3rd Circ. Revives Firearm Group's Challenge To NJ Gun Law

By George Woolston

The Third Circuit on Tuesday held that the National Shooting Sports Foundation can challenge New Jersey's law allowing the state to sue firearms manufacturers for endangering public safety, also reversing a lower court's decision to put the case on hold.

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Mo. Keeps GOP Election Map Despite High Court Setback

By Katie Buehler

Missouri can use a new congressional map that favors Republicans in the midterms — even though it is supposed to obtain voter approval, and the U.S. Supreme Court earlier rejected an emergency bid to reinstate it — after a federal judge paused the state high court's decision prohibiting the map's use in November.

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AG Blanche To Speak At GOP Midterm Convention

By Courtney Bublé

Attorney General Todd Blanche will speak at the Republican midterm convention this week in his "personal capacity."

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Ed Martin Joins Trump Ally's Think Tank

By Courtney Bublé

Ed Martin, the recently departed White House pardon attorney, has joined a conservative policy think tank started by a key ally of President Donald Trump.

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Top LA Prosecutor Faces New DQ Attempt After 9th Circ. Ruling

By Madison Arnold

A criminal defendant has renewed his attempt to disqualify top Los Angeles federal prosecutor Bill Essayli from overseeing his case, following a Ninth Circuit decision that upheld a similar ruling against Nevada's lead federal prosecutor, saying the government is "playing shadow games" with prosecutorial powers.

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SEC Sues Proxy Adviser Firm ISS For Client Voting Records

By Jessica Corso

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has asked a Pennsylvania federal court to enforce a subpoena against Institutional Shareholder Services, alleging the proxy advisory firm is improperly withholding information about the voting advice ISS gives institutional investors due to fears of retaliation.

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Fed. Circ. Backs Nuke Plants' Win In DOE Breach Case

By Keith Goldberg

The Federal Circuit has affirmed a lower court ruling that the owners of three shuttered nuclear power plants were entitled to $145 million due to the U.S. Department of Energy's continued failure to accept spent nuclear fuel for disposal.

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W.Va. AG Calls Pa. Alternative Energy Laws Unconstitutional

By Matthew Santoni

West Virginia Attorney General J.B. McCuskey has filed a federal lawsuit over Pennsylvania laws that limit most of the Keystone State's "alternative energy credits" to in-state power producers, arguing that shutting out sources from other states violates the dormant commerce clause of the U.S. Constitution.

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Mont. Judge Halts DOI River Diversions Over Bull Trout Harm

By Allison Grande

A Montana federal judge temporarily blocked the Interior Department and West Side Ditch Co. from diverting water from the Upper Clark Fork River when streamflow falls below a certain rate, finding a pair of conservation groups showed that the challenged conduct was likely to harm the endangered bull trout population.

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11th Circ. Says ACA Trans Care Rule Fight Is Moot

By Carolina Bolado

The Eleventh Circuit refused to revive a challenge to a gender-affirming care rule from the Biden administration that was later reversed by the Biden administration, concluding that the issue has become moot while the appeal was pending.

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Idaho Supreme Court OKs Revised Abortion Ballot Language

By Mark Payne

The Idaho Supreme Court has agreed to revised ballot language for an abortion amendment scheduled to be in front of voters this November. 

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State Coalition Can Pursue Challenge To HHS Vax Overhaul

By Gina Kim

A California federal judge allowed a coalition of states to proceed with their challenge to the Trump administration's decision to cut vaccine recommendations for children, ruling Tuesday the states plausibly alleged those decisions could increase costs of running their healthcare programs and burden them with having to adjust their laws. 

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Viewers Say ABC Self-Censorship Gives Them FCC Case

By Jared Foretek

Media advocates and TV viewers seeking to join ABC's lawsuit against the Federal Communications Commission on Monday told a Washington, D.C., federal judge the network was wrong to argue they have no legally protected interest in the case, claiming they've been harmed by lost programming and altered guest bookings.

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Kik App Is 'A Parent's Worst Nightmare,' Conn. AG Says

By Brian Steele

The mobile messaging app Kik is "a cesspool of sexual abuse, exploitation and bullying" and "a parent's worst nightmare," Connecticut Attorney General William Tong said Tuesday in announcing his office would investigate allegations that inadequate privacy and content moderation measures endanger children.

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Parler Legal Dustup Revealed Rifts, Jury Hears From Ex-CEO

By Cara Salvatore

Parler's ousted CEO testified Tuesday in his trial against former partner Rebekah Mercer that in 2020, her lawyers' pushback on restructuring provisions recommended by Parler's lawyers was an early clue that "something didn't seem right."

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10th Circ. Won't Block Utah Enforcement Amid Kalshi Appeal

By Aislinn Keely

A pair of Tenth Circuit judges on Tuesday declined to shield Kalshi from Utah gaming regulators while it challenges a lower court ruling that cleared the way for the state to enforce its gambling laws against the firm's sports event contracts.

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Gaming Group Says CFTC Can't Override NY's Gambling Laws

By Elaine Briseño

The American Gaming Association has pushed back against efforts by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission to permanently bar New York from cracking down on prediction markets, arguing that states are responsible for tailoring sports betting rules for their communities.

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Underdog Says Federal Law Bars Wash. Betting Crackdown

By Ben Adlin

Prediction market operator Underdog sued Washington's attorney general and state gambling commission Tuesday in an attempt to block enforcement of state anti-gambling laws against the company, contending that wagers on its platform qualify as derivative contracts that fall under the "exclusive jurisdiction" of the federal government.

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Mass. Gov. Orders Community Deals For New AI Data Centers

By Chris Villani

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey on Tuesday signed an executive order blocking any new artificial intelligence data centers in the state unless they have the backing of their host communities.

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News Outlet Says Colo. Town Hid $225M Bond Memo

By MJ Koo

A Denver business news outlet has sued a small Colorado mountain town in state court, alleging it is unlawfully withholding bond offering documents for its planned purchase of a local ski resort, citing trade secret and securities law exemptions that do not apply to records the town created or helped author.

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DOL Issues Mental Health Parity Enforcement Guidance

By Kellie Mejdrich

The U.S. Department of Labor's employee benefits arm issued guidance Tuesday on how to comply with federal laws that require employer health plans to produce an analysis of their mental health and substance use disorder coverage, which remains subject to litigation in D.C. federal court.

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Auto Industry Group Gets DOL Green Light For Health Plan

By Patrick Hoff

The U.S. Department of Labor's employee benefits arm said Tuesday that a group of retailers and repair centers associated with Napa Auto Parts is clear to establish a group health plan for its member employers, concluding the arrangement would be covered by federal benefits law.

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DOJ, Pinnacle Reach RealPage Rent-Fixing Settlement

By Isaac Monterose

The federal government wants to settle its antitrust claims against Cushman & Wakefield unit Pinnacle Property Management Services LLC, which was accused in North Carolina federal court of using property management software company RealPage Inc.'s revenue management technology to fix rental prices, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

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Calif. Urges Justices To Let Paramount Merger Case Play Out

By Matthew Perlman

California and other state enforcers that are challenging Paramount Skydance Corp.'s planned $110 billion purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery have urged the U.S. Supreme Court not to expedite Iowa and Montana's case seeking to block the merger challenge.

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'Resilience,' Scale Up For Changes In EU Merger Overhaul

By Bryan Koenig

With major European Union merger reforms due for finalization by the end of the year, the EU's top competition official said Sunday that enforcers plan to add more clarity to the draft merger guidelines, including by spelling out how improving environmental "resilience" can push transactions across the finish line.

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Auto Tools Trade Org. Says Antitrust Claims Are Baseless

By Spencer Brewer

An automotive lift trade association and several lift manufacturers asked a Texas federal court to toss antitrust claims brought by a Texas manufacturer, saying that the manufacturer failed to state a viable claim under the Sherman Act.

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Motorola Tells DC Circ. That Google Search Payments 'Vital'

By Bryan Koenig

Motorola on Friday backed Google with a D.C. Circuit amicus brief arguing the U.S. Department of Justice is wrong to call for a complete ban on Google paying cellphone-makers like Motorola to incorporate Google search into their devices.

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FCC Data Breach Reg Can't End-Run Congress, 6th Circ. Told

By Nadia Dreid

Now that the Sixth Circuit has decided hold a full panel rehearing of its decision upholding the FCC's expanded data breach notification rules for telecommunications carriers, conservative legal groups are coming together to urge the appellate court to reject the Biden-era rule.

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Humboldt To Pay FTC $12M Over 'Sham' Merchant Payment Biz

By Katryna Perera

Payment processing company Humboldt Merchant Services has agreed to pay $12 million and be permanently banned from processing payments for merchants with a higher risk of fraud to resolve Federal Trade Commission claims that it processed payments for more than 1,000 merchants that defrauded customers.

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Makers Of Meta Glasses Won't Provide Repair Parts, Suit Says

By MJ Koo

A Denver electronics repair shop has sued the makers of Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses in Colorado state court, alleging they refused to provide the repair parts, software and technical documentation that state law now requires manufacturers to make available to independent repair businesses.

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Ed. Dept. Says It Will Fund Research But Opposes Court Order

By Carolyn Muyskens

A lawyer representing the government told a Massachusetts federal judge Tuesday the U.S. Department of Education intends to spend hundreds of millions of dollars in research funding before it expires at the end of this month but urged the court not to order the department to do so.

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Canada Defends Retaliatory Tariffs Against US As Necessary

By Jack McLoone

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney defended Canada's retaliatory tariffs against the U.S. as they went into effect Tuesday, saying they are needed to protect Canadian workers and industries from President Donald Trump's latest trade war action.

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CIT Backs Commerce's Reworked Korean Wind Tower Rate

By Dylan Moroses

The U.S. Department of Commerce properly justified revised antidumping duty rate calculations for certain Korean wind tower imports, according to a U.S. Court of International Trade opinion that blessed a new rate for the products over stakeholder objections.

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ITC Seeks Input On Long-Dormant Trade Bias Program

By Jack McLoone

The U.S. International Trade Commission is working to redevelop a practice for identifying potentially discriminatory trade actions against the U.S. as required under the dormant Great Depression-era statute President Donald Trump used to launch recent tariffs against Canada, the commission said.

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CIT Approves Redo Of Voluntary Chinese Rack Duty Review

By Dylan Moroses

The U.S. Department of Commerce will voluntarily revisit antidumping duty calculations for a Chinese exporter of certain steel racks imported into the U.S. after the company subject to the administrative review raised concerns about the findings, according to an opinion issued by the U.S. Court of International Trade.

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Asian Plywood Imports Harming US Industry, ITC Finds

By Jack McLoone

The U.S. International Trade Commission said Tuesday that hardwood and decorative plywood imports from China, Indonesia and Vietnam determined by the Commerce Department to be sold at unfair prices are harming domestic industry, setting up Commerce to issue duty orders against the products.

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OECD Says Corporate Tax Rates Stayed Flat At 21.2% In 2025

By Kevin Pinner

The average combined corporate income tax rate was 21.2% last year across many major economies, remaining basically flat for a third consecutive year, the OECD said Tuesday in a report, while a trend of sector-specific corporate tax hikes continued.

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Tax Court Adds Five New Trial Locations, Expands Roles

By Jack McLoone

The U.S. Tax Court's chief judge announced that the court will hear cases in five new cities starting Tuesday, bringing the total to 79, while allowing all types of cases to be heard at each location.

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DC Circ. Affirms Injunction Against IRS-ICE Data Sharing

By Asha Glover

The D.C. Circuit affirmed a lower court's preliminary injunction Tuesday barring the IRS from sharing taxpayer data with immigration authorities, finding that the coalition challenging the deal has standing and that the arrangement likely violates the law.

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Feds Say Migrant Kids' Legal Aid Is Stalled By Bidding Process

By Dorothy Atkins

An Office of Refugee Resettlement official testified Tuesday during an evidentiary hearing into whether the Trump administration is violating an injunction requiring the government to provide legal representation to immigrant minors, blaming recent legal service interruptions on the federal government's contract bidding process.

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DHS Asks Justices To Revive Voter Citizenship Database

By Katie Buehler

The Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday to reinstate the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's upgraded citizenship verification database ahead of this year's midterm elections, claiming a lower court's finding that the system is unlawful threatens election integrity.

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Feds Hit With $161K In Fees Over Venezuelan's Deportation

By Britain Eakin

A Maryland federal judge awarded a class of asylum-seekers roughly $161,000 in attorney fees on Tuesday, finding that the Trump administration lacked substantial justification for deporting a Venezuelan to El Salvador despite a class settlement governing his asylum claim.

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ICE Transfers Violate Bond Hearing Rights, Wash. Class Says

By Ben Adlin

A class of immigrants detained at the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Washington state urged a federal judge Friday to require the government to give notice before transferring members to detention centers elsewhere in the country, claiming the transfers "immediately deprive class members of their right to a bond hearing."

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Ex-Conn. Lawmaker Is Denied New Trial, Slips 3 Fraud Counts

By Brian Steele

Former Connecticut state Sen. Dennis A. Bradley Jr. will not receive a new trial on charges that he improperly collected public campaign funds, but a federal judge has reversed his convictions on three counts in a wire fraud case centered around a 2018 party that he claimed was hosted by his law firm.

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Comcast, APCo At Odds Again Over Pole Replacement Rates

By Christopher Cole

Comcast has doubled down on its call for the Federal Communications Commission to direct Appalachian Power Co. to assume more of the cost for replacing damaged utility poles to allow for broadband gear attachments.

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FCC Could Revamp Enviro Regs Over Broadband Deployment

By Christopher Cole

The Federal Communications Commission will consider slashing the number of permit reviews required for thousands of broadband deployment projects under the National Environmental Policy Act.

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Qwest Seeks To End Legacy Copper Service In NM Area

By Nadia Dreid

AT&T may be the biggest name trying to roll back its usage of legacy copper wires and the services that run on them, but it is far from the only one — CenturyLink has just asked the FCC for the green light to cut such services in part of New Mexico.

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Boulder Homeowners Seek TRO To Stop Cell Tower

By Nadia Dreid

Two Boulder, Colorado, homeowners are hoping a state court will step in and grant them a temporary restraining order stopping the city from building a cell tower less than 40 feet from their front door, saying that the city ignored its own guidelines when approving the project.

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Hemp Cos. Win Block Of New Ohio THC Regulations

By Mike Curley

An Ohio federal judge has agreed to block enforcement of a new state law classifying any product with more than 0.3% THC as cannabis, finding the hemp companies have sufficiently shown that the law violates the dormant commerce clause by unfairly discriminating against out-of-state actors.

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EPA Guidance May Simplify On-Site Power For Data Centers

At a moment when wait times to connect large loads to the electric grid can stretch into years, two recent U.S. Environmental Protection Agency guidance documents seek to make it easier for data center developers to set up on-site power generation — but much will depend on how quickly states and localities update their own rules, say attorneys at Alston & Bird.

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Fed's Capital Rule Proposal Could Help Banks Stay Mutual

The Federal Reserve Board's recent proposal to comprehensively rewrite its capital rule and reduce procedural requirements for mutual holding companies would support community banking by allowing mutual institutions new ways to fund growth without converting to stock form, say attorneys at Nutter.

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ABA Law School Accrediting Arm Repeals Diversity Standard

By Emma Cueto and Andrea Keckley

The American Bar Association council responsible for law school accreditation voted Tuesday to eliminate its diversity and inclusion standard, the final step in a process that the council hopes will ensure it remains an accreditor recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

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Ex-DLA Piper Partner Must Face Claim He Raped Associate

By Lynn LaRowe

A Massachusetts state court has ruled it has jurisdiction over an assault and battery claim alleging a former DLA Piper partner raped a former Boston-based associate in Delaware, finding that purported incident was part of "a larger course of conduct encompassing multiple torts across several states, all circling around plaintiff's residence and work in Massachusetts."

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5th Circ. Backs Ax Of $125M Judgment Over Judge Friendship

By Mike Curley

A split Fifth Circuit panel Tuesday affirmed the vacatur of a trial by a magistrate judge that resulted in a $125 million judgment against Port of Lake Charles, finding the district court correctly found that the magistrate judge didn't fully disclose her 40-year, "close, multifaceted, and personal friendship" with IFG Port Holdings LLC's attorney.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court this past week saw disputes involving a former NFL star and a $2.5 million solar venture, Morgan Stanley's role in Fox Corp.'s planned $22 billion acquisition of Roku Inc., and JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s effort to pause more than $20 million in legal-fee payments to former Frank executives.

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