A Mississippi federal judge has denied search warrants to investigators seeking access to bulk cellular tower data to identify culprits behind several violent crimes, finding such warrants are unconstitutional following the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Chatrie v. U.S.
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Federal Judge Rules Tower-Dump Warrants Unconstitutional

By Brandon Lowrey

A Mississippi federal judge has denied search warrants to investigators seeking access to bulk cellular tower data to identify culprits behind several violent crimes, finding such warrants are unconstitutional following the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Chatrie v. U.S.

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NJ Panel Limits Disclosure Of Pending Police IA Files

By Parker Quinlan

A New Jersey appeals court has ruled that defense attorneys in the state are not entitled to specific evidence about internal affairs investigations against police officers who are planning to testify in criminal trials.

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Analysis

The Dramatic Moments Set To Shape Tom Goldstein's Appeal

By Jeff Overley and Jared Foretek

Prurient revelations, brash recriminations and purportedly glaring judicial errors in Tom Goldstein's criminal case have captivated the appellate bar for nearly 19 months, and many of those moments will be center stage in the star attorney's imminent appeal.

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LEGAL ETHICS

Ex-Girardi Atty Gets Probation For Keeping Silent On Theft

By Lauraann Wood

A former Girardi Keese attorney was sentenced to one day time-served and two years of probation Thursday for staying quiet and failing to report disgraced plaintiff's attorney Tom Girardi's theft of millions of settlement dollars owed to Lion Air Flight 620 plane crash victims.

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WHITE COLLAR

Crypto Founder Stole Millions From NFT Investors, Feds Say

By Aislinn Keely

A Miami crypto founder is facing securities and wire fraud charges for misappropriating investor funds on gambling and crypto trades after raising more than $10 million for a nonfungible token marketplace that ultimately failed.

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Tax Prep Biz Owner Gets 30 Months For $5M Refund Scheme

By Zak Kostro

A Las Vegas tax preparation business owner was sentenced to 30 months in prison for conspiring to defraud the U.S. government by filing false tax returns and diverting portions of the resulting refunds to herself and an employee, the U.S. Justice Department said.

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7th Circ. Backs Outcome Health Execs' $1B Fraud Convictions

By Celeste Bott

The Seventh Circuit on Thursday upheld the convictions of two Outcome Health executives for lying about the company's capabilities and value in a $1 billion fraud, rejecting their argument that an overzealous pretrial freeze on millions in assets violated their constitutional right to hire the defense attorneys of their choice.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

9th Circ. Rule Block Unlikely To Deter FinCEN Cartel Focus

The Ninth Circuit recently blocked the Financial Crimes Enforcement Unit's border cash reporting rule, interpreting it as an impermissible use of an emergency anti-money laundering tool, but regulators are more likely to see the opinion as a road map for building a more defensible rule, say attorneys at Bradley Arant.

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Series

Being A Sommelier Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Being a sommelier has quietly shaped how I practice law by changing the way I think, communicate and connect with people, and offers a constant reminder that expertise is about making your knowledge useful and accessible to others, says Kara Du at Sheppard.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

How Does In-House Pay Compare? Take The Law360 Survey

How do in-house salaries vary across industries, roles, and organizational revenue? What compensation tools are companies using to lure top talent? Help Law360 Pulse answer these questions and more in this year's In-House Compensation Survey.

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No Simpson Thacher Malpractice In PIPE Case, Jury Finds

By Madison Arnold

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP escaped a malpractice lawsuit late Thursday over its representation of Patriot National Inc. in a private investment in public equity transaction in the years before the company's downfall.

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Dems Slam Skadden's 'Nothing To See Here' Trump Deal Reply

By Hailey Konnath

Three Democratic lawmakers on Thursday criticized Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's response to their request that the firm disclose details of its pro bono arrangement with the Trump administration, saying the firm's "three sentence letter essentially saying 'nothing to see here'" is "not going to cut it."

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New ABA Chief Seeks To 'Streamline' Org., Defend Democracy

By Emily Sawicki

The American Bar Association's new president, Barbara J. Howard, will focus on twin goals of defending democracy against expected unprecedented attacks associated with this year's midterm elections, while also reorganizing the association to run more efficiently, as she kicks off her one-year term this month.

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Richards Layton Under Fire Amid Bid To Avoid AI Sanctions

By Rose Krebs

A firm has asked a Delaware vice chancellor to allow it to submit more "factual information" regarding what it says are inconsistencies in Richards Layton & Finger PA's attempt to avoid sanctions for submitting a filing with errors generated by artificial intelligence.

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2nd Circ. Says Pillsbury Must Surrender $3.6M Retainer

By Jessica Corso

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP was ordered on Thursday to hand over a $3.6 million retainer it was paid to defend a client against criminal and civil fraud charges, with the Second Circuit upholding a ruling that the funds were part of an asset freeze order issued in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission case.

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Ex-GC Hijacked Accounts And Posted Klan Imagery, Suit Says

By Ben Adlin

A Washington state court granted a temporary restraining order Wednesday in a school fundraising company's lawsuit accusing its former general counsel of taking control of its social media accounts and allegedly replacing its LinkedIn photo with a manipulated image of its president in a Ku Klux Klan robe.

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Wash. Justices Offer Bar Waiver After July Exam Tech Failure

By Rachel Riley

The Washington State Supreme Court said Thursday it's offering to waive the bar exam requirement for first-time applicants who were unable to take the test last week due to an abrupt cancellation driven by technical issues at the Yakima Convention Center where it was scheduled to be administered.   

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Justices' FTC Ruling Weakens Qui Tam's Constitutional Base

The U.S. Supreme Court’s holding in Trump v. Slaughter, expanding presidential control over those exercising executive power, suggests that courts may be receptive to arguments challenging the constitutional foundations of the False Claims Act’s qui tam mechanism, says Daniel Passeser at Wiggin.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Anderson Kill

Ashurst Perkins

Bradley Arant

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Burns Charest

Cairncross & Hempelmann

Conrad & Scherer

Crowell & Moring

Girardi & Keese

HSF Kramer

Hickman Goza

Hogan Lovells

Hughes Hubbard

Jenner & Block

McGuireWoods

Milbank LLP

MoloLamken

Morrison Cohen

Nobles & Yanez

Paul Hastings

Pillsbury Winthrop

Quinn Emanuel

Reed Smith

Richards Layton

Seila Law

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Skadden Arps

Stearns Weaver

Susman Godfrey

Werksman Jackson

Wiggin & Dana

Williams & Connolly

WilmerHale

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

American Bar Association

American Civil Liberties Union

Executive Health Resources Inc.

Google LLC

Hard Yaka Inc.

Intel Corp.

LinkedIn Corp.

Meta Platforms Inc.

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Outcome Health

Patriot National Inc.

Public Co. Accounting Oversight Board

The Boeing Co.

Vimeo Inc.

Washington State Bar Association

Yelp Inc.

YouTube Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Delaware Court of Chancery

Federal Trade Commission

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

Internal Revenue Service

New Jersey Attorney General's Office

New Jersey Office of the Public Defender

New Jersey Supreme Court

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Nevada

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

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

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

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

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 Mississippi

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

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

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the District of Nevada