ABA Says Feds' Susman Godfrey DQ Bid Is More Intimidation

By Lauren Berg

The American Bar Association on Monday urged the D.C. federal judge overseeing its lawsuit challenging 2025 executive orders targeting law firms to reject the Trump administration's bid to have Susman Godfrey LLP disqualified as plaintiffs' counsel, calling it the latest "effort to intimidate" the American legal profession.

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Trump Admin Appeals Partial Block On Mail Ballot Order

By Julie Manganis

The Trump administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to step in after the First Circuit declined on Saturday to lift a lower court's order prohibiting the administration from enforcing restrictions on mail-in balloting in 23 states and the District of Columbia in this year's general election.

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10th Circ. Upholds Colo.'s $3-A-Day Rental Car Fee

By Benjamin Morse

The Tenth Circuit upheld Colorado's up-to-$3-a-day congestion impact fee on short-term vehicle rentals Monday, ruling that the charge falls on consumers rather than airport rental car companies.

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Meta Left Users In Dark About Danger, Tenn. AG Tells Jury

By Cara Salvatore

Tennessee's attorney general went to trial Monday against Meta over claims the social media giant concealed teen mental health harms, telling a jury that despite the revelations employees saw from its systematic research program, the public "warning never came."

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Comey Says Seashell Post No Threat To Trump

By Abigail Harrison

Former FBI Director James Comey urged a North Carolina federal court Monday to dismiss an indictment stemming from a social media post he made last year, arguing the post doesn't constitute a "true threat" to President Donald Trump.

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DOJ Says Demand For Colo. Voter Data Must Avoid Dismissal

By Zach Dupont

The U.S. Department of Justice asked a Colorado federal judge to ignore a motion to dismiss from a nonprofit intervenor in its lawsuit against state Secretary of State Jena Griswold seeking to force her to turn over state voter registration data, according to a brief filed by the government Friday.

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US Reps Tell DC Circ. ICE Oversight Notice Policy Is Unlawful

By Rae Ann Varona

Lawmakers have urged the D.C. Circuit to affirm a pause on a policy requiring seven days' notice for congressional oversight visits to immigration detention facilities, saying a lower court correctly held they could challenge the policy and would likely succeed.

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Clean-Energy Projects Face Scrutiny After Tax Credit Rush

By Keith Goldberg

Clean-energy developers' rush to start project construction in order to remain eligible for expiring tax credits has investors and buyers questioning whether their work actually qualifies, complicating efforts to meet future project completion deadlines.

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NY AG Says States Must Have Power To Police Crypto, Ethics

By Aislinn Keely

New York Attorney General Letitia James called on federal lawmakers Monday to amend a pending proposal to regulate crypto markets to give states more latitude to protect consumers, go after scammers and hold government officials like the president accountable for profiting from the industry.

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Kalshi To 'Geofence' Nevada After Regulators Expose Gap

By Aislinn Keely

Kalshi will implement additional tech tools to block Nevada users from its platform or face daily six-figure fines after the state's gambling regulators showed they could still place trades in the state despite a standing court order barring the prediction market platform from serving Nevada residents.

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Kalshi Seeks To Keep Operating In Wash. Pending Appeal

By Katryna Perera

Kalshi has urged a Washington judge to pause a recent order granting the state attorney general's bid to preliminarily enjoin the prediction market platform from operating within the state, saying the injunction causes Kalshi to face a "'Hobson's choice' between state enforcement and its federal duties."

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Groups Say National Pipeline Permit Harms Rivers, Wetlands

By Tom Lotshaw

Environmental organizations asked a Washington federal judge Monday to overturn a nationwide permit the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reissued for oil and gas pipelines, accusing the agency of allowing companies to fast-track stream crossings without the appropriate considerations or safeguards.

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AbbVie Seeks Block On Alkem Generic Constipation Drug

By Gianna Ferrarin

AbbVie Inc. and collaborator Ironwood Pharmaceuticals urged a New Jersey federal court to bar India-based generic-drug maker Alkem Laboratories from selling generic versions of their branded constipation drug while associated patents are active, arguing Alkem would violate patent law by doing so.

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Atlantic Moves To Dismiss Kash Patel Defamation Suit

By Jared Foretek

The Atlantic and reporter Sarah Fitzpatrick on Monday defended their article describing the alleged drinking and absences of FBI Director Kash Patel, maintaining that Fitzpatrick's reporting was deeply-sourced and asking a Washington federal judge to toss Patel's defamation lawsuit on the basis that he has not plausibly alleged any "actual malice" in publishing the story.

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Wash., Hayden Homes Reach $1.6M Deal To End Fee Claims

By Isaac Monterose

Hayden Homes LLC and affordable housing-focused nonprofit lender First Story agreed to pay more than $1.6 million to settle Washington state's claims that they charged home sellers illegal private transfer fees, the state's attorney general announced Monday.

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Railroads, Feds Spar Over Train Crew Size Rule In 11th Circ.

By Linda Chiem

Railroads have told the Eleventh Circuit that the Federal Railroad Administration failed to properly justify its 2024 two-person train crew rule, saying the agency flip-flopped from its previous determination that such a rule was unnecessary.

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Laid-Off Fed. Workers Lose Bid For Reinstatement Injunction

By Emily Brill

A Maryland federal judge won't reinstate a group of former federal workers who claim that their layoffs were ideologically motivated, denying Monday the workers' request for a preliminary injunction in their dispute with the federal government.

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Trade Group Can't Challenge Calif. PBM Law

By Kellie Mejdrich

A healthcare industry group representing pharmacy benefit managers lost its initial bid to challenge a California state law restricting their business practices, after a federal judge determined its complaint didn't go far enough to prove standing for the group representing PBMs, which intermediate between drugmakers, pharmacies and insurers.

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Live Nation, DOJ Say States Have Enough Discovery Into Deal

By James Boyle

The U.S. Department of Justice has joined with Live Nation to resist a discovery request by a bipartisan group of state attorneys general seeking more information about a settlement the federal government reached with the company in the middle of an antitrust trial.

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Bus Co. Settles Bid-Rigging Claims For $2.4M

By Julie Manganis

A national student transportation company will pay $2.4 million to settle allegations that two Massachusetts subsidiaries colluded with another bus company to allocate contracts in three Greater Boston communities, the state attorney general's office announced Monday.

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Deal Reached In Comedian Eric André's Racial Profiling Suit

By Kelcey Caulder

Actor Eric André and another comedian who said their constitutional rights were violated when they were racially profiled at an Atlanta airport have reached a tentative deal with a Georgia county to settle their lawsuit about a year after the Eleventh Circuit agreed to revive the case. 

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Nicotine Pouch Maker, FDA Strike Deal To End Suit

By Jonathan Capriel

The maker of Zone nicotine pouches reached a deal to end its lawsuit accusing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration of unfairly holding up its market application, which the company said could force it to stop selling its products for years.

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Albertsons Opioid Trial Told Of Needles, ODs In Library

By Ben Adlin

A witness in Washington's case accusing Albertsons Cos. Inc. of fueling the state's opioid crisis testified at a bench trial Monday that problem drug use was evident in a city library system she's led for nearly a decade, pointing to syringes scattered across the facility and multiple instances of overdoses.

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Sig Sauer Likely Faces Remand Of NJ Gun Marketing Suit

By Carla Baranauckas

A New Jersey judge on Monday recommended sending the state attorney general's lawsuit alleging Sig Sauer Inc. deceptively marketed its P320 handgun back to state court, concluding the firearms-maker failed to establish that the case belonged in federal court.

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Trade Court Orders Redo Of Mexican Steel Duty Rate

By Jack McLoone

The U.S. Department of Commerce must recalculate the antidumping duty rate for corrosion-resistant steel products produced by a Mexican company without applying certain adverse facts, the U.S. Court of International Trade said, calling the previous calculation "unreasonable."

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Trade Court Takes Issue With Qatar Melamine Duty Calculation

By Jack McLoone

The U.S. Department of Commerce must reconsider its calculation of a nearly 42% countervailing duty rate for a Qatari producer of melamine, the U.S. Court of International Trade ruled Monday, citing issues with the valuation of certain utility and land rights subsidies.

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Commerce Orders Duties On Korean Chemical Imports

By Jack McLoone

Certain monomers and oligomers imported into the U.S. from South Korea will be tagged with antidumping duties following an order by the U.S. Department of Commerce on Monday.

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Insurance Services Co. Can Fix Worker Tax Credit Refund Bid

By Zak Kostro

A U.S. Court of Federal Claims judge allowed a California-based health and life insurance services company to amend its complaint to address questions about whether it qualified as an eligible employer to claim a $50,000 employee retention tax credit refund.

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Mass. Board Won't Lower $2.1M Property Value

By Michael Nunes

A Massachusetts homeowner failed to lower the tax valuation of her $2.1 million home after the state tax board decided Monday that purported sewer issues and an easement didn't warrant a reduction in its assessment.

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NC Contractor Pushes For Employee Retention Credit Refund

By Asha Glover

A mechanical contractor is entitled to a $600,000 tax refund for claimed employee retention tax credits, it told a North Carolina federal court, saying the credits may not have been paid because the White House's Department of Government Efficiency gutted the IRS.

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New DHS Rule Will Speed Some Asylum Cases To Court

By Britain Eakin

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security unveiled a new regulation Monday allowing asylum officers to skip interviews if they determine someone is barred from, ineligible for or does not merit asylum and send those cases straight to immigration court.

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NYC Beats Most Claims In Texas Migrant Busing Suit

By Elaine Briseño

A Manhattan federal judge on Monday dismissed allegations that New York City's protest over Roadrunner Charter Inc.'s role in transporting migrants from Texas to the Empire State constituted contractual interference, finding that no breach of a third-party agreement occurred.

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Judge Stays ICE Oversight Visit Case Pending Appeal

By Jared Foretek

A D.C. federal judge on Monday stayed a lawsuit brought by House Democrats challenging a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement policy limiting their oversight access to immigration facilities while the Trump administration appeals an injunction limiting the visit restrictions.

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DHS Used Personal Data To Get Back At Protesters, Suit Says

By Holly DeMuth

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Department of Homeland Security have been collecting personal data on people legally documenting immigration enforcement activities and using it to retaliate against them in violation of federal privacy and First Amendment protection laws, according to a suit filed in California federal court.

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Fertilizer Biz Asks Justices To Reverse Idaho Tribal Land Swap

By Crystal Owens

An Idaho agribusiness is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to undo a Ninth Circuit decision that invalidated a U.S. Department of the Interior land transfer over tribal concerns of contamination from a planned fertilizer plant expansion, arguing the ruling undermines the country's food security, thousands of jobs and millions in economic activity.

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Tribes, Groups Say Historic Council's Plan Imperils Sacred Sites

By Crystal Owens

Indigenous, environmental and preservation groups say a decision by the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation to advance a proposed rulemaking notice for revisions to Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act will weaken tribal nations' roles in ensuring that their sacred burial sites and ancestral lands are protected.

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Hawaiian Telecom, Electric Co. Resolve Pole Removal Dustup

By Christopher Cole

A telecom has agreed to end its dispute with Hawaiian Electric Co. after urging the Federal Communications Commission to block the utility's removal of 22 electric poles that are also used for communications gear.

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NTIA Pushes For Gov't, Industry Move Toward 6G Mobile

By Christopher Cole

The federal government's spectrum manager hopes to see the advent of sixth-generation mobile services on a fast track as long as global partners are ready to get on board.

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Carriers Back Changes To Broadband Map Data Gathering

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

An association of competitive communications providers backed the Federal Communications Commission's recent action to eliminate regulations the agency has characterized as unduly burdensome, in addition to improving data collection and the national broadband deployment map.

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Utilities Org. Urges FCC Not To Preempt Wash. Pole Regs

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

A group representing 27 consumer-owned public utility districts in Washington state has told the Federal Communications Commission not to preempt the state's process to resolve issues stemming from mobile or internet service providers wanting to attach equipment to utility poles.

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Cannabis In The Courts: A Midyear Litigation Review

By Sam Reisman

In the first half of 2026, lawsuits taking aim at recent federal shifts in cannabis policy, a federal ban on marijuana users owning firearms and purported residency criteria in state cannabis licensure programs were argued in multiple courts across the country.

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Hemp Co. Says DEA Defied Farm Bill By Banning HHC

By Sam Reisman

A North Carolina hemp company challenging the legality of a recent U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration rule designating a psychoactive hemp-derived compound as a Schedule I substance has told the Fourth Circuit that the agency defied Congress when it issued the rule.

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Black, Latino Chicagoans Win Cert. In Traffic Stop Bias Suit

By Gina Kim

An Illinois federal judge certified a class of Black and Latino drivers who alleged Chicago police pulled them over for minor traffic infractions leading to frisks and vehicle searches at higher rates than white drivers, finding Monday there was significant evidence showing drivers of color are stopped at disproportionate rates. 

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Pa. Felony Murder Bill Deadline Expires With No New Rules

By Matthew Santoni

The deadline for Pennsylvania lawmakers to pass new sentencing rules for second-degree murder has passed, after the state Supreme Court didn't act Friday on a request to extend the delay on their ruling that mandatory life sentences for second-degree murder are unconstitutional.

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Mich. Justices Reject Federal Double Jeopardy Rule

By Melanie Dorsey

The Michigan Supreme Court has significantly expanded the state's constitutional protection against double jeopardy, finding prosecutors can be barred from retrying a criminal defendant following a mistrial, even if they did not specifically intend to provoke the defense into requesting one. 

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DLA Piper Launches Congressional Investigations Group

By Jack Rodgers

DLA Piper has launched a congressional investigations practice in Washington, D.C., with a former U.S. House oversight committee attorney for Republicans and a Biden-Harris White House adviser as its leaders, the firm announced Monday.

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Series

Judges On AI: Examining Administrative, Organizational Uses

U.S. District Judge Alan Albright of the Western District of Texas examines how artificial intelligence could transform a court's ability to deal with administrative work and organize materials when preparing for hearings or drafting opinions, thereby affording judges more time to resolve contested issues.

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AG Watch: Minn. Defends Prediction Markets Ban

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison has aggressively defended the state's landmark statute banning prediction markets, but the court's July 27 temporary injunction in U.S. v. Minnesota blocking the law from taking effect could set the template for state authority across the country, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.

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Why 4th Circ.'s Clean Water Act Injunction Ruling Matters

The Fourth Circuit's ruling last month in West Virginia Rivers Coalition v. Chemours, holding that a Clean Water Act permit violation does not automatically create a presumption of irreparable harm that requires a preliminary injunction, avoided a dramatic change in CWA enforcement, say attorneys at Hunton.

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From Order To Regulation: How EOs Are Reshaping Banking

The pattern of regulatory activity emerging in the wake of the Trump administration's first 18 months of executive orders makes clear that financial institutions should treat presidential directives as early warning signs and not wait for final rules to assess the accompanying compliance impact, says Jonathan Kolodziej at Bradley.

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Rhode Island Self-Checkout Law Signals National Trend

Rhode Island's law limiting self-checkout in retail stores is the first of its kind, but state and local lawmakers across the country are considering similar bills — and if enacted, they could create a patchwork of compliance requirements around issues including staffing, signage and restricted merchandise, says Hannah Flint at Hunton.

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USDA, Treasury Moves May Widen Agricultural Deal Scrutiny

Two agency actions that identify weaknesses in the government’s foreign investment screening architecture signal a broadening of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States’ jurisdiction over agricultural real estate transactions, more demanding beneficial-ownership resolutions and the coming integration of agency disclosure systems, says researcher Robert Green.

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Milbank Issues Bonuses To Associates, Special Counsel

By Andrea Keckley

Milbank LLP is continuing to lead the way on bonuses, confirming Monday it has issued a round of special bonuses ranging from $6,000 for the class of 2026 and 2025 associates to $25,000 for the class of 2021 associates and beyond.

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Cooley Owes $25.4M Judgment To NJ Biotech Co. Founder

By Brian Steele

A New Jersey state court on Monday entered a $25.4 million judgment against Cooley LLP after a jury found the multinational firm had committed malpractice in its representation of a biotech founder who said his own lawyers assisted in shoving him out of his company.

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Quinn Emanuel's Ethics Training 'Promising,' Judge Says

By Bonnie Eslinger

A California federal judge Monday approved a court-ordered ethics training program prepared by Quinn Emanuel in the wake of misrepresentations the firm made concerning an expert in a false advertising suit brought by Guardant Health against its client Natera, saying the firm had designed an "extremely promising" eight-hour program.

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Simpson Thacher Atty Says Patriot Nat'l Founder Sank Co.

By Madison Arnold

A Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP partner wrapped up her testimony Monday in a Florida state malpractice trial brought by the founder of Patriot National Inc., telling the jury that the founder was willing to forgo establishing a floor on the value of so-called Series B warrants, which he says contributed to the company's demise.

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300+ Public Defenders Strike In The Bronx

By Andrea Keckley and Daniel Moritz-Rabson

More than 300 attorneys and staff with the Bronx Defenders Union went on strike Monday, one year after the last time the union walked off the job.

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