President Donald Trump on Thursday sued JPMorgan Chase in Florida state court for at least $5 billion in damages, alleging it unlawfully "debanked" him and an array of his business ventures shortly after the end of his first term.
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Trump Sues JPMorgan For $5B Over Account Closures

By Jon Hill

President Donald Trump on Thursday sued JPMorgan Chase in Florida state court for at least $5 billion in damages, alleging it unlawfully "debanked" him and an array of his business ventures shortly after the end of his first term.

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Expedia Tries To Shed Helms-Burton Suit Over Cuban Island

By Carolina Bolado

Expedia urged a Florida magistrate judge Thursday to dismiss a lawsuit accusing the online travel company of trafficking in an island confiscated by the Cuban government, arguing that a simple assertion of ownership of a claim to the property is not enough to put Expedia on notice of potential violations.

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Fla. Must Provide Everglades Detention Center Funding Docs

By Elaine Briseño

A state judge on Thursday ordered the Florida Division of Emergency Management to fulfill a records request from an environmental group related to a federal grant that funded an immigration detention center in the Everglades.

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11th Circ. Reopens Telemundo Sexual Harassment Claims

By Chart Riggall

The Eleventh Circuit gave new life Thursday to a sexual harassment suit from a former Telemundo employee who said she faced retribution for reporting what she alleged was her superiors' misconduct, ruling that she "unquestionably" engaged in protected activity amid "humiliating and degrading" treatment.

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Fla. Archaeologist Says Stolen Artifact Claims Ruined Career

By David Minsky

A Florida archaeologist filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against a Maryland nonprofit and a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service official, alleging she damaged his reputation and ruined his career with false claims that he trafficked stolen Native American human remains. 

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AGs Target Investor Advocacy Group As 'Climate Cartel'

By Carolina Bolado

A group of state attorneys general led by Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier issued a warning letter Wednesday to climate advocacy organization Ceres claiming concerns about violations of antitrust and consumer protection laws.

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ENFORCEMENT

Judge Severs Tax Charges From Ex-Rep's Foreign Agent Case

By Jack McLoone

A former Florida congressman will get to contest tax charges against him separately from a criminal indictment alleging he and a political consultant failed to register as foreign agents while lobbying on behalf of Venezuela's state oil company, a federal judge ruled.

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FTC Defends BOTS Act Case Against Live Nation

By Matthew Perlman

The Federal Trade Commission urged a California federal court not to toss its case accusing Live Nation of deceiving customers and artists, saying the live events and ticketing giant failed to disclose the actual price of tickets and turned a blind eye to scalpers on its platforms.

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Marketers Who Sold Fraudulent StraightPath Funds Plead Out

By Pete Brush

Two New York men who hawked pre-initial public offering shares for fraud-ridden vendor StraightPath from "boiler room" sales floors pled guilty Thursday to fraud charges, after Manhattan federal prosecutors charged them with raising $185 million by duping customers.

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LITIGATION

Fla. University Sues Architects Over Chapel Design Defects

By David Minsky

The Florida International University has accused an architecture firm of botching the construction of an interfaith chapel on campus, saying in a suit filed in state court that the company failed to correct and pay the costs of structural defects in breach of their contract.

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Geico Says Cos. Owe $26M For Fraudulent No-Fault Claims

By Hope Patti

A group of Geico auto insurers told a Florida federal court Thursday that they are entitled to recoup $26 million from healthcare companies that they allege submitted thousands of fraudulent no-fault insurance claims for various services that were "medically unnecessary, illusory, unlawful, and otherwise nonreimbursable."

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Fla. Prisoner Owes Corrections Dept. $198K, Panel Says

By Parker Quinlan

A Florida state appeals court has ruled that an incarcerated man can be ordered to pay $198,000 in restitution to the state's corrections department to cover the cost of his prison sentence, and that the agency correctly calculated the total he owes.

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PEOPLE

Greenberg Traurig Grows In Fla. With Solo Public Finance Ace

By Madison Arnold

Greenberg Traurig LLP announced Thursday that it is continuing the expansion of its Tallahassee, Florida, office with the addition of a public finance and infrastructure practice shareholder who was previously running his own practice.

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Littler Names New Board Of Directors Chair, Adds 3 Members

By Tracey Read

Littler Mendelson PC has elected New York shareholder William J. Anthony to serve as chair of its 19-member 2026 Board of Directors and named three new board members.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Key False Claims Act Trends From The Last Year

The False Claims Act remains a powerful enforcement tool after some record verdicts and settlements in 2025, and while traditional fraud areas remain a priority, new initiatives are raising questions about its expanding application, says Veronica Nannis at Joseph Greenwald.

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Regulatory Uncertainty Ahead For Organ Transplant System

Pending court cases against a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services final rule that introduced a competition-centric model for assessing organ procurement organizations' performance will significantly influence the path forward for such organizations and transplant hospitals, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.

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Series

Hosting Exchange Students Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Opening my home to foreign exchange students makes me a better lawyer not just because prioritizing visiting high schoolers forces me to hone my organization and time management skills but also because sharing the study-abroad experience with newcomers and locals reconnects me to my community, says Alison Lippa at Nicolaides Fink.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Ex-Baker McKenzie Atty Alleges Assault In New DC Lawsuit

By Alison Knezevich

A former Baker McKenzie associate who was sued for defamation over a series of social media posts accusing the firm's Washington, D.C., managing partner of sexual assault has brought her own lawsuit, marking the first time she publicly detailed her allegations in court records.

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Trump Calls For Prosecution Of Jack Smith Post-Hearing

By Courtney Bublé

Shortly after former special counsel Jack Smith gave his first public congressional testimony on the Trump cases, in which he warned the rule of law should not be taken for granted, President Donald Trump said he should be prosecuted.

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Goldstein Prosecutors Unveil Conflicting Cash Source Claims

By Jared Foretek

A former lawyer at SCOTUSblog founder Thomas Goldstein's firm said Thursday that Goldstein told coworkers that the more than $960,000 in cash he brought off a flight from Hong Kong — the source of which is integral to the government's case — had come from a client.

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ABA Outlines Limited Atty Duty To Give Info To Former Clients

By Lynn LaRowe

The American Bar Association said attorneys have a limited responsibility to convey information to former clients or successor counsel that was not within the client's file, when doing so is necessary to protect a client's interests and reasonably practicable, according to a new ethics opinion.

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Proposed Subpoena Rule Change Raises Victim Privacy Fears

By Brandon Lowrey

A proposal to loosen restrictions on the use of federal criminal subpoenas would endanger and further traumatize victims of crime, most of whom lack legal representation to fight the invasive demands, victims' rights advocates told a federal rules advisory committee on Thursday.

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Pa. Justices Say Judge's Partisan Posts Warrant Suspension

By Hayley Fowler

Pennsylvania's highest court has adopted a balancing test for restricting a sitting judge's free speech outside the context of an election and, in doing so, affirmed the suspension of a state court judge who it said damaged the court's appearance of impartiality by making political posts on social media.

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Brief

Courthouse News Drops Access Suit Against DC Court Clerk

By Emily Sawicki

National litigation news outlet Courthouse News Service has voluntarily and permanently dropped claims against a Washington, D.C., Superior Court clerk and the executive officer of the D.C. courts over filing delays, with both sides agreeing to pay their own costs.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Akerman LLP

Baker McKenzie

Brito PLLC

Bryant Miller Olive

Coffey Burlington

Crowell & Moring

Davis Wright Tremaine

Frederick M. Lehrer Attorney at Law

Goldstein & Russell

GrayRobinson

Greenberg Traurig

Isicoff Ragatz

Jackson Lewis PC

Jones Walker LLP

Joseph Greenwald & Laake

Latham & Watkins

Law Offices of Scott E. Leemon

Littler Mendelson

Morgan Lewis

Moss & Associates

Munger Tolles

Nicolaides Fink

Rivero Mestre

Rivkin Radler

Schwartz Sladkus

Scott Douglass

Sidley Austin

Thomas & LoCicero

Ward Damon

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

AT&T Inc.

American Bar Association

American Federation of Teachers

Bank of America Corp.

BlackRock Inc.

Burke Inc.

CVS Health Corp.

Center for Biological Diversity Inc.

Citizens Property Insurance Corp.

Courthouse News Service Inc.

Earthjustice

Eli Lilly & Co.

Executive Health Resources Inc.

Expedia Group Inc.

Exxon Mobil Corp.

Florida Association of Counties

Florida League of Cities Inc.

Florida State Board of Administration

Geico Corp.

Gilead Sciences Inc.

Hotels.com

Illumina Inc.

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

LifeLink Foundation

LinkedIn Corp.

Live Nation Entertainment Inc.

Meta Platforms Inc.

Moss & Associates LLC

NBCUniversal Media LLC

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

National Education Association

Novo Nordisk A S

Omnicare Inc.

Pfizer Inc.

RTX Corp.

Rite Aid Corp.

Supervalu Inc.

T-Mobile US Inc.

Telemundo Communications Group Inc.

The Florida Bar

Thornton Tomasetti Inc.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Verizon Communications Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

City and County of San Francisco, California

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Federal Reserve System

Federal Trade Commission

Fish and Wildlife Service

Florida Department of Corrections

Florida House of Representatives

Food and Drug Administration

Internal Revenue Service

National Park Service

New York Attorney General's Office

Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Seminole Tribe of Florida

U.S. Attorney's Office

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

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

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 Second Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

U.S. Department of Education

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Justice

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

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

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

U.S. District Court of the District of New Hampshire

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court