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July 02, 2026
Revised vehicle fuel economy standards, negotiations on a new infrastructure and transportation funding package and the next iteration of a North American trade deal are some of the transportation industry's top regulatory developments to watch in the latter half of 2026.
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July 02, 2026
A Pennsylvania federal judge on Thursday ruled Philadelphia's law requiring federal agents to display badges and unmask themselves while on duty in the city likely went against the Constitution because it interfered with the way the federal government operates, noting in his ruling that the law was even treated with skepticism by the mayor and the city's solicitor.
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July 01, 2026
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's bid to overhaul the EB-5 investment visa program targets fraud and national security threats, expands DHS authority and adds protections for good-faith investors, among other "major revisions," according to a soon-to-be-published proposed rule.
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July 01, 2026
The Georgia Supreme Court has declined to hear a construction company's challenge to an appellate ruling that revived a lawsuit from two former human resources directors who claimed they were fired for raising concerns about fraudulent work authorization records.
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July 01, 2026
An attorney for Frank Carone, the former chief of staff to former New York Mayor Eric Adams, on Wednesday said there are "glaring holes" in the indictment alleging Carone took bribes from a hotel owner in exchange for a multimillion-dollar migrant housing contract.
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July 01, 2026
Chinese investors have filed a RICO Act lawsuit in Washington federal court, alleging that developers of a partially completed mixed-use project on a former copper smelter Superfund site along Puget Sound misused funds from their $39 million investment in the venture and let it fall into default.
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July 01, 2026
A woman claiming that an FBI agent smeared her by leaking confidential records to then-Fox News journalist Catherine Herridge told the U.S. Supreme Court not to halt Herridge's contempt finding and $800-per-day fine any longer, saying that even under Herridge's preferred test, she would still have to identify her source.
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July 01, 2026
A D.C. federal court has preliminarily reinstated U.S. Department of Agriculture grants totaling roughly $127 million under a program aimed at helping underserved farmers, finding the department's grant terminations likely flouted Congress' priorities under two Biden-era laws.
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July 01, 2026
The collective bargaining agreements for five New York City-based indigent defense and civil legal aid providers expired at the end of the day Tuesday as multiple unions reported outstanding points of contention in their negotiations.
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June 30, 2026
Federal judges in Massachusetts and Washington, D.C., on Tuesday struck down a U.S. Department of Education rule that effectively narrowed which public service workers could receive student loan forgiveness, saying the department had issued limitations on qualifying employers outside its rulemaking authority.
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June 30, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court's 5-4 holding Tuesday that President Donald Trump's executive order limiting birthright citizenship is unconstitutional did more than invalidate the policy, it effectively foreclosed Congress from trying to implement the executive order through legislation, experts told Law360.
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June 30, 2026
Prison operator GEO Group Inc. urged a Washington federal court to impose sanctions against the state for "frivolous" allegations that the company denied state health officials access to a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility in Tacoma.
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June 30, 2026
New Jersey and its Department of Health told a federal judge that despite consent from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to tour its Newark detention center, facility operator GEO Group Inc. is still barring entrance to certain areas.
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June 30, 2026
The estate of one of three people killed in a Florida Turnpike collision last year has dropped C.H. Robinson from its negligence lawsuit after the freight broker said it didn't even arrange the shipment and wasn't connected to the trucking company or driver involved in the accident.
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June 30, 2026
The U.S. Department of Justice has sued Massachusetts and Rhode Island over state laws allowing undocumented immigrants living in those states to pay in-state tuition at public colleges and universities, contending the policies have "rewarded illegal aliens who violate our nation's immigration laws."
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June 30, 2026
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have decided to cancel plans to convert a New Jersey warehouse into a 1,500-bed immigrant detention center, according to a joint status report filed in federal court, saying the property will instead be sold.
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June 30, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday thwarted President Donald Trump's attempt to limit birthright citizenship to babies born to parents with permanent ties to the United States, finding the 14th Amendment cannot be read that narrowly — a decision dissenting justices fear will jeopardize the country's future.
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June 29, 2026
An appeal testing the limits of ERISA fiduciary liability goes before the Third Circuit in July when DuPont and Corteva seek to overturn a district court ruling that a corporate spinoff damaged employees' retirement benefits. The court will also hear argument on whether heavy equipment giant Caterpillar forced a competitor out of business by pressuring a vendor. Here are some highlights from the court's July calendar.
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June 29, 2026
A group of 22 Los Angeles-area governments urged a California federal judge to issue a preliminary injunction blocking U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from making certain warrantless immigration arrests in a litigation claiming the agency is conducting a "campaign of terror" targeting Latino individuals in their communities.
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June 29, 2026
The state of California and Santa Clara County told a California federal court to block the federal government and a real estate investment firm from going forward with an immigrant detention facility allegedly planned for a 24.5-acre site, saying it would cause "significant and potentially catastrophic environmental and public health harms."
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June 29, 2026
The Trump administration is appealing a D.C. federal judge's decision to block its expansion of a database that allows states to screen voters.
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June 29, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider whether the Equal Access to Justice Act allows detained noncitizens who prevail in habeas corpus cases to be awarded attorney fees.
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June 29, 2026
Exiled Chinese businessman and dissident Miles Guo on Monday was sentenced to 30 years in prison, after a Manhattan federal jury convicted him of defrauding investors of more than $1.4 billion in connection with what prosecutors say was "a criminal enterprise built on lies."
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June 29, 2026
Florida's motor vehicle agency asked a federal court to deny foreign truckers' motion for anonymity in their lawsuit challenging the agency's decision to stop issuing commercial driver's licenses to certain noncitizens, arguing their fear of reprisal by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement doesn't justify that request.
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June 29, 2026
The Board of Immigration Appeals ruled Monday that immigration judges can't find noncitizens credible solely based on their candidness about having previously lied to obtain immigration benefits.