Attorney General Pam Bondi said Wednesday that the U.S. Department of Justice is suing New York over its Green Light Law, which she claims prevents law enforcement officers from doing their jobs.
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Bondi Says NY Failed To Enforce Feds' Immigration Policies

By Madeline Lyskawa

Attorney General Pam Bondi said Wednesday that the U.S. Department of Justice is suing New York over its Green Light Law, which she claims prevents law enforcement officers from doing their jobs.

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2nd Circ. Upholds R. Kelly's Sex Abuse Conviction

By Elliot Weld

The Second Circuit upheld R&B singer R. Kelly's convictions for racketeering and sex trafficking Wednesday, citing the strength of the evidence and rejecting his claims that four jurors were biased against him.

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OPM Violated Employees' Privacy Rights, Unions Say

By Irene Spezzamonte

The U.S. Office of Personnel Management violated federal privacy laws when it gave Elon Musk's recently established Department of Government Efficiency access to its employment records, unions representing federal employees and administrative law judges said in a lawsuit filed in New York federal court.

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Feds Cleared Of Intentional Intrusion Over Diddy's Jail Notes

By Lauren Berg

Prosecutors did not intentionally invade Sean "Diddy" Combs' attorney-client privilege when they received photographs of his handwritten notes that were taken during a security sweep of the prison, a Manhattan federal judge ruled Wednesday, rejecting the music mogul's request for relief in his sex-trafficking case.

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RI Judge Won't Pause Order To Unfreeze Funds Amid Appeal

By Ali Sullivan

A Rhode Island federal judge refused Wednesday to pause a court order blocking a freeze on funding for federal grants and programs while the Trump administration appeals the ruling to the First Circuit.

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Ex-NYC Housing Worker Avoids Jail 1 Year After Mass Arrests

By Pete Brush

A federal judge in Manhattan on Wednesday allowed a former public housing superintendent to avoid jail time after he admitted to taking $3,500 in bribes, imposing the sentence just over a year after the mass arrest of 70 city workers — 63 of whom now stand convicted.

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Foley Hoag Must Face Bulk Of Worker's Bias, Wage Suit

By Emmy Freedman

A New York federal judge largely denied Foley Hoag LLP's bid to partially escape a Moldovan former employee's lawsuit, saying Wednesday he put forward enough information to back up his claims that the firm discriminated against him because of his Russian heritage and disability.

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Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2025 Editorial Boards

Law360 is looking for avid readers of our publications to serve as members of our 2025 editorial advisory boards.

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PRODUCT LIABILITY

Ga. Judge Trims Untimely Paragard IUD Claims From MDL

By Chart Riggall

The Georgia federal judge overseeing the sprawling multidistrict litigation over alleged defects in Paragard intrauterine devices agreed Tuesday to dismiss as untimely dozens of claims against Teva Pharmaceutical and Cooper Cos. from patients in eight states.

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MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

Jurisdiction Dooms Federal Russell Simmons Sex Assault Suit

By Elliot Weld

A Manhattan federal judge has dismissed a suit accusing music producer and Def Jam Recordings co-founder Russell Simmons of sexual assault, saying Simmons is now a permanent resident of Indonesia over whom the court has no jurisdiction, though the plaintiff plans to refile the claims in state court.

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NFL Unlawfully Keeping Teams Off Bluesky, Suit Says

By Elaine Briseño

Two football fans are suing the National Football League in New York federal court for allegedly restricting the free speech of its teams by prohibiting them from opening accounts on the social media platform Bluesky.

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BENEFITS

2nd Circ. Backs Deferred Compensation Award Calculation

By Patrick Hoff

The Second Circuit refused Wednesday to upend how a trial court calculated that a defunct photo processing company owes ex-employees over $800,000 following mismanagement of a deferred compensation plan, but said the lower court needs to reassess who's on the hook for payment.

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SECURITIES & WHITE COLLAR

Software Co. Looks To Keep Ex-Chair From Transferring Stock

By Caroline Simson

A yearslong feud between The Resource Group International Ltd. and its ousted former chairman has come back to New York federal court, where the software investment company is seeking an order barring the former executive from executing an alleged scheme aimed at regaining control of the company.

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Judge Partially Certifies Credit Suisse XIV Notes Class Action

By Sydney Price

A New York federal judge has granted class certification to investors alleging that Credit Suisse manipulated the market for its XIV notes, while denying certification for those claiming losses from misrepresentations, finding that the suggested class failed to resolve previous deficiencies in its proposal.

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BANKRUPTCY

Spirit Opts For Ch. 11 Plan After Latest Frontier Bid

By Vince Sullivan

Bankrupt budget air carrier Spirit Airlines said it will pursue confirmation of its Chapter 11 debt swap plan at a hearing scheduled for Thursday, after it and competitor Frontier Group could not come to terms on a combination of the two companies.

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Joann To Close Over 500 US Stores In Second Ch. 11

By Alex Wittenberg

Joann Inc., a fabrics and crafts retailer that reentered bankruptcy in January, asked a Delaware bankruptcy judge Wednesday for permission to close more than 500 underperforming stores throughout the country that the company said potential buyers of the business aren't interested in taking on.

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PEOPLE

Blank Rome Adds 2 Ex-Otterbourg Finance Pros In NY

By Kevin Penton

Blank Rome LLP has added the former chair of Otterbourg PC's banking and finance department and a fellow asset-based lending and corporate transactions specialist previously with that firm as partners in its New York office, the firm has announced.

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McDermott Adds Litigation, Private Funds Partners In NY

By Matt Perez

McDermott Will & Emery announced Wednesday the hiring of a former Cleary Gottlieb partner for its litigation practice group in New York, as well as a former investment management partner at Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP as head of its U.S. private equity fund regulatory practice out of New York.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

CFPB's Message To States Takes On New Weight Under Trump

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's January guidance to state enforcers has fresh significance as the Trump administration moves to freeze the bureau's work, and industry should expect states to use this series of recommendations as an enforcement road map, say attorneys at Brownstein Hyatt.

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National Bank Act Rulings Facilitate More Preemption Analysis

Two recent National Bank Act preemption decisions from an Illinois federal court and the Ninth Circuit provide the first applications of the U.S. Supreme Court’s May ruling in Cantero v. Bank of America, opening the potential for several circuit courts to address the issue this year, say attorneys at Moore & Van Allen.

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Series

Collecting Rare Books Makes Me A Better Lawyer

My collection of rare books includes several written or owned by prominent lawyers from early U.S. history, and immersing myself in their stories helps me feel a deeper connection to my legal practice and its purpose, says Douglas Brown at Manatt Health.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

SDNY US Atty Resigns, Alleging Trump-Adams 'Quid Pro Quo'

By Frank G. Runyeon

Danielle R. Sassoon, the interim U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, resigned Thursday after she refused an order by U.S. Department of Justice officials to drop the federal corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams and expressed concern the move was part of an improper quid pro quo with President Donald Trump.

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Trump Ally Seeks To Limit Judges' Sway Over White House

By Courtney Bublé

A conservative legal group run by an ally of President Donald Trump is working on legislation to restrain judges that it deems politicized, in the wake of rulings against the Trump administration's actions.

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Goldstein Freed As Judge Doubts Feds' Crypto Claims

By Ali Sullivan

A Maryland federal magistrate judge on Thursday ordered Tom Goldstein released from jail after expressing skepticism toward federal prosecutors' claims that the SCOTUSblog publisher and U.S. Supreme Court advocate secretly made millions of dollars' worth of cryptocurrency transactions in recent days.

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SoCal Judge Admonished For 'Demeaning' Female Lawyers

By Rachel Scharf

A Southern California judge was publicly reprimanded by the state's judicial discipline agency Thursday for a yearslong "pattern of discourteous, undignified and impatient behavior" toward female attorneys, including the use of profanities and inappropriate gestures meant to convey the act of pumping breast milk. 

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Analysis

Small But Mighty Busy: 1st Circ. A Hub For Anti-Trump Suits

By Chris Villani

The Boston-based First Circuit will play an outsize role in litigation challenging the aggressive start to President Donald Trump's second administration, but the liberal stronghold's philosophic divergence with the U.S. Supreme Court may make any victories fleeting.

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Lawsuit Trimmed Over Holland & Knight Atty's File Access

By Matthew Santoni

A Pennsylvania federal judge on Thursday trimmed most of a lawsuit that one Philadelphia law firm had filed against another over an attorney's alleged unauthorized access to confidential files as part of his divorce.

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Willkie Expands Litigation Bench With Mayer Brown Trio

By Emily Johnson

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP has brought on three former Mayer Brown LLP partners in California and Washington, D.C., including two former federal prosecutors, and named one of the new partners as chair of its Foreign Corrupt Practices Act group, the firm announced Thursday.

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Analysis

4 Takeaways From 1st Opinion On AI Training And Fair Use

By Ivan Moreno

A Delaware federal court's rejection of a company's fair use defense for using copyrighted material to train an artificial intelligence program is a key moment in the clash between copyright law and AI development, as both intellectual property owners and tech companies seek favorable judicial guidance.

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DOJ Fraud Attorney Rejoins Akin As FCPA Work Stops

By Jack Rodgers

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP has rehired a departing member of the U.S. Department of Justice's fraud section, which has seen significant exits following the reelection of President Donald Trump.

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Kash Patel's FBI Director Nomination Goes To Full Senate

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 12-10, along party lines, Thursday to send Kash Patel's nomination to be FBI director to the full Senate.

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More US Attorneys Out In Three States

By Ryan Harroff

U.S. Attorney Dena J. King of the Western District of North Carolina announced that she is stepping down from her role as the district's top prosecutor, joining her counterparts in California's Southern District and the District of Maryland in the recent parade of U.S. attorneys to leave their posts since President Donald Trump retook the White House.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Agnifilo Intrater

Akin Gump

Anderson & Kreiger

Aylstock Witkin

Ballard Spahr

Blank Rome

Bochetto & Lentz

Boies Schiller

Bonjean Law Group

Breit Biniazan

Brownstein Hyatt

Butler Snow LLP

Cahill Gordon

Chandra Law Firm

Childers Schlueter

Cleary Gottlieb

Cohen Milstein

Cole Schotz

Cory Watson Attorneys

Crowell & Moring

DLA Piper

Davis Polk

Debevoise & Plimpton

Devine Millimet

Dykema

Ferrer Poirot

Fibich Leebron

Foley Hoag

Frankfurt Kurnit

Fritz & Bianculli

Gibson Dunn

Greenberg Traurig

Holland & Knight

Irell & Manella

Javerbaum Wurgaft

Katten Muchin

Keller Postman

Kenneth J. Montgomery PLLC

Kirkland & Ellis

Knobbe Martens

Laminack Pirtle

Latham & Watkins

Levi & Korsinsky

Manatt Phelps

Mayer Brown

McDermott Will & Emery

Milberg Coleman

Moore & Van Allen

Motley Rice

Munger Tolles

O'Melveny & Myers

Otterbourg PC

Parafinczuk Wolf

Polsinelli PC

Porter Malouf

Primmer Piper

Quinn Emanuel

Romano Law PLLC

Schulte Roth

Shapiro Arato

Sher Tremonte

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Slarskey LLC

Susen Law Group

The Cochran Firm

Tucker Law Group

Wexler Boley

White & Case

Wiggin & Dana

Willkie Farr

Wolf Haldenstein

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Allergan PLC

American Arbitration Association

American Bar Association

American Federation of Government Employees

American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Organizations

American International Group Inc.

Anthropic PBC

Bank of America Corp.

CCMP Capital Advisors LLC

Capital One Financial Corp.

Citigroup Inc.

Credit Suisse Group AG

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Frontier Group

Google LLC

Gordon Brothers Group LLC

Illinois Bankers Association

JOANN Inc.

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.

LinkedIn Corp.

Meta Platforms Inc.

NBCUniversal Media LLC

NFL Enterprises LLC

National Institute for Trial Advocacy

New York University

Northeastern University

Peacock TV

Petrobras

ROSS Intelligence

Spirit Airlines Inc.

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

The Cooper Cos. Inc.

The New York Times Co.

Thomson Reuters Corp.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

California Commission on Judicial Performance

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

National Institutes of Health

New York Attorney General's Office

New York City Housing Authority

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

U.S. Agency for International Development

U.S. Attorney's Office

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware

U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Copyright Office

U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

U.S. Department of Education

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Labor

U.S. Department of the Treasury

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Office of Personnel Management

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

US Office of Management and Budget