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April 20, 2026
Conservation groups petitioned the Eleventh Circuit on Monday seeking to block the Trump administration's recent approval of BP's Kaskida offshore drilling project in the Gulf of Mexico, saying Kaskida is in "riskier waters" than where the Deepwater Horizon disaster occurred.
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April 20, 2026
Live Nation is asking a New York federal court to strike the testimony of a key expert witness for the states and to wipe the damages awarded by the jury based on her work, in the antitrust case accusing the company of monopolizing the live entertainment industry.
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April 20, 2026
Indigenous organizations say Alaska is responsible for the length of a dispute rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court over fishing rights in the Kuskokwim River, telling a district court that the state is trying to "foist responsibility" for millions in legal fees onto its Native citizens.
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April 20, 2026
The first phase of U.S. Customs and Border Protection's tariff refund system has largely held up against the influx of importers' initial claims, though some businesses have already identified issues in complying with the process, according to trade lawyers.
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April 17, 2026
Eight states have asked a Massachusetts federal judge to restore $160 million to federal programs providing professional development to new teachers cut by the U.S. Department of Education last year, which the states said were unlawfully targeted by the Trump administration as diversity initiatives.
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April 17, 2026
A Rhode Island federal judge has temporarily blocked the U.S. Department of Justice from imposing new conditions related to diversity, equity and inclusion activities and immigration status on domestic violence assistance grants, finding a nonprofit coalition likely to succeed in a legal challenge.
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April 17, 2026
Historical preservationists have joined with conservation advocates in suing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in Texas federal court, accusing the Trump administration of unconstitutionally repealing dozens of laws as it builds a massive wall along the Mexican border.
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April 17, 2026
The warden of the Nebraska State Penitentiary has rescinded a 60-day ban that restricted Indigenous inmates' access to a religious worship space several days after the decision was challenged in federal court, saying added security measures allowed for the reinstatement.
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April 17, 2026
Three Indigenous nations say a recent decision to partially dismiss an environmental group's challenge to a Yellowstone National Park bison management plan doesn't implicate any treaty issues, telling a Montana federal court they intervened to uphold the project and not to litigate their rights to hunt.
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April 17, 2026
The U.S. Senate has passed a measure to revoke a Biden-era order that barred mining for 20 years across more than 225,000 acres around the Boundary Waters of northeastern Minnesota, now heading to President Donald Trump's desk for signature.
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April 17, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday said that pollution lawsuits against Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron in Louisiana belong in federal court, agreeing with the companies that their World War II-era oil production in the state was federal in nature.
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April 16, 2026
A Ninth Circuit judge appeared skeptical Thursday of requests by KalshiEX LLC, Crypto.com and Robinhood to block Nevada from enforcing state gambling laws against sports and election-related contracts, telling Robinhood's counsel "I don't buy" the companies' regulatory interpretation and slamming a Crypto.com argument as "sophistry to the nth degree."
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April 16, 2026
An Oregon environmental watchdog sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday over its approval of a Washington state report on watershed management, claiming the document was based on faulty modeling and, if allowed to stand, could threaten the survival of salmon and other fish in the region.
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April 16, 2026
U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chair Michael Selig on Thursday dismissed lawmakers' concerns that his agency may be understaffed for a widening mandate that includes policing prediction markets, and insisted he won't delay rulemaking while he waits for the president to appoint other commissioners.
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April 16, 2026
Live Nation Entertainment Inc.'s across-the-board trial rout by 34 state attorneys general underscores the ascendancy of state antitrust enforcers looking to fill perceived enforcement gaps left by the U.S. Department of Justice during President Donald Trump's second term.
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April 16, 2026
Three tribal nations and the federal government are asking a district court to reject a request by two Oklahoma district attorneys to stay a jurisdictional challenge until another dispute with a Tulsa County prosecutor is resolved by the Tenth Circuit, arguing that the appeal is not likely to prevail.
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April 16, 2026
Prediction market platform Kalshi contends that a suit brought against the company by Michigan's attorney general alleging violations of state gambling laws should stay in federal court and not be remanded to state court.
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April 16, 2026
A group of Democratic federal lawmakers this week called on the U.S. Department of Justice's acting inspector general to investigate the possibility that lobbying has led to misconduct in the department's antitrust work, including the DOJ's recent surprise settlement with event ticketing giant Live Nation.
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April 16, 2026
Two Indigenous men are asking a federal court to block a Nebraska Department of Corrections' 60-day ban on access to a religious space within a Lincoln prison yard, arguing that the policy is keeping roughly 60 inmates from practicing essential elements of their faith.
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April 16, 2026
A Hawaii federal judge has dismissed with prejudice a suit from the U.S. government aiming to block the state from suing oil and gas companies on climate change-related claims, finding the government's complaint fails to establish any of the elements of standing.
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April 15, 2026
A California federal judge appeared skeptical Wednesday of Meta Platforms Inc.'s request for a summary judgment win over claims by state attorneys general in multidistrict social media addiction litigation, saying repeatedly that many disputes should be resolved at trial and panning some arguments by both sides as "a bunch of games."
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April 15, 2026
A California federal judge tossed a lawsuit claiming Riverside County in Southern California and its sheriff's department illegally raided a cannabis operation on sovereign tribal land, due to insufficient discovery responses that resulted in "deemed" admissions.
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April 15, 2026
Two Alaska Native groups, the state and a mining company have urged a federal judge to vacate a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency veto blocking a proposed mineral project that could harm salmon populations, saying the EPA overstepped its authority under the Clean Water Act.
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April 15, 2026
A California state court judge has put on hold coordinated climate litigation that state and local governments have filed against oil and gas companies while the U.S. Supreme Court considers a similar case brought by the city and county of Boulder, Colorado.
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April 15, 2026
The U.S. Department of the Interior won't weigh in on whether a dispute between a miner, tribal nations and conservation groups over the Chuckwalla National Monument's establishment in California should stay in a Michigan district court.