The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday said Texas and a mineral owner could not challenge the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's approval of a temporary nuclear waste storage facility in the state, while sidestepping the issue of whether the agency is authorized to license such facilities.
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High Court Says Texas Can't Challenge Nuclear Waste Site

By Keith Goldberg

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday said Texas and a mineral owner could not challenge the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's approval of a temporary nuclear waste storage facility in the state, while sidestepping the issue of whether the agency is authorized to license such facilities.

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Analysis

High Court Concurrences Signal Hard Battle For Trans Rights

By Katie Buehler

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett joined the court's two most conservative members Wednesday to suggest laws that differentiate based on transgender status should be subject to the lowest level of judicial review, providing guidance to lower courts that will likely make it harder for litigants to vindicate trans rights.

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Supreme Court Upholds Tennessee Transgender Care Ban

By Hannah Albarazi and Mark Payne

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a Tennessee ban on gender-affirming medical care for minors, finding that the state law does not violate the equal protection clause.

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Justices Say 'Exhaustion' In Prisoner Suits Is A Jury Question

By Marco Poggio

The U.S. Supreme Court narrowly ruled on Wednesday that prisoners have a right to a jury trial when there's a factual dispute over whether they properly exhausted prison grievance procedures — a key requirement before suing over prison conditions under federal law.

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Mississippi Social Media Law Blocked Again By Federal Judge

By Craig Clough

A Mississippi federal judge reinstated a preliminary injunction Wednesday that blocks a state law requiring digital service providers to verify users' ages and social media platforms to acquire parental consent for a minor's account, preventing it from taking effect after the Fifth Circuit lifted the court's previous injunction.

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4th Circ. Backs Ban On Handgun Sales To Young Adults

By Jared Foretek

A Fourth Circuit panel upheld a set of federal laws barring licensed firearm dealers from selling handguns to 18- to 20-year-olds Wednesday, reversing lower court decisions in Virginia and West Virginia in a split decision.

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Texas Judge Vacates Biden-Era HHS Abortion Privacy Rule

By Hailey Konnath

A Texas federal judge on Thursday agreed to vacate a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services rule finalized during the Biden administration that aimed to protect the privacy of patients seeking abortions and gender-affirming care, ruling that the HHS didn't have the authority to "fashion special protections" in areas of "great political significance."

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DOL Noms Vow To Confront Child Labor, Back Davis-Bacon

By Max Kutner

President Donald Trump's nominees for key U.S. Department of Labor roles told a U.S. Senate panel Wednesday they will go after unlawful child labor and enforce prevailing wages under the Davis-Bacon Act, painting a picture of what the agency could look like as its leadership team rounds out.

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Jeanine Pirro Faring Better Than Earlier Pick For DC US Atty

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump's second pick for U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, former judge and Fox News host Jeanine Pirro, seems to be having an easier time than the previous contender, Ed Martin.

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Trump Organization Taps DLA Piper Atty As Ethics Adviser

By Alison Knezevich

President Donald Trump's family business said Wednesday that it has named a leader of DLA Piper's government affairs and public policy practice as its outside ethics adviser.

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NC Bar Lacks Power To Punish NY-Licensed Atty, Panel Rules

By Hayley Fowler

The North Carolina State Bar can't discipline lawyers who may reside in the state but are not licensed to practice there, a state appellate panel ruled Wednesday in reversing the disbarment of an immigration attorney who lives in the Tar Heel State but is licensed in New York.

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California Bar Exam Woes Latest Chapter In Ongoing Scrutiny

By Emily Sawicki

Recent headline-grabbing blunders with the February California bar exam represent a stumbling block in a yearslong effort to reshape the exam, with an eye toward equity and accessibility for the more than 10,000 applicants who sit for the exam each year.

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ELECTION FIGHTS

NJ Supreme Court Backs Disputed Jersey City Ward Map

By Carla Baranauckas

A divided New Jersey Supreme Court upheld the validity of Jersey City's ward map, ruling Wednesday that the ward commission acted within its discretion under the state's Municipal Ward Law.

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BANKING & SECURITIES

US Seizes $225M In Crypto Tied To 'Pig Butchering' Schemes

By Aislinn Keely

Law enforcement on Wednesday asked a Washington, D.C., federal judge to help it return more than $225.3 million worth of stolen digital assets to victims of phony crypto investment schemes, including to a small Kansas bank that failed after its CEO got entangled in a so-called pig butchering scheme, as part of what the U.S. Department of Justice called its largest ever seizure connected with such scams.

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Dealmakers Eye More Crypto-Targeted SPAC Mergers

By Tom Zanki

More special purpose acquisition companies plan to seize upon the revival of cryptocurrencies under a second Trump administration and take cryptocurrency-related ventures public in the coming months, an attorney told a gathering of dealmakers on Wednesday.

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OCC Orders Earnings, Strategy Overhaul For 'Troubled' Carver

By Jon Hill

Carver Federal Savings Bank, one of the nation's largest Black-led banks, has agreed to undertake new strategic planning and efforts to improve its earnings in response to regulatory concerns flagged by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

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Union Urges Del. Justices To Refloat BofA Benefit Card Suit

By Jeff Montgomery

Delaware's chief justice pressed an attorney for Bank of America stockholders Wednesday to "drill down to the bad faith" during an appeal for revival of a Chancery Court suit accusing the company of intentionally prioritizing profits over compliance in managing unemployment benefit cards during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL

Supreme Court Says Biofuel Waiver Fights Belong In DC Circ.

By Juan-Carlos Rodriguez and Madeline Lyskawa

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that the D.C. Circuit is the proper venue for challenges to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's denial of biofuel waivers to small refiners, while state-level disputes over national ozone air quality standards must be heard in regional circuit courts.

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Judge Says A Ruling Unfreezing Wind Projects May Be Pyrrhic

By Julie Manganis

A Massachusetts federal judge said on Wednesday he will allow key claims to move forward in a suit challenging the Trump administration's halt of wind farm project reviews, yet he suggested even if the plaintiffs ultimately prevail, the administration could still simply deny requests for permits and leases.

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HEALTH & LIFE SCIENCES

FDA Dodges Suit Over Ozempic, Wegovy Listing

By Adam Lidgett

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration was able to escape allegations that it catered to Big Pharma by nixing cheaper versions of the miracle weight loss drug Ozempic, after a Texas federal judge tossed a lawsuit from two compounding pharmacies.

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DC Judge Restores Some Canceled COVID Grants For Now

By Tom Lotshaw

A D.C. federal judge has ordered the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to restore at least some canceled public health grants to four local governments, ruling the Trump administration likely exceeded its constitutional power when it terminated the grants in March.

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NC Panel Rejects HCA Unit's Appeal Over Rival Project Award

By Gianna Ferrarin

A North Carolina appeals court on Wednesday rejected an HCA Healthcare subsidiary's challenge to an award of a certificate of need allowing a rival to build a new acute care facility, backing a decision in favor of the state health department behind the award.

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SPORTS & BETTING

Ore. Lawmakers Approve $800M Portland MLB Stadium Bill

By Nate Beck

Oregon lawmakers have advanced a plan to attract a Major League Baseball team with $800 million in state spending on a new arena at a waterfront site in Portland, a development effort advised by attorneys from firms that include Sidley Austin LLP and Holland & Knight LLP.

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MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

Union Praises NY Bills On AI In Advertisements, Digital Rights

By Elliot Weld

Entertainment labor union SAG-AFTRA has applauded the passage of two bills by the New York State Legislature that would require the disclosure of advertisements' use of artificial intelligence-generated performers and for permission to be obtained to use digital renderings of deceased performers in expressive works.

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TRANSPORTATION & INFRASTRUCTURE

Pittsburgh, State Should Pay For Demolished Bridge, Co. Says

By Isaac Monterose

A Pennsylvania property owner has accused Pittsburgh and the state's Department of Transportation of effectively taking its property by demolishing a railroad-highway bridge that provided access to a parking lot, an auto parts distribution center and other land, arguing the company is owed damages.

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REAL ESTATE

Mich. Housing Co-Op Suit On Hold After Disclosure Exemption

By Nate Beck

A Michigan federal judge hit pause on a lawsuit from a group of housing cooperatives to escape requirements of the Corporate Transparency Act after the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network said it would give U.S.-based entities a break from the rules.

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EMPLOYMENT & BENEFITS

Trump's Attack On Fed. Worker Unions Meets Skeptical Judge

By Bonnie Eslinger

A California federal judge Wednesday appeared open to temporarily blocking President Donald Trump's executive order reclassifying hundreds of thousands of federal workers to bar them from collective bargaining, calling the order "dramatic" and "unprecedented," and asking about the downsides of keeping the status quo until trial.

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NY High Court Lifts Block On NYC Shifting Retiree Healthcare

By Emily Brill

New York's highest court lifted an injunction Wednesday that had blocked New York City from switching retired city employees' health insurance provider, ruling that the city never promised its retirees that it would keep them on a Medicare supplemental plan.

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Ex-Public Defender Says Bogus Bias Reports Got Her Fired 

By Matthew Santoni

The former chief public defender for Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, said Wednesday in a lawsuit that she was wrongfully accused of racial bias and unilaterally fired by the county manager, rather than by the county executive who had appointed her.

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Brief

Senate Panel Sets Vote On Trump Nominees For EEOC, DOL

By Kellie Mejdrich

A Senate panel announced on Wednesday a June 26 vote that will affect who will chair the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Trump administration's picks to lead the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division and employee benefits arm.

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COMPETITION

Judge Skeptical That Assa Abloy Needn't Extend Supply Deal

By Bryan Koenig

A D.C. federal judge suggested Tuesday that Assa Abloy faces an uphill fight resisting efforts by its divestiture buyer to extend a supply agreement inked as part of an asset sale deal resolving a U.S. Department of Justice merger lawsuit.

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Brief

Tesla Says Justices Shouldn't Wait On La. Auto Sales Law

By Nadia Dreid

Tesla is asking the U.S. Supreme Court not to push off considering Louisiana regulators' petition seeking to appeal the revival of a lawsuit brought by the electric-car maker targeting the state's ban on direct sales by automakers, even though the state has asked the justices to wait.

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CYBERSECURITY & PRIVACY

Sens., AGs Unite To Raise Alarm On State AI Moratorium

By Allison Grande

A sweeping proposal being considered by Congress to strip states of the ability to regulate artificial intelligence for a decade would do more harm than good, especially if there continues to be no similar protections in place at the federal level, a bipartisan quartet of U.S. senators and state attorneys general said Wednesday. 

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CONSUMER PROTECTION

FTC, Amazon Trade Blows Over Attempts To End Prime Case

By Rachel Riley

The Federal Trade Commission and Amazon have slammed one another in federal court filings over their competing bids to win regulators' case targeting Prime subscription enrollment practices, continuing to spar over the applicability of a consumer protection law shielding online shoppers.

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GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS

AG Paxton Says Austin Bank Contract Violates 2021 Gun Law

By Catherine Marfin

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is giving the city of Austin a month to cure a contract that he says violates a 2021 law preventing government entities from doing business with companies that discriminate against companies involved in the firearm industry.

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AEROSPACE & DEFENSE

Cities Sign On To Chicago's Suit Over DHS Funding 'Pause'

By Rachel Riley

Boston, Denver, San Francisco and Seattle have joined Chicago's federal lawsuit accusing the Trump administration of illegally suspending federal counterterrorism funding meant for urban areas, saying the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has failed to fulfill nearly $3 million in preapproved reimbursement requests.

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IMMIGRATION

DC Circuit Tosses Guantanamo Detainee's Repatriation Bid

By Madeline Lyskawa

The D.C. Circuit said a Pakistani national detained at Guantánamo Bay for nearly 20 years has failed to show that the appeals court can review a district court's denial of his attempt to force the government to determine if he's eligible for repatriation.

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6th Circ. Vacates Removal, Judge Slams High Court's Ruling

By Rae Ann Varona

The Sixth Circuit ruled Wednesday that U.S. Supreme Court precedent required it to vacate a Mexican native's removal order after his U.S. citizenship was revoked for not disclosing a criminal charge, although one circuit judge said it was time justices reconsidered the precedent.

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Texas Judge Keeps Bar On Removing Colo. Attacker's Family

By Britain Eakin

A Texas federal judge on Wednesday agreed to extend a temporary restraining order barring the Trump administration from immediately deporting the wife and children of an Egyptian man accused of violently attacking peaceful pro-Israel demonstrators earlier this month.

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Groups Say Feds Violate Flores With Lengthy Child Detention

By Rae Ann Varona

Children's and legal rights groups on Tuesday evening urged a California federal judge to enforce a decadesold settlement agreement governing the custody of immigrant children, saying migrant children today are being held for prolonged periods in unsafe and unsanitary "prison-like" conditions.

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ACLU Asks 5th Circ. To Note Report Disputing Gang Invasion

By Britain Eakin

The American Civil Liberties Union advised the Fifth Circuit to consider a National Intelligence Council assessment that the Maduro regime likely does not cooperate with the Tren de Aragua gang in its bid to halt removals under the Alien Enemies Act in the Northern District of Texas.

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Brief

Harris County, Trump Admin Drop Suit Over Refugee Funds

By Catherine Marfin

Harris County and the Trump administration have agreed to drop the former's lawsuit alleging the government was unlawfully freezing federal funds for a Houston-area refugee resettlement program.

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WHITE COLLAR

NY Prosecutors Seize Crypto Linked To Social Media Scams

By Sydney Price

New York Attorney General Letitia James on Wednesday said her office and the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office collaborated to seize and freeze $440,000 worth of cryptocurrency that was stolen via Facebook scams targeting Russian-speaking communities in the city and beyond.

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NATIVE AMERICAN

Feds Refer NY To Justice Department Over Native Mascot Ban

By Crystal Owens

The federal government is referring the New York State Education Department and its Board of Regents to the U.S. Department of Justice for enforcement actions over the state ban on the use of Native American mascots in public schools after education officials rejected a proposal to resolve alleged civil rights violations.

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NY Tribe Looks To Block Long Island Town Code Enforcement

By Crystal Owens

A Long Island tribe is asking a New York federal court to block the Town of Southampton from imposing its municipal codes on 84 acres of their lands, saying its officials are attempting to prevent them from using the site for economic gain.

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TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Bills On Both Sides Of Capitol Hill Seek Tech Deployment Help

By Christopher Cole

Rural wireless companies praised the recent filing of bills in both chambers of Congress to expand responsibility for funding phone and broadband subsidies to edge providers and tech companies, saying the programs are "no longer sustainable" without more revenue sources.

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Brief

Senate Adds Full 5-Year Term For New FCC Commissioner

By Christopher Cole

The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Olivia Trusty, a newly added member of the Federal Communications Commission, to serve another five years in addition to the term ending June 30 that lawmakers had approved the day before.

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CANNABIS

Ga. Court Backs Dismissal Of Hemp Farm's Drug Raid Suit

By Chart Riggall

A Georgia appellate panel has said that state law enforcement cannot be held liable for allegedly damaging tens of thousands of dollars worth of product at a hemp farm, ruling that the Georgia Department of Public Safety was wholly shielded by sovereign immunity.

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Psychedelics And The Law In Focus At Colo. Conference

By Sam Reisman

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis announced a pardon for all state-level convictions for psilocybin and psilocin possession at a psychedelics conference this week, in recognition that these substances are now legal in the state and in another indication that their relationship with the law is in flux.

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FDA Says Vape Co.'s Suit Doesn't Merit Jury Trial

By Spencer Brewer

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration told a Texas federal court a company that allegedly sold illegal vapes does not have the right to a jury trial, saying that Congress expressly created administrative proceedings for infractions such as the one the company allegedly committed.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Compliance Tips After Court Axes EEOC's Trans Rights Take

A Texas federal court's recent decision struck portions of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's 2024 guidance pertaining to sexual orientation and gender identity under Title VII, barring their use nationwide and leaving employers unsure about how to proceed in their compliance efforts, say attorneys at Dorsey & Whitney.

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In 2nd Term, Trump Has New Iran Sanctions Enforcement Tool

As tensions between the U.S. and Iran escalate, the Trump administration may use a whistleblower program enacted in 2022 to target violations that were previously more difficult to detect, thus expanding enforcement of economic sanctions, say attorneys at MoloLamken and Zuckerman Law.

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Atkins' Crypto Remarks Show SEC Is Headed For A 'New Day'

A look at U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins' recent speeches provides significant clues as to where the SEC is going next and how its regulatory approach to crypto will differ from that of the previous administration, say attorneys at Eversheds Sutherland.

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Steps For Universities To Pass Tax-Exempt Test Amid Scrutiny

After decades of a quiet governmental acceptance of tax-exempt status, universities are facing unprecedented and public pressure to defend themselves, and must consider how to protect this valuable status, say attorneys at Eversheds Sutherland.

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State Farm Rate Hike Portends Intensifying Insurance Crisis

The California Department of Insurance's unprecedented emergency approval of a 17% rate increase for State Farm General Insurance, the first interim rate relief granted before completing full actuarial justification, represents a regulatory watershed and establishes precedent that could fundamentally reshape insurers' response to climate-driven market instability, says Daniel Veroff at Merlin Law Group.

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Series

Law School's Missed Lessons: Teaching Yourself Legal Tech

New graduates often enter practice unfamiliar with even basic professional software, but budding lawyers can use on-the-job opportunities to both catch up on technological skills and explore the advanced legal and artificial intelligence tools that will open doors, says Alyssa Sones at Sheppard Mullin.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Ex-Sidley, Covington Partners Launch White Collar Boutique

By Phillip Bantz

The former global co-head of Sidley Austin LLP's white collar defense and investigations practice has joined an ex-white collar partner from Covington & Burling LLP to launch a boutique litigation firm based in New York.

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'Absolutely Disgusting': Litigant's Stashed Gum Irks Judge

By Hailey Konnath

A Florida federal judge admonished a plaintiff for sticking her chewed gum to a courtroom table, leading to a federal prosecutor getting the gum stuck to her skirt later, calling it "absolutely disgusting" and saying he "never dreamed" he would have to "write an order like this."

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Attys Face Sanctions For 'Sweeping' Copying Of Firm's Motion

By Dorothy Atkins

A California federal judge has ordered The Neil Jones Food Co.'s defense counsel to explain why she shouldn't sanction them for filing a dismissal motion that appears to plagiarize a losing motion filed by another firm in another case in the district, slamming the "sweeping copy and paste" conduct as "patently unacceptable."

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737 Max Families Push For Special Prosecutor In Boeing Case

By Linda Chiem

Families of victims of the 737 Max 8 crashes have asked a Texas federal judge to appoint a special prosecutor in Boeing's criminal conspiracy case, saying the U.S. Department of Justice's latest nonprosecution agreement with the American aerospace giant sets a dangerous precedent for corporate defendants to evade accountability.

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Analysis

Many Foreign Firms Could Face Stricter Access To US Markets

By Tom Zanki

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's reevaluation of the definition of a foreign private issuer could have far-reaching consequences, potentially tightening access to U.S. markets for companies based in China and beyond, lawyers say.

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Supreme Court Won't Leapfrog DC Circ. Over Trump's Tariffs

By Lauren Berg

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a request from two Illinois-based toy makers challenging President Donald Trump's emergency tariffs to consider their case before it is reviewed by the D.C. Circuit.

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Trump Taps Atty Dropped By Biden For Eastern Ky. Fed. Court

By Ali Sullivan

President Donald Trump has announced plans to nominate former Kentucky Solicitor General Chad Meredith to serve as a judge for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky.

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Boies Schiller Fights DQ Bid In Law Firms' Fee Dispute

By Madison Arnold

Boies Schiller Flexner LLP pushed back on a bid to disqualify the firm in a Florida state court case between pharmaceutical mass tort firms and their former counsel, in which Boies Schiller is both representing itself as a defendant and its co-defendants, arguing there is no conflict because all their defenses are the same.

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9th Circ. Backs 'Legitimate' Bar Membership Admission Rules

By Lauren Berg

The Ninth Circuit on Friday tossed a challenge to local rules in district courts in the circuit requiring lawyers to be bar members in the state where the court is located in order to seek general admission, saying admission rules aren't unconstitutional and there are several "legitimate reasons" for the rule.

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NJ Court Greenlights Beasley Allen Attys In Talc Litigation

By George Woolston

A New Jersey state judge will allow two Beasley Allen Law Firm attorneys to represent a California couple in their suit accusing Johnson & Johnson of selling carcinogenic talc-based baby powder and appear pro hac vice despite the company's vehement opposition.

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Roundup

UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Laura Stewart Liberty

This past week in London has seen Pogust Goodhead face legal action from mining giant BHP Group, Trainline bring a procurement claim against the Department for Transport, Sworders auction house sue Conservative peer Patricia Rawlings, and Nokia hit with a patents claim by Hisense. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

A new report showed a dip in the average size of corporate legal teams over the last year, and an attorney focused on special purpose acquisition companies is predicting the Trump administration's friendly stance on cryptocurrency will spawn a wave of new cryptocurrency-related ventures going public in the coming months. These are some of the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton and Andrea Keckley

WilmerHale leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Federal Circuit vacated a $300 million patent infringement jury verdict against Apple, based on instructions by a Texas federal judge that the appellate court panel determined to be erroneous.

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In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360

For those who missed out, here's a look back at the law firms, stories and expert analyses that generated the most buzz on Law360 last week.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

A&O Shearman

Adams & Reese

Addleshaw Goddard

Akin Gump

Arias Sanguinetti

Arias Sanguinetti Wang & Team, LLP

Baker & Hostetler

Baker Botts

Baker Donelson

Barnes & Thornburg

Beasley Allen

Beveridge & Diamond

Bird & Bird

Blackstone Chambers

Boies Schiller

Boston Law

Bowman & Brooke

Bradley Arant

Bredhoff & Kaiser

Buchanan Ingersoll

Burns Charest

Byrnes O'Hern

Candey Ltd.

City of Chicago Department of Law

Cleary Gottlieb

Clifford Law Offices

Clyde & Co

Coleman & Horowitt

Cooley LLP

Cooper Barton & Cooper

Covington & Burling

Cozen O'Connor

DLA Piper

DMH Stallard

DWF LLP

Davis Wright Tremaine

Dean Omar

Denlea & Carton

Dentons

Dorsey & Whitney

Ellenoff Grossman

Eversheds Sutherland

Faegre Drinker

Fasken

Feinberg Jackson

Fieldfisher

Fillmore Law Firm

Freshfields

Fridman Fels

Gibson Dunn

Goldberg Kamin

Goodwin Procter

Gordons LLP

Gowling WLG

GrayRobinson

Harding Counsel

Hausfeld LLP

Hogan Lovells

Holland & Hart

Holland & Knight

Holtzman Vogel

Hueston Hennigan

Immigrant & Refugee Appellate Center

Johnson Vaughn & Heiskell

Jones Day

Jubelirer Pass

Kanner & Whiteley

Kellogg Hansen

Kirkland & Ellis

Kreindler & Kreindler

Latham & Watkins

Lehotsky Keller

Levy Firestone

Lewis Brisbois

Liddle Sheets

Loeb & Loeb

Matsikoudis & Fanciullo

Mayer Brown

McDermott Will & Emery

McGuireWoods

Merlin Law Group

Milbank LLP

Mishcon de Reya

MoloLamken

Moore Hill & Westmoreland

Morgan Lewis

Morris Nichols

Murphy Orlando

Parr Brown

Paul Weiss

Pendley Baudin

Pentiuk Couvreur

Perkins Coie

Pillsbury Winthrop

Podhurst Orseck

Pogust Goodhead

Quinn Emanuel

Radler White

Reynolds Porter

Rigrodsky Law

Rogers Berry

Ropes & Gray

Ross Aronstam

Seladore Legal

Seward & Kissel

Sheppard Mullin

Sidley Austin

Simon Paschal

Skadden Arps

Slaughter and May

Squire Patton

Stewarts Law LLP

Sullivan & Worcester

TLT LLP

Taylor Wessing

Thompson Hine

Treanor Law Firm

Troutman

Wachtell Lipton

Walden Macht

Waters Kraus

White & Case

Wiggin LLP

Williams & Jensen

Willkie Farr

WilmerHale

X Law Group

Young Conaway

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

AdventHealth

Aetna Inc.

Alliance Defending Freedom

Amazon.com Inc.

American Bar Association

American Civil Liberties Union

American Federation of Government Employees

American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Organizations

American Federation of State County & Municipal Employees

American International Group Inc.

Apple Inc.

Assa Abloy AB

Assicurazioni Generali

Associated Press

Association of Corporate Counsel

Astellas Pharma Inc.

Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd.

BHP Group PLC

Bank of America Corp.

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.

British American Tobacco PLC

California Fair Plan Association

Canaccord Genuity Group Inc.

Cantor Fitzgerald LP

Carver Bancorp, Inc.

Center for Human Rights & Constitutional Law

Chevron Corp.

Citizens Property Insurance Corp.

City Attorney of San Francisco

Computer & Communications Industry Association

Council for Innovation Promotion

Democracy Forward Foundation

Drug Policy Alliance

Drummond

Ethiopian Airlines Enterprise

ExamSoft Worldwide Inc.

Exxon Mobil Corp.

Federation Internationale de Football Association

Ferring Pharmaceuticals

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc.

Fortune Brands Home & Security Inc.

Gilead Sciences Inc.

HCA Healthcare Inc.

Harvard University

Heartland Tri-State Bank

Hisense Co. Ltd.

John Wayne Airport

Johnson & Johnson

Kamin LLC

Larry H. Miller Group of Companies

Learning Resources Inc.

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

MSP Recovery

Major League Baseball Inc.

Major Lindsey & Africa LLC

Meta Platforms Inc.

Microsoft Corp.

Mithun Inc.

Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies

National Association of Government Employees

National Association of Insurance Commissioners

National Center for Youth Law

National Collegiate Athletic Association

National Congress of American Indians

National Nurses United

National Women's Law Center

Nav Technologies Inc.

Neil Jones Food Co.

New York State Bar Association

New York Yankees

Nokia Corp.

North Carolina State Bar

Novo Nordisk A S

PacifiCorp

Pinterest Inc.

Point Mortgage Corp.

Practising Law Institute Inc.

Purdue Pharma LP

Red Bull GmbH

Reddit Inc.

Rural Wireless Association

Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television & Radio Artists

Service Employees International Union

Snap Inc.

Spectrum Brands Inc.

State Bar of California

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.

Stericycle Inc.

TC Energy Corp.

Tesla Inc.

The Allstate Corp.

The Boeing Co.

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights

Trainline

TransCanada Corporation

Trump Organization Inc.

Tyson Foods Inc.

United Policyholders

University of Southern California

University of Virginia

Washington & Lee University

YouTube Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

California Department of General Services

California Department of Insurance

California Supreme Court

Central Intelligence Agency

City of New York

Clayton County, Georgia

Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Employee Benefits Security Administration

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Executive Office for Immigration Review

Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Insurance Office

Federal Trade Commission

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

Food and Drug Administration

Georgia Attorney General's Office

Georgia Court of Appeals

Harris County Attorney

Harris County Attorney's Office

House of Lords of the United Kingdom

Internal Revenue Service

International Trade Commission

National Institutes of Health

National Science Foundation

New Jersey Court

New Jersey State Ethics Commission

New Jersey Supreme Court

New York Attorney General's Office

New York Department of Financial Services

New York State Assembly

New York State Department of Education

North Carolina Attorney General's Office

North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Office of Foreign Assets Control

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

Oklahoma Attorney General's Office

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

Shinnecock Indian Nation

Social Security Administration

Tennessee Attorney General's Office

Texas Legislature

U.S. Agency for International Development

U.S. Attorney's Office

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

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Texas

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

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

U.S. Copyright Office

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

U.S. Department of Agriculture

U.S. Department of Defense

U.S. Department of Education

U.S. Department of Energy

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Labor

U.S. Department of State

U.S. Department of Transportation

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S. Department of the Treasury

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

U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. General Services Administration

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

U.S. Office of Personnel Management

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

UK High Court

US Office of Management and Budget

United States District Court for the District of Colorado

Utah Attorney General's Office

Wage and Hour Division