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September 24, 2025
DHS Barred From Tying Disaster Aid To Immigration Agenda
The Trump administration unlawfully attached conditions to emergency service funding that required states to cooperate with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's immigration enforcement, a Rhode Island federal judge ruled Wednesday, agreeing with a multistate coalition that the conditions are unconstitutional, arbitrary and capricious.
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September 24, 2025
Michigan's 'Buy Local' Power Rule Shores Up Grid, Judge Told
Michigan's utility regulator and one of the state's largest utilities have defended a requirement that power providers serving the state must source some of their electricity locally, saying in a court filing the rule helps ensure grid reliability.
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September 24, 2025
6th Circ. Upends Ford's Win In Muslim Ex-Worker's Bias Suit
The Sixth Circuit reinstated a bias and retaliation suit Wednesday from a Muslim and Middle Eastern engineer who claimed Ford fired him due to his race, religion and national origin, finding the former worker put forward enough detail showing he may have been sacked for complaining about mistreatment.
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September 24, 2025
AGs Slam Capital One's $425M Deal As Unfair To Consumers
New York Attorney General Letitia James and 17 other attorneys general are opposing a proposed $425 million settlement between Capital One and a putative consumer class alleging the bank deceptively advertised its 360 Savings accounts, telling a Virginia federal court the deal "fails to adequately redress" the harms caused by the scheme.
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September 24, 2025
PeopleFacts To Pay $2.4M In Background Check Settlement
PeopleFacts has agreed to pay $2.4 million to job seekers whose criminal history was shared with employers without a notice required by the Fair Credit Reporting Act, according to a motion filed in Michigan federal court.
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September 24, 2025
States Say Ed Dept. Must Face Suit Over Mental Health Cuts
A group of 16 states led by Washington has asked a federal judge not to let the U.S. Department of Education escape the states' claims that the agency violated federal law by discontinuing mental health grants given to public schools to help students cope with school shootings.
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September 24, 2025
Mich. Hospital Must Bargain With SEIU Amid 6th Circ. Appeal
A Michigan hospital must keep bargaining with a Service Employees International Union affiliate while it appeals an injunction that forced it to resume working with the union, a Sixth Circuit panel said, finding the hospital is unlikely to show it acted lawfully when it withdrew recognition in 2023.
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September 24, 2025
Lender Must Face Class Claims It Ignored 'Do Not Call' Asks
A mortgage lender must face class allegations that it called people without their consent to market its loan products and continued to call people who asked it to stop, a Michigan federal judge has ruled, rejecting the lender's arguments that the proposed class is too vague.
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September 23, 2025
Mich. Panel Says Driver's Food Delivery Work Voids Coverage
A Progressive Insurance unit was entitled to rescind an auto policy it issued to a woman seeking coverage for an August 2021 accident since she falsely declared in her insurance application that she didn't work for a food delivery service, a Michigan state appeals court ruled.
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September 23, 2025
DHS Floats H-1B Rule To Prioritize Higher-Paid Workers
The Trump administration proposed a rule on Tuesday to change the H-1B lottery process to one that gives priority to higher-skilled workers at companies offering better pay, according to a Federal Register notice.
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September 23, 2025
Mich. Doctor Gets 6 Years For Role In Opioid Pill Mill
A Detroit area doctor was sentenced Tuesday to six years in prison for prescribing unnecessary opioids out of a pill mill that eventually were sold on the streets, with a Michigan federal judge saying some detainment was warranted for the dangers the operation posed to the community.
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September 23, 2025
Insurer Can Seek Reimbursement For $1M PIP Payments
A Michigan appellate panel on Monday affirmed a $1 million judgment for Farmers Insurance Exchange, finding it had the right to pursue reimbursement from another insurer after paying no-fault personal protection insurance benefits to an injured driver through a state-run claims program.
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September 23, 2025
FERC Urges Justices To Let Grid Incentive Ruling Stand
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission urged the U.S. Supreme Court not to disturb its revocation of an incentive for power companies that are required to be members of a regional transmission organization.
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September 23, 2025
EPA Still Can't Escape Tort Claims Over Flint Water Crisis
A Michigan federal judge has again denied a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency request to dismiss Federal Tort Claims Act litigation seeking to hold the government liable for allegedly lax oversight of the water system in Flint, Michigan.
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September 22, 2025
Advocate Says Jones Day Has Conflict In Mel Tucker Case
A sexual assault prevention advocate suing Michigan State University's board of trustees over the handling of her sexual harassment complaint against former football coach Mel Tucker said Jones Day's representation of the board creates a conflict of interest.
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September 22, 2025
$100K H-1B Fee Will Likely Hurt Both US And Foreign Workers
The new $100,000 fee for H-1B visas, which took effect on Sunday with little advance notice, blindsided immigration attorneys who told Law360 that it could ultimately hurt domestic workers by driving U.S. companies to do business elsewhere.
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September 22, 2025
Robbins Geller To Steer Ford Investors' Warranty Costs Suit
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP was selected on Monday to lead a consolidated putative class action accusing Ford Motor Co. and its executives of concealing rising warranty costs that later caused an 18% stock price decline.
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September 22, 2025
Family Sues For $100M In Child's Hyperbaric Chamber Death
The family of a 5-year-old boy who died in a hyperbaric chamber explosion in January sued the center that was treating the child and the manufacturer of the chamber for more than $100 million in damages Monday, alleging the Michigan clinic concealed the dangers of using the chamber.
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September 22, 2025
Mich. Judge Won't Certify Class In Dental Insurer TCPA Suit
A Michigan federal judge won't certify a proposed class alleging Solstice Benefits sent unsolicited faxes to customers in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, finding that determining members of the class would require highly individualized inquiries that would essentially defeat the purpose of a class action.
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September 22, 2025
Mich. Panel Reaffirms 3M's Win In Challenge To PFAS Rules
A Michigan appellate panel has again upheld a court decision invalidating Michigan's limits on PFAS chemicals in tap water, finding that 3M Co. may challenge the rules in court without first lodging an administrative complaint with the state's environmental agency.
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September 19, 2025
Trump Tags H-1B Visa Apps With $100,000 Fee
President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order to impose a $100,000 fee for H-1B visas, framing it as a "restriction on entry" necessary to stem the entry of high-skilled foreign workers, particularly in science and technology fields.
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September 19, 2025
OSU, Prof Cleared In Harassment Case Revived By 6th Circ.
A federal jury on Friday rejected a former Ohio State University graduate student's harassment claims against her doctoral adviser and the school, a year after the Sixth Circuit revived the case.
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September 19, 2025
Real Estate Recap: Rate Cut, REIT Rules, Construction Debt
Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including reactions to the Fed's interest rate cut, new guidance for states reviewing securities issued by public nonlisted real estate investment trusts, and a look at the banks with the most construction debt.
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September 19, 2025
Bankruptcy Firm Fined, Banned For 3 Years Over Disclosures
A Michigan bankruptcy judge has hit Recovery Law Group, a national consumer bankruptcy law firm, with a fine of about $392,000 and a three-year ban on bringing insolvency cases in the Eastern District of Michigan, finding it violated fee disclosure requirements in 220 cases.
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September 19, 2025
Under Trump, Hiring Immigration Lawyers Is Often Impossible
As the Trump administration follows through on campaign promises to arrest and deport millions, immigrants are increasingly finding that hiring an immigration lawyer is impossible. And without lawyers, they usually lose, no matter how strong their case is.
Expert Analysis
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Series
My Opera And Baseball Careers Make Me A Better Lawyer
Though participating in opera and the world of professional baseball often pulls me away from the office, my avocations improve my legal career by helping me perform under scrutiny, prioritize team success, and maintain joy and perspective at work, says Adam Unger at Herrick Feinstein.
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8 Ways Lawyers Can Protect The Rule Of Law In Their Work
Whether they are concerned with judicial independence, regulatory predictability or client confidence, lawyers can take specific meaningful actions on their own when traditional structures are too slow or too compromised to respond, says Angeli Patel at the Berkeley Center of Law and Business.
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Series
Law School's Missed Lessons: Communicating With Clients
Law school curricula often overlook client communication procedures, and those who actively teach this crucial facet of the practice can create exceptional client satisfaction and success, says Patrick Hanson at Wiggam Law.
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3 Judicial Approaches To Applying Loper Bright, 1 Year Later
In the year since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Chevron deference in its Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo decision, a few patterns have emerged in lower courts’ application of the precedent to determine whether agency actions are lawful, say attorneys at Husch Blackwell.
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What Businesses Need To Know To Avoid VPPA Class Actions
Divergent rulings by the Second, Sixth and Seventh Circuits about the scope of the Video Privacy Protection Act have highlighted the difficulty of applying a statute conceived to regulate the now-obsolete brick-and-mortar video store sector in today's internet economy, say attorneys at DTO Law.
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Series
Adapting To Private Practice: From US Rep. To Boutique Firm
My transition from serving as a member of Congress to becoming a partner at a boutique firm has been remarkably smooth, in part because I never stopped exercising my legal muscles, maintained relationships with my former colleagues and set the right tone at the outset, says Mondaire Jones at Friedman Kaplan.
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Opinion
Senate's 41% Litigation Finance Tax Would Hurt Legal System
The Senate’s latest version of the Big Beautiful Bill Act would impose a 41% tax on the litigation finance industry, but the tax is totally disconnected from the concerns it purports to address, and it would set the country back to a time when small plaintiffs had little recourse against big defendants, says Anthony Sebok at Cardozo School of Law.
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What Baseball Can Teach Criminal Attys About Rule Of Lenity
Judges tend to assess ambiguous criminal laws not unlike how baseball umpires approach checked swings, so defense attorneys should consider how to best frame their arguments to maximize courts' willingness to invoke the rule of lenity, wherein a tie goes to the defendant, says Jonathan Porter at Husch Blackwell.
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Series
Performing As A Clown Makes Me A Better Lawyer
To say that being a clown in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has changed my legal career would truly be an understatement — by creating an opening to converse on a unique topic, it has allowed me to connect with clients, counsel and even judges on a deeper level, says Charles Tatelbaum at Tripp Scott.
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Perspectives
Justices' Sentencing Ruling Is More Of A Ripple Than A Wave
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last week in Esteras v. U.S., limiting the factors that lower courts may consider in imposing prison sentences for supervised release violations, is symbolically important, but its real-world impact will likely be muted for several reasons, say attorneys at Perkins Coie.
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Series
Law School's Missed Lessons: Rejecting Biz Dev Myths
Law schools don’t spend sufficient time dispelling certain myths that prevent young lawyers from exploring new business opportunities, but by dismissing these misguided beliefs, even an introverted first-year associate with a small network of contacts can find long-term success, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein.
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Move Beyond Surface-Level Edits To Master Legal Writing
Recent instances in which attorneys filed briefs containing artificial intelligence hallucinations offer a stark reminder that effective revision isn’t just about superficial details like grammar — it requires attorneys to critically engage with their writing and analyze their rhetorical choices, says Ivy Grey at WordRake.
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9th Circ. Has Muddied Waters Of Article III Pleading Standard
District courts in the Ninth Circuit continue to apply a defunct and especially forgiving pleading standard to questions of Article III standing, and the circuit court itself has only perpetuated this confusion — making it an attractive forum for disputes that have no rightful place in federal court, say attorneys at Gibson Dunn.
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Series
Competing In Modern Pentathlon Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Opening myself up to new experiences through competing in modern Olympic pentathlon has shrunk the appearance of my daily work annoyances and helps me improve my patience, manage crises better and remember that acquiring new skills requires working through your early mistakes, says attorney Mary Zoldak.
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Series
Law School's Missed Lessons: Teaching Yourself Legal Tech
New graduates often enter practice unfamiliar with even basic professional software, but budding lawyers can use on-the-job opportunities to both catch up on technological skills and explore the advanced legal and artificial intelligence tools that will open doors, says Alyssa Sones at Sheppard Mullin.