Justices Again Deny Review Of $5M Carroll Verdict

By Cara Salvatore

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied President Donald Trump's request to rehear his challenge to a $5 million verdict finding he sexually abused writer E. Jean Carroll.

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Law Firm's Challenge To 2021 Statute Falls Short, Judge Says

By Kelcey Caulder

A Georgia federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit brought by an attorney and his firm alleging a 2021 law designed to combat money laundering could force the attorney to violate attorney-client privilege, finding the plaintiffs had failed to allege any concrete injury that would empower them to pursue the case. 

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FBI HQ Switch Exceeds Statutory Authority, Md. Judge Rules

By Rae Ann Varona

A Maryland federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration from walking back on plans to build a new FBI headquarters in the state, saying the administration's bid to switch the headquarters project to Washington, D.C., flouted statutory directives.

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Justices Asked To Ban Ten Commandments In Texas Schools

By Katie Buehler

Two dozen families on Monday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the Fifth Circuit's decision allowing Texas to require public schools to display copies of the Ten Commandments in classrooms, arguing the decision "egregiously" ignores several of the high court's religious freedom precedents.

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Paramount Wants AGs, WGA To Pay $1.9B Merger Suit Bond

By Bryan Koenig

Paramount Skydance Corp. put a price tag Monday on waiting until next year to close its planned $110 billion purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery, asking a California federal judge to impose an approximately $1.9 billion bond requirement on the Democratic attorneys general and the Writers Guild of America challenging the deal.

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Meta Loses 'Hail Mary' Sanctions Bid On Eve Of AGs' Trial

By Dorothy Atkins

A California federal judge Sunday denied Meta's request for spoliation sanctions against state attorneys general that would've barred a Meta whistleblower from testifying in the upcoming high-stakes social media addiction bellwether trial, ruling that Meta's request was an "obvious" "Hail Mary attempt to eliminate a strong witness" before trial.

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Treasury Plan Would Map Boundaries Of US Stablecoin Market

By Jon Hill

The U.S. Department of the Treasury on Monday floated a proposal to set standards for how and when payment stablecoins may enter the U.S. market, moving ahead on a key unfinished plank of the emerging federal regulatory framework for the stable-value tokens.

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Trump Monument Cuts Spur Disputed Utah Mining Claims

By Crystal Owens

Tribal nations and environmental groups are urging the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to reject mining claims on two Utah national monuments, arguing that operations can't begin until 60 days after the president removed federal protections for more than 90% of the monuments' lands.

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9th Circ. Says Statute Mandates Central Valley Contract Switch

By Tom Lotshaw

A Ninth Circuit panel on Monday ruled the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation had no duty to complete environmental reviews before it converted dozens of water service contracts for the Central Valley Project in California in a process intended to help fund storage improvements.

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CBP Halts Big Bend Wall Work As New Suit Challenges Plan

By Crystal Owens

U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced Monday it is halting border wall construction at Big Bend National Park while Commissioner Rodney Scott conducts an on-the-ground evaluation.

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Blue States Say FTC Can't Regulate Trans Youth Health

By Spencer Brewer

A group of left-leaning states, including Massachusetts and California, asked a Texas federal court to toss a Federal Trade Commission suit against the World Professional Association for Transgender Health, saying Monday that the FTC's suit constitutes a "federal attack on state-regulated transgender healthcare."

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Mass. Judge Vacates ACA Gender-Affirming Care Restriction

By Gianna Ferrarin

A Massachusetts federal judge handed a coalition of 21 states a win on their claim that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services unlawfully issued Affordable Care Act reforms barring marketplace plans from requiring coverage for medical procedures used in gender-affirming care.

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USPTO Backs Double Patent Policy Squires Wants Reviewed

By Ryan Davis

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has urged the Federal Circuit to uphold the rejection of a Sanofi patent application for double patenting, days after USPTO Director John Squires said in a separate case that the policy rationale underlying both disputes should be reconsidered.

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Moderna, Arbutus Clash On Gov't Venue For Vax IP Claims

By Dani Kass

Moderna Inc. has accused Arbutus Biopharma Corp. of turning a government contractor indemnification law "upside down" by arguing the COVID-19 vaccine supplier must face infringement litigation, while Arbutus says the government is wielding that relationship to dodge liability in two separate courts.

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Latest Squires Patent Review Order Grants 1, Denies 3

By Theresa Schliep

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires granted one petition for an America Invents Act patent review and rejected three others in his latest order on institution decisions.

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Feds Back NJ Drivers' Bid To Void NYC Congestion Pricing

By Linda Chiem

The Trump administration threw its support behind New Jersey and out-of-state drivers suing to shut down New York's congestion pricing, saying a Biden-era federal agreement that gave New York's program the green light was invalid from the start.

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Air Canada Gets OK To Enforce $25M Venezuela Award

By Caroline Simson

Venezuela can't skirt a more than $25 million arbitral award issued to Air Canada, after a D.C. federal judge ruled that the country was adequately represented in the arbitration despite the tribunal allowing the administration of former President Nicolás Maduro to defend the case.

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Young Athletes Are Wising Up, But Attys Say They're Still Kids

By Theresa Schliep

As the name, image and likeness industry grows and billions of dollars pour into college sports, attorneys who represent student-athletes say that while they're not as green as their youth suggests, they're still vulnerable to bad actors and need to clear business decisions with mom and dad.

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Kalshi Loses Bid To Block Conn. Enforcement

By Katryna Perera

A Connecticut federal judge has denied a bid from KalshiEX to keep offering sports contracts while it pursues an appeal before the Second Circuit, finding the prediction market's arguments for a stay had already been rejected by the court and that it has not shown it is likely to win on appeal.

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Philly Says Gun Shop Insurer Must Pay $12M Settlement

By Gianna Ferrarin

The Cincinnati Specialty Underwriters Insurance Co. is on the hook for a nearly $12 million settlement between the city of Philadelphia and a gun shop operator resolving allegations of illegal gun purchases, according to a complaint filed by the city in Pennsylvania state court.

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Mich. Homeowner Qualifies For Exemption, Court Rules

By Jaqueline McCool

A Michigan homeowner who lived in the state while her husband lived in Washington state is eligible for a principal residence exemption despite filing a nonresident return for one year, a panel of the Michigan Appeals Court ruled. 

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Miami Atty Says Judge's Defamation Suit Attacks Free Speech

By David Minsky

An attorney who's challenging a Miami-Dade County judge for her seat urged a Florida state court to toss the judge's suit alleging the attorney defamed her by claiming she tried to block the Donald Trump Presidential Library, saying monetary penalties should also be awarded because the complaint attacks free speech.

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NC Gov. Nixes GOP Bill To Let Chief Justice Suspend Judges

By Hayley Fowler

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein on Monday vetoed a bill that would allow the chief justice to suspend trial court judges under investigation by the Tar Heel State's judicial watchdog, criticizing lawmakers as "playing politics" with the judiciary.

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Mich. Panel Says Notice Rule Doesn't Bar Workers' Bias Suit

By Melanie Dorsey

A Michigan appellate panel has refused to dismiss sex discrimination, hostile work environment and retaliation claims by Wayne County Community College District police employees, ruling that the college is a local political subdivision and not subject to the Court of Claims Act's notice requirement.

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FTC Gets $725M Liquid Nails Deal Blocked

By Matthew Perlman

A New York federal court has sided with the Federal Trade Commission and blocked Loctite maker Henkel's planned $725 million acquisition of fellow construction adhesive brand Liquid Nails, following a bench trial in Manhattan last month.

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Calif. AG Pans Bid To Pause Social Media Algorithm Limits

By Craig Clough

The California attorney general urged a federal judge to deny requests from TikTok, Meta and Google to block enforcement of a state law barring them from using algorithms to deliver feeds to children, saying the court already denied a preliminary injunction and should not grant one pending the companies' appeal.

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2nd Circ. Says Public Can Film Police And Their Stations

By Brian Steele

The Second Circuit said Monday it has joined "a growing chorus of our sister circuits" in finding a constitutional right to record law enforcement activity in public, as well as police buildings, but still turned away a self-described First Amendment auditor's lawsuit over his arrest while filming the exterior of a Connecticut police station.

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Meta Exec Can't 'Rule Out' Addiction But Doubts It, Jury Told

By Cara Salvatore

A Meta safety executive admitted Monday to a Tennessee jury that she cannot "rule out" that addiction may occur with Instagram but said she believes that so far there is no evidence to identify anything beyond "problematic use."

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Dem Lawmakers Press Hegseth On USS Lincoln Conditions

By Madeline Lyskawa

Democratic lawmakers are demanding answers from Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth over reported conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln, which has been deployed for more than 250 days, setting modern records for days at sea without returning to port.

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Biz Pushes Class Cert. As Solution To IEEPA Refund Issues

By Jack McLoone

The U.S. Court of International Trade should grant class certification to companies seeking refunds of duties paid under the invalidated global tariff regime, the company serving as a test case for the refunds said in arguments mirroring those recently made in the underlying dispute.

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Attorneys Skeptical Of Trump's 11th Circ. Appeal Of IRS Case

By Asha Glover

Six attorneys who weighed in on President Donald Trump's $10 billion suit against the Internal Revenue Service told a Florida federal court Monday that he hasn't demonstrated that he will prove that its ruling that the settlement from the suit lacked a legitimate controversy violated due process.

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4th Circ. Says Waiver Applicants Aren't Shielded From ICE

By Ganesh Setty

Federal immigration regulations do not prevent the government from deporting an unlawfully present noncitizen who is married to a U.S. citizen and is seeking to avoid being statutorily barred from reentering the country amid the green card process, the Fourth Circuit ruled.

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Judge Says Everglades Site Closure Moots Atty Access Suit

By Ganesh Setty

A Florida federal court has dismissed without prejudice a lawsuit alleging that state and federal officials unconstitutionally prevented noncitizens held at an Everglades immigrant detention center from accessing counsel, finding the lawsuit moot in light of the facility's closure.

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Mich. County Urges Toss Of DOJ's Immigration Policy Suit

By Melanie Dorsey

Washtenaw County asked a Michigan federal judge on Monday to dismiss the U.S. Department of Justice's lawsuit challenging local policies that limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities, arguing federal law makes this coordination optional and does not allow the government to commandeer county employees or property.

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Nashville, Localities Sue DHS Over FEMA Funding Condition

By Britain Eakin

Nashville, Tennessee, and local governments in Texas and Ohio sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Monday, saying the Trump administration is unlawfully hijacking the Homeland Security Grant Program to coerce states into changing their local election procedures.

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Georgia DA Wants A Say In Trump Election Case Fee Battle

By Rose Krebs

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is urging a Georgia appellate court to undo an order blocking her from intervening in a bid by President Donald Trump and others to recoup $16 million in legal fees in a dismissed election interference case, saying her office has a significant financial interest at stake.

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DOJ Enacts Rule Giving Many Felons Path To Gun Ownership

By Stewart Bishop

U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche said Monday the U.S. Department of Justice has finalized a rule that will give convicted felons and others a pathway to have their rights to legally possess firearms reinstated, a process that circumvents a de facto prohibition by Congress.

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Calif. Tribe Challenges Feds' Gaming Approval Reversal

By Crystal Owens

A California tribe is asking a federal judge in Washington, D.C., to block the U.S. Department of the Interior's decision last month to undo its approval of the tribe's 160-acre gaming facility project, arguing the latest order was independently unlawful because the government did not give a reasoned explanation for the reversal.

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Justices Won't Reconsider Verizon's $47M FCC Fine

By Nadia Dreid

The U.S. Supreme Court is not interested in reconsidering how it worded its June opinion upholding the Federal Communications Commission's authority to issue monetary penalties, despite Verizon arguing that the ruling left it between a rock and a hard place concerning the $47 million fine it already paid.

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'Act Now' To Save FCC School Subsidy, Group Urges Public

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

School and library broadband advocates are urging communities that depend on the E-Rate subsidy that supports high-speed connectivity in learning environments to file public comments in support amid a push by the Federal Communications Commission to dismantle it.

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Broadband Co. Says It's Catching Up After Rural Fund Delays

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

Broadband provider Brightspeed told the Federal Communications Commission that it is on track to meet its obligations under a rural development fund despite ongoing delays.

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Experts See Looming Legal Disputes Over FCC Party Balance

By Christopher Cole

The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision to ditch case law shielding independent federal agency members from presidential removal is unlikely to resolve ongoing controversy over White House control of the Federal Communications Commission, experts said Monday.

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FCC Turns Down Bid To Revisit Campaign Ad Pricing Policy

By Nadia Dreid

The Federal Communications Commission declined a petition asking it to reconsider guidance the agency put out earlier this year about political ads, saying the "central premise" of the request was "wrong many times over."

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Virginia Hemp Cos. Lose Bid To Halt THC Cap

By Jonathan Capriel

A Virginia federal judge has refused to block a state law placing new potency caps on THC products, ruling that the hemp businesses opposing the law are unlikely to succeed with claims that the law constitutes an unconstitutional taking.

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Chicago Pot Co. Recast $2M Investment As Gift, Suit Claims

By Jonathan Capriel

Two Ohio investors claimed they were duped into sinking nearly $2 million on a Chicago dispensary under the promise that they would be partial owners, only to learn that their Illinois-based business partners would later recast the investments as gifts, according to a lawsuit filed in Ohio federal court.

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NC Court Won't Revisit Pot-Smell Basis For Car Search

By Sam Reisman

The North Carolina Supreme Court has again affirmed that the smell of cannabis can serve as the basis of a police search, noting that the court had already weighed in on the issue in a similar case earlier this year.

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Recent OCC Charter Approvals Signal Fintech Momentum

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's recent charter approval for Circle, along with faster Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. review procedures, signals a more workable path to national bank and trust charters, meaning fintech firms should prepare regulator-ready applications and plan for intensified competition, say attorneys at Davis Wright.

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7th Circ. Ruling May Reduce Litigation Risk For Text Marketers

The recent Seventh Circuit holding in Steidinger v. Blackstone Medical Services that unwanted marketing text messages are not telephone calls under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act may strengthen companies' responses to presuit demand letters and early-stage litigation claims premised on do-not-call text theories, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.

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Law Firms See Revenue, Demand Grow In First Half Of 2026

By Anna Sanders

Despite rising expenses driven by artificial intelligence and return to office mandates, the legal industry is performing well in 2026, with U.S. law firms recording a double-digit jump in revenue and strong growth in demand so far this year, according to new survey results from Citi Global Wealth at Work's Law Firm Group.

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Morgan & Morgan Sues Fla. Bar Over Celebrity Ad Ban

By Carolina Bolado

Personal injury giant Morgan & Morgan PA has sued the Florida Bar, claiming a bar rule that bans any use of a celebrity's voice or image in lawyer advertising violates the First Amendment.

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3 NY Injury Firms Get Uber's RICO Suit Tossed

By Lauren Berg

A New York federal judge threw out Uber Technologies Inc.'s lawsuit accusing three personal injury law firms of conspiring with physicians and exploiting passengers to pursue fake or exaggerated injury claims in order to strongarm settlement payouts from the ride-hailing giant.

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Nussbaum-Linked Firms' Ch. 11s Tossed For Bad Faith

By Ben Zigterman

A New York bankruptcy judge has dismissed the Chapter 11 cases of two commercial real estate law firms headed by Mark J. Nussbaum, finding their petitions were filed in bad faith and that the cases instead belonged in an assignment for the benefit of creditors process in New York state court.

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Chattah Can't Serve As Acting Nevada US Atty, 9th Circ. Says

By Emma Cueto

The Ninth Circuit on Monday upheld a lower court ruling that Nevada's top prosecutor was not put in place lawfully and was barred from overseeing the criminal cases giving rise to the appeal, the latest state where courts have shut down attempts by the Trump administration to fill U.S. attorney vacancies without Senate confirmation.

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Clifford Chance Pushes To Send Clawback Suit To Arbitration

By Ryan Boysen

Clifford Chance LLP wants a high-profile partner pay dispute sent to arbitration, accusing two ex-partners who claim they're facing a $6 million clawback demand of "gamesmanship" by filing suit in New York federal court.

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NYCBA Cautions Against Recording Nonclient Calls

By Emily Sawicki

New York City attorneys who have been granted permission may ethically use artificial intelligence to record, transcribe and summarize conversations with nonclients, according to the latest ethics guidance by the New York City Bar Association Monday, which added that just because they can doesn't mean they should.

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