The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to review a U.S. Army veteran's suit challenging the limit on disability benefits available to him as someone convicted of a felony and sentenced to a lengthy prison term, after the Eleventh Circuit dismissed his claims.
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Justices To Mull Courts' Authority To Hear Vets' Benefits Suits

By Madeline Lyskawa

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to review a U.S. Army veteran's suit challenging the limit on disability benefits available to him as someone convicted of a felony and sentenced to a lengthy prison term, after the Eleventh Circuit dismissed his claims.

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Feds Seek To Enforce Trans Healthcare Orders During Appeal

By Patrick Hoff

The Trump administration has asked the Fourth Circuit to let it enforce executive orders that ban federal funding for gender-affirming care for patients under age 19 while its appeal of a nationwide injunction is pending, arguing it's likely to succeed in its bid to overturn the trial court's order.

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Justices Want Feds' Views On Ruby Tuesday Benefits Dispute

By Kellie Mejdrich

The U.S. Supreme Court asked for the federal government Monday to weigh in on a dispute from ex-managers at restaurant chain Ruby Tuesday alleging Regions Bank lost them $35 million in retirement plan benefits that were liquidated in bankruptcy.

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Biz Groups Urge 4th Circ. To End Allergan Overcharge Suit

By Tom Lotshaw

Major pharmaceutical and business associations urged the Fourth Circuit to reconsider a panel decision that revived a whistleblower lawsuit accusing an Allergan Sales LLC predecessor of overcharging Medicaid, warning it threatens to become a road map for False Claims Act abuses.

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BNY, Robinhood To Help Roll Out Trump Accounts

By Anna Scott Farrell

The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. will be the federal government's financial agent in helping implement the new tax-advantaged brokerage accounts for children called Trump accounts, the U.S. Treasury Department said Monday.

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RFK Jr. Tweaks HHS Vaccine Policy Panel Membership Criteria

By Lauren Berg

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is making changes to a key federal vaccine advisory panel's charter, according to a renewal notice the agency published Monday, after a Massachusetts federal judge last month declared Kennedy's committee picks "appear distinctly unqualified."

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LITIGATION

Dick's Sporting Goods Gets Investor Suit Trimmed Further

By Katryna Perera

A Pennsylvania federal judge has further narrowed a shareholder class action accusing Dick's Sporting Goods of misleading investors about inventory levels and losses because of theft after the COVID-19 pandemic, disagreeing with a magistrate judge on the actionability of some of the suit's challenged statements.

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Brief

Ex-Yale Law Assistant Dean​ Drops Injury Coverage Suit

By Aaron Keller

Former Yale Law School dean of students Natalia Martin has ended a lawsuit questioning whether Integon National Insurance Co. could be held responsible for portions of a $5 million settlement with a driver who struck her while she was walking, causing brain, heart, lung and bone injuries.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court's docket this past week featured a mix of high-profile corporate disputes, insider trading allegations, contract fights and significant rulings shaping fiduciary duty and deal litigation.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

What A Court Doc Audit Reveals About Erroneous Filings

My audit of 1,522 court documents from last month found that over 95% contained at least one verifiable error, with fewer than 1% showing clear indicators of artificial intelligence use — highlighting above all else that lawyers may want to focus most on strengthening their review processes, says Elliott Ash at ETH Zurich.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Pregnant DLA Piper Atty Fired For 'Sloppy' Work, Jury Told

By Pete Brush

A former trademark associate told a Manhattan federal jury Monday that DLA Piper "blindsided" her with termination after she announced she was pregnant, but the BigLaw firm countered that she was fired for "repeated mistakes" and other on-the-job shortcomings.

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Files Of 10 Jones Day Clients Breached In Cyberattack

By Aebra Coe

Jones Day is the latest law firm to be hit by a cyberattack, the firm confirmed Monday, revealing that an unauthorized party accessed files of 10 clients.

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Troutman, Ex-Associate Reach Deal In Discrimination Suit

By Emily Sawicki

A former Troutman Pepper Locke LLP associate asked a D.C. federal court Monday to pause a suit as the two sides have reported they had reached a settlement agreement over her discrimination claims against the firm, sidestepping a trial set to begin next month.

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Ex-EEOC Leaders Back BigLaw Firms In Trump EO Appeal

By Patrick Hoff

A group of former U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission officials are backing four BigLaw firms in the Trump administration's consolidated D.C. Circuit appeal seeking to revive executive orders targeting the firms, arguing the president's directives contradict how Congress meant for the EEOC to operate.

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Jackson Walker, Sorrento CEO Hit With RICO Suit Over Ch. 11

By Emlyn Cameron

More than a dozen Sorrento Therapeutics shareholders sued law firm Jackson Walker LLP and the defunct biopharmaceutical company's ex-CEO for over $100 million, accusing them of conspiring to launch an unnecessary bankruptcy in an irrelevant jurisdiction.

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Analysis

Can State Courts Tame The 'Wild West' Of Judicial Security?

By Cara Bayles

As threats against local judges continue to ramp up, protection and incident tracking varies not only from state to state but county to county, making it difficult to draw the national judicial security landscape. Now, lawmakers are looking to use federal resources to even out disparities.

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LSC Seeks $2.14B As White House Pushes To Slash Funding

By Marco Poggio

The Legal Services Corp. is asking Congress for $2.14 billion in fiscal year 2027 to fund civil legal services for low-income Americans who cannot afford an attorney.

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Atty Convicted Of Staging Truck Crashes Seeks New Trial

By Parker Quinlan

A disbarred New Orleans attorney has asked a federal judge in Louisiana for a new insurance fraud trial, arguing a suite of issues from her federal trial last month caused her to receive what she described in a filing as a "miscarriage of justice."

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Trump Orders Could Chill US Arbitration, Group Warns

By Caroline Simson

The College of Commercial Arbitrators has urged the D.C. Circuit to reject the Trump administration's consolidated D.C. Circuit appeal seeking to revive executive orders yanking the security clearances of four BigLaw firms, arguing a contrary ruling would "imperil" arbitration in the U.S.

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Ex-Wis. Judge Loses Bid To Shake ICE Obstruction Conviction

By Lauren Berg

A federal judge Monday refused to overturn a former Wisconsin state judge's conviction for helping shield a defendant in her courtroom from arrest by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, rejecting her contention that, because ICE had no authority to make the arrest in the courthouse, there was no obstruction.

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Ill. Justices Want MAGA Op-Ed Author Judge's Claims Axed

By Emily Sawicki

Illinois Supreme Court justices have asked a Chicago federal judge to throw out constitutional claims filed by a retired Illinois state trial court judge alleging he was wrongfully terminated over protected speech in a political opinion column, with the justices arguing the federal court should not interfere with a state court matter.

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Justices Clear Path For DOJ To Dismiss Bannon's Conviction

By Cara Salvatore

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday vacated an appeals court's order upholding Steve Bannon's conviction over his nonresponse to a congressional subpoena investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection, clearing the way for the Justice Department to dismiss his indictment.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Arnold & Porter

Baker & Hostetler

Bondurant Mixson

Boyden Gray

Callow & Utter

Clement & Murphy

Cooley LLP

DLA Piper

Foley Hoag

Gibson Dunn

Gimbel Reilly

Goodwin Procter

Hinshaw & Culbertson

Hogan Lovells

Holifield & Janich

Jackson Walker LLP

Jenner & Block

Jones Day

K&L Gates

Kirkland & Ellis

Kutak Rock

Latham & Watkins

Liskow & Lewis

Littler Mendelson

Maynard Nexsen

Motta Law

Munger Tolles

Niro McAndrews

Perkins Coie

Pomerantz LLP

Robbins Geller

Saxton & Stump

Silver Golub

Silverman Thompson

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Strang Bradley

Susman Godfrey

Troutman

UB Greensfelder

Wachtell Lipton

Wigdor LLP

Williams & Connolly

WilmerHale

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

AE Industrial Partners LP

Allergan PLC

American Academy of Pediatrics

American Bar Association

American Civil Liberties Union

Astellas Pharma Inc.

B. Riley Financial Inc.

Boyer Co.

Dell Technologies Inc.

Dick's Sporting Goods Inc.

Forest Laboratories Inc.

Ingerman

Lambda Legal Defense & Educational Fund

LinkedIn Corp.

Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America

Reserve Bank of New Zealand

Ruby Tuesday Inc.

Sorrento Therapeutics Inc.

Stanford University

Supervalu Inc.

Tesla Inc.

The Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

The Kraft Heinz Co.

Tilray Inc.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

University of Virginia

eBay Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Australian Securities and Investments Commission

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Central Intelligence Agency

Delaware Court of Chancery

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Executive Office of the President

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Illinois Supreme Court

Internal Revenue Service

Legal Services Corp.

Office of the Director of National Intelligence

Pennsylvania Supreme Court

U.S. Army

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

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

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

U.S. Department of Defense

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

U.S. Department of the Treasury

U.S. District & Bankruptcy Courts of Southern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

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

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

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

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

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

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

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin