Two New York counties must face a Cayuga Nation member's discrimination lawsuit in a dispute over 911 access, a federal district court judge determined, saying his allegations of slow response times are enough to allege an injury.
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Judge Says NY Counties Can't Shake Tribal 911 Bias Claims

By Crystal Owens

Two New York counties must face a Cayuga Nation member's discrimination lawsuit in a dispute over 911 access, a federal district court judge determined, saying his allegations of slow response times are enough to allege an injury.

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Okla. Fails To Halt Tulsa-Muscogee Jurisdiction Agreement

By Joyce Hanson

Oklahoma and its governor have failed to show that Tulsa is incapable of adequately representing its interests as the city settles a jurisdictional lawsuit brought by the Muscogee (Creek) Nation over law enforcement, a federal judge has ruled as he closed the case.

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Analysis

Trump's Pipeline Order Stokes Turf War Over Energy Permits

By Keith Goldberg

The Trump administration is taking executive power into uncharted territory by asserting it can override state law to restart a California oil pipeline, but such an expansion of presidential authority over energy infrastructure may invite skepticism from courts.

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LITIGATION

Idaho Tribe Looks To Void Approval Of $2B Gold Mine Project

By Crystal Owens

An Idaho tribe says the U.S. Forest Service violated bedrock environmental laws that provide first lines of defense for its rights in approving a $2 billion gold mining project within the Boise and Payette national forests, arguing it failed to consider any alternative methods for the endeavor.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Chief Justice Says Personal Attacks On Judges 'Got To Stop'

By Katie Buehler

Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday condemned the personal attacks on federal judges that have become increasingly common during President Donald Trump's second term in office — and that are often launched by the president himself — and defended the daily work of the judiciary. 

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Deals In Jackson Walker-Judge Affair A 'Dilemma,' Judge Says

By José Luis Martínez

A Texas federal judge ordered three of Jackson Walker LLP's former bankruptcy clients Tuesday to explain by next month what would happen to money from potential vacaturs or sanctions against the law firm if the estates close after their contested deals get approved.

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NJ Judge Boots Prosecutor, Orders US Atty Trio's Testimony

By Jack Karp

A New Jersey federal judge on Monday questioned whether Alina Habba is still running the New Jersey U.S. Attorney's Office during a heated hearing where the jurist tossed a supervisory prosecutor from his courtroom and ordered testimony from the trio of attorneys who assumed Habba's responsibilities.

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Reed Smith Launches In Boston With 12 Attys From 7 Firms

By Tracey Read

Reed Smith LLP has launched its first office in Boston with 12 lawyers from White & Case, Goodwin Procter, McDermott Will & Schulte, Morrison Foerster, Kirkland & Ellis, Weil Gotshal & Manges and K&L Gates, the firm announced Tuesday.

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'No Disrespect' But Law Prof Mom Not SBF's Atty, Judge Says

By Lauren Berg

A federal judge in Manhattan cautioned retired Stanford Law School professor Barbara Fried, the mother of convicted FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, that she cannot make filings on behalf of her son in his bid for a new trial, saying she has not filed an appearance with the court.

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Indiana Firm Drops Quintairos Prieto 'Mass Exodus' Suit

By Adrian Cruz

Less than a month after suing Quintairos Prieto Wood & Boyer PA for allegedly causing a "mass exodus" of attorneys, Indiana-based Kopka Pinkus Dolin PC has chosen to dismiss the matter, according to a recent court filing.

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Comer Subpoenas AG Bondi Over Epstein Investigation

By Courtney Bublé

Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., chair of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, issued a subpoena on Tuesday for Attorney General Pam Bondi over the committee's investigation into the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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Senate OKs Conservative Think Tank GC As Louisiana Judge

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate voted 51-45 on Tuesday to confirm Anna St. John, president and general counsel of the Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute, as a U.S. district judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

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IP Atty Appeals Order Requiring OK To File WDTX Patent Suits

By Lauren Berg

Intellectual property attorney William Ramey is asking the Federal Circuit to overturn a Texas district judge's sanctions order requiring him to seek the court's permission before filing patent suits in the future, saying the judge relied on the wrong evidence in finding the attorney failed to conduct presuit investigations.

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Lawmakers Want More Oversight For Antitrust Settlements

By Matthew Perlman

Democratic lawmakers proposed legislation Tuesday that would give courts more power to review settlements reached in government antitrust cases, after the U.S. Department of Justice recently cut a pair of controversial deals, including with Live Nation last week.

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NJ Justices Create Attorney Readmission Board

By Jake Maher

New Jersey's highest court announced Tuesday it formally established a new body charged with overseeing readmissions of disbarred lawyers through changes to the state's standards for attorney conduct.

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Pot Co. Escapes Potency Suit, Judge Warns Plaintiff Firm

By Jonathan Capriel

MariMed and other cannabis companies beat claims they intentionally mislabeled their products to sidestep Illinois THC potency limits, with a federal judge highlighting the string of consumer-led suit losses and warning counsel to "heed the strong and universal concerns about the plausibility of their legal theories."

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Analysis

Prediction Markets Have Opened Compliance 'Pandora's Box'

By Phillip Bantz

The burgeoning prediction market has exploded the definition of what qualifies as confidential corporate information that employees could misuse for personal gain, leaving companies scrambling to update internal policies and guidelines, compliance experts say.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Barclay Damon

Bond Schoeneck

Bryan Cave

CohenMalad

Covington & Burling

Dentons

Goodwin Procter

Harris Beach Murtha Cullina PLLC

Haynes Boone

Holland & Hart

Jackson Walker LLP

K&L Gates

Kanji & Katzen

Kirkland & Ellis

Kopka Pinkus

Krizner Group

McCloskey Roberson

McDermott Will & Schulte

Morrison & Foerster

Norton Rose

Quintairos Prieto

Ramey LLP

Reed Smith

Rusty Hardin

Saul Ewing

Shapiro Arato

Weil Gotshal

White & Case

Williams Law Firm

Winston & Strawn

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Barron's

Boyer Co.

Center for Biological Diversity Inc.

Cisco Systems Inc.

George Washington University

Hamilton Lincoln

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

J.C. Penney Co. Inc.

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Juniper Networks Inc.

Learning Resources Inc.

LinkedIn Corp.

Live Nation Entertainment Inc.

Meadow

Sable Offshore Corp.

Stanford University

Strike LLC

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Bureau of Land Management

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Reserve System

Federal Trade Commission

Illinois Supreme Court

New Jersey Supreme Court

Nez Perce Tribe

Oklahoma Supreme Court

U.S. Attorney's Office

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

U.S. Department of Agriculture

U.S. Department of Defense

U.S. Department of Energy

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District & Bankruptcy Courts of Southern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana

U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma