Full Third Circuit Will Review Ability to Hear Immigration Case

The Trump administration has convinced a federal appeals court to reconsider a decision finding it had jurisdiction to review the denial of immigration relief for a woman who claimed she would experience torture if she returned to her home country.

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Rochester Beats White House Challenge to Its Sanctuary City Laws

The Trump administration has lost its lawsuit contending Rochester, NY’s policies restricting local law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration authorities are preempted by US law.

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UK Poaching Frenzy Has Firms Locking Lawyers in the ‘Garden’

US law firms racing to expand in London are hitting a speed bump: local rivals that force lawyers to sit on the sidelines for long stretches before they can jump to new jobs.

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Avoid Guardianships Whenever Possible, ABA Cautions Lawyers

Lawyers who represent elderly and intellectually disabled clients must not seek legal guardianships if “less drastic” solutions can be found, the American Bar Association said in a new ethics opinion.

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New Jersey Seeks High Court Review of Kalshi Sports Markets (1)

The US Supreme Court has the opportunity to clear up a nationwide legal debate over whether sports prediction markets offer wagering or derivatives trading, with New Jersey regulators Wednesday imploring justices to take up their spat with Kalshi Inc.

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Merit Board Rule Gives Trump Agencies Broader Disciplinary Power

The Trump administration will have more leeway in disciplining federal employees under a new final rule from the Merit Systems Protection Board.

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Willkie, WilmerHale Trade Conflict Allegations in Terror Case

Two Big Law firms are fighting each other over their right to work on a case in which victim families are seeking billions from a company that was convicted of funding terrorism.

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Pharma Averts More Aggressive Pricing Pacts in Latest Trump Deal

The Trump administration’s latest deals struck with pharmaceutical companies to lower US drug costs is narrowing the pool of manufacturers that could be roped into more aggressive drug pricing measures.

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Federal Circuit Writing More After Critique of One-Word Rulings

The Federal Circuit is writing more opinions — specifically more nonprecedential opinions — several years after it faced criticism from a group of patent lawyers and academics over the frequency with which it disposed of cases using single-word judgments saying just “affirmed.”

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EEOC Flexes Its Subpoena Power With Corporate Diversity Probes

The success of two DEI-related subpoena enforcement actions affirms the EEOC’s broad power to compel employers to share information with the agency as it ramps up investigations into alleged anti-White discrimination.

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IRS Softens on Businesses in Wake of Agency Worker Exodus

At President Donald Trump’s IRS, businesses in the last year are paying tens of billions of dollars less in taxes, while Americans are shelling out hundreds of billion dollars more.

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OpenAI Faces New Lawsuits Linked to Shooting at Canadian School

OpenAI was hit with multiple lawsuits claiming the artificial intelligence company could have prevented a mass shooting in Canada earlier this year by informing law enforcement about the suspected killer’s messages with the popular chatbot ChatGPT.

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TikTok’s ‘Unusual’ Kids Privacy Settlement Sidelines FTC Role

The Federal Trade Commission pursued an aggressive, years-long case against TikTok over its handling of children’s data. But when it came time to settle, the agency was nowhere to be seen.

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UK Poaching Frenzy Has Firms Locking Lawyers in the ‘Garden’

US law firms racing to expand in London are hitting a speed bump: local rivals that force lawyers to sit on the sidelines for long stretches before they can jump to new jobs.

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Anthropic’s Court Win Sets Proper Limits on Government Conduct

Opinion: As Judge Rita Lin did in Anthropic v. Department of War, the judge in ABC v. FCC should analyze the facts of the case holistically rather than focus only on the administrative record, Loyola Law School's Simona Grossi writes.

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Amazon Taps All-Star Legal Lineup to Fight FTC Advertising Suit

Prominent attorneys Karen Dunn, Jeannie Rhee and William Savitt are among the legal team representing Amazon.com Inc. in a Federal Trade Commission suit alleging the corporate giant has overcharged advertisers.

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Black Worker Bias Suit Claims Google Broke Arbitration Pact Ban

Google LLC racially discriminated against an employee in part by denying her a raise unless she re-signed a mandatory arbitration agreement that the tech company had previously promised not to enter into, a suit in Massachusetts federal court alleges.

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Sable’s Drilling Restart Doesn’t Warrant New Review, Judge Says

Environmental groups failed to block the drilling authorization at one of Sable Offshore Corp.'s platforms after a federal judge ruled the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management didn’t need to consider the company’s latest operating plans or potential harm to wildlife.

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Machine Gun Ban Passes Second Amendment Muster, 3rd Circuit Says

The Second Amendment doesn’t protect the right to own machine guns, a Third Circuit panel ruled Tuesday, saying “gun bans are strong medicine,” but they can be “just what the doctor ordered.”

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Labor Department Jumps Into Aramark-Aetna ERISA Remedies Appeal

Aramark Services Inc. has gained additional backing in its Fifth Circuit battle with Aetna Life Insurance Co. from the US Labor Department, supporting the food services provider’s claim the relief it seeks is exempt from arbitration.

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Memorial Hermann Signs $1 Million Retirement Plan Fee Settlement

Houston’s Memorial Hermann Health System agreed to pay $1.025 million to resolve litigation over the fee levels and investment options in its employees’ retirement plan.

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Yale ERISA Appeal Tests Whether Juries Belong in Benefits Cases

A long-awaited Second Circuit opinion on Yale University’s retirement plan could add clarity to a percolating debate over ERISA jury trials and reshape how employers, workers, and their lawyers approach similar disputes nationwide.

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Trireme’s Second Suit Over Renewable Projects Fails On Appeal

A renewable energy company lost its bid Tuesday to reverse a lower court decision dismissing its breach of contract suit after an appellate court said the same attempt was made in previous litigation.

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California Officials Improperly Shielded Data Center From Review

California county officials improperly exempted a one-million-square-foot proposed artificial intelligence data center from scrutiny under the state’s flagship environmental protection law, a state court ruled.

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Opencare Fails to Toss Suit Over Dental Patient Data Disclosure

Dental health-services provider Opencare Inc. must face three claims of a proposed class action alleging it illegally collected and disclosed patients’ protected health information to Google LLC and other third parties.

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Apple Must Defend Claims It Stole Tech to Build Mobile Wallet

Apple Inc. failed to convince a federal judge in Georgia to dismiss allegations that it misappropriated Fintiv Inc. trade secrets and violated RICO when building its Apple Pay mobile wallet available on millions of consumer devices.

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California Prevails in Trump Lawsuit Over Trans Athlete Policy

The Trump administration failed in its bid to strike down California’s policy allowing students to participate on sports teams that align with their gender identity.

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Former AFGE Leader Convicted of Illegally Laundering Union Funds

A former president of an American Federation of Government Employees local was found guilty of transferring $1 million in union funds to her personal bank account and using union money for expenses such as a $7,400 massage chair.

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Virginia Law Banning Cooperation With ICE Halted Pending Trial

A Virginia law intended to limit localities’ cooperation with federal immigration enforcement operations has been halted pending trial on the merits of a Trump administration challenge.

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Ex-Google Engineer Gets One-Year Sentence for AI Secrets Theft

A former software engineer at Google LLC who was convicted of stealing the tech giant’s trade secrets for building AI chips was sentenced to a one year prison term by a California federal court Tuesday.

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