DHS Says Harvard Int'l Students Must Transfer Or Leave US

By Nadia Dreid

Harvard University international students must transfer away from the university or lose their legal status, the Trump administration said, after it stripped the university of its ability to enroll foreign students in the latest salvo in the showdown between the government and the Ivy League institution.

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Int'l Student Visa Record Terminations Blocked Nationwide

By Britain Eakin

A California federal judge barred the Trump administration on Thursday from detaining foreign students who had their electronic F-1 student visa records terminated, and from imposing any additional adverse legal consequences on affected international students across the country.

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Rochester Says Feds Used Sham 911 Call For Immigration Aid

By Madeline Lyskawa

The city of Rochester, New York, has told a state district court that federal immigration agents used a sham 911 call to trick its police department into engaging in federal civil immigration enforcement in violation of the Tenth Amendment.

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Feds Push To Nix Landmark Migrant Kids Detention Settlement

By Tom Lotshaw

The Trump administration is urging a California federal judge to end a landmark settlement agreement governing the custody of detained immigrant children — a move advocacy groups that have long fought for it quickly vowed to fight.

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Feds Ask To Bar Discovery, Trial In Free-Speech Removal Suit

By Ali Sullivan

The Trump administration is urging a Massachusetts federal judge to bar discovery and trial in a lawsuit brought by academic organizations accusing it of pursuing an "ideological deportation policy" against noncitizen students and faculty who participate in pro-Palestinian protests.

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Florida AG Wants Block On Immigration Law Paused

By Carolina Bolado

The state of Florida told the Eleventh Circuit Wednesday that a block on a state law criminalizing the entry of unauthorized immigrants should be paused, arguing that the law's challengers are trying to "push precedent past its breaking point" and have no standing to enforce federal immigration law.

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Columbia Student Says 2nd Circ. Backs Removal Challenge

By Madeline Lyskawa

A Columbia University student who says she is being unlawfully targeted by the Trump administration for deportation after attending a pro-Palestine demonstration told a New York federal judge that recent Second Circuit decisions bolster her challenge to her imminent detention.

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Calif. Judge Likely To Extend Block On Gov't Reorg, Job Cuts

By Dorothy Atkins

A California federal judge indicated Thursday she'll likely convert her temporary restraining order into a preliminary injunction against President Donald Trump's executive order to reduce the federal workforce, saying the law "seems clear" that presidents cannot issue large-scale agency reductions without congressional approval and "to hold otherwise" would contradict nine previous presidents and 21 congresses.

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Playing Poker Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Poker is a master class in psychology, risk management and strategic thinking, and I’m a better attorney because it has taught me to read my opponents, adapt when I’m dealt the unexpected and stay patient until I'm ready to reveal my hand, says Casey Kingsley at McCreadyLaw.

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BigLaw Firms Insist Trump Deals Are Legal, Don't Alter Values

By Jack Karp

Nine BigLaw firms including Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, Latham & Watkins LLP and Kirkland & Ellis LLP have written to members of Congress defending controversial agreements they made with the Trump administration to avoid executive orders targeting the firms, according to letters obtained by Law360 on Thursday.

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As Trump Wields FCA, Whistleblowers May See 'Dollar Signs'

By Chris Villani and Madeline Lyskawa

The Trump administration's plan to use the False Claims Act to target diversity programs and alleged civil rights fraud steers a well-worn statute into uncharted territory, and could spur significant whistleblower activity amid high-profile battles with Harvard University, BigLaw firms and other institutions, experts told Law360.

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US Trustee, Jackson Walker Might Mediate Fee Case

By Catherine Marfin

The U.S. Trustee's Office and Jackson Walker LLP told a Texas federal judge Thursday they are open to mediating the watchdog's bid to have the law firm forfeit fees from more than 30 cases overseen by a former bankruptcy judge who was romantically involved with a onetime firm partner.

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'Circular Firing Squad' Is Stalling Romance Case, Judge Says

By Catherine Marfin

A Texas federal judge told Jackson Walker LLP and Kirkland & Ellis LLP that they were stuck in a "circular firing squad" in a debate over whether the former CEO of a defunct barge company could sue the firms over a former bankruptcy judge's secret romance with an attorney.

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Fox Rothschild, Litigation Funder Sued Over NJ Crash Loans

By Jake Maher

A former client is suing a Perth Amboy, New Jersey, personal injury firm, a litigation funder and Fox Rothschild LLP for allegedly steering him into multiple loans during his car accident suit with exorbitant interest rates that left him owing more money than his settlement was worth.

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Ex-Troutman Atty Drops Retaliation Suit Against Major Lindsey

By Emily Sawicki

An associate attorney who sued Major Lindsey & Africa LLC alleging the legal recruiter refused to work with her due to her underlying race discrimination suit against Troutman Pepper permanently dropped her suit Thursday.

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Split Supreme Court Blocks 1st Religious Charter School

By Katie Buehler

A deadlocked U.S. Supreme Court left in place Thursday an Oklahoma state court ruling barring the launch of the nation's first religious charter school, leaving open questions about the constitutionality of excluding religious groups from participating in publicly funded charter school programs.

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High Court Declines To Narrow Reach Of Federal Fraud Law

By Phillip Bantz and Stewart Bishop

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday held that using deceptive means to induce a business transaction may still be a crime even if the defendant doesn't seek to cause economic loss, a departure from earlier decisions that have narrowed the scope of federal fraud statutes.

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Justices Allow Trump To Fire NLRB, MSPB Members, For Now

By Katie Buehler

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled two fired members of the National Labor Relations Board and the Merit Systems Protection Board cannot return to work while they challenge President Donald Trump's authority to fire them without cause, handing the president a win in his crusade against a 90-year-old precedent limiting his power to fire employees at independent agencies.

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Sen. Durbin Holds Up Florida US Attorney Nominee

By Courtney Buble

Sen. Dick Durbin, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, announced Thursday he will be holding up President Donald Trump's U.S. attorney nominee for the Southern District of Florida, blaming precedent set by Vice President JD Vance when he was in the Senate.

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Del. Considering Exam Alternatives For Admitting Attys To Bar

By Rose Krebs

Delaware's judiciary announced Thursday that the state's Supreme Court is establishing a task force that will make recommendations by next year if the First State should pursue alternative pathways other than having to take an exam for attorneys to gain admission into its bar.

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