025

    Supreme Court Declines To Revisit McGirt Tribal Jurisdiction

    The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a Cherokee Nation member's challenge to his conviction over a speeding ticket issued by Tulsa, Oklahoma, police on Creek land that he argues runs afoul of the court's 2020 landmark decision holding that only federal and tribal governments can prosecute Native Americans on tribal lands.

  • October 06, 2025

    High Court Turns Down 6 Patent Cases At Start Of Term

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected six petitions in patent-related cases, taking some of its first actions on intellectual property matters this term.

  • October 06, 2025

    High Court Won't Take Up NY Tribal Eel Fishing Regs Dispute

    The U.S. Supreme Court won't take up a Long Island tribe's petition that looks to undo a Second Circuit order that rejected its challenge to New York's regulations on eel fishing harvests, which argued that if the decision is upheld, it would give district courts gatekeeping roles on expert testimony.

  • October 06, 2025

    Justices Skip Fight Over NJ Healthcare Worker Vax Mandate

    The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it won't review the challenge by four New Jersey nurses to New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy's executive orders in the first three months of 2022 mandating a COVID-19 vaccine booster for healthcare workers.

  • October 06, 2025

    Supreme Court Rejects Wash. State Climate Law Challenge

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected Ohio-based Invenergy Thermal LLC's challenge to Washington state's Climate Commitment Act, which the company alleged illegally favors in-state power providers.

  • October 03, 2025

    Up First At High Court: Election Laws & Conversion Therapy

    The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in six cases during the first week of its October 2025 term, including in disputes over federal candidates' ability to challenge state election laws, Colorado's ban on conversion therapy, and the ability of a landlord to sue the U.S. Postal Service for allegedly refusing to deliver mail. 

  • October 03, 2025

    1st Circ. Keeps Block On Trump's Birthright Citizenship Order

    The First Circuit on Friday upheld blocks on President Donald Trump's executive order aiming to limit birthright citizenship, ruling in a sweeping 100-page opinion that the president's order is likely unconstitutional.

  • October 03, 2025

    Trump Election Case Could Be Axed Without New Prosecutor

    A Georgia state judge on Friday said a new prosecutor must be appointed within two weeks in Fulton County's 2020 election interference case against President Donald Trump and his co-defendants or the case will be dismissed.

  • October 03, 2025

    Google Ad Tech Judge: 'We Don't Know' Breakup Buyer

    A Virginia federal judge questioned Friday whether the breakup of Google's advertising placement technology business sought by the U.S. Department of Justice would benefit website publishers as a government witness asserted.

  • October 03, 2025

    Calif. Gov. Newsom Inks Bill To Let Lyft, Uber Drivers Unionize

    California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Oct. 3 signed into law legislation giving gig drivers the right to unionize and negotiate certain job terms and conditions, after state leaders reached a deal with Uber and Lyft to facilitate its passage.

  • October 03, 2025

    Would-Be Kavanaugh Assassin Gets 8 Years In Prison

    A Maryland federal judge on Friday handed an eight-year prison sentence plus a lifetime of supervised release to a Californian accused of trying to kill U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, rejecting prosecutors' request that the defendant spend at least 30 years behind bars.

  • October 03, 2025

    Biden-Era Drilling Ban Memos Overstepped Law, Judge Says

    A Louisiana federal judge handed a partial victory to Republican-led states and oil and gas industry groups in their lawsuits challenging now-rescinded Biden-era memos that closed off waters to offshore drilling, finding that the memos exceeded the president's authority.

  • October 03, 2025

    4 Top Supreme Court Cases To Watch This Term

    After a busy summer of emergency rulings, the U.S. Supreme Court will kick off its October 2025 term Monday with only a few big-ticket cases on its docket — over presidential authorities, transgender athletes and election law — in what might be a strategically slow start to a potentially momentous term. Here, Law360 looks at four of the most important cases on the court's docket so far.

  • October 03, 2025

    Press Freedom Org. Backs Overturn Of SEC 'Gag Rule'

    The Freedom of the Press Foundation is urging the Ninth Circuit to reconsider its decision to uphold the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's "gag rule," arguing that preventing settling parties from speaking out harms the public's right to know what is happening inside the agency.

Expert Analysis

  • When Misconduct Can Trigger Bank Industry Employment Ban

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    The Federal Reserve Board recently settled an enforcement action in which a former employee of a Wyoming bank was banned from banking for conduct she allegedly committed at an entity unrelated to the bank, raising questions about the scope of regulatory enforcement authority, says Travis Nelson at Polsinelli.

  • Filing Clarifies FTC, DOJ's Passive Investment Stance

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    The antitrust agencies' statement of interest filed in Texas v. Blackrock clarifies that certain forms of corporate governance engagement are permissible under the "solely for investment" exemption, a move that offers guidance for passive investors but also signals new scrutiny of coordinated engagement, say attorneys at Stinson.

  • Lessons From 7th Circ.'s Deleted Chat Sanctions Ruling

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    The Seventh Circuit’s recent decision in Pable v. Chicago Transit Authority, affirming the dismissal of an ex-employee’s retaliation claims, highlights the importance of properly handling the preservation of ephemeral messages and clarifies key sanctions issues, says Philip Favro at Favro Law.

  • Adapting To USPTO's Tighter Inter Partes Review Rules

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    The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's recent pivot regarding how it will address general knowledge in inter partes review petitions presents immediate strategic implications for petitioners, patent owners and litigants watching the contours of Patent Trial and Appeal Board practice, say attorneys at Winston & Strawn.

  • Opinion

    Aviation Watch: Liability Lessons From 737 Max Blowout

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    The National Transportation Safety Board's recently released report on the 2024 door plug blowout on board a Boeing 737 Max airliner helps illuminate how a company's strategic mistakes can lead to flawed decision-making and supply chain oversight failures, ultimately increasing regulatory and legal exposure, says Alan Hoffman, a retired attorney and aviation expert.

  • Genius Act Sets Stablecoin Standards — Without Regulation E

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    While the Genius Act expressly requires payment stablecoin issuers to be treated as financial institutions for purposes of the Bank Secrecy Act, it is notably silent as to whether they are to be treated as such under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, as implemented by Regulation E, says Tom Witherspoon at Stinson.

  • Breaking Down The Proposed Hemp Bill

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    A proposed bill in the U.S. House of Representatives, recently approved by the House Appropriations Committee, contains a rider that would significantly change the definition of hemp and dramatically reshape the current hemp-derived product market, say attorneys at King & Spalding.

  • Opinion

    Sometimes Int'l Competition Should Trump Antitrust Concerns

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    The U.S. Justice Department's approval of HPE's $14 billion acquisition of Juniper Networks shows that a merger that significantly enhances innovation and competitiveness may serve consumer and national interests despite marginally increasing industry concentration, says John Reeves at Reeves Law.

  • Divest Order Shows How Security Fears Extend CFIUS Scope

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    A recent White House order forcing a Chinese company to divest its 2020 acquisition of a U.S. audiovisual supplier demonstrates the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States’ growing power to sink foreign transactions over national security concerns — and the enormous risks to U.S. companies from such reviews, say attorneys at Bass Berry.

  • Art Market Must Prepare For More AML Scrutiny

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    Calls for art market regulation continue to grow, as evidenced by a recently introduced bill that would subject it to the Bank Secrecy Act’s anti-money laundering requirements, so participants should consider adopting basic, risk-based controls, says Jane Levine at The ArtRisk Group.

  • NY Tax Talk: ALJ Vacancy, Online Sales, Budget

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    Among the most notable developments in New York tax law last quarter, an administrative law judge vacancy continued affecting taxpayers, a state court decision tested the scope of the Interstate Income Act, and Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the 2025-2026 fiscal budget containing key tax-related provisions, say attorneys at Eversheds Sutherland.

  • Series

    Quilting Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Turning intricate patterns of fabric and thread into quilts has taught me that craftsmanship, creative problem-solving and dedication to incremental progress are essential to creating something lasting that will help another person — just like in law, says Veronica McMillan at Kramon & Graham.

  • Lessons Learned 3 Years After First CCPA Enforcement Action

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    Three years after the first public enforcement action under the California Consumer Privacy Act, Attorney General Rob Bonta has pursued a steady stream of enforcement actions across industries, providing a clearer picture of how the law is being interpreted and enforced, says Tatum Andres at Kilpatrick.

  • Utility Agency Suits May Rise As Calif. Justices Nix Deference

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    A recent California Supreme Court ruling rejecting the uniquely deferential standard of review accorded to California Public Utilities Commission decisions interpreting the Public Utilities Code will incentivize more litigation against the agency, as long as litigants can show their challenges meet certain requirements, says Thaila Sundaresan at Davis Wright.

  • 2 Appellate Rulings Offer Clickwrap Enforcement Road Map

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    Two recent decisions from the Fourth and Eleventh Circuits in cases involving Experian signal that federal appellate courts are recognizing clickwrap agreements' power in spite of their simplicity, and offer practical advice on how companies can sufficiently demonstrate notice and assent when attempting to enforce contractual terms, says Brian Willett at Saul Ewing.

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