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July 31, 2025
11th Circ. Says 'Urban Cowboy' Can Amend Taken Horses Suit
A divided Eleventh Circuit on Thursday granted a Georgia man whose horses were seized by Atlanta-area authorities a fresh shot at amending a lawsuit over the seizure, with the majority saying the lower court wrongly found that amending the suit was futile under the Fifth Amendment's takings clause.
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July 31, 2025
'Abusive Behavior' Spurs $195M Add To Phillips 66 IP Verdict
A California state judge added $195 million in exemplary damages to a $605 million trade secrets verdict against oil giant Phillips 66 following its "abusive behavior" toward startup and onetime acquisition target Propel Fuels.
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July 31, 2025
SEC's Atkins Launches 'Project Crypto' To Overhaul Policy
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins said Thursday that he's mobilized staff across the agency to craft rules and exemptions for digital assets, a plan aimed at bringing the crypto industry back onshore with a recent set of White House recommendations serving as the "blueprint."
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July 31, 2025
Dems Say DHS Visits Blocked Amid Reports Of 'Mistreatment'
A dozen Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives sued the Trump administration in D.C. federal court over a new U.S. Department of Homeland Security policy that delays and prevents members of Congress from conducting visits to federal immigration detention facilities, where the lawmakers say there are growing reports of mistreatment, overcrowding and unsanitary conditions.
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July 31, 2025
Fed Joins In Letting Banks Use Third-Party Customer ID Info
The Federal Reserve on Thursday relaxed a post-Sept. 11 identity check rule for banks under its oversight, joining other federal financial regulators in allowing the use of certain information provided by third-party sources.
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July 31, 2025
Dems Press OCC Head On Regulating Trump's Crypto Biz
Top Senate Democrats on banking and financial committees urged the Comptroller of the Currency Thursday to detail how he will address the potential for interference by President Trump now that the agency is charged with regulating stablecoins like the one the president's family has launched.
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July 31, 2025
NTSB Hearing Probes Air Traffic Control In DCA Collision
Air traffic controllers often juggled both helicopter and fixed-wing plane traffic at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, trusted pilots to use their own judgment to visually maintain safe distances from other planes in certain situations and adopted a "just make it work" approach, according to details from the National Transportation Safety Board.
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July 31, 2025
State Regulators Push FERC To Nix $22B Grid Projects Plan
Several state utility regulators have urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to reject a regional grid operator's $21.8 billion transmission development plan, saying the plan's benefits are overstated and wrongly forces them to subsidize the clean energy goals of other states.
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July 31, 2025
DOJ Says Defense Co., PE Firm To Pay $1.75M For FCA Claims
A defense contractor and private equity firm in California will pay $1.75 million to settle allegations that they failed to meet the cybersecurity requirements of a U.S. Air Force contract, federal prosecutors said Thursday.
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July 31, 2025
Hospitals Want To Duck Pharmacy Career Match Program Suit
A professional pharmacy organization and a group of teaching hospitals teed up motions to dismiss Wednesday against proposed class action allegations that they conspired to restrict wages and benefits by funneling new pharmacists through a job-matching program, telling a Maryland federal judge that there's no sign of an agreement.
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July 31, 2025
Colo. Court Affirms Stalking Conviction In 'True Threat' Case
The Colorado Court of Appeals on Thursday declined to overturn the stalking and harassment convictions of a man who claimed his threatening emails to a police officer were protected First Amendment speech.
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July 31, 2025
Dems Aim To Make FTC's Blocked Click-To-Cancel Rule Law
Following an Eighth Circuit decision earlier this month that struck down the Federal Trade Commission's "click to cancel" rule, three House Democrats are trying to make it the law of the land to let consumers cancel subscriptions with a single click.
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July 31, 2025
Ex-FDIC Chair 'Livid' Over Toxic Workplace Claims, OIG Says
An investigation by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s inspector general has found evidence that former Chair Martin Gruenberg and four unnamed ex-senior officials "personally engaged in some degree of inappropriate workplace conduct," in the latest report on the sexual harassment and toxic workplace scandal that erupted into public view nearly two years ago.
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July 31, 2025
NY Gaming Commission Can't Escape Tribal Lottery Row
A federal judge denied a renewed bid by the New York State Gaming Commission to dismiss a challenge by the Cayuga Nation that looks to block the entity from operating lottery games on the tribe's self-proclaimed reservation, saying the commissioners failed to establish a lack of equity jurisdiction.
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July 31, 2025
Capital One Says It Is Disputing FDIC Underpayment Claim
Capital One told investors on Thursday that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is trying to make it pay a greater share of cleanup costs from the 2023 regional banking crisis after taking issue with its call reporting, an effort the bank said it is pushing back on.
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July 31, 2025
Zoom Investor Gets Final OK For Derivative Suit Settlement
A Delaware federal judge granted final approval on Thursday to a settlement reached in a shareholder derivative suit accusing the top brass of Zoom of pulling in $172.9 million via insider sales after its 2019 initial public offering and before shares fell during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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July 31, 2025
Crypto Co., NBA Arm Strike $7M Deal Over NFT Privacy Claims
Users of the nonfungible token marketplace known as NBA Top Shot asked a California federal judge Thursday to grant the first green light to a $7.05 million settlement they reached with the marketing arm of the NBA and a cryptocurrency company that will resolve a class action over privacy concerns related to the marketplace.
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July 31, 2025
FCC Urged To Review Delay On New Prison Phone Rate Rules
Inmate-rights advocates are calling on the Federal Communications Commission to reconsider its delay of new prison phone rate rules In June, arguing that no one asked for the blanket two-year pause and that no notice and comment process was undertaken.
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July 31, 2025
Fed. Circ. Judges Cast Doubts On Trump Tariff Powers
Several Federal Circuit judges raised concerns about whether President Donald Trump's tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act override constitutional and congressional authority during oral arguments Thursday in their questions to better understand the extent of the appeals court's review.
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July 31, 2025
Vistra Pays $38M To End FERC Market Manipulation Case
Vistra Corp. has agreed to pay $38 million to end long-running Federal Energy Regulatory Commission litigation alleging that affiliate Dynegy Inc. manipulated electricity capacity auction rules in 2015, which led to consumers being unjustly overcharged.
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July 31, 2025
Full FCC Hearing Sought On T-Mobile, UScellular Tie-Up
Several trade and public interest groups urged the Federal Communications Commission to hold a full agency review of T-Mobile's plan to take over most of UScellular after FCC staff gave the deal a green light almost three weeks ago.
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July 31, 2025
Seattle Sues Trump Administration Over Anti-DEI Grant Terms
The city of Seattle sued the Trump administration in Washington federal court on Thursday, targeting two executive orders that require federal funding recipients to adopt the president's stances on diversity efforts and gender or risk losing money for a range of critical causes.
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July 31, 2025
Witness' Use Of 'Fraud' Doesn't Cancel TV Sports Exec's Verdict
The First Circuit rejected arguments by a former executive at the cable channel for the Boston Red Sox and Boston Bruins that a witness' use of the word "fraud" and testimony about his lavish spending tainted the jury that convicted him of a fake invoice scheme.
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July 31, 2025
Judge Questions Gov't Objection To Shielding FEMA Funds
A Massachusetts federal judge Thursday questioned the Trump administration's assertion that it has not redirected funds allocated by Congress for natural disaster mitigation efforts toward other Federal Emergency Management Agency programs, even as the government was objecting to states' narrow request to protect the funds for now.
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July 31, 2025
MSG Makes Play For $1.5M Fees In Oakley Dispute
Madison Square Garden is seeking $1.5 million in attorney fees from former New York Knicks player Charles Oakley, laying out the efforts it took to uncover Oakley's efforts to destroy text messages connected with his long-running assault and battery suit against the arena.
Expert Analysis
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Latest Influencer Marketing Class Actions Pinpoint 5 Themes
Several recent deceptive marketing class actions against both brands and influencers attempt to transform arguably routine business practices into a new focus area for consumer complaints, suggesting a coordinated approach to test what could become an increasingly popular area of litigation, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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Dupes Boom Spurs IP Risks, Opportunities For Investors
The rising popularity of dupe products has created a dynamic marketplace where both dupes-based businesses and established branded companies can thrive, but investors must consider a host of legal implications, especially when the dupes straddle a fine line between imitation and intellectual property infringement, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.
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3rd-Party Audit Tactics To Improve Export Control Compliance
Companies should take a strategic approach to third-party audits in response to the Trump administration's ramp-up of export control enforcement with steps that strengthen their ability to identify the control weaknesses of distributors, dealers and resellers, say Michael Huneke at Hughes Hubbard, and John Rademacher and Abby Williams at Secretariat Advisors.
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A Look At Trump Admin's Shifting Strategies To Curtail CFPB
The Trump administration has so far carried out its goal of minimizing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's authority and footprint via an individualized approach comprising rule rollbacks, litigation moves and administrative tools, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.
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Evading DOJ Crosshairs As Data Security Open Season Starts
As the U.S. Department of Justice begins enforcing its new data security program — aimed at preventing foreign adversaries from accessing government-related and personal sensitive data — U.S. companies will need to understand the program’s contours and potential pitfalls to avoid potential civil liability or criminal scrutiny, say attorneys at Cohen & Gresser.
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How Trump's Trade Policies Are Shaping Foreign Investment
Five months into the Trump administration, investors are beginning to see the concrete effects of the president’s America First Investment Policy as it presents new opportunities for clearing transactions more quickly, while sustaining risk aversion related to Chinese trade and potentially creating different political risks, say attorneys at Covington.
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How Trump Admin Treasury Policies Are Reaching Banks
The Treasury Department has emerged as an important facilitator of the Trump administration's financial policies affecting banks, which are now facing deregulation domestically and the use of international economic authorities in cross-border trade and investment, say attorneys at Davis Polk.
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My Opera And Baseball Careers Make Me A Better Lawyer
Though participating in opera and the world of professional baseball often pulls me away from the office, my avocations improve my legal career by helping me perform under scrutiny, prioritize team success, and maintain joy and perspective at work, says Adam Unger at Herrick Feinstein.
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A Look At DOJ's Dropped Case Against Early Crypto Operator
The prosecution of an early crypto exchange operator over alleged unlicensed money transmission was recently dropped in Indiana federal court, showcasing that the U.S. Justice Department may be limiting the types of enforcement cases it will bring against digital asset firms, say attorneys at Greenberg Traurig.
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High Court ACA Ruling May Harm Preventative Care
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Kennedy v. Braidwood last week, ruling that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services secretary has authority over an Affordable Care Act preventive care task force, risks harming the credibility of the task force and could open the door to politicians dictating clinical recommendations, says Michael Kolber at Manatt.
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Policy Shifts Bring New Anti-Money Laundering Challenges
In the second half of 2025, the U.S. anti-money laundering regulatory landscape is poised for decisive shifts in enforcement priorities, compliance expectations and legislative developments — so investment advisers and other financial institutions should take steps to prepare for potential new obligations and areas of risk, say attorneys at Linklaters.
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8 Ways Lawyers Can Protect The Rule Of Law In Their Work
Whether they are concerned with judicial independence, regulatory predictability or client confidence, lawyers can take specific meaningful actions on their own when traditional structures are too slow or too compromised to respond, says Angeli Patel at the Berkeley Center of Law and Business.
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3 Cautionary Tales For Cos. Using Facial Recognition Tech
Whether a business intends to develop its own facial recognition applications or contract with another company to use such services, three recent case studies should be kept in mind to help lower the risk of litigation or regulatory enforcement, says Adam Nyenhuis at Hilgers Graben.
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Kousisis Concurrence Maps FCA Defense To Anti-DEI Suits
Justice Clarence Thomas' recent concurrence in Kousisis v. U.S. lays out how federal funding recipients could use the high standard for materiality in government fraud cases to fight the U.S. Justice Department’s threatened False Claims Act suits against payees deviating from the administration’s anti-DEI policies, say attorneys at Miller & Chevalier.
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Assessing New Changes To Texas Officer Exculpation Law
Consistent with Texas' recent modernization of its corporate law, the recently passed S.B. 2411 allows officer exculpation, streamlines certificate of formation amendments, authorizes representatives to act on shareholders' behalf in mergers and makes other changes aimed toward companies seeking a more codified, statutory model of corporate governance, say attorneys at Bracewell.