9th Circ. Says DOJ Subpoenas Can Support Trump Agenda

By Hailey Konnath

A split Ninth Circuit panel on Friday held that President Donald Trump has the authority to direct the U.S. Department of Justice to issue politically motivated subpoenas that align with his broader policy goals, reversing a lower court's ruling quashing a subpoena issued to a gender-affirming medical care provider.

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Mangione Admits To Shooting CEO, Seeks To Nix Murder Case

By Frank G. Runyeon

Luigi Mangione pled guilty to fatal stalking charges in Manhattan federal court Friday, a move his attorneys immediately used as a basis for seeking to dismiss his state second-degree murder case on double jeopardy grounds. The state trial is scheduled for Sept. 8.

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Idaho Abortion Ban Needs Health Exceptions, Judge Finds

By Gianna Ferrarin

An Idaho federal judge barred the state from criminalizing abortions in cases where continuing a pregnancy puts a patient at risk of lasting harm or death via self-harm, finding that the 14th Amendment establishes a fundamental right to health- and life-preserving abortion care.

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Feds Seek To Undo ADA Win In Fla. After DOJ Guidance Shift

By Carolina Bolado

The federal government asked the Eleventh Circuit on Thursday to vacate a recent ruling upholding an injunction that found Florida's institutionalization of children with complex medical conditions violated the Americans with Disabilities Act, in light of a change in directives from the U.S. Department of Justice.

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Barrage Of Amici Urge Justices To Mandate 12-Person Juries

By Stewart Bishop

Former judges, ex-prosecutors, criminal defense attorneys, civil rights groups, Catholic bishops, university professors and others are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to find that the Constitution requires 12-person juries to decide trials for serious crimes, taking aim at Florida's practice of seating six-person juries for most criminal trials.

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9th Circ. Revives Bid For 15 Alaska Tribal Health Docs

By Crystal Owens

A Ninth Circuit panel has revived a request for 15 documents related to internal investigations and governance reforms from the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, finding that the district court abused its discretion and the case is not moot because it's uncontested that the information hasn't yet been viewed.

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First Baby Formula MDL Trial To Kick Off In Chicago

By Celeste Bott

An Illinois federal jury will soon be asked to decide whether Mead Johnson baby formula causes a serious abdominal condition in premature infants, as the first case to make it to trial in multidistrict litigation is set to begin with the parties' opening statements on Monday.

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United, Ga. Providers Settle Out-Of-Network Benefits Pay Fight

By Emily Brill

United Healthcare has settled claims that three Georgia medical providers that are outside the insurer's network requested "exorbitantly high" reimbursements for care provided to United customers, according to documents filed in Georgia federal court.

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7th Circ. Won't Revive Elanco Investors' Securities Fraud Suit

By Celeste Bott

The Seventh Circuit Friday affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit claiming Elanco Animal Health misled the market by forcing distributors to buy excess inventory to artificially inflate its sales figures, saying it could not draw a strong inference of fraudulent intent by Elanco executives.

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AstraZeneca Joins States Aiming To Block Ill. 340B Drug Law

By Bonnie Eslinger

AstraZeneca on Friday joined some other large pharmaceutical companies in urging an Illinois federal court to block a new state law that prohibits drugmakers from restricting the types or number of pharmacies healthcare providers can contract with to provide medications under a federal discount drug program.

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SAG-AFTRA Plan Members Seek Final OK Of Data Breach Deal

By MJ Koo

Members of the SAG-AFTRA Health Plan have asked a California federal court for final approval of a $950,000 class action settlement resolving claims that a 2024 data breach exposed the personal and medical information of approximately 94,000 plan members.

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NC County Sues Bankrupt Hospital Operator For $10M

By Emily Lever

North Carolina's Martin County has sued CHS/Community Health Systems Inc. for $10 million in North Carolina federal court, alleging the company failed to honor its obligations to run Martin General Hospital after its affiliate filed for Chapter 7 in 2023.

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Former FIU GC Joins Buchanan Ingersoll In Miami

By Madison Arnold

A former general counsel to Florida International University with more than three decades of experience has joined Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC's Miami office.

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Midyear Trends, Takeaways As Securities Class Actions Surge

High numbers of securities class actions through June suggest filings will stay elevated, with factors like changing enforcement attitudes, media scrutiny and the proliferation of potential defendants serving as both cause and effect in increased litigation involving AI-related disclosures, health and tech companies, and foreign issuers, say attorneys at Alston & Bird.

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Law Firms See Revenue, Demand Grow In First Half Of 2026

By Anna Sanders

Despite rising expenses driven by artificial intelligence and return to office mandates, the legal industry is performing well in 2026, with U.S. law firms recording a double-digit jump in revenue and strong growth in demand so far this year, according to new survey results from Citi Global Wealth at Work's Law Firm Group.

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Morgan & Morgan Sues Fla. Bar Over Celebrity Ad Ban

By Carolina Bolado

Personal injury giant Morgan & Morgan PA has sued the Florida Bar, claiming a bar rule that bans any use of a celebrity's voice or image in lawyer advertising violates the First Amendment.

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3 NY Injury Firms Get Uber's RICO Suit Tossed

By Lauren Berg

A New York federal judge threw out Uber Technologies Inc.'s lawsuit accusing three personal injury law firms of conspiring with physicians and exploiting passengers to pursue fake or exaggerated injury claims in order to strongarm settlement payouts from the ride-hailing giant.

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Nussbaum-Linked Firms' Ch. 11s Tossed For Bad Faith

By Ben Zigterman

A New York bankruptcy judge has dismissed the Chapter 11 cases of two commercial real estate law firms headed by Mark J. Nussbaum, finding their petitions were filed in bad faith and that the cases instead belonged in an assignment for the benefit of creditors process in New York state court.

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Chattah Can't Serve As Acting Nevada US Atty, 9th Circ. Says

By Emma Cueto

The Ninth Circuit on Monday upheld a lower court ruling that Nevada's top prosecutor was not put in place lawfully and was barred from overseeing the criminal cases giving rise to the appeal, the latest state where courts have shut down attempts by the Trump administration to fill U.S. attorney vacancies without Senate confirmation.

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Clifford Chance Pushes To Send Clawback Suit To Arbitration

By Ryan Boysen

Clifford Chance LLP wants a high-profile partner pay dispute sent to arbitration, accusing two ex-partners who claim they're facing a $6 million clawback demand of "gamesmanship" by filing suit in New York federal court.

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NYCBA Cautions Against Recording Nonclient Calls

By Emily Sawicki

New York City attorneys who have been granted permission may ethically use artificial intelligence to record, transcribe and summarize conversations with nonclients, according to the latest ethics guidance by the New York City Bar Association Monday, which added that just because they can doesn't mean they should.

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