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Justin Smith is an attorney at the boutique firm James Otis Law Group, a Missouri practice started by Trump's U.S. solicitor general, D. John Sauer.
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Trump Picks His Lawyer in E. Jean Carroll Case for 8th Circuit Vacancy | Law.com
Justin Smith is an attorney at the boutique firm James Otis Law Group, a Missouri practice started by President Donald Trump's U.S. solicitor general, D. John Sauer.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/02/19/trump-picks-his-lawyer-in-e-jean-carroll-case-for-8th-circuit-vacancy/
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Musk alleges the Exchange Act requirements he's accused of violating, Section 13(d) and Rule 13d-1, violate the First Amendment because they compel content-based disclosures that can't satisfy the strict scrutiny standard they're subject to.
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Musk: SEC Disclosure Claim Represents Targeted Application of Unclear Rule | Law.com
The filing claims the disgorgement the SEC is seeking is an example of unconstitutional selective enforcement and violates Musk's right to due process by being punitive and grossly disproportional to the alleged conduct.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/02/18/musk-sec-disclosure-claim-represents-targeted-application-of-unclear-rule/
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âI generally think that there are a set of people potentially meaningful number of people who lie about their age in order to use our services,â Zuckerberg said. âThereâs a distinction between allowed to do something and whether we caught them breaking the rule.â
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on the Stand on Social Media Addiction: 'If Something Is Valuable, People Will Do It More' | Law.com
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, testified on Wednesday as part of a first-ever trial alleging Instagram and another defendant, YouTube, addicted a teenage girl, causing mental health problems.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/02/18/meta-ceo-mark-zuckerberg-on-the-stand-on-social-media-addiction-if-something-is-valuable-people-will-do-it-more/
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âThis equal-time rule issue is just one of a long pattern of this administration using the FCC to go after content it doesn't like,â said FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez.
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âNo Censorship Here at All,â Carr Says as FCC Opens Equal-Time Probe Into 'The View' | Law.com
Federal Communications Commission guidance states that its equal-time rule could apply to daytime and late-night talk shows âmotivated by partisan purposes.â The rule requires broadcasters to afford equal airtime to political candidates of different parties but has not traditionally been applied to talk shows.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/02/18/no-censorship-here-at-all-carr-says-as-fcc-opens-equal-time-probe-into-the-view/
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âBecause of the FTCâs investigation and CID, the Endocrine Society is currently and will continue to be irreparably harmed absent court intervention,â counsel for the Endocrine Society wrote in their 45-page complaint.
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'Overbroad Subpoena'? Medical Groups Sue FTC Over Demands for Sensitive Gender-Affirming Care Data | Law.com
Using the threat of investigation or prosecution against an organization in order to silence speech the government does not like is retaliation, prohibited by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, counsel for the American Academy of Pediatrics wrote in a complaint alleging the Federal Trade Commission unlawfully served AAP with administrative subpoenas for information in retaliation for AAP's noncommercial protected speech promoting gender-affirming care.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/02/18/overbroad-subpoena-medical-groups-sue-ftc-over-demands-for-sensitive-gender-affirming-care-data/
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âThe Chief Justice of the United States will literally change the rules of the Supreme Court of the United States instead of divesting in individual stocks," wrote @chrisgeidner.bsky.social in his âLaw Dorkâ newsletter on Substack.
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Roberts, Alito Face New Criticism of Stock Ownership After Rule Change | Law.com
The U.S. Supreme Court is changing its rules to require litigants to list their corporate stock tickers in support of new conflict-checking software.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/02/18/roberts-alito-face-new-criticism-of-stock-ownership-after-rule-change/
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Judge Paul Niemeyer, writing for the panel, said the court owed great deference to the militaryâs rationales behind the policy, including that it is more costly to maintain an HIV-infected soldier than one without the infection.
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Military Can Enforce Policy Banning HIV-Positive Enlistees, 4th Circuit Rules | Law.com
âThe military has articulated its need to have fit servicemembers who can fulfill its military mission without complications from medical conditions that could compromise deployment functions, contribute to conflicts with foreign nations during deployment, and add costs over those generally necessary to maintain fit servicemembers,â the appeals court held.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/02/18/military-can-enforce-policy-banning-hiv-positive-enlistees-4th-circuit-rules/
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The connections between D.C. law firms and West Coast offices are heating up.
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Big Law Firms in DC Prioritize West Coast Business Growth | Law.com
Firm leaders at Crowell, Wilmer, Arnold & Porter and Steptoe all indicated in interviews that growing their presence on the West Coast is a priority, citing client business in their litigation, transactional, healthcare, life sciences, technology and AI practices.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/02/18/big-law-firms-in-dc-prioritize-west-coast-business-growth/
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Even in a worst-case scenarioâa Perkins Coie collapse triggered by a Trump blowâAshurst is unlikely to walk away. The smarter play? Stay the course, scoop up Perkinsâ high-billing tech teams, and leave the less profitable lawyers to fend for themselves.
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Egos Across Oceans: Why the Ashurst-Perkins Coie Deal Is Causing Ripples | Law.com
Perkins Coie and Ashurst are planning a bold, transatlantic merger that could reshape the legal landscapeâbut behind the headlines, partner defections and pre-ballot tensions are spilling into the open.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/02/15/egos-across-oceans-why-the-ashurst-perkins-coie-deal-is-causing-ripples/
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Of the firms ranked in the top 30 of the Am Law rankings, only seven don't have Houston officesâand that number will soon drop to five, when Sullivan & Cromwell and Paul Weiss open their doors.
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For New York Firms, the Houston Migration Is Far From Over | Law.com
Of the firms ranked in the top 30 of the Am Law rankings, only seven don't have Houston officesâand that number will soon drop to five, when Sullivan & Cromwell and Paul Weiss open their doors.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/02/17/for-new-york-firms-the-houston-migration-is-far-from-over/
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âWe thought it would be worth the judge to take a second look at what he had done,â antitrust litigator George G. Gordon said as counsel for the J&J defendants. âIt is rare that a judge is willing to reconsider and the motion is successful.â
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J&J Wins Novel Drug Monopoly Case After US Judge Reconsiders Adverse Ruling | Law.com
Johnson & Johnson defeated a plaintiffs' novel monopolization claim in an antitrust class action that risked creating really significant ripple effects across all innovation-based industries, outside counsel for defendant J&J said after securing final judgment in favor of the New Jersey-based pharmaceutical giant.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/02/17/jj-wins-novel-drug-monopoly-case-after-us-judge-reconsiders-adverse-ruling/
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The Supreme Court said that it will use the software to "run automated recusal checks" for the justices and is amending its rules to require additional disclosures from parties in their briefs.
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Supreme Court Now Using Software to Identify Justices' Conflicts | Law.com
Parties will soon be required to list their stock-ticker symbols to assist the court's new automated conflict-checking system, the Supreme Court has announced.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/02/17/supreme-court-now-using-software-to-identify-justices-conflicts/
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âThis sort of chaos canât be good for morale,â antitrust litigator Barry Barnett said Friday in an exclusive interview with Law.com and the National Law Journal.
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Leadership Exodus From DOJ Weakens Antitrust Enforcement, Experts Warn | Law.com
This sort of chaos can't be good for morale, Barry Barnett, a Susman Godfrey antitrust partner, said of the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division following the recent departures of Gail Slater and other DOJ antitrust leaders who served in President Donald Trump's second administration.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/02/13/leadership-exodus-from-doj-weakens-antitrust-enforcement-experts-warn/
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M. Elizabeth âLizâ Magill, who is currently a professor of law at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, will begin her role as the schoolâs 17th dean on Aug. 1, according to the universityâs announcement.
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Georgetown Law Appoints New Dean | Law.com
M. Elizabeth âLizâ Magill stepped down as president of the University of Pennsylvania at the end of 2023 after a controversial congressional hearing on antisemitism.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/02/13/georgetown-law-appoints-new-dean-/
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A DEI leader from an Am Law 50 firm, who could only speak under the condition of anonymity, expressed disappointment in how the announcement will continue the narrative âaround the dismantling of DEI in Big Law.â
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'A Big Gut Punch': Law Firm Diversity Leaders React to Mansfield Hitting Pause | Law.com
âWe're seeing this as an opportunity to double down, said one law firm diversity leader. The work becomes even more important in this environment.â
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/02/13/a-big-gut-punch-law-firm-diversity-leaders-react-to-mansfield-hitting-pause-/
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The opinion also stated that federal judges may speak publicly about âthe need for judicial security and funding sufficient for the courts to carry out their responsibilities.â
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Judges Can Defend Colleagues From âIllegitimate Forms of Criticism,â New Ethics Opinion Says | Law.com
The U.S. Judicial Conferenceâs Committee on Codes of Conduct wrote that the judicial conduct code allows judges to speak out when a colleague faces illegitimate criticisms and attacks that risk undermining judicial independence or the rule of law.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/02/13/judges-can-defend-colleagues-from-illegitimate-forms-of-criticism-new-ethics-opinion-says-/
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In a footnote, the Fifth Circuit mentioned U.S. District Judge Xavier Rodriguezâ comments to the Wall Street Journal last month in which he explained how he used AI in an experimental way after deciding a case âinvolving Texas election law.â
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In Opinion Footnote, 5th Circuit Calls Out Trial Judgeâs AI Use | Law.com
Artificial intelligence âmust not be a substitute for legal judgment,â nor must the public perceive that federal judges outsource our judgment to AI tools,â Judge Edith Jones wrote for the appellate court, quoting from a statement by Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, last year.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/02/13/in-opinion-footnote-5th-circuit-calls-out-trial-judges-ai-use-/
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The FTC did not provide evidence that the costs and time imposed by the new Hart-Scott-Rodino rules outweighed its benefits, ruled U.S. District Judge Jeremy Kernodle of the Eastern District of Texas.
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Federal Court Vacates FTCâs Expanded Merger Filing Rules | Law.com
The Federal Trade Commission did not show that the Hart-Scott-Rodino rules would block any illegal mergers not already prevented by the previous rules, the district court held.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/02/13/federal-court-vacates-ftcs-expanded-merger-filing-rules/
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A group of Supreme Court watchers and designers is now using artificial intelligence to generate videos of the justices' avatars reading their opinions aloud as part of a provocative project called "On the Docket."
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Can AI Give You a Seat Inside the Supreme Court? | Law.com
A new website, On he Docket, provides AI-generated videos of justices reading their Supreme Court opinions from the bench.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/02/13/can-ai-give-you-a-seat-inside-the-supreme-court/
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Within hours of a panel of federal judges on Wednesday exercising its authority to name a new U.S. attorney for a swath of upstate New York, the White House fired him.
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White House Fires Federal Judges' Choice for U.S. Attorney for Northern District of NY | Law.com
The White House on Wednesday night undercut the the Board of Judges for the Northern District of New York's appointment of Donald T. Kinsella as U.S. attorney for the Albany area, a move meant to end the tenure of John A. Sarcone III. Sarcone continues to lead the 32-county office, listed on the office's website as first assistant U.S. attorney.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/02/11/white-house-fires-federal-judges-choice-for-us-attorney-for-northern-district-of-ny/
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The lawsuit alleges that the Magicverse investment constituted an unregistered security under federal and state law and that investors were not informed of material risks or the speculative nature of NFT ventures.
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Magic Johnson Sued in Los Angeles Over Failed NFT Project | Law.com
âThose who are representing celebrities or individuals who are looking to invest in NFTs or who are promoting NFTs, the law has been pretty clear how securities should be regulated,â said James A. Bryant, a partner at the Cochran Firm, who represents the plaintiff.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/02/12/magic-johnson-sued-in-los-angeles-over-failed-nft-project/
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At SMU law school, they always sat at the same table on the northeast side of the library. Mike would throw paper airplanes while Barbara focused on her studies. "She got me to be a better student," Mike said, "but I taught her how to dodge."
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Lawyers in Love: They're Finally Two Doors Apart After 52 Years | Law.com
This is the story of Mike and Barbara Lynn, a powerhouse legal couple, who spent decades building their law careersâand a lasting love.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/02/12/lawyers-in-love-theyre-finally-two-doors-apart-after-52-years/
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âHis decision to testify aligns with his all-in approach,â Michael Weinstein, a Cole Schotz member, said Thursday of his former American University Washington College of Law classmate Goldstein. âHe believes he is his own best advocate.â
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'Poker Game?': Legal World Reacts to Tom Goldstein's Jury Trial Testimony | Law.com
He is simply litigating the case as if it were a poker game, Cole Schotz member Michael Weinstein said of his former law school classmate Tom Goldstein, the criminal defendant and SCOTUSblog founder who testified willingly in his own defense at his Maryland federal jury trial.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/02/12/poker-game-legal-world-reacts-to-tom-goldsteins-jury-trial-testimony/
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âA lot of these people left voluntarily or through buyouts before I arrived at the SEC,â Atkins said. âSo, I'm looking at our numbers of employees, and I think we have a very good group of people in enforcement.â
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SEC Will Fill âGapsâ at Agency Following Drop in Enforcement, Atkins Says | Law.com
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission staff declined 15% in 2025 as part of the Trump administrationâs broad effort to shrink the federal workforce.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/02/12/sec-will-fill-gaps-at-agency-following-drop-in-enforcement-atkins-says/
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Arguing for the federal government, DOJ attorney Tyler Lee said the lower court was wrong to say the statute requires the acting attorney to have been the first assistant U.S. Attorney when the vacancy arose.
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9th Circuit Weighs if Trump Administration Properly Appointed Nevada's Acting US Attorney | Law.com
The court drilled into whether Sigal Chattahâs appointment complied with the Federal Vacancies Reform Act, which lays out the procedure for temporarily filling vacant executive branch positions without Senate approval.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/02/12/9th-circuit-weighs-if-trump-properly-appointed-nevadas-acting-us-attorney/
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"On this record, a reasonable jury could conclude that Marks was shot when he neither posed a threat to the officers or the public, nor was he fleeing or ignoring an officerâs commands," Judge Ralph R. Erickson wrote for the majority.
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Divided 8th Circuit Says Minneapolis Police Officerâs Use of Force Can Go To Trial | Law.com
On this record, a reasonable jury could conclude that Marks was shot when he neither posed a threat to the officers or the public, nor was he fleeing or ignoring an officerâs commands. On the other hand, a jury might agree with Officer Bauerâs assessment of the situation and find his use of force was objectively reasonable, the 8th Circuit said.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/02/12/federal-appellate-judges-disagree-over-a-minneapolis-police-officers-use-of-force-/
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âHer replacement will understand going in that he or she may not have much independence in making decisions on enforcement and that there will be probably pressure from higher up into DOJ,â said Troutman Pepper Locke's Brad Weber.
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'Great Sadness': Gail Slater Announces Sudden Exit as DOJ's Antitrust Chief | Law.com
Gail Slater likely felt pressure from U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi or other high-ranking DOJ officials to do things that she didn't feel was right and decided her reputation and honor were more important than continuing to serve in the role, Troutman Pepper Locke partner Brad Weber said of Slater's sudden departure as the U.S. Department of Justice's top antitrust enforcer.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/02/12/great-sadness-gail-slater-announces-sudden-exit-as-dojs-antitrust-chief/
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The letter marks a significant escalation of the Trump administration's scrutiny of Big Tech curation practices, raising the specter that the agency will bring an enforcement action against Apple.
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FTC Chair Says Apple News May Suppress Conservative Voices, Calls for Audit | Law.com
Andrew Ferguson said that, while the Federal Trade Commission is not the speech police, it is mandated to protect consumers from deceptive speech-related products.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/02/12/ftc-chair-says-apple-news-may-suppress-conservative-voices-calls-for-audit/
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Firm leaders credited the double-digit financial increases last year to expanding client relationships and seeing a 7% increase in demand for its legal services in focus areas such as government controversies, complex litigation and education.
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Jenner & Block Sees Another Double-Digit Growth Year in Revenue, Profits | Law.com
Firm leaders credited the growth to expanding client relationships and seeing a 7% increase in demand for its legal services in focus areas such as government controversies, complex litigation and education.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/02/11/jenner--block-sees-another-double-digit-growth-year-in-revenue-profits/
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Josh Krevitt and Stuart Rosenberg, partners at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, said the victory for their client, Uniswap Labs, was significant for the continued development and use of decentralized cryptocurrency exchanges.
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Federal Judge Dismisses Patent Challenge to Uniswap Protocol | Law.com
The ruling is a blow to Bprotocol Foundation and LocalCoin Ltd., who were represented by attorneys from Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/02/11/federal-judge-dismisses-patent-challenge-to-uniswap-protocol/
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"This was a necessary step by LSACâthey had to shut off the superhighway of cheating that was occurring on remote tests,â Dave Killoran, founder and former CEO of PowerScore Test Prep, told Law.com.
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LSAC to End Remote LSAT Testing in Response to Cheating Concerns | Law.com
This was a necessary step by LSACâthey had to shut off the superhighway of cheating that was occurring on remote tests,â Dave Killoran, founder and former CEO of PowerScore Test Prep, told Law.com.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/02/11/lsac-to-end-remote-lsat-testing-in-response-to-cheating-concerns-/
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Connecticut Attorney General William Tong called the agreement "another major defeat and retreat for the Trump administration," and his office indicated nearly $400 million in federal education assistance for the state was protected.
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'We Stopped Them': AGs Reach Settlement for Education Funding | Law.com
Trump and Linda McMahon tried to force MAGA ideology on Connecticut students and teachers by illegally withholding taxpayer dollars, Connecticut Attorney General William Tong claimed. We stopped them.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/02/11/we-stopped-them-ags-reach-settlement-for-education-funding/
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âBy way of explanation and not excuse, we are short-staffed in the Orlando Civil Division, which exacerbates our ability to confront this challenging docket,â the response reads.
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DOJ Responds to Sanction Threats Over Immigration Arguments | Law.com
By way of explanation and not excuse, we are short-staffed in the Orlando Civil Division, which exacerbates our ability to confront this challenging docket, reads the response from U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe for the Middle District of Florida and Assistant U.S. Attorney Joy Warner, who asked U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Florida Roy B. Dalton to weigh the âextremely challenging (indeed, unprecedented) environment for civil AUSAs to operate in when considering whether to i...
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/02/11/doj-responds-to-sanction-threats-over-immigration-arguments/
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Jeffrey Apelbaum will focus on regulatory strategy and outreach as Netflix navigates what is shaping up to be one of the most contentious government merger reviews in recent memory.
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Netflix Loads Up on Antitrust Lobbyists as It Tries to Seal $82B Warner Bros. Deal | Law.com
Netflix wants antitrust regulators to view it as one of many providers of video-based entertainment. Critics of the deal, however, are zeroing in on its streaming market share.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/02/11/netflix-loads-up-on-antitrust-lobbyists-as-it-tries-to-seal-82b-warner-bros-deal/
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D.C. firms, overall, saw âminimalâ demand growth, seeing just a 0.8% increase in demand for legal services on average last year. However, within the D.C. market, there was a varied performance firm-by-firm.
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In a âPretty Good Yearâ for DC Firms, Gross Revenue Up Over 10% Despite Soft Demand | Law.com
Despite the Big Law market in Washington, D.C., being split on performance based on their government-facing practices, firms in the market overall saw a 10.9% average increase in revenue in 2025, according to Wells Fargo's year-end survey.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/02/11/in-a-pretty-good-year-for-dc-firms-gross-revenue-up-over-10-despite-soft-demand/
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In Wednesday's testimony, Goldstein said he would pay accounting professionals to help him file taxes. âI do not like accounting,â Goldstein testified. âI do not like dealing with taxes.â
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'Risk Everything': Tom Goldstein Denies Tax Fraud Charges in Jury Trial Testimony | Law.com
I would build up debts, but I would always pay them, appellate attorney Tom Goldstein said as a witness testifying in his own defense at his white-collar criminal jury trial in Maryland federal court. He has pleaded not guilty to all counts and denied tax-evasion allegations in his live testimony.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/02/11/risk-everything-tom-goldstein-denies-tax-fraud-charges-in-jury-trial-testimony/
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Jesse Panuccio, arguing for the programmers, told the Ninth Circuit that his clients arenât required to show under the statute that their original code and AI software Copilot-generated code are identical, save the removed copyright management information, or CMI.
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Computer Coders Ask 9th Circuit to Revive Copyright Suit Against OpenAI, Microsoft | Law.com
The programmers claim the companies violated the Digital Millenium Copyright Act, which prohibits distributing works from when the copyright management information has been removed or altered.â The DMCA carries steep penalties per violation, and the complaint initially sought $9 billion in damages.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/02/11/computer-coders-ask-9th-circuit-to-revive-copyright-suit-against-openai-microsoft/
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Under EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, the agency has rolled back a myriad of rules to protect air and water and is planning a total retreat from regulating carbon dioxide emissions.
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Civil Environmental Enforcement Drops Sharply as EPA, DOJ Scale Back, Report Says | Law.com
âIn many cases, without enforcement action, those violations go unaddressed,â said Jen Duggan, the Environmental Integrity Project's executive director. âAnd that means that communities are exposed to illegal air and water pollution.â
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/02/11/civil-environmental-enforcement-drops-sharply-as-epa-doj-scale-back-report-says/
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A small, elite group of attorneys has managed to beat the odds and had remarkable success at getting the court to take its cases, with one Supreme Court litigator approaching a nearly 50% grant rate.
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Study Reveals the Elite Lawyers Dominating the Supreme Court Docket | Law.com
A group of law professors have tabulated the most successful Supreme Court lawyers when it comes to getting the justices to agree to hear their cases.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/02/11/study-reveals-the-elite-lawyers-dominating-the-supreme-court-docket/
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Kirkland, in a release Tuesday, said Nashville is âan ideal environmentâ for continued, âaggressiveâ growth, calling the office launch "part of its strategy to attract top legal talent and meet growing client demand."
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Kirkland Opens in Nashville, Calling It 'an Ideal Environment' for More Growth | Law.com
All told, the firm has about 10 litigators who have joined recently or will join the office soon. The firm will also add âa number of additional partners and associates across its transactional practices, Kirkland said.
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The action, brought by Bursor & Fisher with New York author Arthur Kleiner as lead plaintiff, alleges Adobe secretly downloaded, copied, stored and used datasets containing copyrighted books without permission.
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Class Suit Accuses Adobe of Using Pirated Books to Train AI Models | Law.com
A class action accuses Adobe of secretly pulling hundreds of thousands of copyrighted booksâincluding titles scraped from pirate âshadow librariesââto train its new SlimLM small language models, in what plaintiffs call mass, willful infringement that contradicts Adobeâs public claims of âethicalâ AI development.
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President Donald Trump's top Supreme Court lawyer, U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer, told the justices Monday that the dismissal of Bannon's criminal case is "in the interests of justice."
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DOJ Asks Supreme Court to Throw Out Convictions of Trump Ally Steve Bannon | Law.com
President Donald Trump's top Supreme Court lawyer, U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer, told the justices Monday that the dismissal of Bannon's criminal case is in the interests of justice.
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If Nexstar's proposed $6.2 billion acquisition goes through, the combined company would own stations that reach more than 80% of American householdsâfar above the Federal Communications Commissionâs current 39% limit.
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Senate Panel Weighs Broadcast Ownership Rules as NexstarâTegna Deal Hangs in Balance | Law.com
If Nexstar's proposed $6.2 billion acquisition goes through, the combined company would own stations that reach more than 80% of American householdsâfar above the Federal Communications Commission's c...
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The action marks the FTC's most significant enforcement push to date under the Protecting Americans' Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024.
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FTC Warns Data Brokers Not to Sell to China, Other Adversaries | Law.com
The Federal Trade Commission sent warning letters to 13 data brokers highlighting the stiff penalties it could dole out for violations of the Protecting Americans' Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of...
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"We have to follow the law, and right now the law says no," said a member of the Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board.
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Battle Over Religious Charter Schools Continues After Supreme Court Deadlock | Law.com
An Oklahoma school board on Monday rejected a proposal to create a Jewish public charter school, a decision that sets the stage for a First Amendment issue's potential return to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Three Democratic senators who last year tried to derail President Trump's nomination of Republic Airlines CEO Bryan Bedford to run the FAA now charge that he violated language in his ethics agreement that required him to divest his Republic shares.
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Dems Put FAA Chief on Hot Seat Over Delays in Divesting Stock in Airline He Ran for Quarter-Century | Law.com
On Oct. 7, Bryan Bedford's deadline to divest his Republic Airways stock, he requested a 60-day extension, saying âdemands on my timeâ stemming from his work as FAA administrator created an unusual hardship.
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Some drug companies have already launched programs to offer drugs directly to consumers and plan to continue those programs through the forthcoming TrumpRx website.
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Drugmakers Unpersuaded by HHS Guidance Playing Down Perils of Direct-to-Consumer Sales | Law.com
There remain many open legal questions, including key fraud and abuse questions and a host of related regulatory consideration.s and complications, King & Spalding attorneys wrote in a note to clients.
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The decision is prompting some to ask if the commission's action will keep workers from seeking redress for workplace harassment.
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What Now? Sex Harassment Confusion as EEOC Deletes Guidelines | Law.com
The EEOC chair emphasized that rescinding the guidance doesn't give employers the right to engage in unlawful conduct, but observers are predicting some members of the public will misread the agency's action.
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âI found they were not given due process,â Boasberg said from the bench, reiterating his prior summary judgment ruling in favor of the plaintiffs. âI have not yet ruled on the validity of [Trumpâs AEA proclamation].â
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'Bring Them Back': US Judge Eyes Due-Process Remedy in AEA Mass-Deportation Case | Law.com
I found they were not given due process, U.S. District Chief Judge James E. Boasberg said at a court hearing, referring to 137 certified class members who were hastily removed from the United States after President Donald Trump invoked the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to justify their deportations. Boasberg heard oral arguments from the government's counsel and class counsel as he prepares to fashion a remedy restoring the plaintiffs' due-process rights.
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The CFTC said it was expanding the definition of âpayment stablecoinâ to include tokens issued by national trust banks as collateral.
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CFTC Expands Tokenized Collateral Rules to Include National Trust Banks | Law.com
The acceptance of tokenized collateral by regulators is in line with the growth and use of tokenization more broadly, said David Wright Tremaine partner Elizabeth Davis.
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