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Comey Indictment Built On Bad Legal Foundation, Experts Say

By Phillip Bantz

The criminal indictment of former FBI Director James B. Comey over an alleged threat against President Donald Trump by way of a social media post of seashells appears to be based on either an outdated or flawed understanding of the legal standard required to prove the charges in the case, which could sink the prosecution, according to experts.

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Justices Limit Voting Rights Act Suits While Voiding La. Map

By Katie Buehler

The U.S. Supreme Court struck down Louisiana's congressional map containing two majority-Black voting districts Wednesday and further limited the Voting Rights Act's use in challenging racial discrimination in legislative redistricting — a decision the dissent claims completes the conservative majority's "demolition" of the seminal civil rights law.

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2nd Circ. Stands By $83M Carroll Verdict As Full Court Splits

By Cara Salvatore

In a splintered ruling Wednesday, the full Second Circuit refused to rehear President Donald Trump's appeal challenging an $83.3 million verdict for defaming writer E. Jean Carroll in his response to her sexual abuse allegations.

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High Court Seeks Path To Limited Ruling On 'Skinny Labels'

By Ryan Davis

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared reluctant to craft new standards for deciding whether makers of generic drugs that use so-called skinny labels have encouraged others to infringe patents, with several justices saying existing law is sufficient to make a decision.

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Former AG Bondi To Appear Before House Committee May 29

By Courtney Bublé

Former Attorney General Pam Bondi will appear before the House oversight committee on May 29, committee Republicans said Wednesday.

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Fla. Judge DQ'd In Trump Library Suit Over Courtroom Hug

By David Minsky

A Florida state appellate panel disqualified a trial judge overseeing a suit accusing a Miami college of transferring land for a President Donald Trump library without proper notice, agreeing Wednesday that the judge's thanking and hugging the man who brought the suit was improper.

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Fla. Judge Pick Denies Conflict In Trump Defamation Case

By Courtney Bublé

A judicial nominee for the Southern District of Florida on Wednesday denied there was any overlap between when he presided over a case involving President Donald Trump and when the White House let him know Trump was considering him for the federal judgeship.

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Colo. Judge Rules GOP Can't Ban Unaffiliated Primary Voters

By Rachel Konieczny

A Colorado federal judge denied the Colorado Republican Party's request for an order that would have allowed the party to ban unaffiliated voters from participating in its June primary election, ruling that doing so would create voter confusion.

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Fulton Co. Launches Challenge To Election Case Fee Ruling

By Kelcey Caulder

The Fulton County District Attorney's Office formally notified a Georgia trial court Wednesday that it is appealing a ruling that blocked the office from intervening in an attempt by President Donald Trump and others to recoup nearly $16 million in legal fees in a dismissed election interference case.

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Warsh's Fed Bid Moves Ahead After Powell Probe Is Shelved

By Jon Hill

A U.S. Senate panel on Wednesday advanced President Donald Trump's pick of Kevin Warsh to lead the Federal Reserve, putting him on track for confirmation next month after a Republican holdout lifted his blockade tied to the now-dropped probe of current Fed Chair Jerome Powell.

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Powell Says He'll Stay On Fed Board After Time As Chair Ends

By Jon Hill

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday that he won't immediately leave the central bank once his term ends next month and plans instead to remain on its board temporarily, pointing to the Trump administration's recent "legal attacks" on the institution.

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EPA Staff Challenge Suspensions Over Critical Open Letter

By Gautama Mehta

Fifteen U.S. Environmental Protection Agency employees have filed complaints with the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, alleging the agency unlawfully suspended them after they signed a public "declaration of dissent" against the Trump administration's policies.

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Burgum, Senate Dems Spar Over Energy Permitting Moves

By Keith Goldberg

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum on Wednesday blasted a federal court's recent pause of policies that imposed stricter reviews on wind and solar projects as Senate Democrats said such moves could kill the chances for significant permitting reform legislation.

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US Lawmakers Back Bid To Win Trump Park Pass Suit

By Crystal Owens

A coalition of Democratic congressional lawmakers are looking to back a conservation group's summary judgment bid in its challenge to the U.S. Department of Interior's decision to put President Donald Trump's image on this year's America the Beautiful Annual Pass.

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AbbVie Seeks Early Win Over HHS In Botox Drug Price Suit

By Mark Payne

When the federal government included Botox in Medicare's drug price negotiation program, which allows Medicare officials to negotiate for lower drug prices, it overstepped its authority, drugmaker AbbVie Inc. told a D.C. federal court, arguing the cosmetic drug and migraine treatment is a "plasma-derived" product ineligible for price controls.

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Squires Snubs 10 IPRs While 4 Pass Muster In Latest Order

By Theresa Schliep

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires rejected 10 petitions for America Invents Act patent reviews and granted four challenges in an order marking the roughly half-year mark since he took over the duty of making institution decisions.

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Squires Says Samsung's ITC Stipulation Can't Save Its IPRs

By Adam Lidgett

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires said he denied Samsung's challenges to a Netlist memory module patent in light of a similar legal fight at the U.S. International Trade Commission and the timing of final decisions in both forums.

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Kennedy Center Director Says Safety Perils Warrant Overhaul

By Jared Foretek

The Kennedy Center's new director said he was "dumbfounded" when he first saw the true condition of the cultural hub's facilities, telling a D.C. federal court weighing whether to stop the center's planned two-year closure that now is the right time to catch up on a growing backlog of work.

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FCC Pushed To Scale Back Radio Ownership Regs

By Christopher Cole

A broadcast company that helped persuade the Eighth Circuit to toss federal limits on local media ownership last year is now urging the Federal Communications Commission to pare back radio station limits.

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Tech Group Aims To Halt Minn. Social Media Warning Mandate

By Allison Grande

A Minnesota law that requires social media platforms to prominently display mental health warning labels to all users has become the target of the latest First Amendment challenge being pressed by tech trade group NetChoice, which argued in a lawsuit filed Wednesday that the state is using public health concerns to create an unlawful "backdoor" to regulate protected speech. 

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Youth Hockey Owners Deny Report Of Mich. Antitrust Probe

By David Steele

A Florida-based organization that buys and operates youth hockey rinks nationwide denied knowledge of a reported Michigan state probe into whether that and similar groups are using anticompetitive behavior in purchasing the facilities.

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Mass. AG, Insurer Settle Deceptive Marketing Claims For $5M

By Julie Manganis

A Texas-headquartered health insurance agency will pay $5 million to settle allegations that it engaged in deceptive and unfair marketing to sell plans and other types of health programs to thousands of Massachusetts consumers, the state's attorney general announced on Wednesday.

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Mapping The Affordability Crisis: A Special Report

By Real Estate Authority Staff

With spring homebuying season in full swing, policymakers are pushing proposals aimed at expanding affordable housing. Law360 Real Estate Authority delves into these federal and localized developments, breaking down the contents of the proposals and how real estate attorneys are responding.

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Judge Slams $68M DOJ Deal As He Ends Colony Ridge Suit

By José Luis Martínez

A Texas federal judge formally closed a Biden-era lawsuit alleging reverse redlining in a Houston-area development after the U.S. Department of Justice reached a $68 million deal that he says is untethered to the complaint and risks harm to the people claimed to be affected.

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3rd Circ. Skeptical Law Prof Harmed By NJ Employment Policy

By George Woolston

The Third Circuit on Wednesday appeared skeptical that an attorney has standing to challenge the constitutionality of a workplace policy for New Jersey employees, asking what imminent harm she faces now that she is no longer subject to the policy.

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Feds Can't Hide Records Of FEMA Cuts, Judge Says

By Emily Brill

The Trump administration tried to shield too many documents from public view in a lawsuit challenging its cuts to the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other agencies, a California federal judge ruled, siding with a labor-led coalition in a dispute over the administration's motion for a protective order.

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DOGE Unmasking Order Won't Be Reconsidered, Judge Says

By Hailey Konnath

A New York federal judge Wednesday refused to reconsider ordering Department of Government Efficiency agents to identify themselves in a lawsuit claiming DOGE unlawfully gained access to millions of federal employees' personal information, ruling that the government hasn't offered any new reason for her to rethink her opinion.

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Unions Ask Congress To Enact Worker-Friendly AI Legislation

By Grace Elletson

Labor protections must be at the forefront of any new federal laws that aim to rein in the explosion of artificial intelligence technology across the economy, according to a letter to Congress from the AFL-CIO and 39 other groups.

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9th Circ. Reverses Stay In App Store Commissions Case

By Craig Clough

The Ninth Circuit has reversed its own order that stayed a ruling on an injunction barring Apple from charging developers high commissions on in-app purchases until a district court judge sets up narrower guardrails, saying Epic Games had persuaded it that Apple was unlikely to get the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its appeal.

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Rambus Being Probed By DOJ Antitrust Unit

By Matthew Perlman

Rambus has received a grand jury subpoena in connection to an investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division, according to an investor filing from the chipmaker and technology company.

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Atkore To Pay $136.5M To Settle PVC Pipe Antitrust Claims

By Celeste Bott

Atkore Inc. has struck two deals to end claims against it in sprawling litigation accusing polyvinyl chloride pipe producers of conspiring to fix prices, agreeing to pay $72.5 million to a class of direct purchasers and another $64 million to another class of buyers.

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Bausch Balks At Suspected Tweak In Price-Fixing Deals

By Brian Steele

A stipulation between state attorneys general and private plaintiffs suing generic-drug makers for alleged price-fixing seems to reflect a change in the states' earlier deal to release claims against Bausch entities, the companies said in asking a Connecticut federal judge to maintain the status quo.

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PBMs Say Michigan AG Price-Fixing Suit Is Unsound

By Susan Smiley

Pharmacy benefit managers Express Scripts, Evernorth Health and Prime Therapeutics have bolstered their effort to escape a federal price-fixing suit brought against them by Michigan's attorney general by arguing the statutes cited in the complaint do not apply to them.

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FTC's BOTS Suit Survives Because Law Not Just About Bots

By Bryan Koenig

A Maryland federal judge has refused to dismiss one of the Federal Trade Commission's first-ever online ticketing cases, rejecting ticket reseller arguments that their use of thousands of Ticketmaster accounts to buy concert tickets is immune because they don't use bots.

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Bipartisan Bill Would Give Parents Control Over Kids' AI Use

By Lauren Berg

A group of Democratic and Republican senators introduced legislation that would allow parents to keep a better eye on their children's use of chatbots by requiring artificial intelligence companies to establish safeguards the lawmakers say will help protect kids' mental health and social development.

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Hanes Must Face Email Suit After State Law Declared Legal

By Nadia Dreid

Hanes can't get out of a lawsuit accusing it of sending marketing emails that make untrue claims by arguing that a Washington state law banning commercial emails with false or misleading subject lines is unconstitutional, a Washington federal judge has found.

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3rd Circ. Upholds Trooper Immunity For Arrest After Shooting

By Elizabeth Daley

A man acquitted of homicide and other charges for killing another man in a bar fight cannot continue his case against a Pennsylvania state trooper who he said violated his rights by arresting him and filing an affidavit in support of bringing charges despite knowing the suspect acted in self-defense, a Third Circuit panel has determined.

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Fed. Circ. Revives 183% Duties For Chinese Plywood

By Jack McLoone

The U.S. Department of Commerce correctly applied an over 183% antidumping duty margin on Chinese producers of hardwood plywood, a Federal Circuit panel ruled Wednesday, reversing U.S. International Trade Court orders that resulted in a zeroing out of the duty rate.

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Customs Says First Tariff Refunds Will Be Issued In May

By Dylan Moroses

Customs and Border Protection expects the first refunds for tariffs paid under the global regime struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court to be issued May 11, according to an order published at the U.S. Court of International Trade.

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5th Circ. Skeptical Of Immigrants' Bond Eligibility Claim

By Spencer Brewer

A Fifth Circuit panel pressed counsel for multiple detained immigrants to explain why people who crossed the border unlawfully should get access to a bond hearing, saying Wednesday that the law clearly states that an allegedly unauthorized immigrant "shall be detained pending removal proceedings."

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Feds Say Lack Of Injury Dooms Gold Card Program Challenge

By Tom Lotshaw

The Trump administration said a suit challenging the gold card visa program's legality must be thrown out because the immigrants and academic professionals union that filed it can't show the program hurts their chances at getting visas.

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Feds Sue To Block NJ Law Banning Masks For ICE Agents

By Carla Baranauckas

The United States sued New Jersey in federal court Wednesday, seeking to block a newly enacted law that bars masked law enforcement officers by arguing the measure unlawfully targets federal agents and violates the Constitution's supremacy clause.

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Sauer Urges Justices To Ignore Alleged Bias In TPS Case

By Britain Eakin

U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer told the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday that courts shouldn't, as a matter of foreign policy, consider President Donald Trump's disparaging comments about Haitians in reviewing rescissions of temporary protected status for Haiti and Syria.

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Mich. Justices Adopt Rule Banning ICE Civil Arrests In Court

By Gina Kim

The Michigan Supreme Court Wednesday adopted a rule prohibiting civil arrests of those attending court proceedings or those who have legal business at the courthouse, which drew strong rebuke in a dissent describing the amendment as "a political statement as a solution in search of a problem."

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Judiciary Advisers Back Looser Limits On Defense Subpoenas

By Jeff Overley

A campaign by white collar defense lawyers against long-standing limits on subpoena powers cleared a key hurdle Wednesday when federal judiciary advisers endorsed earlier and easier access to potentially favorable evidence despite staunch resistance from crime victims' advocates.

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Nadine Menendez Denied Bail During Bribery Conviction Appeal

By George Woolston

A New York federal judge on Wednesday denied a bid from Nadine Menendez for bail while she appeals her conviction on a bribery scheme carried out with her ex-senator husband, ruling that her motion doesn't raise a substantial question of law.

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Consultant Says Venezuela Work Didn't Require FARA Filing

By Carolina Bolado

The government did not prove that political consultant Esther Nuhfer was operating in bad faith when she worked with former Florida congressman David Rivera under a $50 million contract with a unit of Venezuela's state-owned oil company, Nuhfer's attorney said Wednesday in his final pitch to jurors.

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10,000 Native Okla. Landowners Owed Oil Royalties, Suit Says

By Crystal Owens

Five Oklahoma tribal members are asking a Federal Claims Court to order the U.S. government to provide a full accounting of oil and gas leasing royalties they say are owed to more than 10,000 Indigenous landowners, arguing it failed to properly manage the funds.

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Lummi Nation Says Telecom Found Remains But Kept Digging

By Nadia Dreid

Lummi Nation says the remains of its ancestors have been disturbed by a federally funded broadband project in what it calls a "cascading series of preventable and unlawful failures" in a lawsuit against the federal government, a telecommunications company and a county in Washington.

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FCC Looks To Update How It Collects Broadband Map Data

By Nadia Dreid

The Federal Communications Commission has its eye on the National Broadband Map, with plans to vote next month on launching a proceeding to explore how to cut red tape from the data collection process while also increasing the accuracy of the data being collected.

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Sunsetting FCC High-Cost Programs Could Undergo 'Refresh'

By Christopher Cole

Federal Communications Commission leaders during their meeting next month will weigh reforms to longstanding programs that help fund broadband deployment to rural and other "high cost" areas.

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How To Gear Up For Trump's Pharma Tariffs

President Donald Trump's proclamation establishing tariffs on certain pharmaceutical products holds a few areas of ambiguity that companies should review and prepare for before the tariffs come into effect later this year, say attorneys at Arnold & Porter.

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Mapping Bank Exec Clawback Risk Ahead Of Revived Bill

The reintroduction of the Failed Bank Executives Clawback Act would allow recovery of executive compensation after bank failures, making it important for executives and counsel to take steps such as mapping compensation, reviewing employment agreements, documenting decisions, and confirming D&O insurance, says Drew Jones at Diamond McCarthy.

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AG Watch: Texas Charts A Course On Investigative Authority

The Texas Supreme Court's recent decision in Texas v. PFLAG affirmed, and arguably expanded, the Texas attorney general's civil investigative demand authority, providing a road map that other courts evaluating state attorney general CIDs may find instructive, amid a lack of precedent, say attorneys at Kelley Drye.

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Improving Well-Being In Law, 10 Years After Landmark Study

An important 2016 study revealed significant substance abuse and mental health issues among lawyers, and while the findings helped normalize the conversation around these topics, a decade later, structural change is still needed, says Denise Robinson at PLI.

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GrayRobinson Faces More Suits Over 2025 Data Breach

By Adrian Cruz

After being hit with a proposed class action accusing GrayRobinson PA of negligence following the revelation of a March 2025 data breach, the Florida-based firm is now facing two further suits regarding the same incident.

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