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  • October 02, 2025

    Ch. 11 Trustee Appointed In Eventide Bankruptcy

    A Texas bankruptcy judge has appointed a Chapter 11 trustee in the bankruptcy of Eventide Credit Acquisitions following a request from the official committee of unsecured creditors.

  • October 02, 2025

    Ballard Spahr Adds Another Ace Fed. Prosecutor

    Ballard Spahr announced Thursday that it has hired a former assistant U.S. attorney for the District of Minnesota whose trial experience includes what the U.S. Department of Justice had described as the largest pandemic fraud prosecution to date.

  • October 02, 2025

    Feds, Mont. Tribe Dispute $325K Law Enforcement Contract

    The Interior Department and the Northern Cheyenne Tribe are both asking for summary judgment wins in a dispute over law enforcement funding after the tribe accused the U.S. government of failing to provide it with adequate services to maintain programs on its 440,000-acre Montana reservation.

  • October 02, 2025

    Musk Loses Bid To Ship SEC's Twitter Suit To Texas

    A U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit accusing Elon Musk of failing to timely disclose his ownership shares in Twitter will proceed in a Washington, D.C., federal court after a judge there said on Thursday that Musk's preferred forum in Texas was too backed up to take the case.

  • October 01, 2025

    Tornado Cash Boss Seeks Acquittal After Partial Mistrial

    Tornado Cash's Roman Storm on Tuesday urged a New York federal court to acquit the cryptocurrency tumbler co-founder of enabling more than $1 billion in money laundering transactions, as questions remain even among government officials about criminal liability for software developers of open-source privacy tech.

  • October 01, 2025

    Trump Taps Federal Immigration Judge As Next Wash. US Atty

    Federal Immigration Judge Charles Neil Floyd has reportedly been selected by President Donald Trump as the next U.S. attorney for the Western District of Washington.

  • October 01, 2025

    SEC Wins Case Over Alpine's 'Worthless' Penny-Stock Sales

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has secured a win in Nevada federal court in its lawsuit accusing a Utah securities firm of violating federal anti-fraud provisions by transferring roughly $54 million in client assets from customer accounts to state unclaimed property accounts.

  • October 01, 2025

    Ex-CFTC Enforcement Head, DOJ Veteran Joins Jones Day

    Jones Day has hired a former director of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Division of Enforcement who is also a nearly two-decade alumnus of the U.S. Department of Justice.

  • October 01, 2025

    Prosecutors, Defense Face Confrontation Crisis After Smith

    As state courts grapple with the U.S. Supreme Court's broadened application of the Sixth Amendment's confrontation clause, unwary prosecutors and defense attorneys could easily end up in an evidentiary bind.

  • October 01, 2025

    Trump Withdraws Nomination Of Quintenz For CFTC Chair

    President Donald Trump has withdrawn his nomination of Brian Quintenz to lead the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, following a delay at the president's request of a Senate committee vote on the nomination and Quintenz's public feud with crypto exchange founders Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss.

  • October 01, 2025

    Maryland Judge Lets SEC Crypto-Fraud Case Proceed

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's lawsuit accusing an Australian citizen of defrauding investors in a crypto-mining scheme cleared the dismissal phase Tuesday, but a Baltimore federal judge vacated a default judgment against him for responding late while being detained in the United Arab Emirates.

  • October 01, 2025

    Calif. Importer, Son Both Get Prison For $8M Customs Fraud

    A California federal judge sentenced a Los Angeles Fashion District business owner and his son to more than eight years and seven years in prison, respectively, after they were found guilty of ducking more than $8 million in customs duties and failing to report over $17 million in cash transactions on tax returns.

  • October 01, 2025

    Ga. Atty DQ'd From 'Extremely Weird' Pharma Fraud Case

    A Georgia federal judge said Wednesday she intends to disqualify a prominent defense attorney from representing a man charged with lying to investigators amid a criminal fraud probe into his employer, Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals Inc., but would allow the company to continue footing his legal bills as he seeks new counsel.

  • October 01, 2025

    Ga. Law Firm Looks To Ax Bank's Malpractice Suit Over Fraud

    Stanley Esrey & Buckley LLP has urged a Georgia state appeals court to dismiss claims from a bank accusing it of legal malpractice and negligence, arguing that it did not cause the bank to lose more than $8 million through bogus loan transactions.

  • October 01, 2025

    Va. Prosecutor Indicting Comey Tapped For Full US Atty Role

    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.

  • October 01, 2025

    Mayer Brown Gov't Investigations Head Moves To MoFo

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

  • September 30, 2025

    Feds Press 2nd Circ. To Nix Students' Removal Challenges

    The Trump administration on Tuesday urged the Second Circuit to reverse lower courts' findings that led to the release of two college students who say they were wrongly detained by immigration officials for expressing pro-Palestinian views, attacking the notion that they're able to bring habeas corpus challenges to their detention. 

  • September 30, 2025

    Combs Loses Bid To Escape Prostitution-Related Conviction

    A New York federal judge on Tuesday denied Sean "Diddy" Combs' request to undo his criminal conviction for transporting two of his former girlfriends for prostitution, allowing sentencing for the hip-hop mogul to move forward on Friday.

  • September 30, 2025

    Nevada US Atty 'Not Validly Serving,' Judge Says In DQ Order

    Nevada's top federal prosecutor was disqualified from overseeing a handful of criminal cases after a federal judge on Tuesday determined she is "not validly serving as acting U.S. attorney" and that her involvement in the cases "would be unlawful."

  • September 30, 2025

    'Unseemly': Judge Blasts Feds' 'End Run Around' Grand Jury

    A Washington, D.C., federal 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."

  • September 30, 2025

    Merrill Lynch Denied Bid To Block Rival Firm's Launch

    A Georgia federal judge on Tuesday refused to grant Merrill Lynch's bid for a temporary restraining order against a dozen former employees, Charles Schwab and Dynasty Financial Partners in a case concerning an alleged attempt to start a new independent financial advisory firm with Merrill's staff and confidential information. 

  • September 30, 2025

    Ill. Doctor Gets Two Years' Probation For $4M Medicare Fraud

    A former doctor who admitted to submitting more than $4 million in false Medicare claims was sentenced to two years of probation Tuesday by an Illinois federal judge who sought to honor the ex-physician's cooperation in prosecutors' efforts to pursue other allegedly culpable defendants in different jurisdictions.

  • September 30, 2025

    New Petition Asks SEC To Nix Quarterly Reporting Rule

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday received a formal petition to allow companies to report their earnings on a semiannual basis, following recent comments from Chairman Paul Atkins indicating the commission was considering as much and after similar suggestions from President Donald Trump.

  • September 30, 2025

    Wu-Tang Trade Secret Ruling Hints At New Way To Protect Art

    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.

  • September 30, 2025

    Murdaugh's Banker Sentenced To 60 Months After Guilty Plea

    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.

Expert Analysis

  • High Court Right-To-Counsel Case Could Have Seismic Impact

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    The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments next week in Villarreal v. Texas about whether prohibiting testimony discussions between defendants and their counsel during an overnight recess violates the Sixth Amendment, and the eventual decision could impose a barrier in the attorney-client relationship, say attorneys at Arnold & Porter.

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    Judging Figure Skating Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Judging figure skating competitions helps me hone the focus, decisiveness and ability to process complex real-time information I need in court, but more importantly, it makes me reengage with a community and my identity outside of law, which, paradoxically, always brings me back to work feeling restored, says Megan Raymond at Groombridge Wu.

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    Calif. Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q3

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    The third quarter of 2025 brought legislative changes to state money transmission certification requirements and securities law obligations, as well as high-profile accounting and anti-money laundering compliance enforcement actions by the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.

  • What Ethics Rules Say On Atty Discipline For Online Speech

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    Though law firms are free to discipline employees for their online commentary about Charlie Kirk or other social media activity, saying crude or insensitive things on the internet generally doesn’t subject attorneys to professional discipline under the Model Rules of Professional Conduct, says Stacie H. Rosenzweig at Halling & Cayo.

  • Kimmel 2nd Circ. Victory Holds Novel Copyright Lessons

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    The Second Circuit's recent decision in Santos v. Kimmel, dismissing a copyright infringement claim against Kimmel for airing Cameo videos recorded by former U.S. Rep George Santos, examines the unusual situation of copyrighted works created at the request of the alleged infringer, say attorneys at Venable.

  • 2 Rulings Highlight IRS' Uncertain Civil Fraud Penalty Powers

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    Conflicting decisions from the U.S. Tax Court and the Northern District of Texas that hinge on whether the IRS can administratively assert civil fraud penalties since the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2024 decision in SEC v. Jarkesy provide both opportunities and potential pitfalls for taxpayers, says Michael Landman at Bird Marella.

  • Junior Attys Must Beware Of 5 Common Legal Brief Mistakes

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    Junior law firm associates must be careful to avoid five common pitfalls when drafting legal briefs — from including every possible argument to not developing a theme — to build the reputation of a sought-after litigator, says James Argionis at Cozen O'Connor.

  • Expect DOJ To Repeat 4 Themes From 2024's FCPA Trials

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    As two upcoming Foreign Corrupt Practice Act trials approach, defense counsel should anticipate the U.S. Department of Justice to revive several of the same themes prosecutors leaned on in trials last year to motivate jurors to convict, and build counternarratives to neutralize these arguments, says James Koukios at MoFo.

  • How The SEC Has Subtly Changed Its Injunction Approach

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    For decades, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has relied on the obey-the-law injunction, but judicial deference to the SEC's desired language has fractured since 2012 — with the commission itself this year utilizing a more tailored approach to injunctions, albeit inconsistently, say attorneys at Hilgers Graben.

  • Demystifying Generative AI For The Modern Juror

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    In cases alleging that the training of artificial intelligence tools violated copyright laws, successful outcomes may hinge in part on the litigator's ability to clearly present AI concepts through a persuasive narrative that connects with ordinary jurors, say Liz Babbitt at IMS Legal Strategies and Devon Madon at GlobalLogic.

  • Digital Asset Report Opens Doors For Banks, But Risks Linger

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    A recent report from a White House working group discussing digital asset market structure signals how banks may elect to expand into digital asset custody, trading and related services in the years ahead, but the road remains layered with challenges, say attorneys at Foley & Lardner.

  • Utilizing 6th Circ.'s Expanded Internal Investigation Protection

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    A recent Sixth Circuit decision in In re: FirstEnergy demonstrates one way that businesses can use a very limited showing to protect internal investigations from discovery in commercial litigation, while those looking to force production will need to employ a carefully calibrated approach, say attorneys at Brownstein Hyatt.

  • Texas Suit Marks Renewed Focus On Service Kickback Theory

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    After a dormant period at the federal level, a theory of kickback enforcement surrounding nurse educator programs and patient support services resurfaced with a recent state court complaint filed by Texas against Eli Lilly, highlighting for drugmakers the ever-changing nature of enforcement priorities and industry landscapes, say attorneys at Sheppard Mullin.

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    Power To The Paralegals: How And Why Training Must Evolve

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    Empowering paralegals through new models of education that emphasize digital fluency, interdisciplinary collaboration and human-centered lawyering could help solve workforce challenges and the justice gap — if firms, educators and policymakers get on board, say Kristine Custodio Suero and Kelli Radnothy.

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    Playing Softball Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My time on the softball field has taught me lessons that also apply to success in legal work — on effective preparation, flexibility, communication and teamwork, says Sarah Abrams at Baleen Specialty.

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