Mich. AG Says Secretary Of State Broke Law With News Event

By Carolyn Muyskens

Michigan's secretary of state violated campaign finance law by holding an announcement about her campaign for governor inside a government office building, the state attorney general's office has concluded.

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Justices Decline GOP Bid To Challenge Michigan Voting Laws

By Carolyn Muyskens

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away Michigan legislators who sued over election measures adopted by Great Lakes State voters, leaving in place a Sixth Circuit ruling that the individual lawmakers lacked standing.

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2 Dozen States Urge Judge To Stop AmeriCorps Cuts

By Ali Sullivan

Two dozen states urged a Maryland federal judge on Monday to halt $400 million in cuts to AmeriCorps programs, while the lawyers for the Trump administration insisted that the states' challenge must be brought before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.

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Attys Seek $2M For Fees, Costs In GM Security Bias Deal

By Danielle Ferguson

Attorneys for Black visitors to Detroit's General Motors-owned Renaissance Center who allege security there unlawfully detained and assaulted them asked a Michigan federal judge to approve almost $2 million in fees and litigation costs days after the court cautioned both sides for slow-rolling the deal's execution.

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GM Issued 'Inadequate' Recall For Bad Engines, Drivers Claim

By Benjamin Morse

General Motors LLC knowingly sold vehicles "that were engineered to fail" and issued an "inadequate" recall to prevent "catastrophic" internal engine failure, a group of vehicle owners alleged in a proposed class action filed in Michigan federal court.

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House Urged To Ax Proposed 10-Year Ban On State AI Laws

By Allison Grande

More than 140 civil rights and consumer advocacy groups on Monday became the latest to oppose a sweeping provision in the U.S. House of Representatives' budget proposal that would place a 10-year moratorium on states enacting or enforcing laws to regulate emerging artificial intelligence systems, joining a bipartisan coalition of state enforcers that issued a similar call last week.

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21 AGs Join Fight To Keep DHS Oversight Offices Open

By Dorothy Atkins

A group of 21 attorneys general joined nonprofits Friday in urging a D.C. federal judge to force the Trump administration to reopen offices that oversee various U.S. Department of Homeland Security programs and investigate related civil rights claims, arguing that the DHS' abrupt closure of the offices could have devastating consequences.

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Insurer Drops Fight Over $9M OpenText Merger Settlement

By Danielle Ferguson

Allied World National Assurance Company on Monday ended its lawsuit seeking a declaration that it wasn't obligated to contribute to a $9 million settlement in a shareholder class action stemming from Covisint Corp.'s merger with OpenText.

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6th Circ. Splits On 'Classic,' 'First-Year' Contract Price Dispute

By Rae Ann Varona

A split Sixth Circuit on Monday upended Parker Hannifin Corporation's win in a breach of contract fight with a Mexican automotive supplier, saying the Ohio company's terms over the price of its pistons didn't govern in a "classic" dispute fit for a law student's first-year contract class.

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Feds To Use FCA To Go After Antisemitism, DEI Policies

By Lauren Berg

The U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday that it will use the False Claims Act to go after any recipients of federal funds that the agency determines promote diversity, equity and inclusion policies, and allow antisemitism to thrive.

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Posner Wins Ex-Staffer's $170K Wage Suit

By Emily Sawicki

A former executive at retired Seventh Circuit Judge Richard Posner's short-lived pro bono legal services organization lost his bid for $170,000 in back pay he claimed to be owed on Monday when an Indiana federal court found claims to be untimely.

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Goldstein Assails 'Radical' DOJ Case, Probe Of 'Sexual Habits'

By Jeff Overley

In his most forceful attack on tax evasion charges that have roiled the U.S. Supreme Court bar, indicted appellate icon Thomas C. Goldstein is accusing the U.S. Department of Justice of embracing "breathtaking" legal theories and revealing prurient information about him "to bias the grand jury."

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Ex-Litigator Settles Disability Bias Suit Against Wilson Elser

By Emily Sawicki

A former Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP litigator on Monday agreed to permanently drop his federal disability bias suit against the firm, after the sides came to a confidential resolution.

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Avenatti Rips 'Draconian' Bid To Add 13 Years To Sentence

By Elliot Weld

Former high-profile attorney Michael Avenatti asked a California federal judge to reject the government's request to tack on more than 13 years to his prison term, saying such a "draconian" result would conflict with a Ninth Circuit ruling wiping out a previous sentence in the fraud case.

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Justices Allow End Of Temporary Protections For Venezuelans

By Katie Buehler

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that the Trump administration may rescind temporary protected status for Venezuelans, lifting a California federal judge's order requiring the government to keep Biden-era removal protections and work authorizations in place during a legal battle over a policy change.

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Split DC Circ. Pauses Halt On Trump's Union Rights Order

By Beverly Banks

A divided D.C. Circuit panel greenlighted President Donald Trump's request to pause a lower court decision that blocked the implementation of an executive order aimed at ending collective bargaining rights for federal employees, concluding the injunction ruling "ties the government's hands."

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Kirkland Guides Blackstone's $11.5B Deal For TXNM Energy

By Al Barbarino

Blackstone Infrastructure has agreed to acquire regulated utility holding company TXNM Energy in an all-cash transaction valued at $11.5 billion, including net debt and preferred stock, TXNM said in a Monday announcement.

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