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October 08, 2025
AFL-CIO Opposes Draft Senate Crypto Bill
A major labor organization, the AFL-CIO, has come out against a Republican draft bill on crypto market structure, saying the draft lacks "meaningful safeguards."
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October 08, 2025
11th Circ. Urged To Keep Ga.'s E-Commerce Regs On Ice
Internet trade group NetChoice urged the Eleventh Circuit Wednesday to leave in place an injunction that for more than a year has kept Georgia from enforcing new requirements on e-commerce platforms, arguing the state's law tries to push past a regulatory "ceiling" already imposed by federal law.
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October 08, 2025
FCC Wants Caller ID Expanded In Anti-Robocall Regs
The Federal Communications Commission will consider expanding the data that consumers receive on caller ID displays as part of a wider effort to stamp out scam robocalls from overseas.
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October 08, 2025
Thompson Hine Boosts Benefits Team With 7 Hires
Thompson Hine LLP said Wednesday it's expanding its employee benefits and executive compensation practice with seven new lawyers, including a pair of senior attorneys from the Internal Revenue Service and another from the U.S. Department of Labor.
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October 08, 2025
Trump Admin Cites Shutdown In Bid For CFPB Case Delay
Amid growing calls for the full D.C. Circuit to revisit a recent panel ruling that would allow mass layoffs at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Trump administration is asking for a pause in the case until after the government shutdown is over.
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October 08, 2025
Power Cos. Want In On Challenge To W.Va. Regional Haze Plan
American Electric Power Co. Inc. and FirstEnergy Corp. subsidiaries are asking the Fourth Circuit to uphold a federally approved air quality plan for West Virginia that spared their facilities from some potentially expensive upgrades.
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October 08, 2025
Discord Sued After User Info Leaked In Breach Of Vendor
Communications platform maker Discord Inc. was hit with a proposed class action in California federal court Tuesday after one of its third-party customer support partners suffered a data breach that allowed unauthorized parties to access personal information belonging to Discord's users.
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October 08, 2025
Arnall Golden Sanctioned For Giving Feds ERISA Suit Docs
A California federal judge has ordered Arnall Golden Gregory LLP to pay a $50,000 penalty for giving the U.S. Department of Labor confidential documents United Behavioral Health turned over in a class action accusing the insurer of overcharging workers for out-of-network substance use disorder treatments.
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October 08, 2025
Musk Ordered To Explain Attys' Role In Twitter Dispute
Elon Musk must explain whether he plans to argue that he relied on legal advice to defend himself against a dispute over his acquisition of an ownership stake in Twitter, with a New York federal judge saying Musk's statements on the matter have so far been contradictory.
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October 08, 2025
Trump Admin Challenges Denial Of Trans Care Subpoena
The Trump administration told a Massachusetts federal judge that he got it wrong in quashing a subpoena for records of gender-affirming care at Boston Children's Hospital last month, urging the court to reconsider.
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October 08, 2025
Democracy Forward Hires Ex-White House Lawyer, CFPB Atty
Democracy Forward, the quickly growing progressive nonprofit that has taken on more than 85 actions against the Trump administration, has hired four more attorneys to its expanding team of lawyers, including a former member of Joe Biden's White House Counsel's Office and a litigator from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
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October 08, 2025
WilmerHale Appoints Ex-DOJ Division Head As Dept. Leader
WilmerHale announced on Wednesday that the former leader of the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Division will lead its regulatory and government affairs department at the start of 2026 after rejoining the firm earlier this year.
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October 08, 2025
Black NC Voters Take Redistricting Case To 4th Circ. Again
Two Black voters have urged the Fourth Circuit to hear as soon as possible their case alleging the North Carolina General Assembly unlawfully redrew state senate districts in a way that diluted the voting power of Black residents.
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October 08, 2025
Feds Drop Charges Against Ill. Couple Arrested At ICE Protest
Federal prosecutors on Wednesday moved to dismiss assault charges against a married couple who were recently arrested while protesting in front of a Chicago-area ICE detention center, following a grand jury's refusal to prosecute them, according to the protesters' attorneys and court filings.
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October 08, 2025
Biz Groups Back Ariz. Land Swap Amid 9th Circ. Appeal
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and a slew of mining associations are backing the federal government's efforts to nix a Ninth Circuit appeal that looks to block the transfer of more than 2,500 acres within Arizona's Tonto National Forest to a copper mining company.
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October 08, 2025
DOJ Asks For Stay In PVC Antitrust Case Amid Criminal Probe
The U.S. Department of Justice is asking an Illinois federal court to pause discovery in a case accusing polyvinyl chloride pipe manufacturers of using a commodity pricing service to exchange information and fix prices while a grand jury investigates the alleged activity.
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October 08, 2025
Retirees Can't Show Losses From Pension Deal, Judge Says
An aerospace materials manufacturer shouldn't face a proposed class action alleging it violated federal benefits law when it converted $1.5 billion in pension obligations to risky insurance-backed annuities, a Pennsylvania federal judge recommended Tuesday, saying retirees hadn't demonstrated that the transaction diminished their benefits.
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October 08, 2025
Minn. 'Sober Home' Companies Sued After Tenant Killed 2
A Minnesota substance abuse center and so-called sober homes it worked with are facing a wrongful death suit over the killing of a tenant, alleging they were negligent in failing to treat and supervise another tenant who suffered from psychiatric issues, substance abuse and violent tendencies.
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October 08, 2025
2 More States Join Growing US Privacy Regulator Consortium
A bipartisan collective of U.S. regulators that was recently formed to collaborate on the implementation and enforcement of their states' data privacy regimes has swelled to double digits, with the attorneys general of Minnesota and New Hampshire on Wednesday being announced as the group's newest members.
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October 08, 2025
Gibson Dunn Lands NY Real Estate Pro From Skadden
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP announced Tuesday that a former Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP lawyer has joined its real estate practice in New York.
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October 07, 2025
Aetna COVID-19 Test Provider Sues Insurer For 'Unpaid' $53M
A Nebraska company that provided COVID-19 testing for Aetna has filed suit in California federal court, alleging that the insurer owes it more than $53 million for testing services but has refused to pay up.
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October 07, 2025
Panel Said Congress Was 'Feckless,' 6th Circ. Told In FCC Row
The Sixth Circuit should agree to a full court reconsideration of a panel's decision to back the Federal Communications Commission's expanded data breach notifications for telecom carriers, says a conservative legal organization that believes the panel assumed Congress was legislating "fecklessly."
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October 07, 2025
Alto Neuroscience Execs Sued Over Rosy Drug Claims
An Alto Neuroscience investor claims CEO Amit Etkin and other directors overstated the efficacy of the psychiatric biotech company's lead drug candidate for treating major depressive disorder, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday in California federal court that alleges the company's stock price plummeted when the truth came out.
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October 07, 2025
Wash. Spam Email Law Is Unconstitutional, Retailers Say
Beauty retail giant Ulta and home improvement retailer Home Depot argued last week in separate cases that Washington state's Commercial Electronic Mail Act is unconstitutional and preempted by federal law as they seek to shed proposed consumer class actions claiming their promotional emails were misleading.
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October 07, 2025
Attys Urge Mass. Courts To Protect Immigrants' Court Access
Civil rights lawyers urged the Massachusetts trial court system to better protect migrants' due process rights amid increasing arrests by federal immigration officers inside and outside courthouses, saying Tuesday the court is "well within its right" to do so.
Expert Analysis
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Gauging SEC Short-Sale Rules' Future After 5th Circ. Remand
Though the Fifth Circuit recently remanded to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission two Biden-era rules requiring disclosure of securities lending and short-sale activity in order to consider the rules' cumulative economic impact, it's possible they will get reproposed, meaning compliance timelines could change, says Scott Budlong at Barnes & Thornburg.
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Judging Figure Skating Makes Me A Better Lawyer
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
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.
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What Ethics Rules Say On Atty Discipline For Online Speech
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.
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Balancing The Risks And Rewards Of Private Equity In 401(k)s
The recent executive order directing government agencies to consider encouraging private equity and other alternative investments in 401(k) plans does not change the fundamental fiduciary calculus or reduce risk, as success with private investments will depend on careful analysis of both participant demand and fiduciary obligations, say attorneys at Jenner & Block.
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A Mortgage Lender's Guide To State Licensing Overhaul
Recent changes to the Conference of State Bank Supervisors' Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System require careful attention and planning from mortgage lenders, including tweaks to remote work designations and individual disclosure questions, says Allison Schilz at Mitchell Sandler.
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2 Rulings Highlight IRS' Uncertain Civil Fraud Penalty Powers
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.
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SEC Fine Signals Crackdown On Security-Based Swap Dealers
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent fine against MUFG Securities is unique because it involves a non-U.S. security-based swap dealer complying with U.S. laws based on the election of substituted compliance, but it should not be dismissed as a one-off case, says Kelly Rock, formerly at the SEC.
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Junior Attys Must Beware Of 5 Common Legal Brief Mistakes
Excerpt from Practical Guidance
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.
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Assessing Legal, Regulatory Hurdles Of Healthcare Offshoring
The offshoring of administrative, nonclinical functions has emerged as an increasingly attractive option for healthcare companies seeking to reduce costs, but this presents challenges in navigating the web of state restrictions on the access or storage of patient data outside the U.S., say attorneys at McDermott.
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Expect DOJ To Repeat 4 Themes From 2024's FCPA Trials
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.
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Tips For Contesting, Settling Citations With The OSHRC
Excerpt from Practical Guidance
To effectively practice before the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, employers should strategically use the notice of contest and thoughtfully evaluate settlement considerations, and recognize that the implications of Occupational Safety and Health Administration citations extend beyond immediate monetary penalties, says John Ho at Cozen O'Connor.
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As Student Loan Outlook Dims, What Happens To The Banks?
While much of the news around the student loan crisis focuses on the direct impact on young Americans' decreasing credit scores, the fate of the banks themselves — and the effect on banking policy — has been largely left out of the narrative, says Madeline Thieschafer at Fredrikson & Byron.
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How The SEC Has Subtly Changed Its Injunction Approach
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.
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How Trade Fraud Task Force Launch Furthers Policy Goals
A new cross-agency trade fraud task force is the latest in a series of Trump administration efforts to leverage agency relationships in pursuit of its trade policy goals, and its creation signals a further uptick in customs enforcement, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.