An anti‑abortion pregnancy center urged a federal judge to block New Jersey's attorney general from enforcing a subpoena seeking financial donor information, arguing in a renewed bid for a preliminary injunction that the demand is retaliatory and persists despite a U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing the group to challenge the investigation.
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Anti-Abortion Group Renews Bid To Block NJ's Info Demand

By Carla Baranauckas

An anti‑abortion pregnancy center urged a federal judge to block New Jersey's attorney general from enforcing a subpoena seeking financial donor information, arguing in a renewed bid for a preliminary injunction that the demand is retaliatory and persists despite a U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing the group to challenge the investigation.

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Academic Group Fights Feds' Bid For Lawsuit Funding Info

By Carolyn Muyskens

The Association of American Universities told a Massachusetts federal court on Monday it should not be required to open its books to prove it's eligible to recover attorney fees for successfully defeating the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' caps on indirect research costs last year.

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Healthcare In Court

Md. Judge Continues Health Case Law Streak With ACA Ruling

By Mark Payne

U.S. District Judge Brendan Abell Hurson in Baltimore has been on the bench for less than three years. He's already building an impressive list of healthcare rulings.

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J&J Fails To Undo $65.5M Verdict In Minn. Talc Cancer Case

By Emily Field

A Minnesota state judge on Monday upheld a $65.5 million verdict awarded to a mother of three children who had claimed that Johnson & Johnson's talc products exposed her to asbestos and contributed to her cancer, saying that the jury's decision was supported by the evidence at trial.

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POLICY & REGULATION

FCC Urged To Revise Test Rule Language

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

A trade group representing commercial, scientific and testing laboratories in the U.S. has asked the Federal Communications Commission to narrowly tailor the language of a planned rule that would restrict accreditation for labs that test communications equipment.

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Feds Say NY Health Officials Aided Fraud In Medicaid Program

By Lauren Berg

New York health officials rigged the bidding process for managing the state's $10 billion Medicaid homecare program, and the state-chosen steward didn't deliver on its promises, which has harmed patients and caregivers and cost American taxpayers millions of dollars, the U.S. Department of Justice alleged in a lawsuit Tuesday.

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LITIGATION

Wash. Judge Won't Revisit Order On Ed. Dept. School Grants

By Joyce Hanson

A federal judge in Seattle will not reconsider her decision declining to enforce an earlier order barring the U.S. Department of Education from ceasing school mental health grants, saying Washington and other plaintiff states have not shown that the court erred.

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Cigna Loses Privilege Bid Due To 'Inaccurate, Redundant' Log

By Brian Steele

Cigna "improperly asserted privilege" over hundreds of documents that three laboratories sought as part of the discovery process in federal payment litigation in Connecticut, according to a special master appointed by the judge in the consolidated cases.

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Ga. Justices Uphold $42M Verdict In Hospital Death Suit

By Kelcey Caulder

The Georgia Supreme Court refused to grant a new trial or lower a $42 million jury verdict in a wrongful death case filed by the fiance and estate of a woman who died in the hospital after giving birth to her daughter by cesarean section.

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Remote Workers Tell 6th Circ. Boot-Up Time Compensable

By MJ Koo

Remote call center workers handling inbound patient calls from home have argued before a Sixth Circuit panel that their employer failed to pay them in accordance with the Fair Labor Standards Act for pre-shift computer startup work integral to their jobs.

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Sanofi Sued Over Qunol CoQ10 'Superior Absorption' Claims

By Gina Kim

Sanofi-Aventis US deceives customers into believing its Qunol liquid CoQ10 supplements have "superior absorption" advantages compared to regular CoQ10 products despite scientific testing that shows otherwise and prior legal action that barred it from making similar efficacy claims, alleges a proposed class action filed Monday in New Jersey federal court.

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Pfizer Agrees To Deal To End Depo-Provera MDL

By Carolina Bolado

The plaintiffs in the multidistrict litigation accusing Pfizer of failing to warn consumers of a link between brain tumors and the hormonal contraceptive Depo-Provera have reached an agreement with the pharmaceutical giant, according to an order filed Monday.

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Eli Lilly Settles Mounjaro TM Suit Against Seattle Area Clinics

By Rachel Riley

Eli Lilly has agreed to drop a lawsuit accusing two Washington clinics of ripping off its trademarks for the weight loss drugs Mounjaro and Zepbound, according to a voluntary dismissal motion filed in federal court on Monday, almost two weeks after a judge rejected a resolution proposed by the parties. 

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WestRock Must Face Class Claims Over Wash. Paper Mill Odor

By Ben Adlin

A group of Washington and Oregon residents can proceed with a proposed class action accusing paper mill operator WestRock Longview LLC of negligently releasing noxious gases that sickened neighbors and hurt property values, a Washington federal judge ruled Monday.

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J&J Talc Trial In LA Ends With Deadlocked Jury

By Craig Clough

A mistrial was declared Monday by a Los Angeles state judge in a two-month trial over allegations Johnson & Johnson's talc products caused a woman's deadly mesothelioma after the jury deadlocked during deliberations, according to counsel for the plaintiff.

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Judge Allows Pfizer, Moderna Defenses In GSK Vax IP Dispute

By Adam Lidgett

A Delaware federal judge on Tuesday permitted Pfizer and Moderna to move ahead with their arguments that GlaxoSmithKline patents the company claims are infringed by the COVID-19 vaccines are unenforceable because of an unreasonable delay in obtaining them.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Fed. Circ. Clarifies Standard For Contesting CICA Overrides

The Federal Circuit's recent holding in Life Science Logistics strengthens the hand of protesters facing an override of the Competition in Contracting Act stay, and a Court of Federal Claims decision the same day demonstrates that how a protester frames its requested relief remains critically important, says Richard Arnholt at Bass Berry.

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AG Watch: Oregon's Strategic Civil Enforcement Approach

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield’s recent antitrust litigation activity and proposed staffing increase are the latest in a series of structural and policy changes that signal that the state Department of Justice is taking a more aggressive approach to civil enforcement, says Keturah Taylor at Cozen O'Connor.

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The Paradoxical Duty To Adopt AI When You Can't Bill For It

Both billing for hours saved using artificial intelligence and preserving billable time by not adopting AI may violate rules of professional conduct, but until bar associations' ethics rules catch up to this emerging economic dilemma, firms must decide how to adjust fee structures themselves, says Ines Lassalle at Peyrot & Associates.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

These Firms Secured The Most Damages In The Last 3 Years

By Daniel Moritz-Rabson

Government lawyers had a strong success rate in federal courts over the last three years, but intellectual property litigation saw certain firms secure damage awards worth hundreds of millions of dollars for clients, according to Lex Machina's Law Firms Activity Report 2026 released on Tuesday.

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Ex-Girardi Atty Hid Firm's Diversion Of Funds, State Bar Says

By Bonnie Eslinger

A State Bar of California prosecutor argued Tuesday at a disciplinary trial that ex-Girardi Keese attorney Robert Finnerty hid the firm's misappropriation of millions of dollars from a family's $53 million settlement, while Finnerty's counsel countered he's being blamed for the actions of his former boss, convicted and disbarred attorney Tom Girardi.

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SCOTUSblog Founder Goldstein Denied Acquittal Or Retrial

By Alison Knezevich

A Maryland federal judge on Tuesday denied SCOTUSblog founder Tom Goldstein's bid for an acquittal or new trial, rejecting his claims that issues with jury instructions and excluded evidence warranted a do-over in his tax evasion and mortgage fraud case.

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Ex-Judge Loses Bid To Undo ICE Obstruction Conviction

By Britain Eakin

Former Wisconsin state judge Hannah Dugan has failed in her attempt to use a Fourth Circuit decision to vacate her conviction for helping a defendant in her courtroom evade immigration agents, with a federal judge ruling Tuesday the decision involves fact patterns that differ from her case.

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Senate Rejects Bid To Block Fast-Track Immigration Appeals

By Courtney Bublé

A Democratic-led Senate resolution that would have blocked a U.S. Department of Justice rule directing its Board of Immigration Appeals to quickly dismiss cases that don't raise "novel" issues failed to pass Tuesday.

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Blanche To Go Before Senate Panel July 15

By Courtney Bublé

Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche's nomination hearing is a month away, and the fate of his confirmation is likely in the hands of Sens. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., and John Cornyn, R-Texas.

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Oral Arguments In Comey, James Appeal Set For September

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

The Fourth Circuit has scheduled in-person oral arguments for the Trump administration's appeal of the dismissals of indictments against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James for Sept. 15-18.

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Brazil Says Justice Is Immune From Trump Media's Suit

By Carolina Bolado

Brazil asked Monday to intervene and dismiss a suit by President Donald Trump's media company and online video-sharing platform Rumble Inc. against a Brazilian Supreme Federal Court justice's gag orders, saying the suit cannot overcome immunity under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Advocacy Trust LLC

Affordable Care LLC

Albertsons Cos. Inc.

Alliance Defending Freedom

Amazon.com Inc.

American Bar Association

American Civil Liberties Union

American Council on Education

Apple Inc.

Association of American Universities Inc.

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

Eli Lilly & Co.

Ford Motor Co.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

Integrity Staffing Solutions

Johnson & Johnson

Juniper Networks Inc.

Lex Machina Inc.

LexisNexis Legal & Professional

Meta Platforms Inc.

Moderna Inc.

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Nelnet Inc.

New York State Bar Association

Nexstar Media Group Inc.

PG&E Corp.

Pfizer Inc.

RELX PLC

Sanofi

State Bar of California

Tegna Inc.

The Cigna Group

The Florida Bar

The Kroger Co.

Twitter Inc.

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Abir Cohen

Alston & Bird

Aylstock Witkin

Barkan Meizlish

Bass Berry

Baughman Kroup

Berger Montague

Boies Schiller

Bondurant Mixson

Butler Prather

Carmichael Ellis

Chance Forlines

Clark Partington

Clement & Murphy

Cooley LLP

Cozen O'Connor

DLA Piper

Dean Omar

Desmarais LLP

Dunnington Bartholow

Farnan LLP

Finn Dixon

Foley Hoag

Gibson Dunn

Gillam Smith

Gimbel Reilly

Girardi & Keese

Gordon Rees

Gupta Wessler

Hall Booth

Herman Jones LLP

Holland & Knight

Irell & Manella

Jackson Lewis PC

Jenner & Block

Jones Day

Kellogg Hansen

King & Spalding

Kirkland & Ellis

Levine Lee

Liddle Sheets

Lowell & Associates

M.D. Gibson & Bolen

Miller Nash LLP

Morris Nichols

Morrison & Foerster

Munger Tolles

Newman LLP

Ogletree Deakins

Page Scrantom

Peyrot & Associates

Quattlebaum Grooms

Quinn Emanuel

Rakoczy Molino

Reed Smith

Richards Layton

Robbins Geller

Rosing Pott

Seeger Weiss

Sieben Polk

Skadden Arps

Sommers Schwartz

Strang Bradley

Troutman

Weitz & Luxenberg

Williams & Connolly

Willkie Farr

Winston Taylor

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Trade Commission

Georgia Supreme Court

Internal Revenue Service

Los Angeles Superior Court

National Institutes of Health

National Science Foundation

New Jersey Attorney General's Office

New York Attorney General's Office

New York State Department of Health

Oregon Attorney General's Office

Oregon Department of Justice

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

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

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

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Washington

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

U.S. Department of Defense

U.S. Department of Education

U.S. Department of Energy

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

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

U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

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

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

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 California

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

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

U.S. General Services Administration

U.S. Government Accountability Office

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

Washington Attorney General's Office