High Court Appears Skeptical Of Trump's Birthright Order

By Katie Buehler

The U.S. Supreme Court seemed dubious Wednesday of President Donald Trump's attempt to limit birthright citizenship, with the majority of justices struggling to see how the administration's argument was supported by the constitutional text. 

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7th Circ. Says Ill. BIPA Amendment Applies Retroactively

By Hailey Konnath

The Seventh Circuit held Wednesday that a liability-limiting amendment to Illinois' biometric privacy law applies to every lawsuit pending at the time the amendment took effect, ruling that the amendment is only a procedural change to the law and, therefore, must be applied retroactively.

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9th Circ. OKs Injunction On DHS Protest Conduct, With Limits

By Bonnie Eslinger

A Ninth Circuit panel on Wednesday affirmed First Amendment protections for journalists, legal observers and protesters in a case brought by individuals injured by U.S. Department of Homeland Security officers during Los Angeles-area immigration raid protests, but said a preliminary injunction issued by a California federal judge had to be narrowed.

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9th Circ. Nixes 3-Strikes Enhancement In Meth Conviction

By Parker Quinlan

The Ninth Circuit has ordered that a new sentence for drug trafficking be given to a man who successfully argued in a self-filed motion that his attorney failed to challenge a sentence enhancement for career offenders.

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8th Circ. Upholds 37-Year Resentence After Murder Count Cut

By Parker Quinlan

The Eighth Circuit Wednesday upheld two consecutive 18-and-a-half-year sentences for a man convicted for his role in a robbery, finding that even though one of the charges was vacated, he is still eligible for the same amount of time for the remaining charges.

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Trump Announces Texas, Ohio, Florida Judicial Picks

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced four judicial nominees for Texas, Ohio and Florida. 

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Trump Must Face Trial Over Jan. 6 Capitol Riot Civil Claims

By Dorothy Atkins

A D.C. federal judge refused Tuesday to hand President Donald Trump a summary judgment win in consolidated civil suits over the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, finding there are factual disputes over whether Trump was acting beyond his official capacity as president, and therefore he could be liable.

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Judiciary Seeks More Security Funding Amid Threat Surge

By Courtney Bublé

Court security is a top concern for the federal judiciary in its recently released budget request for fiscal 2027.

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ABA Suit Over Trump's Crackdown On Firms Moves Forward

By Emily Sawicki

A D.C. federal judge has ruled the American Bar Association may pursue a challenge to the Trump administration's series of executive orders targeting law firms, finding the organization plausibly alleged the orders posed a "realistic threat" to its members.

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'I Don't Like Bullies': NC Committee Advances Bar Reforms  

By Hayley Fowler

A North Carolina legislative committee tasked with probing the state bar's grievance process signed off on a slate of recommendations Wednesday that would slash the bar's appointment powers, as a committee co-chair recalled the "begging" that prompted the proposals and the "bullying" that followed them.

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Analysis

Justices' Cox Decision Fuels Debate Over DMCA's Relevance

By Ivan Moreno

The U.S. Supreme Court's unanimous decision last week shielding Cox Communications from contributory copyright liability and wiping out a massive piracy verdict against the internet service provider has sparked a debate over how much the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's safe harbor provision still matters.

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Wheeling & Appealing: April's Most Notable Oral Arguments

By Jeff Overley

April is the coolest month, at least for appellate aficionados, featuring numerous important arguments with famous litigants, including U.S. senators, delivery apps Grubhub and Uber Eats, impresario Sean "Diddy" Combs, prediction platforms Kalshi and Robinhood, and a political giant known as the Velvet Hammer.

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Robinhood Sues Wash. To Protect Prediction Market Biz

By Rachel Riley

Robinhood has launched a federal lawsuit seeking to shield itself from potential Washington state enforcement action over its prediction market offerings in the wake of Attorney General Nick Brown's Friday announcement that he's going after Kalshi for allegedly breaking Evergreen State gambling laws.

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Ga. Voter Removal Suit Tossed For Lack Of Standing

By Kelcey Caulder

A Georgia federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit from civil rights groups who sued the state in a challenge to its process of removing voters from the rolls, ruling that money spent advocating against a new voting law and potential future harm to the groups' members was not enough to convey standing. 

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Colo. Judge Voids Opt-Out Rule, Leaves Primary Law Intact

By Benjamin Morse

A Colorado federal judge struck down an opt-out restriction in the state's semi-open primary system while leaving the broader framework in place, finding the state's requirement that political parties meet a three-fourths supermajority vote to exit the system unconstitutional.

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CFPB Seeks Green Light To Shed Half Of Staff In New Plan

By Jon Hill

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has asked the D.C. Circuit to let it proceed with a new plan to lay off roughly half of its remaining staff, arguing this latest downsizing proposal moots concerns that led to a lower-court injunction freezing efforts to slash its workforce.

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FDIC Reports Fewest Consumer Compliance Citations In Years

By Sarah Jarvis

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. examiners last year cited banks for the fewest number of federal consumer protection violations since at least 2018, while the agency initiated half as many consumer protection-related enforcement actions as it did the year prior.

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Feds Can't Block Calif. Law Banning New Drilling Near Homes

By Gina Kim

A California federal judge has refused to block enforcement of a California statute banning new fossil fuel development within 3,200 feet of homes and schools, ruling the U.S. government failed to show the statute conflicts with federal law since it limits environmental emission impacts and "arguably furthers federal objectives."

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NC Judge Backs Feds In Red Wolf Designation Suit

By Tom Lotshaw

A North Carolina federal judge ruled that U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials reasonably rejected an environmental group's attempt to secure stronger protections for an experimental population of endangered red wolves in the Tar Heel State.

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17 State AGs Challenge EPA's Repeal Of Coal Plant Air Regs

By Rachel Riley

Attorneys general from Illinois and 16 other states urged the D.C. Circuit on Tuesday to undo the Trump administration's recent rollback of Biden-era caps on mercury and other toxins in air pollution from coal- and oil-fired power plants, warning the loosened standards threaten public health and the environment.   

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11th Circ. Backs Order To Fix Fla. System For Disabled Kids

By David Minsky

The Eleventh Circuit upheld an injunction finding Florida's institutionalization of children with complex medical conditions violated the Americans with Disabilities Act, ruling in a split opinion that a lower court mostly didn't abuse its discretion with ordering reforms. 

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Harvard Researcher Can Get Docs On Prosecution Motives

By Julie Manganis

A Massachusetts federal judge ruled Wednesday that a Harvard Medical School researcher and Russian national charged with smuggling frog embryo specimens can see emails and other documents regarding the government's decision to prosecute her, citing evidence the case was "vindictive."

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USPTO Spurns Nintendo Pokémon Patent After Reexam

By Adam Lidgett

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has found that a patent granted to Nintendo and Pokémon allowing players to summon a character in a video game was not valid in light of prior art, in a case that's raised concerns in the video game industry.

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Collision, Samsung Criticize Government's IP Injunction Take

By Dani Kass

Wireless communication network patent owner Collision Communications and alleged infringer Samsung Electronics both pushed back on the federal government's arguments in its intervention in their $445.5 million Eastern District of Texas litigation, which it used as a forum to encourage the use of injunctions.

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Brief

Stick With Lowest Ad Rates For Candidates, FCC Warns

By Christopher Cole

The Federal Communications Commission has reminded broadcasters they must charge the lowest rate available to legally qualified political candidates and their advisory committees.

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Feds Sue NJ Town Over Building Electrification Ordinance

By Gautama Mehta

The federal government has told a federal court that a New Jersey municipality overstepped its legal authority by requiring new apartment buildings with 12 or more units to use only electric heating.

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DOL, HHS Must Face Unions' Claims In DOGE Data Suit

By Emily Brill

The U.S. Departments of Labor and Health and Human Services must continue facing claims that they illegally gave Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency access to employee records, as a D.C. federal judge denied the agencies' bid to escape the union-brought allegations before the trial phase.

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Monthly Merger Review Snapshot

By Bryan Koenig

The Justice Department allowed Live Nation to keep Ticketmaster while state attorneys general continue to sue, a $14 billion Boston Scientific deal drew Federal Trade Commission scrutiny, state enforcers challenged Nexstar's purchase of Tegna, and a threatened FTC challenge forced the abandonment of a laser eye surgery deal.

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AGs Put $10M Price Tag On Beating Kroger-Albertsons Merger

By Jared Foretek

The nine attorneys general who successfully sued to block Kroger's failed $24.6 billion acquisition of Albertsons requested over $10 million in attorney fees and litigation expenses Tuesday, arguing that the scale of the litigation and the more than $1 billion the grocery chains spent fighting it justified the amount.

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Bank Must Turn Over $1.68B To Iran Terror Attack Victims

By Lauren Berg

A Luxembourg-based bank must turn over nearly $1.7 billion in Iranian assets to victims of terrorist attacks that a D.C. federal court previously connected to Tehran, a New York federal judge ruled Tuesday, saying the litigation can proceed despite the absence of Iran's central bank.

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Split Pa. Justices Rule No Deception In Ricoh's 'Silence'

By P.J. D'Annunzio

Vendors in Pennsylvania are liable for "deception by omission" only if they had a duty to alert consumers about a potential product defect, a split Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled in a suit against the maker of Pentax cameras alleging that it should have disclosed a shorter product lifespan than customers might have expected.

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FCC Strives For 'Supremacy' In US Drone Manufacturing

By Christopher Cole

The Federal Communications Commission's leadership wants the public to weigh in on how regulators can help the U.S. private sector reach global dominance in drone manufacturing and operations.

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Group Warns ITC Against Tariffs After Vote On Quartz Imports

By Dylan Moroses

A coalition of small-business quartz fabricators claimed that the U.S. International Trade Commission vote Wednesday determining that recent quartz imports harm domestic producers may cost the industry jobs in a move that could lead to new tariffs, according to press releases.

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Brief

Chinese Chemical Exporter Faces 174% Duty On Refrigerant

By Jack McLoone

A Chinese chemical compound exporter will be subject to an almost 174% antidumping duty rate for imports of a refrigerant that entered the U.S. in 2023 and 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce said Wednesday.

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4 Million Trump Accounts Established, IRS Says

By Anna Scott Farrell

More than 4 million children have been signed up for the new type of individual retirement account known as a Trump account, with more than a quarter of them eligible to receive $1,000 contributions through a pilot program, the Internal Revenue Service said.

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Trump Seeks June 1 Bill To Fund ICE, Border Patrol

By Courtney Bublé

Republican leadership in the House and Senate are on board with President Donald Trump's request Wednesday to send him a bill by June 1 to fund the entire U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol.

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Colorado, Denver Beat DOJ Challenge To Sanctuary Laws

By Tom Lotshaw

A federal judge has tossed the Trump administration's challenge of sanctuary laws in Colorado and Denver, holding that any ruling in the administration's favor would violate the Constitution by allowing the federal government to compel states and cities to help enforce its immigration priorities.

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Mich. Says ICE Illegally Skipped Enviro Review For Warehouse

By Isaac Monterose

Michigan and one of its cities asked a federal court Wednesday to temporarily block U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from converting a warehouse into a detention center, arguing the federal government didn't notify local officials about the project and didn't conduct required environmental reviews.

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Brief

9th Circ. Says Judge Likely Overreached In No-Bond Ruling

By Britain Eakin

The Ninth Circuit has stayed a California federal judge's ruling vacating a Board of Immigration Appeals decision stripping immigration judges of authority to grant release on bond, finding the district court likely exceeded its authority in doing so.

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Ex-Diplomat Says Rep. Rivera's Liaison Was Out For Himself

By Carolina Bolado

A retired diplomat Wednesday described former Florida congressman David Rivera's Venezuelan contact Raúl Gorrín as a wealthy businessman "distrusted by everybody," telling jurors in the criminal trial against Rivera that Gorrín was willing to work with the Venezuelan regime when financially beneficial.

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NY Tribe Can Control Its Water, Sanitation Program, Judge Says

By Joyce Hanson

A New York federal judge has ruled the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe can operate and maintain its own water and sanitation systems, rejecting the U.S. government's claim that federal law doesn't allow tribes to run those programs.

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California Tribes Say Feds Skirted Casino Land Trust Rules

By Crystal Owens

Two California tribes and a nonprofit are urging a district judge to deny the Interior Department's bid for summary judgment in their challenge to a decision to place 221 acres of indigenous territory into trust for the development of a resort and casino, saying the agency blatantly violated federal law "at every turn."

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Org. With Ties To RFK Presses Feds To Study Cellphone Risks

By Nadia Dreid

Environmental Health Trust, a think tank that promotes the theory that wireless radiation is bad for people's health, asked the FCC to comply with a 2021 D.C. Circuit order directing the agency to examine whether low level radio frequency radiation hurts children or could be harmful over time.

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Mass. Cannabis Businesses Say Repeal Bid Misleads Voters

By Sam Reisman

A coalition of Massachusetts cannabis business owners Wednesday challenged the constitutionality of a proposal to repeal retail marijuana legalization at the ballot box this November.

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Informal Announcements Are Reshaping FDA Regulations

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's recent shift toward using press releases, podcasts and other informal channels to announce major policy changes reflects a valid desire to modernize and accelerate regulatory efforts, but it could lead to diminished transparency, increased industry burden and reduced policy durability, says Rachel Turow at Skadden.

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State FARA Laws Pose Unique Constitutional Challenges

Several states have recently enacted foreign agent registration and disclosure regimes that were modeled after the Foreign Agents Registration Act, but these state laws raise several constitutional questions, including concerns about preemption, speech and petition, and vagueness, says Alexandra Langton at Covington.

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Key Takeaways From The 2026 ABA Antitrust Spring Meeting

Last week's American Bar Association Spring Meeting revealed an antitrust landscape defined by heightened friction and tension — between federal and state enforcers, domestic and international regimes, competing political visions, and traditional enforcement tools and novel challenges, say attorneys at Skadden.

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Series

Pa. Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q1

The first quarter of 2026 brought several consequential developments for Pennsylvania financial institutions, including the state banking department's first assessment overhaul in 10 years, a bill prohibiting interchange fees on card transaction sales taxes and a federal appeals court's upholding of a $52 million enforcement action, say attorneys at Gross McGinley.

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Motorola Case Shows Reach Of NLRA Dishonesty Protections

A recent National Labor Relations Board case, involving a Motorola employee who was terminated for lying about discussing wages, illustrates the broad reach of National Labor Relations Act protections for concerted activity, which may take on new significance as the agency shifts toward more restrained enforcement, say attorneys at BakerHostetler.

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Khalil Seeks Bove's 3rd Circ. Recusal Over Ex-DOJ Roles

By Lauren Berg

Mahmoud Khalil, a lawful permanent resident targeted for deportation, asked a Third Circuit judge, U.S. Circuit Judge Emil Bove, to recuse himself from en banc review of a decision allowing for Khalil's detention, saying Wednesday the judge was likely involved in decisions related to the case while at the U.S. Department of Justice.

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Arbitration Association Must Face Suit Over Consumer Monopoly

By Caroline Simson

An Arizona federal judge ruled Tuesday that the American Arbitration Association must face a proposed class action accusing it of monopolizing the consumer arbitration services market, saying the suit provided sufficient allegations to "plausibly infer" that the institution engages in anticompetitive conduct.

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Sidley Beats Malpractice Suit Over Ex-Atty's Tax Scheme

By Chart Riggall

Sidley Austin LLP defeated a suit from a family of business magnates who said they were duped into a tax sheltering scheme by an ex-attorney, after a Georgia federal judge ruled the family should have suspected they were in legal trouble long before they filed their suit.

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Why Trump's Pursuit Of NY AG Is More Than Just 'Awkward'

By Phillip Bantz

Through its relentless pursuit of criminal charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James, the Trump administration has further opened itself up to allegations of vindictive and selective prosecution — with potentially far-reaching implications for a grand jury system that has traditionally given the government the benefit of the doubt, experts say.

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Roundup

The Top In-House Hires Of March

By Michele Gorman

Legal department hires during the third month of 2026 included high-profile appointments at the NAACP, Walmart and Marriott Vacations. Here, Law360 Pulse looks at some of the top in-house announcements from March.

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Hub Hires: Reed Smith, Manatt, MoFo, Foley Hoag

By Chris Villani

March provided some madness in the Boston legal scene. Reed Smith launched its first-ever office in the Hub, Manatt hired a former Microsoft executive and Federal Trade Commission member, and Foley Hoag snagged a longtime K&L Gates insurance attorney.

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