Stadium Deal Still On Despite Trump Threat, DC Officials Say

By David Steele

The mayor and City Council chair of Washington, D.C., said on Monday that they were focusing on their roles in approving the $3 billion plan for a new stadium for the NFL's Commanders, regardless of President Donald Trump's weekend threat to kill the deal if the team's racist former nickname was not brought back.

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Judge Won't Recuse Over Past Work With DraftKings Counsel

By Elaine Briseño

A California federal judge presiding over a proposed class action against DraftKings regarding its fantasy sports games offerings rejected a request from the plaintiffs to recuse himself over concerns that an attorney for the defense has ties to the court.

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Baseball Training Co. Must Face Suit Over Mom's Injury

By Elaine Briseño

Indiana's court of appeals ruled that a baseball training center cannot escape a lawsuit accusing the business of negligence after an admittedly unstable training screen fell over and caused a head injury to the mother of one of the trainees.

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NCAA Says Ohio NIL Case Ruling Ends NC Spat

By Abigail Harrison

The end of a name, image and likeness suit several states away further substantiates that antitrust claims against the National Collegiate Athletic Association were filed too late, according to a filing in North Carolina Business Court.

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Copyright And TM Cases To Watch In The Second Half Of 2025

By Theresa Schliep

The U.S. Supreme Court will evaluate contributory liability in a $1 billion copyright case involving internet service providers, and the Federal Circuit will assess the latest attempted trademark registration testing the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's comfort with profanity. Here are the copyright and trademark cases to watch for the rest of the year.

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Judge Allows Calif. Tribe In Casino Suit, Denies Dismissal Bid

By Crystal Owens

A California tribe at the center of a dispute over a decision to take 70 acres into trust for its proposed Sonoma County hotel and casino project can intervene in the litigation, a federal judge said, while finding that the Indigenous nation cannot dismiss the case based on sovereign immunity.

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Crypto-Based Polymarket Sets US Return With Exchange Deal

By Aislinn Keely

Prediction market platform Polymarket said Monday it's returning to the U.S. with the acquisition of a registered derivatives exchange, a planned reentry that comes after a recently closed FBI investigation and a 2022 civil regulatory settlement that sent it offshore in the first place.

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Wis. Homeowners Lack Basis For Tax Burden Suit, Court Told

By Michael Nunes

A Wisconsin county, town and tribal school district pushed a federal court to throw out a suit by homeowners who claim the government entities have conspired to expand the Menominee Indian Tribe's holdings of tax-exempt land and increase taxpayers' burden, saying the homeowners lacked standing.

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The Metamorphosis Of The Major Questions Doctrine

The so-called major questions doctrine arose as a counterweight to Chevron deference over the past few decades, but invocations of the doctrine have persisted in the year since Chevron was overturned, suggesting it still has a role to play in reining in agency overreach, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.

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Amazon Pushes Back On FTC's Trial Time Extension Bid

By MJ Koo

Amazon has urged a Washington federal court to reject the Federal Trade Commission's bid to extend the agency's trial time in a lawsuit over automatically recurring Prime subscriptions, calling the proposal both unfair and baseless.

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Judge Nixes 'Ghost' Lawyer's Suit Against Ex-Employee, Atty

By Phillip Bantz

A Florida judge has tossed a lawsuit that an attorney accused of ghosting and defrauding his clients brought against his former paralegal and a legal malpractice lawyer alleging they conspired to steal his clients and trash his reputation.

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Missouri Solicitor General, State Judge Secure Federal Seats

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate confirmed two nominees on Tuesday to serve on Missouri federal courts.

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NJ Judges End Habba's Tenure, Bondi Removes Replacement

By Jake Maher

The New Jersey federal district court brought Alina Habba's run as interim U.S. attorney to an end Tuesday by not extending her tenure in the temporary role past 120 days.

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Ethics Appeal Over Columbia Letter Nixed As Judge Joins USDA

By Emily Sawicki

In its first decision of 2025, the Judicial Conference's conduct committee on Tuesday dismissed a challenge to the Seventh Circuit Judicial Council's decision to toss ethics claims against a U.S. Court of International Trade judge who threatened not to hire law clerks from Columbia University over the school's handling of Israel protests.

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Maynard Nexsen Brings On 8-Atty Atlanta Real Estate Firm

By Emily Johnson

Maynard Nexsen PC announced Tuesday that it has merged with Atlanta-based real estate firm Miller Lavoie LLP, bringing on eight attorneys to the firm's national footprint to strengthen its real estate investment, development and financing expertise as the firm CEO says they're "hyper-focused on growing our Atlanta presence."

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Ex-Boeing Atty's 'Toxic Leadership Style' Sinks Race Bias Suit

By Grace Elletson

A Washington federal judge tossed a lawsuit from a former Boeing in-house attorney who said the company fired her because she is Asian and spoke up about compliance concerns, ruling she couldn't overcome testimony from colleagues who said she was "volatile" and had a "toxic leadership style."

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House Panel Knocks EBSA Sharing Info With Workers' Attys

By Kellie Mejdrich

House lawmakers on Tuesday criticized the U.S. Department of Labor's employee benefits subagency for sharing information from enforcement investigations with plaintiffs attorneys representing benefit plan participants, with some lawmakers calling on Congress to pass new legislation to curb the practice.

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