Trump Orders Restart Of Calif. Coast Oil Operations

By Lauren Berg

The U.S. Department of Energy on Friday invoked the Cold War-era Defense Production Act directing Sable Offshore Corp. to restart a pipeline in Southern California that was shuttered in 2015 following a massive oil spill, drawing the ire of environmental groups that say the "defective" pipeline is too dangerous.

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DC Judge Blocks Subpoenas Targeting Fed's Powell

By Jon Hill

A Washington, D.C., federal judge has blocked a pair of subpoenas tied to the U.S. Department of Justice's criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, finding they were improperly issued with the aim of harassing the central bank chief in a ruling that is reverberating on Capitol Hill.

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CFPB Can't Rely On 'Erroneous' Funding Theory, Court Says

By Lauren Berg

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau must continue to request needed funding from the Federal Reserve, a California federal judge ruled Friday, saying Trump administration budget chief Russell Vought "acted arbitrarily, capriciously and contrary to law" by refusing to replenish the agency's dwindling funds.

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9th Circ. Keeps Block On Montana 'Drag Story Hour' Ban

By Rae Ann Varona

The Ninth Circuit on Friday upheld a preliminary block on a Montana state law that prohibits drag performers from hosting book-reading events for children at state-funded libraries and schools, saying the law's definition of a "drag king" or "drag queen" broadly covers G-rated movie characters, like Cinderella and Mulan.

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'Swinging Dicks' Dissent Stirs Uproar Across 9th Circ. Bench

By Jeff Overley

A raunchy dissent in litigation over transgender spa patrons prompted dozens of Ninth Circuit judges to denounce the "vulgar barroom talk" of a colleague, who returned fire by ridiculing his peers for adopting the "fastidious sensibilities of a Victorian nun."

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GSA Pans Giving 'Unelected Judiciary' Sway Over Property

By Courtney Bublé

The federal government's landlord told the federal judiciary it is "ill equipped" to have direct authority to maintain its buildings.

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Court Software Co. Dumped Docs At Last Minute, Class Says

By Andrea Keckley

A class of North Carolinians who say the state's new digital court system subjected them to wrongful arrests and extended jail time have told a federal judge that the defense produced "virtually nothing" over five months of discovery, only to bury them in hundreds of thousands of documents at the eleventh hour.

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Schools Get Extension For College Admissions Data

By Carolyn Muyskens

A Massachusetts judge pushed back the deadline for colleges and universities to comply with a federal government demand for years of race- and sex-related admissions data by one week on Friday, after a coalition of 17 states sued. 

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Uvalde Ex-Police Chief Sues CBP Over Officer Testimony

By José Luis Martínez

The former chief of police of Uvalde, Texas, sued U.S. Customs and Border Protection over the agency's refusal to make several of its agents available to testify in criminal proceedings against him tied to the 2022 Robb Elementary shooting that left 19 children and two teachers dead.

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Roundup

Conn. Statehouse Catch-Up: AI, Social Media, Private Equity

By Aaron Keller

Connecticut lawmakers are one-third of the way through the state's three-month legislative session, and already, bills targeting social media, artificial intelligence, prediction markets, private equity and hospital ownership are stacking up at the statehouse.

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Attys, Chamber Group Propose Disclosure Of Litigation Funders

By Elliot Weld

Lawyers for Civil Justice and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform have suggested an amendment to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that would require disclosing when third parties are funding civil litigation.

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Judge Says Kalshi Can't Halt Nev. Betting Suit For Venue Fight

By Ganesh Setty

Kalshi must continue fighting Nevada's gaming enforcement action in state court as it pursues an appeal to litigate in federal court, a Nevada federal judge ruled, saying "litigating in state court is not a harm, let alone an irreparable harm."

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Split 10th Circ. Refuses To Rehear Custodia Account Suit

By Sydney Price

The Tenth Circuit on Friday denied a full court reconsideration of an earlier decision granting Federal Reserve banks discretion to reject master bank accounts, but a dissenting judge argued in favor of crypto-focused Custodia Bank's position that the decision would give the Fed too much power over state banks.

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EPA Aims To Lift Biden-Era Ethylene Oxide Limits

By Gautama Mehta

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday proposed rolling back limits on emissions of ethylene oxide, a carcinogenic chemical used in the sterilization of medical devices.

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Iroquois Pipeline Expansion Fight Is Too Early, Judge Says

By Brian Steele

The town of Brookfield, Connecticut, and an environmental nonprofit cannot yet challenge the state agency process that preliminarily approved the expansion of an Iroquois natural gas compressor station even though it allegedly fails to meet pollution standards, a state court judge ruled in dismissing a midstream appeal.

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Texas Justices Overturn $26M Equinor Verdict

By José Luis Martínez

The Texas Supreme Court on Friday overturned a $26 million judgment against Equinor Energy LP, undoing a jury's finding that it violated an exclusivity clause in a contract to supply water for fracking.

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Feds Ordered To Reinstate $14M In Eliminated 'DEI' Grants

By Joyce Hanson

An Oregon federal judge has ruled that the U.S. Department of the Interior's termination of $14 million in grants to conservation groups was likely unconstitutional and has granted a preliminary injunction telling the DOI to give the money back to the nonprofits.

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Colo. Recycling Law Faces Challenge From Lubricant Group

By Zach Dupont

A trade group for lubricant producers has claimed in Colorado state court that the implementation of a new recycling program led to members being charged "exorbitant" and "illegal" fees by a nonprofit run entirely by its direct competitors and which represents oil and gas giants such as Chevron and Shell.

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Texas Justices Clear Way For State's Trans Care Probe

By Mark Payne

An LGBTQ+ advocacy organization must produce documents as part of an investigation from the Texas attorney general's office into transgender treatments for minors, the Texas Supreme Court ruled on Friday, saying that the state's ban on gender-affirming care for minors is the law and must be followed. 

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Brief

CTA, Ex-Worker Settle Vaccine Bias Dispute Before Retrial

By Lauraann Wood

The Chicago Transit Authority and a former employee who beat the public transit agency in a COVID-19 vaccine bias trial have reached a settlement in principle they expect will call off a redo an Illinois federal judge ordered last year, according to court records.

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ROSS Says Anthropic Case Supports 3rd Circ. IP Appeal

By Adam Lidgett

An artificial-intelligence-based legal search engine appealing a finding that its use of Thomson Reuters' Westlaw headnotes did not constitute fair use has pointed to arguments in a separate case it says supports the idea that AI training is connected to national security.

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States To Head Live Nation Antitrust Trial After Feds Settle

By Stewart Bishop

Over two dozen states and the District of Columbia are forging ahead with monopolization claims against Live Nation in Manhattan federal court after the federal government unexpectedly agreed to settle with the live entertainment giant after a week of trial.

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Colo. Appeals Court Clarifies Law On Public Figure Criticism

By Rachel Konieczny

A speaker who accuses another person of a crime expresses a protected opinion if the speaker fully and accurately discloses the factual basis for that characterization, the Colorado Court of Appeals held in a defamation dispute.

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6th Circ.: Mich. Island Can Regulate Ferry Fares, Not Parking

By Melanie Dorsey

The Sixth Circuit has partly lifted a lower court order blocking a northern Michigan island from enforcing a new ferry ordinance, ruling the city can regulate ferry rates while the case proceeds but likely cannot control parking prices at mainland parking lots.

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Robinhood Denied A Second Try At Mass. Gaming Shield

By Julie Manganis

Robinhood on Friday lost a second attempt to convince a Massachusetts federal judge to preemptively rule that sports event contracts are not subject to state gaming regulations.

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Texas Univ. To Keep Women's Sports Amid Title IX Case

By Gina Kim

Stephen F. Austin State University has agreed to continue all existing women's sports teams, including golf and beach volleyball, while a proposed class action accusing it of discriminating against female athletes by eliminating their sports programs plays out, according to an order signed by a Texas federal judge on Friday.

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AIG Policy Excludes $150M Pollution Coverage, 7th Circ. Finds

By Gianna Ferrarin

A Seventh Circuit panel on Friday ruled an AIG unit has no duty to cover $150 million in legal costs for Sterigenics and its former parent company following input from the Illinois Supreme Court on how to apply a pollution exclusion in the relevant policy.

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Trump Orders Seek To Spur Home Building, Mortgage Access

By Isaac Monterose

President Donald Trump signed two executive orders Friday that seek to get rid of certain regulations, with the goal of making it easier to build affordable housing and obtain mortgages.

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Fla. Land Use Bill Passes With Controversy Quelled In Part

By Nathan Hale

On the final day of their annual regular session, Florida lawmakers passed a bill that imposes a variety of preemptions on local governments' land use review after they removed parts that threatened Miami's Urban Development Boundary but left in a provision that clears a path for a controversial project in Miami Beach.

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Ga. Lawmaker Pleads Guilty To Unemployment Benefits Fraud

By Kelcey Caulder

Former Georgia state Rep. Dexter Sharper pled guilty to fraudulently collecting nearly $14,000 in unemployment benefits he was not entitled to during the COVID-19 pandemic, just days after announcing on social media that he will resign his House seat.

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Analysis

FTC Ditching In-House Challenges May Be Seen In Close Calls

By Matthew Perlman

The Federal Trade Commission has signaled that it plans to start challenging mergers directly in federal court, rather than through its in-house process, and while the move is not expected to sway the outcome of most cases, it could influence the close ones.

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HPE Judge Has Enough Info Without Testimony, DOJ Says

By Bryan Koenig

The U.S. Department of Justice is pushing a California federal judge against live witness testimony as it defends the controversial settlement permitting Hewlett Packard Enterprise's $14 billion purchase of Juniper Networks, arguing that the three live witnesses eyed by challenging Democratic state attorneys general have nothing to add.

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Ex-FTC Staff Urge Full 9th Circ. Review Of Apple Injunction

By Gina Kim

A group of former antitrust enforcement officials threw their support behind Apple's request for the Ninth Circuit to reconsider its decision blocking the company from charging developers "prohibitive" commissions on iPhone app purchases made outside its systems, arguing the decision tries to "micromanage Apple's dealings."

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Amazon Wins Bid To Void €746M Luxembourg Privacy Fine

By Allison Grande

A Luxembourg appeals court Friday threw out a €746 million ($854.3 million) fine imposed on Amazon for allegedly violating the European Union's privacy rules through its handling of personal data, finding the country's data protection regulator failed to properly consider two key elements and needed to rethink the penalty.

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W.Va.'s Privacy Law Flouts 1st Amendment, 4th Circ. Told

By Jared Foretek

News organizations and free speech advocates are backing major data brokers in their challenge to a West Virginia law prohibiting the publication of home addresses and phone numbers for judicial and law enforcement officers, telling the Fourth Circuit the law should be subject to — and fail under — strict scrutiny review.

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11th Circ. Criticizes Cop's Actions But OKs Reduced Damages

By Chart Riggall

The Eleventh Circuit backed a federal judge's decision to slash from $20 million to $1 million a punitive damages verdict against an Atlanta Police Department officer whose shocking of a man with a Taser left him paralyzed from a resulting fall, calling the cop's conduct "reprehensible but not overly egregious" on Friday.

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Philadelphia Sues Glock For Marketing Guns As 'Fun'

By P.J. D'Annunzio

Austrian firearms manufacturer Glock was sued by the city of Philadelphia on Friday for allegedly fueling gun violence within its borders by promoting the use of illegal "switches" to turn its semi-automatic handguns into fully automatic weapons.

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Brief

Gun Owners Take Conn. Open Carry Suit To 2nd Circ.

By Parker Quinlan

A nonprofit and two Connecticut gun owners said they will appeal to the Second Circuit the dismissal of their suit challenging the state's open carry ban and its limits on the number of gun sales.

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Trump Executive Order Targets 'Made In America' Labeling

By Emily Field

President Donald Trump on Friday issued an executive order directing the Federal Trade Commission to draft regulations for online retailers to verify that goods advertised as "Made In America" are in fact made in the country, making it an enforcement priority for the agency.

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States Seek To Block Trump's Latest 10% Tariff Order

By Kat Lucero

President Donald Trump's order imposing 10% tariffs on countries worldwide is unlawful because it conflicts with the international payments authority he immediately invoked to justify it, two dozen states argued Friday while asking the U.S. Court of International Trade to strike down or block the regime.

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OECD Business Group Calls For Further Pillar 2 Planning

By Eleanor Butler

The OECD's business stakeholder group on Friday called for "continued refinement" of Pillar Two readiness plans to ensure a smooth application of the 15% global minimum tax on corporate profits. 

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Wash. Leg. Greenlights Bill To Undo 2025 Estate Tax Hike

By Rachel Riley

The Washington State Legislature passed a bill that would walk back estate tax rate increases approved by lawmakers last year for estates with taxable value of at least $1 million.

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Texas Appeals Court Upholds Tax Refund For Chemical Co.

By Michael Nunes

A Texas chemical manufacturing company is owed a sales and use tax refund on the reusable containers used to ship its products to customers, a state appeals court panel ruled, upholding a trial court order.

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Pa. City Receiver Challenges Law That Halted Ch. 9 Utility Sale

By Clara Geoghegan

A state law that stripped a Pennsylvania city of its ability to appoint all the members of its water authority's board was unconstitutional, the bankrupt city of Chester said in a Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court petition Friday, challenging a law that derailed its Chapter 9 plans to sell the local agency's assets.

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2nd Circ. Revives Sri Lankan's Asylum Bid Despite Terror Bar

By Ganesh Setty

The Board of Immigration Appeals should've examined whether a Sri Lankan national was otherwise eligible to avoid removal after finding he'd materially supported a terrorist organization, the Second Circuit ruled, saying the BIA's approach "renders the statutory exemption process a mirage."

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Mass. Judge Extends Somali Protected Status Amid Suit

By Chris Villani

A Massachusetts federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the Trump administration's attempt to end protected status for people from Somalia, saying the status quo should be preserved until she has time to hear arguments in the newly filed suit.

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Immigration Watchdog Sues DOJ Over Secret Court Hearings

By Adrian Cruz

A Minnesota-based human rights nonprofit has sued the U.S. Department of Justice in D.C. federal court over its decision to restrict public access to proceedings at St. Paul's Fort Snelling Immigration Court.

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Union Sues Feds For Revoking Immigrant Worker Access

By Britain Eakin

The Service Employees International Union and four Boston airport workers accused the Trump administration in a lawsuit on Friday of upending immigrant workers' livelihoods by unlawfully revoking security credentials that allowed them to work inside international airport terminals.

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Tribes Back Bid To Undo NY Eel-Fishing Ruling At 2nd Circ.

By Crystal Owens

A Native American rights group and a Massachusetts tribe are backing a Second Circuit bid to reverse a decision that a New York Indigenous nation does not have eel-fishing rights free of state regulatory fees, arguing that they have an interest in ensuring inherent aboriginal rights are protected.

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Fed. Bill Would Transfer 860 Acres To Calif.'s Pechanga Band

By Crystal Owens

A coalition of federal California lawmakers have introduced legislation that would transfer 860 acres from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management into trust for the Pechanga Band of Indians.

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EchoStar Must Put Away $40B To Pay Builders, Group Says

By Nadia Dreid

EchoStar should have set aside some of the $40 billion it plans to make from spectrum sales to AT&T and SpaceX to repay the companies who were supposed to be building Dish Network's 5G network, which EchoStar and Dish have now abandoned, a think tank has told the FCC.

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AT&T Says Robocall Call ID Fixes Must Focus On IP Networks

By Nadia Dreid

AT&T says it would be a bad idea for the Federal Communications Commission to make new rules requiring companies to deploy caller ID authentication methods that don't rely on internet-based networks, since the industry is working hard to move away from non-IP networks.

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FCC Blocks 'Shady' Voice Provider Over Robocall Traffic

By Christopher Cole

A voice service provider can no longer send call traffic through U.S. networks after originating and failing to block unwanted robocalls, the Federal Communications Commission said.

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Mobile Co. To Pay $60K For Breaking FCC Int'l Carrier Rules

By Christopher Cole

A mobile provider will shell out $60,000 and set up a compliance plan after acknowledging it violated the Federal Communications Commission's international common carrier rules by not securing an FCC authorization before selling services.

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Va. Lawmakers OK Legal, Taxed Marijuana Retail Sales

By Sam Reisman

Virginia lawmakers have given final approval to legislation that would tax and regulate the sale of adult-use cannabis, sending the bill to Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger, who is expected to sign it into law and bring to a close a half-decade of legal cannabis limbo for the state.

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Calif., County, Hemp Co. Vie For Wins In Destruction Suit

By Mike Curley

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Kern County and its Sheriff's Office, and hemp grower Apothio LLC are pushing for wins in a suit from Apothio alleging that its hemp crop was illegally raided and destroyed.

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Section 122 Tariffs Show Shift In Strategy, Not Trade Policy

By imposing temporary tariffs under Section 122 of the Trade Act as a stopgap measure while it pivots to less transitory statutory authorities, the Trump administration sent a clear message that the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Learning Resources v. Trump, invalidating duties imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, will not precipitate a change in policy direction, say attorneys at Snell & Wilmer.

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How PBMs Can Adapt To Plan Sponsors' Disclosure Demands

As federal reforms, growing state regulation and litigation threats push plan sponsors to expect visibility into revenue streams, pharmacy benefit managers should leverage transparency strategically, including by simplifying how they get paid, offering clients audit-ready data and co-designing contracts that are easy for fiduciaries to explain and defend, says Kristie Blase at Frazer + Blase.

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The Practical Implications Of New FDIC Stablecoin Measures

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s recent proposal to create a formal process for issuing payment stablecoins arrives with several practical implications for FDIC‑supervised banks pursuing digital asset strategies, including a safe harbor for early applicants and a focus on ownership and governance, say attorneys at Troutman.

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What New Animal Welfare Enforcement Push Means For Cos.

The Trump administration's recently announced multiagency focus on violations of the Animal Welfare Act and related laws will likely lead to broader enforcement actions across industries, heightened scrutiny of compliance standards and a need for businesses to adopt effective risk management practices, says Shennie Patel at Crowell & Moring.

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Conservative Groups Back DOJ As Amici In Law Firm EO Suits

By Emily Sawicki

Conservative groups are backing the Trump administration's attempts to revive executive orders targeting BigLaw firms, arguing in an amicus brief to the D.C. Circuit that Perkins Coie LLP had "unclean hands" for its part in what they called the "Russiagate hoax."

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Winston & Strawn Sanctioned For Trying To 'Make Up Facts'

By Dani Kass

A California federal judge sanctioned Winston & Strawn LLP on Monday for making up facts and otherwise misrepresenting the record in contract litigation over its client's app being removed from Apple's platform, then separately dismissed the case on the merits.

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Don't 'Grimace, Nod, Laugh': Judge Breyer Slams Musk's Attys

By Bonnie Eslinger

U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer scolded Elon Musk's Quinn Emanuel counsel during a hearing Monday ahead of closing arguments in California litigation alleging that Musk tanked Twitter's stock to get out of his $44 billion acquisition deal, saying he wouldn't "sit here and watch lawyers grimace, nod, laugh in court."

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Pro Se Litigant Lawyered So Well He Owes $1.8M, Judge Says

By Dorothy Atkins

A Michigan federal judge ruled Monday that a pro se defendant must pay software-maker Dassault Systemes $1.8 million in fees for willfully infringing its software copyrights to train design students, while commending the pro se litigant's professionalism during 15 years of litigation for rivaling and exceeding many licensed attorneys.

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SEC Enforcement Head Resigns After 7 Months

By Sarah Jarvis

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced Monday that its enforcement director, Margaret "Meg" Ryan, has resigned from the agency after nearly seven months on the job.

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Analysis

Excitement, Tinged With Skepticism, Over AAA's AI Arbitrator

By Caroline Simson

The American Arbitration Association caused a stir last fall when it introduced its AI Arbitrator for documents-only construction cases, and even though lawyers say they're excited about the tool's possibilities — and that of artificial intelligence in arbitration in general — so far, many have been reluctant to be the first to take that plunge.

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Boris Epshteyn Targeted Over Trump Bid To 'Coerce' BigLaw

By Lauren Berg

Lawyers, law professors and retired judges led by two nonprofits urged the New York state courts' ethics committee on Monday to investigate Boris Epshteyn's involvement in President Donald Trump's efforts to "intimidate and coerce" BigLaw firms into pro bono agreements with the administration.

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Trump To Get 5th North Carolina Federal Court Vacancy

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump will get another judicial vacancy to fill in North Carolina with U.S. District Judge William L. Osteen Jr. of the Middle District of North Carolina recently announcing he will take senior status.

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Paralegal Calls Full Lewis Brisbois Arbitration Unenforceable

By Adrian Cruz

A former Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP paralegal has told a Florida state judge that the firm shouldn't be able to force her into arbitrating her claims against it because a number of the alleged actions took place after she was terminated from her job.

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Democrats Push DOJ To Investigate Noem For Perjury

By Courtney Bublé

Democrats have referred the departing U.S. secretary of homeland security, Kristi Noem, to the Department of Justice for a perjury investigation following her recent congressional testimony.

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Mass. Justices Won't Boost Pay For Court-Appointed Attys

By Julie Manganis

Massachusetts' highest court on Monday declined a request to let state judges offer higher hourly rates to induce attorneys to accept court-appointed cases, a proposal meant to alleviate a shortage of appointed counsel in two of the state's busiest counties.

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Ga. Panel Says Minister Can't Rep His Church In Tax Case

By Chart Riggall

The Georgia Court of Appeals said Monday that nonattorneys can't be allowed to represent unincorporated associations in court, backing a trial court's dismissal of a minister's bid to represent his church in a property tax dispute with his home county.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court's docket last week featured disputes including an $83.75 million settlement tied to a renewable energy merger, fraud claims in a fertilizer company acquisition and a developer's fight for control of a major Philadelphia redevelopment project.

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