75-Country Immigrant Visa Freeze Ruled 'Patently Unlawful'

By Rae Ann Varona

A New York federal judge on Friday struck down a U.S. Department of State policy that halted the issuance of visas to immigrants from 75 countries, finding the policy "patently unlawful" and in excess of Secretary of State Marco Rubio's statutory authority.

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9th Circ. Keeps Order To Improve ICE Site Amid Feds' Appeal

By Ganesh Setty

The Trump administration must continue to address the "severe and inhumane deficiencies" a California federal court identified at an immigrant detention facility in the Mojave Desert, the Ninth Circuit has ruled, finding it unlikely to prevail in detainees' constitutional challenge.

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Illinois-Led States Win TRO To Block DOT Bid For CDL Data

By Tom Lotshaw

A Virginia federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from obtaining a database containing information on 17 million commercial driver's license holders, ruling in favor of 21 states that allege it unlawfully demanded the records for immigration enforcement.

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ICE Contractor Wins Partial Block Of Colo. Inspection Law

By Benjamin Morse

A Colorado federal judge temporarily blocked part of a new state law imposing additional inspections and penalties on The GEO Group Inc.'s immigration detention facility in Aurora, finding the provisions likely unlawfully discriminate against the company as a federal contractor.

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Trump Says He Reached Deal For Tariff-Free Ground Beef

By Jack McLoone

President Donald Trump said Friday he has cut a deal to allow up to 300,000 metric tons of ground beef to be imported into the U.S. without an added tariff in exchange for lower prices for consumers.

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Groups Say HHS Left Migrant Children Without Legal Help

By Britain Eakin

Former legal services providers for unaccompanied migrant children have told a California federal judge that the Trump administration could be violating an injunction requiring the government to maintain legal representation for the minors, alleging that thousands are now unrepresented after the providers' contract expired last month.

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Investor Keeps $6.9M Del. Award But Loses Legal Fees

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Supreme Court on Friday upheld a roughly $6.9 million damages award to a former investor in a Philadelphia-area EB-5 investment business but overturned nearly $260,000 in attorney fees, finding the investor waited too long to argue that the fees were part of his damages.

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Parsing Gov't Scrutiny Of Lending To Unauthorized Workers

Attorneys at Mayer Brown explain guidance recently issued by three banking regulators that addresses risks associated with lending to so-called non-work authorized individuals and discuss what the regulatory update could mean for fintech companies.

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AGs Want Meta's Privilege Claims Reviewed In Bellwether Trial

By Dorothy Atkins

During a break in a jury trial Monday over states' claims Meta hid social media's harm, states' counsel urged a California federal judge to require Meta to re-review all of its attorney-client privilege designations, arguing that "it seems actually logically impossible" that Meta described the wrong standard in only a single document.  

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Legal Center Says DOJ Is Stonewalling Fund Records Request

By Jared Foretek

A voting rights nonprofit is accusing the U.S. Department of Justice of stonewalling a request for records on the Trump administration's attempted "anti-weaponization fund," claiming that the agency has spent the summer unlawfully ducking a Freedom of Information Act submission.

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Galindo Law Files For Ch. 11 After Camp Lejeune Fee Fight

By Ben Zigterman

A Houston-based personal injury law firm sought bankruptcy relief on Monday with more than $50 million in liabilities after a mass tort litigation marketing company sued for over $9 million in fees related to finding potential victims of water contamination at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune.

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Attys Ask Court To Toss Suit Alleging They Stole 1,000 Cases

By Spencer Brewer

Multiple attorneys asked a Texas federal court to toss claims that they conspired to hijack 1,000 cases filed by hurricane survivors who had hired and built cases with a different firm, claiming the firm that brought the suit failed to plead a viable RICO claim.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court last week saw a wave of lawsuits involving corporate oversight, take-private deals, financing transactions, bankruptcy fallout, stockholder voting rights and disputes over control.

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