Wash. Justices Uphold Ban On Large-Capacity Gun Magazines

By Greg Lamm

The Washington State Supreme Court on Thursday said that a state law banning the sale of large-capacity magazines for firearms was constitutional, in an opinion that said the law was not in conflict with recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings expanding gun rights.

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Judge Asks DOJ To Define DEI In Health Grant Case

By Julie Manganis

A Massachusetts federal judge on Thursday ordered U.S. Department of Justice lawyers to provide the Trump administration's definitions of diversity, equity and inclusion, saying he needs to know so he can consider whether that is a valid basis for pausing federal health research grants.

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Ticketmaster Asks Justices To Protect 'Alternative' Arbitration

By Craig Clough

Live Nation and Ticketmaster have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to clarify whether a federal law requires courts to enforce only traditional arbitration arrangements Congress envisioned when the law was enacted a century ago, or also "alternative" agreements drafted more recently to process mass arbitration.

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Bayer Says Wash. Law, FDA Preempt IUD Defect Allegations

By Mike Curley

Bayer Corp. is asking a Washington federal court to throw out a woman's suit seeking to hold the company liable after one of its Mirena-brand IUDs failed and migrated to her abdominal cavity, asserting that Washington law preempts her claims and that the company had already provided warnings about the risks of using it.

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Insurer Owed Reimbursement In Worker Injury Coverage Row

By Ganesh Setty

A Washington federal court on Thursday ordered a subcontractor's insurer to reimburse a general contractor's insurer for more than $280,000 after both insurers helped settle an underlying worker injury lawsuit, finding the subcontractor's insurer owed additional insured coverage to the general contractor.

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Trump Can't Do 'End Run' To Stop Funds To Sanctuary Cities

By Bonnie Eslinger

A California federal judge said Thursday he's inclined to issue a clarification to his April 24 preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from withholding federal funds from "sanctuary" jurisdictions, saying he doesn't want an executive order President Trump issued April 28 used as an "end run" around it.

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Ruling Over Expired Bard Patent Causes Split, Justices Told

By Adam Lidgett

Atrium Medical has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Ninth Circuit ruling that revived a $53 million breach of contract lawsuit against it by C.R. Bard, saying the appeals court "takes a dramatically different approach" from other circuits on royalty payments.

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9th Circ. Says Oil Co. Marine Policy Doesn't Cover $8M Award

By Hope Patti

Lloyd's underwriters don't owe coverage for an $8.1 million award to the employer of a deckhand who was injured by defective mooring at a natural gas extraction platform, the Ninth Circuit held, saying coverage wasn't triggered under the platform owner's charterers legal liability policy.

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Crisis Management Lessons From The Parenting Playbook

The parenting skills we use to help our kids through challenges — like rehearsing for stressful situations, modeling confidence and taking time to reset our emotions — can also teach us the fundamentals of leading clients through a corporate crisis, say Deborah Solmor at the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and Cara Peterman at Alston & Bird.

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McDermott, Schulte Roth Unveil Plans To Join For $2.8B Firm

By Marialuisa Taddia

McDermott Will & Emery LLP said Friday that it was wrapping up a deal to join forces with Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP to create a law firm with more than $2.8 billion in global revenue, the latest merger in an increasingly competitive legal landscape.

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More BigLaw Partners Back Jenner & Block In EO Suit

By Emily Sawicki

The number of BigLaw partners publicly backing litigation against the federal government over executive orders targeting firms continues to grow, as a group representing more than 800 partners and members of major U.S. law firms has filed an amicus brief in support of Jenner & Block.

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Calif. Judge Blocks Trump's Gov't Reorganization, Job Cuts

By Bonnie Eslinger

A California federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked federal agencies and Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency from carrying out President Donald Trump's directive to reduce the government workforce, saying the president doesn't have the constitutional or statutory authority "to reorganize the executive branch."

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CFPB's Vought Set To Ditch Dozens Of Guidance Docs

By Jon Hill

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's acting Director Russell Vought is withdrawing dozens of the agency's interpretive rules, policy statements and other guidance documents dating back to 2011, according to a Federal Register draft notice filed Friday.

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Why Rule Of Law Actions Can Help Ease Anxieties

By Aebra Coe

As anxieties soar across the profession amid attacks on law firms and the rule of law, taking action can be a strong antidote to ease stress and foster a sense of meaning and well-being, according to panelists who spoke Thursday during an Institute for Well-Being in Law event.

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Analysis

From Fox News To DOJ: This Is The Next Interim DC US Atty

By Courtney Bublé

Former Fox News host and judge Jeanine Pirro will soon take the helm of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia after more than a decade at the network where she was a figure in high-profile defamation cases.

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Calif. Bar Seeks Provisional Licenses And More For Exam Snafu

By Emily Sawicki

California Bar trustees voted on Friday to ask the state Supreme Court to grant provisional licenses to the hundreds of applicants who did not pass the tumultuous February bar exam, which was rife with technical, proctoring and procedural issues.

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Immigrants Find Workers' Rights Behind Bars

By Daniela Porat

Immigration detainees are bringing about a sea change in workers’ rights behind bars, chipping away at the assumption that people in civil detention or in prison fall outside the reach of minimum wage laws and protections against forced labor.

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Working While Caged: The Fight To End Forced Prison Labor

By Marco Poggio

Inmates battling wildfires are just the tip of the iceberg in a largely invisible workforce of more than 800,000 people who work for meager pay while incarcerated. Civil rights lawyers, advocates and some elected officials are pushing to change the legal framework that enables prison labor practices, which many trace back to American slavery and the 13th Amendment.

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Nonprofits Urge More Money For Judge Security Amid Threats

By Ryan Boysen

Good government groups on Friday urged lawmakers to increase judicial security funding amid a wave of violent threats against judges, and to reject proposals that "undercut the judiciary's independence" like stripping judges of contempt powers and the ability to issue national injunctions.

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Tufts Student Wins Bail As Judge Cites Free-Speech Concerns

By Julie Manganis

A Vermont federal judge on Friday ordered the immediate release of a Tufts University doctoral student taken into custody outside her home in March by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, saying Rümeysa Öztürk had raised "very substantial claims of due process and First Amendment violations" by the government.

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Sandy Hook Families Want Alex Jones To Pay Up Amid Appeal

By Brian Steele

A Connecticut appeals court should not extend a stay on the enforcement of a $1.3 billion judgment against bankrupt Infowars host Alex Jones while he brings his case to the U.S. Supreme Court, the families of Sandy Hook shooting victims said in opposition to his pending motion, arguing that his newly raised constitutional claims are late and meritless.

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UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Max Austin

This past week in London has seen a subsidiary of State Street Corp. sue British sports betting giant Entain, Manolete Partners and HSBC tackle action just weeks after signing a £17 million revolving credit facility agreement, and a commercial fraud claim launched by EFG Bank against Mirabaud & CIE.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Michele Gorman

Stories in corporate legal news in the past week include a Fifth Circuit order affirming in part and reversing in part a Texas federal court's decision in a wrongful termination suit against Southwest Airlines, in which in-house attorneys were ordered to undergo "religious liberty training."

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Winston & Strawn LLP, Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Jones Day lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after an Illinois federal judge held in a bellwether case in multidistrict litigation that Abbott Laboratories isn't liable for the death of a baby who consumed Similac baby formula.

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In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360

For those who missed out, here's a look back at the law firms, stories and expert analyses that generated the most buzz on Law360 last week.

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