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  • June 26, 2026

    Kalshi Loses Bid To Keep Mich. Gambling Suit In Fed. Court

    A Michigan federal judge has remanded to state court a suit by Michigan's attorney general against Kalshi over claims the prediction market platform is violating state gambling laws, finding Kalshi failed to sufficiently argue that the suit should remain in federal court.

  • June 26, 2026

    Polymarket Tricks Young People Into Gambling, Suit Says

    An association of attorneys and consumer advocates accused Polymarket and its executives Friday of crafting "flagrantly deceptive and unfair marketing" that draws Americans, especially college students, to its prediction market platform.

  • June 26, 2026

    DC Circ. Preserves Biden-Era EPA Soot Rule

    The D.C. Circuit Friday rejected challenges from Republican states and business groups to a Biden-era rule setting tighter national limits on soot, as well as the Trump administration's request to vacate the rule.

  • June 26, 2026

    High Court To Issue Big Decisions In Term's Final Days

    As the U.S. Supreme Court enters the final days of its term, the justices still have several major decisions to issue, including some concerning birthright citizenship, the president's power to remove independent agency officials, transgender athletes and election rules. 

  • June 26, 2026

    Caesars Expands Maine Tribal IGaming Agreement Amid Suit

    Caesars Entertainment Inc. says it has expanded an existing partnership with three of Maine's Wabanaki Nations to include online casino gambling within the state, with a launch date this year, pending regulatory approvals.

  • June 25, 2026

    Sens. Want CFTC Restricted From Prediction Markets Suits

    A group of 17 Democratic senators has called on a U.S. Senate subcommittee to prohibit the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission from using federal funds to prevent states and tribes from enforcing their gambling laws against prediction markets as litigation over the legality of their offerings continues to spread.

  • June 25, 2026

    CFTC, Prediction Market Trade Group Back Kalshi At 6th Circ.

    The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and a prediction market trade group are pressing the Sixth Circuit to affirm sole federal oversight of event contracts in separate briefs that argued state gambling laws are a poor fit to regulate trading on real-world events.

  • June 25, 2026

    Kalshi Says NM Tribes Lack Power Over Its Sports Contracts

    Kalshi is asking a New Mexico district court to dismiss a challenge by four Indigenous nations trying to block the prediction market platform from offering online sports betting within Indian Country, arguing that allowing the tribes to exercise regulatory authority will enable hundreds of other tribes to follow suit.

  • June 25, 2026

    Baby Carrier Seeks Block Of Rival's 'End-Run' ITC Suit

    A company that manufactures baby carriers asked an Idaho federal judge Thursday to order a rival litigant to withdraw its parallel complaint before the U.S. International Trade Commission, saying the complaint was an attempt at forum shopping and could disrupt the district court case.

  • June 25, 2026

    Another Trump Order For Election Restrictions Blocked

    A Massachusetts federal judge on Thursday blocked the Trump administration from implementing the president's March order to compile a federal list of eligible voters and to set new restrictions on the use of mail-in ballots in this fall's general election.

  • June 25, 2026

    8th Circ. Backs Immunity In DAPL Protest Injury Dispute

    A panel of the Eighth Circuit has upheld a decision to dismiss a challenge by an environmentalist who was severely injured by North Dakota law enforcement during a protest over the Dakota Access pipeline, finding the officers are entitled to immunity and her claims of 14th Amendment violations do not meet a "shocks the conscience" threshold.

  • June 25, 2026

    SpaceX Wants In On Suit Challenging Texas Land Swap Deal

    SpaceX has urged a federal court in Washington to let it intervene in a lawsuit from environmental groups opposing the company's south Texas land exchange deal with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, noting its property interests are directly at stake.

  • June 24, 2026

    Kentucky Is Latest State To Catch CFTC Prediction Market Suit

    The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has hit back against Kentucky regulators with a suit defending its jurisdiction over event contracts, after the state brought enforcement actions against several prediction market platforms alleging they violate the state's consumer protection and gambling laws by offering unlicensed sports wagering.

  • June 24, 2026

    EPA Proposal Tightens Scope And Length Of NEPA Reviews

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday floated an overhaul of how it conducts environmental reviews that includes limiting the scope of what environmental impacts the agency considers and establishing a two-year deadline to complete reviews.

  • June 24, 2026

    10th Circ. Revives Tribe's Okla. Lotto Exclusivity Fee Suit

    A Tenth Circuit panel remanded a determination that the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes don't have Article II standing to be excused from paying exclusivity fees under provisions of an Oklahoma-tribal gaming compact, saying their injuries are fairly traceable to Gov. Kevin Stitt's decision to change the state's electronic gaming laws.

  • June 24, 2026

    Kalshi Sues Ill. Officials Over Sports Event Contracts Law

    Kalshi sued Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and other top state officials in Illinois federal court Tuesday to block the enforcement of a new law that requires prediction-market exchanges offering sports event contracts to obtain an Illinois gambling license and comply with state gambling regulations, saying federal law preempts those requirements.

  • June 24, 2026

    Md. Judge Tosses Gulf Species Suit After ESA Exemption

    A Maryland federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Trump administration's March move to exempt all oil and gas drilling activities in the Gulf of Mexico from Endangered Species Act restrictions mooted a suit from environmentalists challenging previous guidelines for species protection in the Gulf as inadequate.

  • June 24, 2026

    NY Town Sues Feds Over Seneca Nation's $1 Land Transfer

    A New York town is seeking to vacate a U.S. Department of the Interior decision to place 207 acres into a restricted fee status for the Seneca Nation after the tribe paid a development company a dollar for the land, claiming the transaction is an administrative end run around a 1990 settlement law.

  • June 24, 2026

    Judge Blocks Voting Order Requiring Proof Of Citizenship

    A Massachusetts federal judge on Wednesday permanently barred the Trump administration from enforcing what she called an unconstitutional and illegal requirement for proof of citizenship to vote, marking the latest successful challenge to the measure from several states.

  • June 23, 2026

    10th Circ. Revives Utah National Monument Challenges

    A Tenth Circuit panel on Tuesday revived challenges to former President Joe Biden's designations of hundreds of thousands of acres as parts of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments, finding that the Antiquities Act puts discernible limits on the president's discretion.

  • June 23, 2026

    States Challenge Arctic Leasing Over Birds, Climate Change

    Fourteen states are backing challenges to the Trump administration's decision to open up oil and gas leasing on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, telling the court that the seismic exploration will harm migratory birds and increase greenhouse gas emissions that already contribute to climate change.

  • June 23, 2026

    New Mexico Tribe Says Land Suit Targets Survey, Not Title

    A New Mexico tribe is fighting attempts to dismiss its bid to block the federal government from altering the boundaries of a Lincoln-era 34,700-acre land patent, telling the court that the defendants can't frame the litigation as a quiet title action.

  • June 23, 2026

    Green Groups Drop Pipeline Permit Appeal After Stay Is Refused

    Environmental groups' challenge to a discharge permit issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for work on a natural gas pipeline stretching across several Eastern states was voluntarily dismissed Monday at the Fourth Circuit.

  • June 23, 2026

    High Court Tosses Rastafarian's Haircut Suit

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ended a Rastafarian's bid to hold Louisiana prison guards responsible for allegedly violating his religious rights by forcibly shaving off his dreadlocks, ruling a law aimed at preventing religious discrimination at state and local levels can't be used to sue government officials in their individual capacities without their consent.

  • June 22, 2026

    Justices To Hear Fight Over Reach Of Bivens Prison Suits

    The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a case over whether a federal inmate can use a 1971 high court precedent to pursue damages from prison officials for allegedly failing to provide adequate medical care after a 2021 prison fight.

Expert Analysis

  • 5 Things Associates Must Ask About Their Firm's Merger Plan

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    The associates who navigate law firm mergers best ask the right questions early, such as inquiring about partners' plans, to assess how the merger could affect their workflow and career path, says Jackie Bokser-LeFebvre at Major Lindsey.

  • CFTC Trading Rule Can't Police Prediction Markets Yet

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    The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s recent efforts to police insider trading in prediction markets through a post-Dodd-Frank anti-fraud rule exposes doctrinal gaps around misappropriation theory, leaving platforms to fill the void with win-rate-based surveillance, says attorney Tamara de Silva.

  • 2 'Rocket Dockets' And The Rules That Propel Them

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    The fastest civil trial courts in the country are currently in the Eastern District of Virginia and the Southern District of Florida, and their chief judges provide insights into the court rules that keep them ahead, says Robert Tata at Hunton.

  • How Gambling Cos. Can Defend 'Addictive Design' Suits

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    Following the recent wave of addictive design litigation against video game companies and social media platforms, it appears that the gambling industry may soon face similar claims — but operators may have stronger legal defenses available to them, say attorneys at White & Case.

  • Your Next Litigation Hold Should Cover AI Chat Logs

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    The Delaware Chancery Court’s recent decision in Fortis Advisors v. Krafton to treat a CEO’s artificial intelligence chats as substantive evidence is being read as a discovery warning to litigators, but there is a second duty-to-preserve lesson that is especially pertinent to in-house counsel, say attorneys at Faegre Drinker.

  • Series

    Studying Foreign Languages Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Studying Italian and Japanese has shown me that learning a new language can benefit a legal career in several ways, including by demonstrating the importance of approaching problems from a fresh perspective and the value of practicing patience with colleagues and clients, says Anna King at Genworth Financial.

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    NY Times Word Puzzles Make Me A Better Lawyer

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    Every morning I let The New York Times humble me with word games, which offer a chance to recalibrate my brain before the day's chaos arrives and remind me that a solution — whether to a puzzle or employment law issue — almost always exists once I find the right angle, says Amy Epstein Gluck at Pierson Ferdinand.

  • Big Issues Linger After Senate Prediction Market Trading Ban

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    Whether the Senate can — or should — extend prediction market trading restrictions beyond itself will test not only the boundaries of insider trading law, but also the structural limits of legislative power in an era where information itself has become a tradable asset, say attorneys at Benesch.

  • Series

    Law School's Missed Lesson: Diagnose Before Arguing

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    Law school often skips over explicitly teaching students how to determine what kind of problem a case presents before they commit to a particular doctrinal path, which risks building arguments that are internally coherent but externally misaligned, says Melanie Oxhorn at Kobre & Kim.

  • Becoming The Biz-Savvy GC That Portfolio Companies Need

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    Candidates for general counsel roles at private equity-backed portfolio companies should prioritize proving their sector-specific experience, commercial judgment and ease with uncertainty — and attorneys hoping to be candidates in five to 10 years should start working on those skills now, says Dimitri Mastrocola at Major Lindsey.

  • Series

    Judges On AI: How Courts Can Survive The Tech Revolution

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    Colorado Supreme Court Justice Maria Berkenkotter and Colorado Court of Appeals Judge Lino Lipinsky de Orlov discuss how artificial intelligence has already fundamentally altered the legal system and offer tips for courts navigating deepfakes, hallucinations and a gap in access to AI tools.

  • 3 AI Adoption Mistakes GCs Should Avoid

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    The pressure in-house legal teams face to quickly adopt artificial intelligence tools, combined with budget constraints and the need to evaluate a crowded market of options, sets the stage for implementation mistakes that are often difficult to undo, says former 23andMe general counsel Guy Chayoun.

  • Series

    Playing Basketball Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My grandfather used to say "I wear your jersey" as shorthand for wholly committing to support someone with loyalty and integrity — ideals that have shaped my life on the basketball court and in legal practice, says Tracy Schimelfenig at Schimelfenig Legal.

  • EPA Listing Signals New Scrutiny Of Drugs In Drinking Water

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    The recent publication of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's latest draft drinking water contaminant list highlights pharmaceuticals as a category of concern, marking the start of a process that could shape future research priorities, monitoring requirements, and federal and state actions, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

  • Series

    The Biz Court Digest: Georgia Court Has Business On Its Mind

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    Thanks to recent legislation, the Georgia State-wide Business Court will soon offer business litigants greater access to the court than ever before, further enhancing the court's emphasis on efficiency, predictability and accessibility for sophisticated commercial disputes, says former GSBC judge Walt Davis at Jones Day.

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