Analysis

How AI Is Causing Real Copyright Uncertainty

By Chris Villani

As artificial intelligence is used increasingly to generate images, sounds, software and other products, attorneys say they are left navigating an uncertain landscape when it comes to securing copyright protections for AI-assisted outputs, with few signs of clarity on the horizon.

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15,000 Nurses Begin Strike On Major NYC Hospitals

By Emily Brill

Thousands of nurses at three New York City hospital systems walked off the job Monday, heralding what their union called the largest nurses' strike in the city's history after the systems refused to meet workers' demands on staffing, benefits and work safety protocol during contract negotiations.

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Ex-Goldman Exec Faces July FCPA Trial Over Ghana Deal

By Stewart Bishop

A Brooklyn federal judge Monday teed up a midsummer trial for a former Goldman Sachs banker accused of violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by bribing Ghanaian officials to secure a power plant deal.

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Justices Sign Off On Dismissal Of FIFA Bribery Cases

By Alex Lawson

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday erased criminal bribery convictions against a former media executive and an Argentine sports marketing company stemming from the FIFA corruption probe, following through on federal prosecutors' surprising decision to abandon the cases last month.

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Bruce Fein Axed As Counsel In Maduro's NY Drug Case

By Rachel Rippetoe

A New York federal judge on Monday said constitutional lawyer Bruce Fein could not represent Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro after Fein admitted to having never spoken to or entered into an agreement of representation for the foreign leader, who was indicted on narco-conspiracy charges this month.

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Ørsted And AGs Win Bid To Resume Revolution Wind Project

By Brian Steele

A federal judge on Monday authorized construction to continue on the Revolution Wind project meant to power 350,000 New England homes, lifting a second stop-work order imposed by the Trump administration while litigation plays out.

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High Court Turns Down Chance To Review McDonnell Douglas

By Vin Gurrieri

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an invitation Monday by a former medical school dean to rethink a five-decade-old precedent for evaluating discrimination claims that several conservative justices have recently indicated should get a fresh look.

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Analysis

Attorneys Chastened By Fed. Circ.'s ITC Mixed Deadline Ruling

By Theresa Schliep

A Federal Circuit decision concluding that certain mixed rulings from the U.S. International Trade Commission can generate different appeal deadlines, even when issued in the same document, is a reminder of just how strict courts can be when handling unclear appeal due dates, attorneys told Law360.

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NY Fights Feds' Stop-Work Orders For Offshore Wind Projects

By Lauren Berg

New York is challenging a federal order halting construction of two offshore wind projects that are projected to power more than a million homes, saying the Trump administration has not explained why the projects, which both previously passed all safety and environmental reviews, have suddenly presented national security concerns.

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Trump Order's Vote-By-Mail Limits Are Unlawful, Judge Rules

By Ben Adlin

A federal judge in Seattle has barred the Trump administration from enforcing key sections of a March executive order on elections, ruling that the government cannot compel Washington and Oregon to change state deadlines for mail-in ballots or use federal forms requiring proof of citizenship.

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NYC Must Face Claims It Wrongly Halted Chelsea Hotel Reno

By Isaac Monterose

A New York federal judge on Monday rejected New York City's bid for a quick win against a $100 million suit that accuses the city of wrongfully stopping renovations for the Hotel Chelsea after changing the building's classification.

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Landlord Picks Winning Bidder Despite NYC's Delay Request

By Emlyn Cameron

A group of debtors affiliated with New York City landlord Pinnacle Group named stalking horse bidder Summit Gold Inc. the winner in an asset auction opposed by the city's new mayor.

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Capital One's Revised $425M Rate Deal Gets Judge's Initial OK

By Sarah Jarvis

A Virginia federal judge Monday preliminarily approved a revised settlement with Capital One over claims the bank deceptively advertised its 360 Savings accounts, with the new deal more than doubling the value of an earlier proposed deal the judge had refused to approve.

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Bargaining LIRR Unions Seek 2nd Report From White House

By Emily Brill

A group of five unions asked the White House on Monday to convene a second board of experts to resolve a nearly 3-year-old contract fight at the Long Island Rail Road, saying the New York City-area commuter rail network won't listen to the first board's suggestions.

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States Fight USDA's Renewed Effort To Cut SNAP Benefits

By Hailey Konnath

A coalition of states has asked a California federal judge to enforce an injunction blocking the U.S. Department of Agriculture from withholding funding from states refusing to share sensitive personal information on food assistance benefit recipients, saying the Trump administration has once again threatened to withhold the funding.

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Ad Tech Rivals Say 'Unique Harms' Make Complaints Separate

By Bryan Koenig

Google's advertising placement technology competitors have told a New York federal judge their half-dozen complaints should remain separate, arguing that letting the search giant tee up a consolidation motion would hamper, rather than streamline, their antitrust claims, which followed the U.S. Department of Justice's successful litigation against the company.

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Nielsen Gets 4-Day Pause On National-Local Data Tying Block

By Bryan Koenig

Nielsen has just four days to seek Second Circuit intervention before an order goes into effect blocking it from conditioning full access to its nationwide radio data on also buying local data, after a New York federal judge refused Monday to pause that mandate beyond a brief administrative stay.

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Judge Won't Reconsider Pot Club Owners' Injunction Bid

By Mike Curley

A New York federal judge won't reconsider his decision to deny a motion for a preliminary injunction brought by the owners of an unlicensed cannabis club, saying they haven't overcome the fact that they don't have standing to block the state from enforcing its cannabis laws.

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Cayuga Nation, Cig. Sellers, Vie For Post-Verdict Wins

By Mike Curley

The Cayuga Nation and a pair of entrepreneurs are each urging a New York federal court to modify or vacate a jury verdict that found the pair liable for racketeering in relation to an unsanctioned smoke shop on tribal land, with the tribe arguing the damages should be higher, while the couple argue the tribe should take nothing.

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KKR Real Estate General Counsel To Step Down

By Grace Dixon

KKR has announced that the company's managing director and general counsel of real estate intends to resign following a transition period, according to a securities filing from a KKR real estate investment trust.

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Clifford Chance Continues US Growth With Freshfields Atty

By Andrea Keckley

Clifford Chance LLP announced Monday that it is continuing to grow in the U.S. with the hiring of a private equity attorney from Freshfields LLP, touting her experience in cross-border mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, investments, divestitures, joint ventures, equity financings and restructurings.

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Paul Hastings Taps DOJ Alum From Cravath As Litigation Head

By Andrea Keckley

Paul Hastings LLP announced Monday that it is continuing to expand its litigation department with the hire of a former high-ranking U.S. Department of Justice official who most recently chaired Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP's investigations and regulatory enforcement practice, calling him "one of the nation's top litigators."

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How Mamdani Will Shift NYC Employment Law Enforcement

Under Mayor Zohran Mamdani, the New York City labor law regime is poised to become more coordinated, less forgiving and more willing to test gray areas in favor of workers, with wage and hour practices, pay equity and contractor relationships among likely areas of enforcement focus, says Scott Green at Goldberg Segalla.

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SEC Virtu Deal Previews Risks Of Nonpublic Info In AI Models

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s recent settlement with Virtu Financial Inc. over alleged failures to safeguard customer data raises broader questions about how traditional enforcement frameworks may apply when material nonpublic information is embedded into artificial intelligence trading systems, says Braeden Anderson at Gesmer Updegrove.

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Series

Judges On AI: How Courts Can Boost Access To Justice

Arizona Court of Appeals Judge Samuel A. Thumma writes that generative artificial intelligence tools offer a profound opportunity to enhance access to justice and engender public confidence in courts’ use of technology, and judges can seize this opportunity in five key ways.

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Reviewing Historical And Recent NYDFS Blockchain Guidance

An industry letter released in the fall by the New York State Department of Financial Services, together with guidance issued over the past decade, signals a heightened regulatory expectation for covered institutions regarding the use of blockchain analytics and requires review, says Nicole De Santis at Nomadis Consulting.

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Analysis

The Issues That Could Decide The Tom Goldstein Tax Case

By Jared Foretek

Federal prosecutors are set to begin making their case against famed U.S. Supreme Court lawyer and SCOTUSblog founder Tom Goldstein at trial Wednesday, alleging that he deliberately hid millions of dollars in high-stakes poker winnings from the Internal Revenue Service between 2016 and 2021 and lied on mortgage applications.

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Haynes Boone Opens Boston Office Led By Ex-K&L Gates Atty

By Tracey Read

Haynes Boone announced Monday that it has opened its 20th office in Boston, and that it has added a former K&L Gates LLP asset management and investment funds partner to lead the Beantown launch.

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4 Ways DOJ Probe Into Powell Could Be Risky For Trump

By Jon Hill

The criminal probe that President Donald Trump's U.S. Department of Justice has opened into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell dramatically escalates administration pressure on the central bank, but it is not without significant potential risks for the White House.

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SEC Draws From BigLaw To Appoint Enforcement Deputies

By Jessica Corso

Two former BigLaw attorneys, one of whom served as counsel to President Donald Trump during his first term in office, have joined the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as deputy directors of enforcement, the agency announced Monday.

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Approach The Bench: Judge Bough On Ethics

Years of experience as a plaintiff's attorney influenced U.S. District Judge Stephen Bough's disclosure rules for litigators appearing in his court.

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Sitting Judges Advocate For Bill To Allow Them To Carry Guns

By Courtney Bublé

Three federal judges have come out in support of a Republican-led bill to allow judges and prosecutors to carry concealed firearms across state lines.

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NJ US Atty Office's 3-Person Leadership Unlawful, Court Told

By Emily Sawicki

Criminal defendants in the District of New Jersey are challenging the three-person leadership structure now in place at the Garden State's U.S. attorney's office following the disqualification of Alina Habba, telling the court their due process rights have been violated by the allegedly unlawful system.

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Compromise Funding Bill Gives Judiciary $9.7B

By Courtney Bublé

Congressional appropriators have unveiled a bipartisan compromise funding bill for the federal judiciary for fiscal 2026, which includes the judiciary's requested funding for court security and federal public defenders.

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House Passes Bill To Double Ch. 7 Trustee Fee

By Clara Geoghegan

A bipartisan bill doubling the fixed per-case fees for Chapter 7 trustees is headed to President Donald Trump for a signature, after the U.S. House of Representatives passed it Monday night.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court closed out the week with developments ranging from leadership changes in a $13 billion take-private case and posttrial sparring over a major earnout to fresh governance fights, revived fraud claims and sanctions tied to advancement rights.

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