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  Delaware Legislature Passes Divisive Corporate Law Rework

  By Jeff Montgomery

  Delaware lawmakers overwhelmingly approved and sent to the state's governor Tuesday legislation that eases restr...(read more)

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  2nd Circ. Backs Broad Reading Of ADA In Teacher's PTSD Suit

  By Grace Elletson

  The Second Circuit revived a teacher's suit Tuesday claiming her school district failed to accommodate her PTSD ...(read more)

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• Trump Pick To Lead EPA Attys Grilled In Senate On Experience

  By Juan-Carlos Rodriguez

  President Donald Trump's pick to lead the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's legal division came under intense scrutiny Wednesday as Senate Democrats questioned his legal experience and his relationship with a senior member of Trump's personnel team.

• Ex-Aides Say AG Paxton Acted Like 'Pro Se Litigant' In Fee Fight

  By Catherine Marfin

  Lawyers for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's former deputies told a judge on Wednesday that litigating against their ex-boss was "like litigating against a pro se litigant," while defending their bid for hundreds of thousands of dollars in attorney fees.

• Copyright Claims Against Anthropic Over Lyrics Axed For Now

  By Ivan Moreno

  A California federal judge on Wednesday dealt a blow to several music publishers that have accused artificial intelligence company Anthropic of ripping off lyrics in developing its large language model Claude, dismissing some copyright claims less than a day after denying a request to prohibit Anthropic from using their content for training.

• Defense Contractor To Pay $4.6M Over Cyber Compliance

  By Parker Quinlan

  Defense contractor MORSECORP Inc. agreed to pay the federal government $4.6 million to resolve a whistleblower lawsuit claiming the company did not comply with cybersecurity requirements for Army and Air Force contracts, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday.

• Del. Justices Seek Reasons To Revive Raytheon Incentive Suit

  By Jeff Montgomery

  Delaware's chief justice pressed a stockholder attorney Wednesday to provide more justification for resurrecting a Chancery Court suit claiming the company didn't seek stockholder approval for allegedly unfair changes to a multimillion-dollar RTX Corp. incentive plan.

• Sysco Can't Tap Out Of $50M Price-Fix Deal With JBS

  By Nadia Dreid

  Sysco can't back out of a $50 million agreement it made with JBS for the meat producer to exit sprawling litigation accusing it of working to fix the price of poultry, beef and pork, even though Sysco has since signed away its interest in the antitrust claims, a federal court has ruled.

• Even With Few Openings, Courts Can Still Shift Under Trump

  By Cara Bayles

  There were record low vacancies on the federal bench when Donald Trump took office in January, but the president could still radically alter some courts and swing the judiciary rightward, especially if Congress creates more judgeships during his second tenure.

• Trump Admin Asks Justices To End 'Fiscal Micromanagement'

  By Brian Dowling and Katie Buehler

  The U.S. Department of Education asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to vacate a Boston federal judge's order reinstating $250 million in teacher training grants that the Trump administration targeted for cuts, saying the case presents an ideal vehicle to put a stop to "district-court fiscal micromanagement" of the executive branch.

• Governor Quickly Signs Delaware Corporate Law Revision Bill

  By Jeff Montgomery

  Delaware's governor has promptly signed into law closely watched legislation that has been described as an overhaul of the First State's corporation law.

• Goldstein's Devices Must Be Monitored, Judge Affirms

  By Phillip Bantz

  A Maryland federal judge on Tuesday rejected U.S. Supreme Court lawyer and SCOTUSblog publisher Tom Goldstein's request to dismiss a bail condition that requires his electronic devices to be monitored out of concerns that he's been hiding millions in cryptocurrency from the government and could flee while facing tax evasion charges.

• Dollar Tree Selling Family Dollar For $1B To PE Firms

  By Al Barbarino

  Dollar Tree said Wednesday it has agreed to sell its Family Dollar business for just over $1 billion to two private equity firms, after the Davis Polk-guided discount retailer revealed strategic review plans to sell the cash-strapped unit in June.

• Associate Recruitment Helps Boost Law Firm Lateral Hiring

  By Anna Sanders

  After a two-year market downturn, U.S. law firm lateral hiring grew almost 14% overall in 2024, driven by a significant boost in associate recruitment, a report released Wednesday by the National Association for Law Placement found.