Ex-NC City Council Member Enters Plea Deal For COVID Fraud

By Hayley Fowler

A former Charlotte, North Carolina, councilwoman pled guilty Monday in federal court to one count of wire fraud conspiracy as part of an alleged scheme with her daughters to file sham small-business loan applications for COVID-19 relief funds during the pandemic.

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Videographer Fights 4th Circ.'s Choice To Shipwreck IP Suit

By Abigail Harrison

A videographer and his production company urged the full Fourth Circuit to let him revive his copyright infringement lawsuit over footage of Blackbeard's shipwreck, arguing Monday that a panel's recent opinion to end the case laid new and overly broad pathways for pendent jurisdiction. 

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EEOC, Trucking Co. Resolve Hearing Bias Suit For $50K

By Abigail Harrison

A trucking company has agreed to pay a former applicant $50,000 as part of a consent decree to end a lawsuit in North Carolina federal court from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging that the company turned the job seeker away because he is deaf.

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States Seek Quick Win On $100K H-1B Fee 'Power-Grab'

By MJ Koo

A group of 20 states asked a Massachusetts federal judge for a win in their challenge to the Trump administration's policy imposing a $100,000 fee on certain H-1B visa petitions, arguing the measure unlawfully rewrites Congress' carefully calibrated immigration scheme and exceeds executive authority.

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Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2026 Editorial Boards

Law360 is looking for avid readers of our publications to serve as members of our 2026 editorial advisory boards.

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4th Circ. Reopens Class Action Door In Navy Federal Bias Suit

By Jon Hill

A panel of the Fourth Circuit said Monday that a federal district judge moved too quickly in foreclosing class action status in a lawsuit accusing Navy Federal Credit Union of mortgage lending discrimination, ruling that class allegations should not have been altogether struck down before discovery. 

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Brief

Wells Fargo To Arbitrate Claims Over Excessive Fees

By Tom Lotshaw

A North Carolina federal judge has granted Wells Fargo Bank's motion to compel arbitration for claims alleging it overcharged military members with excessive rates and fees, and recommended a proposed class action be dismissed.

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Brief

Medical Equipment Co. Nets Tentative Deal In Overbilling Suit

By Hayley Fowler

Medical supply giant AdaptHealth Corp. has tentatively settled an overbilling suit brought by a proposed class of patients who claim they were overcharged for home healthcare equipment, according to a North Carolina court order pausing upcoming deadlines in the case.

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Analysis

Circuit Split Brewing Following 5th Circ.'s No-Bond Ruling

By Britain Eakin

The Fifth Circuit's split ruling blessing the Trump administration's mandatory immigration detention policy won't be the final say on the matter, but it could supercharge efforts to concentrate detained immigrants there while other circuits weigh the policy's legality.

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Fla. US Attys Push Back Against Sanctions In Habeas Case

By Rae Ann Varona

The U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Florida and an assistant U.S. attorney have urged an Orlando federal judge not to sanction them for the government's response to a noncitizen's habeas petition, saying any shortcomings were an "unintentional oversight."

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Ex-McDermott Atty Fights 'Harassing' Subpoena In Bias Suit

By Grace Elletson

A Black attorney accusing McDermott Will & Schulte LLP of firing her for calling out racial bias has urged an Illinois federal court to reject the firm's bid to get employment records from her previous employer, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, saying the request serves no other purpose than to harass her.

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Kirkland Joins Growing Number Of Firms Launching In Tenn.

By Andrea Keckley

Kirkland & Ellis is joining a long line of firms setting their sights on Tennessee, announcing Tuesday that it would set up shop in Nashville with a team of former Butler & Snow LLP and King & Spalding LLP litigators.

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Amazon Calls FTC Allegations Of Hidden Documents 'Reckless'

By Bryan Koenig

Amazon.com assailed the Federal Trade Commission for accusing it of using auto-deleting Signal chats and improper privilege claims to hide evidence of rules that created an artificial pricing floor across online retail stores, asking a Washington federal judge to appoint a special master to handle the "inflammatory, close-of-discovery filings."

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Tom Goldstein To Testify At Tax Trial Wednesday

By Jared Foretek

SCOTUSblog co-founder Thomas Goldstein will take the stand in his tax fraud trial Wednesday, after the government rested its case with an IRS agent tallying up $3.6 million that she said went unreported on his 2016 tax return.

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Senate Confirms Burrows As DOJ Policy Chief

By Courtney Bublé

The U.S. Senate voted 52-46 on Tuesday to confirm Daniel Burrows, a White House official and former chief deputy attorney general of Kansas, to lead the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Legal Policy.

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Lewis Brisbois, Ex-Paralegal Bring Dueling Suits Over Firing

By Adrian Cruz

Days after being sued to compel her to arbitrate her claims against the firm, a former Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP paralegal hit her ex-employer with a defamation suit claiming its actions tarnished her reputation and cost her a job at another firm.

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DOJ Pushes To Revive Comey, James Indictments

By Emily Sawicki

Criminal indictments against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James were brought under a validly serving interim U.S. attorney and, therefore, never should have been dismissed, the U.S. Department of Justice argued in its opening brief in its consolidated appeal before the Fourth Circuit.

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