Unions Urge Judge To Keep AI Surveillance Case Alive

By Britain Eakin

Unions challenging the Trump administration's alleged surveillance of noncitizens' viewpoints to find targets for immigration enforcement urged a New York federal judge Wednesday to reject the government's dismissal bid, saying First Amendment injuries to their members give them standing.

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ICE Courthouse Arrest Policy Faces New Stay Bid After Error

By Adrian Cruz

Civil rights groups suing the U.S. government to block immigration courthouse arrests asked a New York federal judge to stay the enforcement of the arrest policy, arguing that government attorneys have retracted their original position on the legality of the arrests.

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Colo. Court Mulls JBS' Bid To Toss Haitian Workers' Bias Suit

By Rachel Konieczny

A Colorado federal judge declined Thursday to rule on meatpacking giant JBS USA Food Co.'s bids to dismiss a suit and strike class allegations that Haitian workers suffered race-based discrimination and labor violations while working at the facility.  

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Immigration Board Says Judge Glossed Over Inconsistencies

By Tom Lotshaw

An immigration judge failed to address and explain inconsistencies before finding a Cameroonian man credible and granting him withholding of removal protection, the Board of Immigration Appeals said in a decision designated as precedential.

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Car Wash Workers Say ICE Racially Profiled Them During Raid

By Ganesh Setty

Seven workers at a Massachusetts car wash lodged a Federal Tort Claims Act action alleging they were racially profiled during an immigration raid, saying the officers lacked warrants and made "no meaningful effort" to confirm their status before arresting them.

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DHS Cleared To Override Stay In CBP Training Center Contract

By Ganesh Setty

A contractor that lost out on building temporary housing for U.S. Customs and Border Protection trainees voluntarily dismissed its lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, after the court found the government was likely justified in overriding an automatic pause on the contract.

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Sig Sauer Claims Contractor Immunity In Gun Injury Suits

By Elaine Briseño

Sig Sauer told a Pennsylvania federal court it cannot be sued by a government agent accidentally shot in the leg after one of its P320 pistols allegedly spontaneously discharged, saying it has immunity as a government contractor.

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Officiating Football Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Though they may seem to have little in common, officiating football has sharpened many of the same skills that define effective lawyering in management-side labor and employment: preparation, judgment, composure, credibility and ability to make difficult decisions in real time, says Josh Nadreau at Fisher Phillips.

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DLA Piper Clears Vote To End Verein, Unify Leadership

By Tracey Read

DLA Piper announced Friday that firm partners on both sides of the Atlantic have "overwhelmingly approved" a plan to dissolve its Swiss verein structure effective May 1.

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Commerce Department's General Counsel Departs

By Christine DeRosa

The U.S. Department of Commerce's general counsel has left the agency after just over a year, the agency confirmed on Friday.

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UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Laura Stewart Liberty

The past week in London has seen a Hong Kong company sue the government and a COVID-19 PPE company linked to Tory peer Michelle Mone, an oligarch bring a fresh claim against a rival in a long-running feud, a rugby league club sue over a cancelled mass dance event, and Visa and Mastercard hit with legal action from H&M, Eurostar, and Bang & Olufsen. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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