A recently fired Democratic member of the Surface Transportation Board sued President Donald Trump in federal court Wednesday, alleging that he was unlawfully removed from his position and should be allowed to serve the rest of his term.

A member of the Muscogee Creek Nation is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn an Oklahoma high court ruling that denied her tax-exempt status, arguing the dispute involves an important question of taxing jurisdiction in tribal lands. www.law360.com/artic...

The fast-food chain Bojangles has dodged a proposed class action brought by former employees who claim their personal information was stolen in a data breach.

A New Jersey trial court exceeded its authority by validating opt-outs from a $100 million class deal based on signatures transposed from retainer agreements that never mentioned the settlement, counsel for Verizon Wireless told a state appellate panel. www.law360.com/artic...

Ohio wants a federal judge to find Norfolk Southern fully liable for pollution stemming from the 2023 East Palestine train derailment, saying each railcar is a separate source of pollution under state law and the court should assess penalties accordingly.

New Jersey appellate judges appeared doubtful Wednesday about a bid for disability retirement benefits from a former state judge who was accused of harboring her then-fugitive boyfriend, was disciplined and was criminally charged but not convicted. www.law360.com/artic...

A coalition of immigrant advocacy groups has asked a Massachusetts federal judge to block the government from the "unfettered" use of IRS and Social Security Administration data to identify and target millions of people for deportation. www.law360.com/artic...

A federal judge gave law firm Johnson & Bell under two weeks to produce records or a privilege log to a New York creditor who says the firm unlawfully "paid itself" with a client's $500,000 settlement, and encouraged the parties to "take a breath."

The Illinois attorney general backed two workers claiming Amazon owes them for the time they spent on COVID-19 screenings. www.law360.com/artic...

California has become the latest state to empower its labor board to step in when the federal labor board cannot, joining New York on a path that has been praised by unions, maligned by management and challenged by the NLRB. www.law360.com/artic...

The U.S. Department of Justice and a former immigration judge agreed Wednesday to settle a lawsuit in Florida federal court alleging she was denied a hardship transfer and reasonable accommodation due to her gender and age.

A Florida judge on Tuesday dismissed a long-running suit by a Miami law firm against a Hollywood producer after finding the firm had abandoned its opportunity to pursue its claim over allegedly unpaid attorney fees. www.law360.com/artic...

A split Florida state appellate panel on Wednesday called for tossing an indictment against a former school district general counsel for violating the secrecy of a grand jury related to a 2018 mass shooting.

Connecticut's attorney ethics watchdog told a state court that Hunter Biden has agreed to give up his law license, mirroring a consensual disbarment in Washington, D.C. www.law360.com/artic...

The NFL's arbitration process in former Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores' racial discrimination dispute will be paused while his motion to reconsider the ruling compelling the arbitration is being decided. www.law360.com/artic...

Kimberly Hamm, former general counsel to the speaker of the House, has joined Morrison Foerster LLP from Mayer Brown as co-chair of the law firm's congressional investigations practice, the firm announced Wednesday.

Lindsay Hecox told the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday her case challenging an Idaho state law banning transgender athletes such as herself is now moot because she has dropped her litigation, providing "no basis" to proceed with a review. www.law360.com/artic...

The FTC's recent move to exclude a defense expert's survey in FTC v. Amazon on the basis of flaws in the survey sample design highlights that ensuring survey evidence inclusion at trial requires a road map for effective survey sample design, say authors at Compass Lexecon. www.law360.com/artic...

From a ruling that Pittsburgh may not impose a tax on nonresident athletes to a challenge to New Jersey's rules outlining when a company's internet activities protections against state income taxes, September was active in the state and local tax area.

A federal judge ended a case over child pornography claims brought by a man who was depicted as a naked infant on the cover of Nirvana's 1991 album "Nevermind."

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office laid off some employees Wednesday as part of a reduction-in-force that's affecting around 1% of the agency's workforce, making the move on the first day of the government shutdown. www.law360.com/artic...

A Third Circuit panel wondered whether a Delaware court asked the right question before concluding it lacked jurisdiction over a Chilean company's quest to rope an Italian contractor's U.S. assets into a bid to collect on a $139 million arbitration award. www.law360.com/artic...

A federal lawmaker proposed a bill to create a pathway for crime victims and their families to sue judges found to have acted with "intentional disregard for public safety" by releasing individuals convicted of violent crime who go on to re-offend. www.law360.com/artic...

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The Fourth Circuit on Tuesday rejected a California cannabis entrepreneur's request for an en banc rehearing of her case after a panel rejected her bid to upend Maryland's marijuana social equity licensing program. www.law360.com/artic...

Wireless technology company InterDigital Inc. has asked a Delaware federal judge to dismiss an antitrust suit brought by Disney that claims InterDigital isn't offering reasonable licenses on patents for streaming video. www.law360.com/artic...

The Federal Circuit partly revived Snap's challenge to substitute claims in a You Map patent covering a way of displaying social media posts on a map, finding that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board needs to take another run at the issue. www.law360.com/artic...

Fermi, a real estate investment trust co-founded by former U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry, hit a $14.8 billion valuation Wednesday in an IPO for the venture that aims to build power generation and data center capacity to support AI on a Texas site. www.law360.com/artic...

The interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, who is bringing charges against former FBI Director James Comey, has been tapped by President Donald Trump for the full-term role.

A "frustrated" Massachusetts appellate court appeared unlikely to second-guess a lower court's disqualification of counsel in a dispute over control of a cannabis business, even as it questioned whether it would make any difference in the ultimate outcome. www.law360.com/artic...

A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration's cut of $34 million to protect New York's transit system from terrorism, crediting the state attorney general's allegation that the White House unlawfully tied the grant to immigration policy. www.law360.com/artic...

Semiconductor production equipment company Axcelis Technologies Inc. on Wednesday announced plans to merge with Veeco Instruments Inc. in an all-stock deal that values the combined entity at an enterprise value of roughly $4.4 billion.

Other than the Red Sox and a few muggy late summer days, few things were hotter in September than the Boston legal market.

The former associate chief counsel at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Office of the Chief Counsel has joined Blank Rome LLP in Washington, D.C., to continue his practice focused on sciences matters, the firm announced Wednesday.

A former Meta employee must arbitrate his suit alleging he was retaliated against for complaining that his female colleagues faced sexist treatment, a New York federal judge said.

The federal E-Verify system that employers must use to check people's eligibility to work in the U.S. went down Wednesday morning as a result of the government shutdown, while federal immigration courts are anticipated to keep operating.

Semiconductor production equipment company Axcelis Technologies announced plans to merge with Veeco Instruments in an all-stock deal that values the combined entity at an enterprise value of roughly $4.4 billion.

The DOJ accused the LA County Sheriff's Department of infringing Californians' Second Amendment rights, days after the department announced a new office focused on affirmative litigation against local governments and private entities that interfere with federal policies.

In the year since the U.S. Supreme Court concluded that entities facing civil penalties imposed by a securities regulator have the right to a jury trial, vape companies have lit up a host of challenges to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's enforcement authority.

The onetime bank CEO who pled guilty in South Carolina federal court to helping ex-lawyer and convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh steal client money has been sentenced to 60 months in prison, the same amount specified in his plea deal.

Wisconsin broadened requirements on the use of medical "chaperones" during patient examinations, making the state the latest to turn to the practice as a way to address misconduct by healthcare professionals.

A judge approved Google parent Alphabet's $500 million settlement with investors to resolve claims that executives engaged in anticompetitive and monopolistic practices but granted $37 million in fees for the plaintiffs' attorneys, less than half of the $80 million sought.

A Virginia federal judge again wondered how far she must go to address Google's ad placement technology monopolies, asking if a breakup is needed since the company will be under a court order banning efforts to put its thumb on the scales of competition. www.law360.com/artic...

A judge has refused to accept an indictment after learning that prosecutors used a local grand jury to get a do-over when the initial federal grand jury declined to indict, saying he "will not rubberstamp the breaking of decades-long norms and the rule of law."

A hotly anticipated deadline set by President Donald Trump as part of the administration's efforts to pressure pharmaceutical companies to cut drug prices came and went. The healthcare and life sciences industries are now left wondering: What's next?

BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court said that it will wait to hear oral arguments early next year before ruling on President Donald Trump's bid to immediately oust Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook, a move that will allow her to remain on the job in the meantime.

A New York federal judge caused a splash last week when she ruled that a one-of-a-kind Wu-Tang Clan album can constitute a trade secret, and attorneys say the surprising decision could broaden the scope of trade secret protections to cover artistic works. www.law360.com/artic...

A Third Circuit panel questioned whether drug wholesalers and health plans had offered enough evidence that Pfizer and Ranbaxy conspired to delay generic competition for Lipitor, focusing on whether the FDA would have approved the competitor earlier than November 2011.

There was at least one blockbuster M&A deal and a slew of private fundraises in the healthcare space this past week, marking a potential — albeit faint — bright spot in healthcare dealmaking, despite a difficult past few months for the industry. www.law360.com/healt...

The Fifth Circuit ordered all of its judges to revisit a split decision that found President Donald Trump's proclamation invoking the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members to be likely unlawful. www.law360.com/artic...