DOJ Says Block On Sen. Kelly's Demotion Must Be Reversed

By Tom Lotshaw

The Trump administration told the D.C. Circuit a court order shielding U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., a retired Navy captain, from a demotion for telling service members they don't have to follow illegal orders was "gravely wrong" and threatens military discipline.

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Immigration Judges To Challenge Their Firing At Fed. Circ.

By Britain Eakin

Attorneys for a pair of fired immigration judges said Monday they will ask the Federal Circuit to review a federal panel ruling that stripped them of civil service protections, warning of a dramatic expansion of presidential authority over the civil workforce.

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DOD Schools' Can't Escape Suit Over Book And Lesson Ban

By Madeline Lyskawa

The U.S. Department of Defense must face litigation seeking to restore hundreds of books and lessons on race and gender that were pulled from the DOD school system under the Trump administration after a Virginia federal judge refused to dismiss the case.

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FCC Adds Foreign Routers To Nat'l Security Risk List

By Christopher Cole

The Federal Communications Commission on Monday added foreign-made routers to a list of consumer electronics gear that cannot be sold on the U.S. market without specific authorization.

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Anthropic Says DOD Security Risk Label Is Unconstitutional

By Hailey Konnath

Anthropic PBC has doubled down on its push for an order blocking the Trump administration from labeling it a supply chain risk to national security, telling a California federal court the executive branch was punishing "a major company for the sin of expressing its views on a matter of profound public significance."

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Union Accuses VA Of Violating Contract Injunction

By Emily Brill

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hasn't confirmed that its employees are eligible for benefits and protections under a union contract even though a Rhode Island federal judge ordered the agency to resume complying with the contract, an American Federation of Government Employees local claims.

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Justices Decline To Review Scope Of Wetlands Permit Waiver

By Gautama Mehta

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a petition from environmental groups seeking to revive a lawsuit accusing a Georgia resort of deceiving the Army Corps of Engineers to obtain a permit and illegally filling a protected wetland.

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Research Org. Seeks $530K In Fees After DOD Cap Ruling

By Elaine Briseño

The Association of American Universities has asked a Massachusetts federal court for $530,000 in attorney fees after a judge ruled that the U.S. Department of Defense unlawfully capped the reimbursement for the institution's indirect research costs.

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Roundup

Injury Law Roundup: Meta Atty Uses Jane Doe Plaintiff's Name

By Y. Peter Kang

A Meta attorney's gaffe and Mark Zuckerberg's testimony in the closely watched social media addiction bellwether trial, and an announced $7.25 billion settlement by Bayer over Roundup weedkiller claims, lead Law360's Injury Law Roundup.

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Breaking Down State Legislative Efforts In Telecom Security

As the federal government has strengthened national security safeguards for the telecommunications ecosystem, states have also asserted a role in telecom security, with variations among these regimes risking regulatory fragmentation and complicating compliance strategies, say attorneys at Hogan Lovells.

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Moderna Case Highlights Overlooked Hurdle In Biopharma IP

The recent settlement of the patent litigation involving Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine in Delaware federal court shows that patent portfolios covering enabling platform technologies can create significant freedom-to-operate risk even when their owners are not direct competitors developing the therapeutic product, says Olga Berson at Thompson Coburn.

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Labor & Employment Head Named Next Morgan Lewis Chair

By Tracey Read

Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP announced Monday that the global leader of its labor and employment practice was unanimously elected as the firm's next chair to take over for Jami McKeon, who will retire at the end of the year.

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Social Media Atty Sanctioned For 'Most Shameful Moment'

By Craig Clough

A California judge on Monday sanctioned an attorney for the plaintiff in a bellwether trial alleging Meta Platforms and Google's social media platforms harm children's mental health, fining him $1,100 and keeping him off the plaintiffs' steering committee for violating court rules by twice filming inside the courthouse.

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NJ Judges Name US Atty In Apparent End To Leadership Fight

By Jake Maher

The New Jersey federal court on Monday appointed a career federal prosecutor to serve as U.S. attorney for the Garden State in what appears to end a lengthy standoff between district judges and the U.S. Department of Justice over leadership of the office.

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Day Pitney Fights DQ Over Ex-Justice's Time On Case He Heard

By Aaron Keller

Day Pitney LLP has apologized after former Connecticut Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard A. Robinson, now a firm partner, billed 15.7 hours for reviewing a since-remanded case he heard years ago as a justice, but the firm said the "error" should not disqualify its other lawyers from advancing the litigation. 

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Reed Smith Pushes To Continue Atty Depo In NJ Bias Suit

By Jake Maher

Reed Smith LLP is urging a New Jersey state trial court to allow it to resume its deposition of a former attorney suing it for gender discrimination years after the last deposition date in the wake of an appeals court decision widely expanding the scope of discovery.

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Ramey IP Attys, Client Must Pay $107K Fees In Bad-Faith Suit

By Emily Sawicki

A San Francisco federal judge has ordered three sanctioned attorneys, including Texas intellectual property lawyer William Ramey III, together with their client, to cover $107,389 in attorney fees stemming from three identical patent suits the lawyers launched and withdrew in 2024, also ordering Ramey to show cause why he should not face further sanctions.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court's docket this past week featured high-stakes disputes involving major consumer brands, a reinstated video game executive, revived noncompete and compensation claims and fresh allegations of corporate misconduct in the healthcare sector.

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