Trump Admin Settles Suit Over Biden Social Media Collabs

By Lauren Berg

The Trump administration on Tuesday agreed to bar three federal agencies from interfering with social media companies' content moderation, resolving a high-profile challenge to the Biden administration's efforts to combat the spread of misinformation in a case that went up to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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NTSB Probes LaGuardia Runway Alerts, Air Traffic Control

By Linda Chiem

A runway surveillance system at LaGuardia Airport did not alert air traffic controllers to the potential collision between an Air Canada passenger jet and a fire truck, which did not have a transponder, that crossed its path, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday.

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Judge Allows Some Claims Against DOGE To Proceed

By Jared Foretek

A D.C. federal judge ruled that four nonprofit groups can continue to pursue their claims that Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency violated the Constitution's appointments clause and acted outside their legal authority while dismissing other Administrative Procedure Act and separation of powers claims.

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Justices Hunt For 'Magic' Border Line In Asylum Turnback Case

By Britain Eakin

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday wrestled with when a noncitizen "arrives in" the U.S., but struggled to pin down whether someone's foot, hand or nose must cross a "magic" line that would obligate border officials to process them.

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Pentagon 'Punishing' Anthropic Would Be Illegal, Judge Says

By Bonnie Eslinger

A California federal judge considering Anthropic's request to block the U.S. Department of Defense from labeling it a supply chain national security risk said Tuesday that it looks like the government is "punishing" Anthropic for bringing public attention to their contract fight, a move that would violate the First Amendment.

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Senate Confirms Chief Of New DOJ Fraud Division

By Courtney Bublé

The U.S. Senate voted 52-47, along party lines, on Tuesday to confirm Colin McDonald to the newly created assistant attorney general for fraud role.

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Judge Extends Halt On Trump Admin's College Data Demand

By Julie Manganis

A Massachusetts federal judge on Tuesday again extended a deadline for colleges and universities to comply with a Trump administration demand for seven years of race and gender admissions data while he considers the scope of an anticipated preliminary injunction that would shield public schools in 17 states.

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5 Takeaways From California's 2026 State Of The Judiciary

By Emily Sawicki

California Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero highlighted positive collaboration among the state's judicial, legislative and executive branches, which she called "sister branches," in this year's State of the Judiciary Address, which otherwise focused on the court system's ongoing challenges including an ongoing need to fill judgeships and concerns over federal immigration enforcement in state courthouses. 

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Del. Lawmakers Roll Out Banking Overhaul, Stablecoin Bills

By Jarek Rutz

Delaware lawmakers unveiled a pair of bills aimed at overhauling the state's banking laws, which their sponsors say would position Delaware at the forefront of digital finance and mark the most significant update to its financial code in more than four decades.

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Trump Fights To Keep JPMorgan Debanking Suit In Fla. Court

By Jon Hill

President Donald Trump asked a Miami federal judge to send his $5 billion debanking lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase Bank NA back to Florida state court, arguing the banking giant is staking its basis for federal jurisdiction on an "overly expansive interpretation" of Florida law.

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BofA Wants Customer Suit Over Post-Jan. 6 Data Sharing Axed

By Katryna Perera

Bank of America has asked a Florida federal judge to toss a proposed class action accusing it of financial privacy violations tied to the aftermath of the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack, arguing the U.S. Supreme Court has held that bank customers do not have ownership or expectations of privacy over their bank account records.

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Warren Probes MrBeast's 'Ill Prepared' Crypto Plan For Kids

By Craig Clough

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee, sent a letter to YouTube star MrBeast on Monday expressing skepticism about his potential plans to offer financial and cryptocurrency trading services to children, saying his company appears "ill prepared" for the move, while asking for information.

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Brief

CFTC Creates Crypto, AI, Prediction Market Policy Task Force

By Aislinn Keely

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chair Michael Selig announced the launch of an "Innovation Task Force" Tuesday, which will serve as a dedicated space for crypto, artificial intelligence and prediction market participants to interface directly with agency staff.

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10th Circ. Backs FERC's Overhaul Of Energy Co.'s Exit Fees

By Zach Dupont

A Tenth Circuit panel denied four petitions for review Tuesday from a not-for-profit energy cooperative serving rural areas after finding that its proposal for member exit fees was properly rejected by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and an administrative law judge in a five-year-long dispute.

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DC Judge Says Interior's Offshore Air Rule Not Arbitrary

By Mike Curley

A D.C. federal judge has sided with the U.S. Department of the Interior and an oil and gas group in a suit by environmentalists challenging a 2020 final rule on air pollution, finding that the rule isn't arbitrary or capricious, and falls within the agency's discretion.

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'Bowling Ball' Tips Scale To FERC In Gas Project, Judge Says

By Nadia Dreid

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission requirement to strongly presume that projects like the liquefied gas export terminal it recently approved in Louisiana are in the public interest sits like a "bowling ball" on one side of the scales against environmental groups worried about pollution, said a D.C. Circuit judge.

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FTC Rejects Bids To Block Gender-Affirming Care Probe

By Mark Payne

A transgender medical care group and two healthcare trade organizations must turn over documents related to the group's claims made in their marketing and advertising for gender-affirming care for minors, the Federal Trade Commission ordered, denying the groups' motions to quash the agency's consumer protection investigation. 

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Ohio Justices Likely Split On Trans Care Restrictions

By Mark Payne

The Ohio Supreme Court appeared split Tuesday as to whether a new state law banning gender-affirming care for minors trumps a decade-old healthcare freedom provision passed by voters that says state laws can't block a patient from obtaining healthcare. 

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Nicotine Pouch Maker To Refile FDA Suit In DC After Transfer

By Jonathan Capriel

The maker and seller of Zone nicotine pouches on Tuesday dismissed its own lawsuit accusing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration of unfairly holding up a market application for its product, promising to refile in D.C. federal court after a Texas federal court transferred it to South Carolina federal court.

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Fla. Judge Tosses Fired Reporter's Vaccine Suit Against PGA

By David Minsky

A Florida federal judge has ruled in favor of the PGA Tour in a lawsuit brought by a reporter who claimed she was fired for not complying with COVID-19 protocols, saying she couldn't claim a religious exemption. 

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Judge Trims DEA's Suspension Of Fla. Pharmacy's Permits

By Sam Reisman

A D.C. federal judge has granted a Florida pharmacy's motion to partially suspend a Drug Enforcement Administration order that halted its operations, saying the agency didn't adequately explain why it revoked the pharmacy's registration in the first place.

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Analysis

ITC Opens More Infringement Probes Into New IP Matters

By Adam Lidgett

The U.S. International Trade Commission has launched more infringement investigations over patents and other intellectual property that have not been in dispute there before, a trend attorneys say could be tied to a decision broadening who can get imports blocked as well as changes at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office that limit patent challenges.

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Snap Suit Tossed For State Enforcement Action Interference

By Mike Curley

A Utah federal judge on Tuesday dismissed Snap Inc.'s suit against two state officials aiming to block a state enforcement action, finding that the court must abstain while that enforcement action is pending.

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Conservative Group Bucks Trump, FCC On Nexstar Deal

By Christopher Cole

A major conservative group has come out swinging against the Federal Communications Commission's decision to waive the national TV broadcast ownership cap to let the merger of media giants Nexstar and Tegna move forward.

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FCC OKs Station Moves To Gray Media In Three Markets

By Christopher Cole

The Federal Communications Commission has approved the transfer of three TV stations in Indiana and Mississippi to broadcast giant Gray Television despite objections from a variety of cable industry and consumer groups.

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Chicago Can Access $2B Trump Froze For Transit Upgrades

By Celeste Bott

An Illinois federal judge on Tuesday granted the Chicago Transit Authority a temporary restraining order forcing the Trump administration to lift its freeze on more than $2 billion in funding for city train line upgrades, saying the administration "changed the game midstream" in applying a new rule for the transit grants retroactively and singled out Chicago and New York in doing so.

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Gulf Reinsurance Plan Could Help China, Lawmaker Says

By Gianna Ferrarin

The ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee sought more information about the U.S. International Development Finance Corp.'s plan to provide up to $20 billion in maritime reinsurance in the Persian Gulf region, expressing concern that China could be the proposal's "greatest direct beneficiary."

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Pa. PUC Gets First Dibs On Developer's Water Meter Dispute

By Matthew Santoni

A Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, developer's dispute with Pennsylvania American Water Co. over the location of water meters belongs before the state Public Utility Commission, not a trial court, an appellate panel ruled Tuesday.

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NLRB Urges Judge To Declare Members, Judges Fireable

By Braden Campbell

The National Labor Relations Board has moved to surrender its members' and judges' job protections, urging a Texas federal judge to strike language restricting their removals so the agency can restart a blocked suit accusing a pipeline company of retaliating against a worker.

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Union Fund Asks High Court To Preserve 2nd Circ. Win

By Emily Brill

The U.S. Supreme Court shouldn't disturb a union pension fund's win in a multimillion-dollar dispute with the federal agency that bails out struggling pension funds, the fund's trustees have argued, asking the justices to reject the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.'s petition for review of a Second Circuit ruling.

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Ex-Atlanta Building Inspector's Age Bias Suit Headed For Trial

By Patrick Hoff

Atlanta must face a former building inspector's lawsuit claiming he was denied a promotion because he was nearly 60, a Georgia federal judge ruled, rejecting the city's assertion that a magistrate judge shouldn't have considered testimony that an outgoing chief inspector made ageist comments.

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Zillow Wants Out Of Proposed Monopoly Class Action

By Grace Dixon

Zillow Group Inc. urged a Washington federal court to dismiss a proposed class action alleging real estate agents were forced to promote its loan business in exchange for client referrals, arguing the agents failed to name which market was impacted by the alleged conduct.

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FTC To Mull Caremark Deal In PBM Insulin Pricing Case

By Matthew Perlman

Federal Trade Commission staffers have asked to let the agency's commissioners consider a potential settlement with Caremark in a case accusing pharmacy benefit managers of inflating insulin prices through rebate schemes, following a recent deal with Express Scripts.

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Wash. Mandates AI Content Flags, Suicide Safeguards

By Rachel Riley

Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson signed a pair of bills on Tuesday requiring large artificial intelligence companies to embed data that distinguishes deepfakes as AI-generated and forcing companion chatbot developers to take steps to protect minor users from suicide and self-harm.

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EU, Australia Reach Major Free Trade Deal, Cut Tariffs

By Jack McLoone

The European Union and Australia on Tuesday agreed to terms of a free trade deal that would nearly zero out tariffs on trade between them following eight years of negotiations.

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Finalized Steel Mesh In US Skirts Mexican Tariffs

By Dylan Moroses

Steel-welded wire mesh finalized in the U.S. that utilizes Mexican inputs is avoiding antidumping and countervailing duties on those kinds of goods arriving from Mexico, according to a notice published Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Commerce.

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Brief

Indonesian Steel Imports Under Scrutiny For US Duty Evasion

By Dylan Moroses

Indonesian corrosion-resistant steel imports using inputs from China could be coming into the United States without Chinese and Vietnamese duties, according to a notice from the U.S. Department of Commerce published Tuesday announcing the investigation into those products.

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UN To Advise Developing Nations On Critical Mineral Taxation

By Jack McLoone

A United Nations coalition of tax experts will help developing nations set the value of their critical mineral resources for purposes of taxation following a meeting signing off on the plan.

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FedEx Asks 6th Circ. To Uphold $89M Foreign Tax Credit

By Kevin Pinner

FedEx is entitled to an $89 million tax refund because the U.S. Department of the Treasury lacked the authority to issue regulations disallowing foreign tax credits for offset earnings, the company told the Sixth Circuit, asking the court to uphold a lower court ruling.

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Judge Orders DHS To Return Deported DACA Recipient

By Ganesh Setty

A California federal court has instructed the Trump administration to return a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipient who was recently deported to Mexico, rejecting the federal government's position that the court lacked jurisdiction notwithstanding her active DACA status protecting her against removal.

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Judge Clears Notice For Screening Program Suit Settlement

By Tom Lotshaw

A Washington federal judge signed off on a notice for a class action settlement that would have U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services repeal a program used to review naturalization and green card applications for people deemed to raise national security concerns.

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Immigrant Minors Seek End To Repeat Sponsor Checks

By Jared Foretek

A youth advocacy attorney nearly came to tears as she told a D.C. federal judge of immigrant children being torn from their parents Tuesday, urging the judge to block a Trump administration policy requiring that previously approved custodians reapply to sponsor "unaccompanied" children while the minors are held in government facilities.

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Michigan Sues DHS, ICE Over Planned Detention Center

By Melanie Dorsey

The state of Michigan and the city of Romulus sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in federal court Tuesday, seeking to block the planned conversion of a warehouse into a 500-bed immigration detention center.

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Analysis

Fraud Task Force May Boost White Collar Defense Work

By Phillip Bantz

A new federal anti-fraud task force involving at least a dozen federal agencies could soon expose more state and local governments, contractors, companies and others to compliance risks, particularly in healthcare fraud and False Claims Act cases, experts say.

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Rubio Says He Didn't Know Of Friend's Venezuelan Oil Deal

By Carolina Bolado

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio would not have met with an old friend, former Rep. David Rivera, to discuss a government transition in Venezuela had he known Rivera's company had a contract with a subsidiary of Venezuela's state-owned oil company, Rubio told jurors Monday.

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Convicted Ex-Budget Official's Attorney Resignation Approved

By Aaron Keller

A Connecticut judge on Tuesday accepted former state budget official Konstantinos M. Diamantis' decision to relinquish his law license and never reapply for admission to the bar after a corruption trial last year ended with his conviction.

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Utah Judge Says Tribe's Split Estate Lands Not Indian Country

By Crystal Owens

A Utah federal judge has determined that split estate lands within the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation are not Indian Country, saying that decades of precedent in the dispute over the Ute Indian Tribe's jurisdiction backs the decision.

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DOT Awards $21M To Boost Tribal Road Safety

By Crystal Owens

The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded more than $21 million in grants to fund 84 projects for 61 tribal nations, an effort it says will help reduce roadway fatalities and serious injuries on Indigenous lands.

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Nevada Tribe, Green Group Join Fight To Save Rare Toad

By Joyce Hanson

A D.C. federal judge has granted bids by a Native American tribe and an environmental group to intervene in a Nevada geothermal company's suit challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's listing of the Dixie Valley toad as an endangered species.

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Brief

House Looks To Expand Satellite Broadband In Appalachia

By Christopher Cole

The U.S. House of Representatives agreed Tuesday to a bill aimed at growing the reach of high-speed internet service throughout the Appalachian region using satellite connectivity.

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Akin Hires Jan. 6 Committee Atty As Investigations Co-Head

By Jack Rodgers

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP has hired a former special counsel to the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, who previously helped lawmakers investigate the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, as its new congressional investigations practice co-leader.

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NY Regulator's Fintech Unit Chief Is Ex-BigLaw, CFPB Analyst

By Jon Hill

New York's financial services regulator announced Tuesday it has promoted one of its own to permanently head up its division responsible for licensing crypto firms and regulating fintech, a job formerly held by the agency's current acting Superintendent Kaitlin Asrow.

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What To Watch At The 2026 ABA Antitrust Spring Meeting

Attorneys at Freshfields consider the future of antitrust law and competition among developments likely to dominate discussion at the American Bar Association's Antitrust Spring Meeting this week.

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One Idea To Fix The SEC's Risk Factor Disclosure Rules

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins recently invited the industry to suggest ways to reform the current risk factor disclosure framework, and amending Rule 10b-5 is one potential option to consider, say attorneys at A&O Shearman.

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Opinion

PTAB Needs Reform To Protect Inventors From Larger Cos.

The Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership Act is necessary because it will impose additional requirements on patent validity challenges and prevent large corporations from taking advantage of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board to overwhelm small inventors with repeated litigation, says Eb Bright at ExploraMed Development.

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FDA User Fee Talks Offer Clues On Upcoming Reforms

As the U.S. Food and Drug Administration undergoes the User Fee Act reauthorization process and renegotiates its user fee agreements over the next several months, the agency's consultation meetings with relevant industries can shed light on the FDA's priorities, and provides stakeholders an opportunity to participate in the reform process, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.

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Changes Coming To The SBIR And STTR Programs

Legislation recently approved by Congress to reauthorize the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Programs includes changes focused on national security that would improve transparency but also increase applicants' administrative burdens, slow the awards process and likely increase litigation, say attorneys at Fluet & Associates.

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What FINRA Enforcement Changes Mean For Investigations

It is essential for in-house counsel and compliance officers to familiarize themselves with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority's recently announced changes to its enforcement program, which offer both clearer visibility into FINRA's expectations and a valuable opportunity to strengthen regulatory readiness, say attorneys at Eversheds Sutherland.

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DOJ Says Gov't Attys Can't Be Punished Over ICE's Actions

By Ryan Boysen

The Trump administration says a Minnesota federal judge erred by holding a government attorney in contempt after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement flouted a court order, claiming the lawyer was "wrongfully held captive to induce ICE's compliance."

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Judicial Conference Backs Latest Judge Newman Suspension

By Jack Karp

The federal judiciary on Tuesday upheld the latest extension of Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman's suspension and the decision not to transfer her case to another circuit, finding neither to be unconstitutional.

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Goldstein Seeks New Trial, Citing 'A Series Of Legal Errors'

By Emily Sawicki

SCOTUSblog founder and appellate icon Thomas Goldstein has filed a lengthy motion for a new trial or acquittal after his conviction on a dozen criminal charges related to tax evasion, alleging his trial was marred by improper jury instructions, improper exclusion of evidence and inadequate evidence, among other things.

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Fla. Judge Faces Discipline For Remark About Shooting Attys

By David Minsky

A Florida state judge is facing a public reprimand after admitting to becoming frustrated with attorneys in an estate dispute and saying that he "would like to tell the deputy to pull his gun and shoot all three of you," according to records filed Tuesday in the state's high court.

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Reed Smith's Silence On Depo 'Speaks Volumes,' Ex-Atty Says

By Jake Maher

A former Reed Smith LLP attorney suing the firm for underpaying her based on her gender criticized the firm for its "inexcusable delay and attempted meandering" in seeking to resume deposing her years after her last deposition date.

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Beasley Allen Says NJ Justices Review Of Talc DQ 'Essential'

By George Woolston

Beasley Allen urged the New Jersey Supreme Court to hear its appeal of a lower court's decision to disqualify it from representing plaintiffs in multicounty litigation over Johnson & Johnson's talc-based baby powder, arguing that the court's immediate review of the interlocutory order is "essential."

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