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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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 Recounts Firing: 'This Feels Wrong'

By Pete Brush

A former associate who claims DLA Piper unlawfully fired her after she announced she was pregnant told a Manhattan federal jury Tuesday that she got positive feedback as she worked with large corporate clients and was "shocked" when she was terminated.

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Blanche Says Only Trump Knows Why Bondi's Leaving DOJ

By Courtney Bublé

Todd Blanche said on Tuesday he is now acting attorney general and no one, beyond the president, knows why Pam Bondi is out and he is in.

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Calif. Lawmakers Advance Bill To Curtail PE Role In Litigation

By Emily Sawicki

A California bill to ban corporate investors from influencing litigation strategy is heading to the state Senate, backed by bipartisan support from the Assembly.

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Top DOJ Immigration Atty Faces Ethics Complaint

By Jack Karp

The head of the U.S. Department of Justice's immigration litigation office has lied to judges, disobeyed court orders and failed to stop attorneys he supervises from engaging in misconduct in high-profile immigration cases, according to an ethics complaint filed Tuesday.

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Analysis

Habeas Orders Sharpen As Due Process Concerns Mount

By Britain Eakin

Federal judges are issuing increasingly detailed, critical and decisive orders for habeas relief in immigration cases, stepping in as what immigration experts say is a last resort check on a system viewed as having crumbling due process safeguards.

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DOJ Pushes To End Former Immigration Judge's Bias Suit

By Jake Maher

The U.S. Department of Justice moved to dismiss a former Ohio immigration judge's discrimination suit in D.C. federal court this week, calling the complaint "heavy on conclusory statements and speculation and light on allegations of fact."

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Calif. Atty Apologizes, Blames OpenCase For False Citations

By Matt Perez

A California attorney has filed a response to an order for potential sanctions over his alleged use of artificial intelligence, which resulted in false citations, saying the hallucinations appeared in a later draft after using OpenCase to perform a cite check.

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Approach The Bench: Judge Robinson On Community Court

By Cara Bayles and Steven Trader

Judge Devin Robinson's courtroom at the Red Hook Community Justice Center in Brooklyn looks and feels very different from the courthouse archetype.

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States, DC Back NY AG James In DOJ Probe Appeal

By Emily Sawicki

Backed by amici including the attorneys general of 20 states and the District of Columbia, New York Attorney General Letitia James is fighting the U.S. Department of Justice's bid to reopen an investigation into her office launched by a federal prosecutor found to have been serving unlawfully.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Alden Law Group PLLC

Arnold & Porter

Bondurant Mixson

Callow & Utter

DLA Piper

Gibson Dunn

Hinshaw & Culbertson

Hogan Lovells

Holifield & Janich

Jones Day

K&L Gates

Kirkland & Ellis

Latham & Watkins

Law Office of Kevin G. Little

Manning Kass

Maynard Nexsen

Munger Tolles

Pomerantz LLP

Robbins Geller

Roy Petty & Associates

Saxton & Stump

Silver Golub

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Wachtell Lipton

Wigdor LLP

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

AE Industrial Partners LP

Allergan PLC

American Academy of Pediatrics

American Civil Liberties Union

Apple Inc.

Astellas Pharma Inc.

B. Riley Financial Inc.

Consumer Attorneys of California

Dell Technologies Inc.

Dick's Sporting Goods Inc.

Forest Laboratories Inc.

Lambda Legal Defense & Educational Fund

LinkedIn Corp.

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

National Rifle Association of America

New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America

Ruby Tuesday Inc.

Spotify Technology SA

Stanford University

States United Democracy Center

Supervalu Inc.

Tesla Inc.

The Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

The District of Columbia Bar

The Kraft Heinz Co.

Tilray Inc.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

University of Virginia

eBay Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Delaware Court of Chancery

Executive Office for Immigration Review

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Internal Revenue Service

New York Attorney General's Office

U.S. Army

U.S. Attorney's Office

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of New York

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

U.S. Department of the Treasury

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 California

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

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

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

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