The full Third Circuit on Wednesday quizzed counsel in a gun rights case about whether AR-15s, other widely owned semi-automatic firearms, and high-capacity magazines should be considered so "dangerous" or "unusual" as to not be protected by the Second Amendment, with the panel giving no clear leanings as to how it might rule.
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3rd Circ. Weighs If AR-15s Are 'Dangerous,' 'Unusual' Arms

By P.J. D'Annunzio

The full Third Circuit on Wednesday quizzed counsel in a gun rights case about whether AR-15s, other widely owned semi-automatic firearms, and high-capacity magazines should be considered so "dangerous" or "unusual" as to not be protected by the Second Amendment, with the panel giving no clear leanings as to how it might rule.

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Chancery 'Rewrote' $3.4B Merger Deal, J&J Tells Del. Justices

By Carla Baranauckas

Johnson & Johnson told the Delaware Supreme Court on Wednesday that the Chancery Court "rewrote" its $3.4 billion agreement for the acquisition of surgical robotics firm Auris Health, wrongly using the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing to impose obligations the company never accepted.

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Glock Loses Bid To Toss New Jersey AG's Gun Violence Suit

By Emily Field

A New Jersey state judge has declined to dismiss a suit brought by the state's attorney general seeking to hold Glock Inc. liable for gun violence, finding that a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in a case brought by Mexico against gunmakers doesn't bar the state's claims.

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AGs Concerned About Landlord Settlements In RealPage Case

By Isaac Monterose

Attorneys general of the District of Columbia and three states told a Tennessee federal court Wednesday that they have concerns about a combined $141.8 million worth of class settlements for antitrust claims against several multifamily landlords that allegedly used property management software company RealPage Inc.'s technology for rent price-fixing.

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Seward & Kissel Faces Bid To Expand NJ Malpractice Suit

By Jake Maher

The wife of a co-founder of hedge fund Two Sigma Investments LP asked a New Jersey state court this week to expand her malpractice suit against Seward & Kissel LLP with counts of fraud and conspiracy to defraud, based on documents turned up in discovery.

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States Seek To Revive FEMA's Disaster-Mitigation Funding

By Ganesh Setty

A group of 22 states and the District of Columbia urged a Massachusetts federal court Wednesday to block the Trump administration's termination of a disaster mitigation program under the Federal Emergency Management Agency, arguing such authority lies with Congress.

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THIRD CIRCUIT

3rd Circ. Clears Cannabis REIT In Investor Fraud Suit

By Katryna Perera

The Third Circuit on Wednesday affirmed the dismissal of a securities fraud class action against a cannabis-focused real estate investment trust that alleged the trust violated securities laws by ignoring red flags about a tenant, with the panel finding that investors failed to show they were intentionally misled.

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Roundup

3rd Circ. Preview: US Atty, Columbia Activist, Ex-Union Prez

By Matthew Santoni

The Third Circuit's late October arguments will include two nationally watched cases scrutinizing President Donald Trump's power to name "interim" government officials and his promise to deport foreign nationals who allegedly supported Hamas or took part in protests against Israel's war in Gaza.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Series

Law School's Missed Lessons: Client Service

Law school teaches you how to interpret the law, but it doesn't teach you some of the key ways to keeping clients satisfied, lessons that I've learned in the most unexpected of places: a book on how to be a butler, says Gregory Ramos at Armstrong Teasdale.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Ex-Trump Aide Bolton Indicted Over Classified Info Handling

By Lauren Berg

John Bolton, the former national security adviser to President Donald Trump, was indicted Thursday by a Maryland federal grand jury on charges related to the handling of classified information.

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Judge Shields Migrants From ICE After Courthouse Arrests

By Bonnie Eslinger

A California federal judge on Thursday barred U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from detaining two asylum-seeking mothers without notice and a hearing, ruling the agency's courthouse arrest tactics likely violate due process.

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Many NY Trial Judges Elevated In Secret, Report Finds

By Frank G. Runyeon

Hundreds of New York state judges are permanently elevated to top trial courts via a secretive appointment process, according to a report released Thursday.

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Analysis

Why Ethics Complaints Against Halligan Face 'Very High Bar'

By Phillip Bantz

Interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan for the Eastern District of Virginia could face bar disciplinary action or court sanctions if the prosecutions she's pursuing at President Donald Trump's behest are found to be politically motivated or baseless, although proving ethics allegations will be an uphill battle, experts say.

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Ex-Va. Federal Prosecutor Joins NY AG James' Defense Team

By Lauren Berg

The former deputy criminal chief for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Norfolk, Virginia, Thursday joined the team defending New York Attorney General Letitia James in the government's case accusing her of mortgage-related fraud, filed after the president encouraged prosecutors to take action against his "guilty as hell" political opponents.

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5th Circ. Calls For Narrow Sanctions In Southwest Bias Fight

By Grace Elletson

The Fifth Circuit stood by its decision to scuttle a contempt order mandating religious bias training for attorneys representing Southwest Airlines in a flight attendant's discrimination suit, but tweaked a May panel ruling to instruct a trial court to impose "narrowly tailored" sanctions.

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Saul Ewing Asks For End To Ex-Conrail CEO's Legal Mal Suit

By P.J. D'Annunzio

Following a federal court decision upholding an $11 million arbitration award against former Conrail CEO David LeVan that stemmed from a failed Gettysburg casino project, Saul Ewing has urged a Philadelphia judge to find that LeVan is time-barred from bringing his malpractice case against the firm, in which he accused it of poorly advising him during the fallout of the collapsed deal.

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IRS Agents Lose Defamation Suit Against Hunter Biden's Atty

By Anna Scott Farrell

An attorney who defended Hunter Biden against criminal tax charges was only expressing his legal opinion when he accused Internal Revenue Service agents of illegally disclosing his client's private tax information, a D.C. federal judge ruled in dismissing the agents' complaint for defamation.

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Analysis

Kirk-Related Visa Revocations May Rub Against Court Rulings

By Britain Eakin

The Trump administration's revocation of visas from individuals who criticized Charlie Kirk after his death raises First Amendment concerns that could run up against a recent federal court ruling holding that noncitizens have the same free speech rights as U.S. citizens.

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Bannon Tells Justices Legal Advice Dooms Contempt Rap

By Cara Salvatore

A lawyer's advice to Steve Bannon not to respond to a congressional subpoena over the Jan. 6 insurrection means he couldn't have "willfully" flouted the subpoena and negates his conviction, the onetime Trump adviser has told the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Justices Told Presidential Firing Limits Rely On 'Soured' Logic

By Katie Buehler

President Donald Trump and a cadre of supporters have urged the U.S. Supreme Court to wipe out what remains of a 90-year-old ruling that empowers Congress to prohibit the president from firing certain agency officials at will, arguing the decision was flawed when originally issued and is now well past its prime. 

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US Chamber Sues To Block Trump's $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee

By Jared Foretek

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce sued the Trump administration on Thursday to block a planned increase in the cost of highly coveted H-1B visas, saying the proposed $100,000 fee would have a "devastating effect" on American businesses, particularly those in the tech, healthcare, higher education and manufacturing sectors.

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ABA Says Attys Must Be Clear About Neutrality In Mediations

By Emily Sawicki

Attorneys who agree to work as neutral, third-party mediators must make it explicitly clear that they are not advising or holding privilege with participants, the American Bar Association has warned in its latest ethics opinion.

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Brief

US Attorney Nominations For Missouri And Indiana Advance

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to approve, along party lines, two U.S. attorney nominees for Missouri and Indiana on Thursday.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

ArentFox Schiff

Armstrong Teasdale

Baker Botts

Baker Lopez

Baughman Kroup

Boyden Gray

Bradley Arant

Bressler Amery

Brownstein Hyatt

Calcagni & Kanefsky

Clarick Gueron

Cleary Gottlieb

Clement & Murphy

Coblentz Patch

Cooper & Kirk

Cozen O'Connor

Cyrus D. Mehta & Partners

Davis Wright Tremaine

Foley & Lardner

Fox Rothschild

Gallagher Evelius

Gibson Dunn

Gordon Rees

Hartman & Winnicki

Hausfeld LLP

Herzfeld Suetholz

Holland & Knight

Hughes Hubbard

Jackson Walker LLP

King & Spalding

Lauro & Singer

Lowell & Associates

Maynard Nexsen

McDermott Will & Schulte

McGuireWoods

Montgomery Purdue

Morris Nichols

Norton Rose

O'Melveny & Myers

Orrick Herrington

Patterson Belknap

Pillsbury Winthrop

Pryor & Bruce

Quinn Emanuel

Ramos & Law

Ramos Law (Wheat Ridge, CO)

Reed Smith

Riley & Jacobson

Robins Kaplan

Ross Aronstam

Ryan Law Partners

Saul Ewing

Scott&Scott

Selendy Gay

Seward & Kissel

Sidley Austin

Silverman Thompson

Sims Funk

Skadden Arps

Spragens Law

Stern Kilcullen

Steve Harvey Law

Stoel Rives

Venable LLP

Vinson & Elkins

Weil Gotshal

Wheeler Trigg

Whiteford Taylor

Wilke Fleury

Zelle LLP

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Alliance Defending Freedom

Allied Orion Group LLC

American Association of University Professors

American Bar Association

Americans for Prosperity Foundation

Apartment Income REIT

Auris Health Inc.

BH Management Services LLC

Bell Partners Inc.

Brookfield Property Partners LP

Coalition Inc.

FPI Management Inc.

Fortis Advisors LLC

Glock Inc.

Highmark Residential LLC

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

Johnson & Johnson

LinkedIn Corp.

National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation

New York Law School

Pinnacle Property Management Services

Princeton University

Prometheus Real Estate Group Inc.

Protect Democracy Project Inc.

RealPage Inc.

Sherman Associates Inc.

Smith & Wesson Brands Inc.

Southwest Airlines Co.

The Bozzuto Group Inc.

The Florida Bar

The New York Times Co.

Two Sigma Investments LP

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

University of Virginia

Washington Legal Foundation

WinnCompanies LLC

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives

City and County of San Francisco, California

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Executive Office of the President

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Federal Reserve System

Federal Trade Commission

Florida Supreme Court

Food and Drug Administration

Internal Revenue Service

Missouri Attorney General's Office

National Labor Relations Board

National Security Council

New Jersey Attorney General's Office

New York Attorney General's Office

New York County District Attorney's Office

New York Supreme Court, New York County

Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia

Texas Judicial Branch

U.S. Attorney's Office

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of State

U.S. Department of the Treasury

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

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

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

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

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

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

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

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

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

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

United Nations