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October 22, 2025
Presidential Firing Limits Fight Builds At High Court
The ousted U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board chair has encouraged the U.S. Supreme Court to include a caveat for "legislative courts" if it overturns precedent that empowers Congress to limit the president's authority to fire certain agency officials, but opponents of independent agencies want a clean break from the status quo.
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October 22, 2025
NY AG James Seeks Canal Street ICE Raid Photos, Videos
New York Attorney General Letitia James on Wednesday opened a new online portal for pictures and videos of federal immigration enforcement actions following a massive raid on street vendors on Canal Street in Lower Manhattan.
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October 22, 2025
3 Firms Guide DraftKings Deal To Enter Prediction Markets
Betting platform DraftKings has entered the prediction markets with its acquisition of Railbird Technologies Inc., but it will not yet offer prediction wagering on sporting events, instead initially focusing on finance, culture and entertainment, according to a company announcement.
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October 22, 2025
BREAKING: OCC Drops $10M Fine, Ban In Wells Fargo Ex-Exec Deal
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has agreed to end a long-running case accusing a former Wells Fargo risk officer of failing to prevent the bank's fake accounts scandal, striking a deal that drops its pursuit of a $10 million fine and industry ban.
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October 22, 2025
Baker Donelson Hires CFPB Veteran In DC
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC has hired for its Washington, D.C., team a 12-year veteran of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau who brings more than two decades of legal experience working on financial services matters.
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October 22, 2025
NJ Justices To Review Judicial Privacy Law For 3rd Circ. Case
The New Jersey Supreme Court has agreed to a request from the Third Circuit to interpret whether the judicial privacy measure Daniel's Law requires a certain mental state in order to establish liability.
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October 22, 2025
Trump Flouted Clean Air Act With Rule Delay, Enviro Orgs. Say
President Donald Trump violated the Clean Air Act when he delayed deadlines to comply with air pollution standards for companies in the chemical manufacturing industry, green groups alleged in Washington federal court Wednesday.
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October 22, 2025
Broadcast Distributors Decry Blackout Of Nexstar Stations
Nexstar Media Group is coming under fire for using a looming blackout as "deal leverage" in negotiations with Verizon that will decide how much the TV station titan will receive in exchange for letting Verizon retransmit Nexstar's channels.
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October 22, 2025
Amazon Gets Military Leave Suit Thrown Out, For Now
A New York federal judge walked back an August ruling that certified a thousands-strong class of Amazon workers who alleged they were shorted on pay for stints of military leave, agreeing with the retail giant that the suit should be dismissed.
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October 22, 2025
NHL Embraces Prediction Market With Kalshi, Polymarket Deals
The National Hockey League on Wednesday announced it had entered "landmark" multiyear agreements with Polymarket and Kalshi following a recent surge in the popularity of prediction market platforms, which have also faced several recent legal challenges.
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October 22, 2025
NY Bill Seeks Clean Energy Payment Exemption For Tax Caps
New York would exempt payments in lieu of taxes for renewable energy projects from local governments' property tax cap calculations under a bill introduced in the state Assembly.
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October 22, 2025
Mass. Cannabis Lab's Suit Against Rivals Trimmed
A Massachusetts state judge will allow a cannabis testing lab to pursue unfair competition claims against more than half a dozen competitors it accuses of fudging potency and purity test results to lure growers to their businesses, but not claims of unjust enrichment or tortious interference.
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October 22, 2025
Ex-Conn. School Buildings Official Convicted Of Corruption
A federal jury on Wednesday convicted Connecticut's former school construction director on corruption charges, agreeing with prosecutors that Konstantinos "Kosta" Diamantis accepted bribes, committed extortion and lied to both the FBI and the IRS about payments he admitted accepting from two construction firms.
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October 21, 2025
Apple Slams 'Fatally Broad' App Store Injunction At 9th Circ.
Apple urged the Ninth Circuit Tuesday to scrap a mandate blocking it from charging any commission on iPhone app purchases made outside its systems, slamming the district court's "fatally broad" injunction and arguing that the court's zero-commission rule is "the antithesis of a proper civil contempt remedy."
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October 21, 2025
Novo Nordisk Says Officials Not Qualified To Doubt Drug Bills
Attorneys for Novo Nordisk Inc. on Tuesday sought to undercut witness testimony that Medicaid claims in Washington state for the company's hemophilia drug NovoSeven were shockingly high, leading one state auditor to suspect fraud.
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October 21, 2025
Fed's Waller Floats 'Skinny' Master Accounts For Fintechs
Federal Reserve Gov. Christopher Waller on Tuesday proposed allowing financial technology firms to connect to the central bank's payment rails through specialized, "skinny" master accounts, a move he said could support payment innovation while keeping risks to the Fed in check.
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October 21, 2025
Citadel Securities Asks 11th Circ. To Scope SEC's IEX Order
Citadel Securities has petitioned the Eleventh Circuit to review the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent approval of a new options exchange called IEX Options, following a comment letter the broker-dealer sent to the regulator stating that IEX "seeks approval for an unprecedented quote-canceling scheme in the U.S. options market."
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October 21, 2025
Feds Sued Over 'Harmful' Grazing On Wash. National Forest
A trio of environmental groups urged a Washington federal judge to order the U.S. Forest Service to revisit a management plan adopted for the Colville National Forest, alleging the agency failed to confront a longstanding practice of allowing "excessive and harmful" cattle grazing.
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October 21, 2025
Chime Seeks Exit From Class Suit Over 'Refer A Friend' Texts
Online banking company Chime seeks to shed a proposed class action alleging its "refer a friend" texts violate Washington's Consumer Electronic Mail Act, arguing that its text referrals fit "squarely" within the anti-spam law's statutory exemption for legitimate business activities.
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October 21, 2025
Wash. Tribe Fights State Over Cannabis Shop On School Land
A tribal group that calls itself a "self-governing dependent Indian community" has sued a Washington state court clerk in federal court, seeking to stop her from asserting jurisdiction over a dispute involving a cannabis operation on school lands in Indian Country.
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October 21, 2025
Crypto Trader Says He Thought MIT Bros.' $25M Win Was Legit
A former quantitative trader for two MIT-educated cryptocurrency entrepreneurs told a Manhattan federal jury Tuesday he didn't believe at the time that they were doing anything illegal when executing a strategy to obtain $25 million at the expense of other traders on the Ethereum blockchain.
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October 21, 2025
Senate GOP Bill Would Hike AML Reporting Thresholds
U.S. Senate Republicans have unveiled a bill that would raise decades-old transaction reporting thresholds under the Bank Secrecy Act, seeking to overhaul key anti-money laundering requirements that they say have buried banks and credit unions in "red tape."
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October 21, 2025
Senate Panel Clears Aviation Safety Bill After DCA Collision
A Senate committee advanced legislation Tuesday that would mandate aircraft-tracking technology in all aircraft, alongside fresh audits of Federal Aviation Administration and military procedures, a response to January's deadly midair collision between a U.S. Army helicopter and an American Airlines regional jet near Washington, D.C.
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October 21, 2025
FTC's Holyoak Thinks US Enforcers Should Stick To US Law
Federal Trade Commission member Melissa Holyoak suggested Tuesday that the Republican-led agency is unlikely to nudge its international peers to block mergers on its behalf, as it was accused of doing previously.
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October 21, 2025
Foreign Robocall Task Force Bill Gets Through Sen. Committee
The Federal Communications Commission is one step closer to being directed to funnel funds toward reducing spam robocalls that originate overseas after the Senate commerce committee said yes to a bill with a handful of amendments Tuesday.
Expert Analysis
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SEC's No-Action Relief Could Dramatically Alter Retail Voting
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission recently cleared the way for ExxonMobil to institute a novel change in retail shareholder voting that could greatly increase voter turnout, granting no-action relief that represents an effective and meaningful step toward modernizing the shareholder voting process and the much-needed democratization of retail investors, say attorneys at Cozen.
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New Mass. 'Junk Fee' Regs Will Be Felt Across Industries
The reach of a newly effective regulation prohibiting so-called junk fees and deceptive pricing in Massachusetts will be widespread across industries, which should prompt businesses to take note of new advertising, pricing information and negative option requirements, say attorneys at Hinshaw.
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SDNY OpenAI Order Clarifies Preservation Standards For AI
The Southern District of New York’s recent order in the OpenAI copyright infringement litigation, denying discovery of The New York Times' artificial intelligence technology use, clarifies that traditional preservation benchmarks apply to AI content, relieving organizations from using a “keep everything” approach, says Philip Favro at Favro Law.
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What's At Stake In Justices' Merits Hearing Of FTC Firing
In December, the U.S. Supreme Court will review President Donald Trump's firing of Democratic Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter, a decision that will implicate a 90-year-old precedent and, depending on its breadth, could have profound implications for presidential authority over independent agencies, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.
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Dropped Case Shows SEC Focus On Independent Directors
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent liquidity rule case against Pinnacle Advisors, despite its dismissal by the commission, serves as a reminder that the SEC expects directors to embrace their role as active, probing fiduciaries, says Dianne Descoteaux at MFDF.
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Addressing Legal Risks Of AI In The Homebuilding Industry
Artificial intelligence is transforming the homebuilding industry, but the legal challenges posed by its adoption spread across many areas, including contractual liability and intellectual property issues, so builders should adopt strategies to mitigate the risks and position themselves for success, says Philip Stein at Bilzin Sumberg.
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Compliance Steps To Take As FCRA Enforcement Widens
As the Fair Credit Reporting Act receives renewed focus from both federal and state enforcers, regulatory and litigation risk is most acute in several core areas, which companies can address by implementing purpose processes and quick remediation of consumer complaints, among other steps, say attorneys at Wiley.
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4 Strategies To Ensure Courts Calculate Restitution Correctly
Recent reversals of restitution orders across the federal appeals courts indicate that some lower courts are misapplying fundamental restitution principles, so defense attorneys should consider a few ways to vigilantly press these issues with the sentencing judge, says Wesley Gorman at Comber Miller.
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What EPA's Continued Defense Of PFAS Rule Means For Cos.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's recent decision to continue defending a Biden-era rule designating two per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances as Superfund hazards may provide the EPA with significant authority over national PFAS cleanup policy — and spur further litigation by both government and private parties, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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6 Shifts In Trump Tax Law May Lend A Hand To M&A Strategy
Changes in the Trump administration's recent One Big Beautiful Bill Act stand to create a more favorable environment for mergers and acquisitions, including full bonus depreciation and an expanded code section, say attorneys at K&L Gates.
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Examining The Quietest EEOC Enforcement Year In A Decade
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed the fewest merit lawsuits in a decade in fiscal year 2025, but recent litigation demonstrates its enforcement priorities, particularly surrounding the healthcare industry, the most active districts, and pregnancy- and religion-based claims, say attorneys at Seyfarth.
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Transource Ruling Affirms FERC's Grid Planning Authority
The Third Circuit's recent decision in Transource Pennsylvania v. DeFrank, reversing a state agency's denial of an electric transmission facility permit, provides a check on states' ability to veto needed power projects, and is a resounding endorsement of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's regional transmission planning authority, say attorneys at Wilson Sonsini.
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Assessing The Future Of The HIPAA Reproductive Health Rule
In light of a Texas federal court's recent decision to strike down a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services rule aimed to protect the privacy of patients seeking abortions and gender-affirming care, entities are at least temporarily relieved from compliance obligations, but tensions are likely to continue for the foreseeable future, says Liz Heddleston at Wood Rogers.
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State Paid Leave Laws Are Changing Employer Obligations
A wave of new and expanded state laws covering paid family, medical and sick leave will test multistate compliance systems, marking a fundamental operational shift for employers that requires proactive planning, system modernization and policy alignment to manage simultaneous state and federal obligations, says Madjeen Garcon-Bonneau at PrestigePEO.
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How Crypto Embrace Will Affect Banks And Credit Unions
The second Trump administration has moved aggressively to promote crypto-friendly reforms and initiatives, and as the embrace of stablecoins and distributed ledger technology grows, community banks and credit unions should think strategically as to how they might use these innovations to best serve their customers, says Jay Spruill at Woods Rogers.