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October 20, 2025
Ski Equipment Makers Targeted In EU Antitrust Probe
The European Union's executive branch on Monday said it, along with local competition authorities, is conducting unannounced inspections at ski equipment companies it believes have formed an illegal cartel in violation of antitrust laws.
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October 20, 2025
Consumer Atty Tapped To Lead Conn. Utility Regulator
Connecticut's governor has chosen the legal and regulatory director for the state consumer watchdog, Thomas Wiehl, to serve as the chairman of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, and he tapped three others to serve as commissioners of the five-member body.
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October 20, 2025
Trump Gets Ohio Opening With Judge Taking Senior Status
U.S. District Judge Michael H. Watson, who presided over cases involving Ohio State University sex abuse claims, has said he will soon be taking senior status — opening up a judicial seat for President Donald Trump to fill in the Buckeye State.
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October 20, 2025
Feds Warned Again Not To Search Immigration Atty's Phone
A Massachusetts federal judge on Monday again told the government it cannot look at data pulled off an immigration lawyer's phone that it seized at Logan International Airport last month, as the court weighs his request for an order to destroy the information.
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October 20, 2025
Mobile Cos. Ask FCC To Revisit Local Interconnection Rule
Wireless carriers want the Federal Communications Commission to ditch a rule that allows local exchange carriers to request interconnection agreements with mobile providers, triggering procedures the carriers say can be overly burdensome.
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October 20, 2025
Court Tosses Constitutional Challenge To Md. Pot Licensure
A Maryland federal judge on Monday dismissed a cannabis entrepreneur's constitutional challenge to the state's social equity marijuana licensure program, saying the U.S. Constitution's dormant commerce clause did not apply to cannabis.
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October 20, 2025
Give Small Jails More Time On FCC Rate Caps, Rep. Says
A U.S. lawmaker representing a swath of rural Virginia said the Federal Communications Commission needs to give small jails more time to comply with rate caps on inmate phone calls.
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October 20, 2025
3rd Circ. Suspects Process 'Circumvention' In US Atty Role
The Third Circuit on Monday seemed inclined to back a district court's finding that the U.S. Department of Justice's designation of President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer as New Jersey's top federal prosecutor violated federal law, with one jurist suggesting the appointment raised "serious constitutional implications."
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October 20, 2025
Pa. AG To Continue Grid Fight After PUC Bows Out
Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday sought to continue the appeal of a Third Circuit decision invalidating the state Public Utilities Commission's denial of a permit for a transmission project after the agency's chairman said he feared the appeal's outcome could weaken state authority.
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October 20, 2025
Trade Court OKs Gov't Nixing Duties On Chinese Tile
The U.S. Department of Commerce correctly found composite tile from China outside the scope of duties ordered on imported ceramic tile after twice failing to support its determination with sufficient evidence, according to an opinion issued by the U.S. Court of International Trade on Monday.
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October 20, 2025
Seminary Settles Sex Bias Suit With Ex-Ministry Director
A Pittsburgh Presbyterian seminary has agreed to settle a former interim director's suit claiming she was fired out of gender bias and for raising complaints that the seminary pushed a racially discriminatory background check policy, according to federal court filings.
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October 20, 2025
Red States Back Alaska In High Court Fishing Regs Dispute
Twenty Republican-led states and leaders of the Arizona Legislature are backing Alaska in its U.S. Supreme Court bid to undo a Ninth Circuit order that barred it from opening part of the Kuskokwim River to all fishers, telling the justices that there are detrimental consequences flowing from the appellate court's decision.
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October 20, 2025
NJ Panel Tosses Challenge To Jersey City Plaza Renovation
A New Jersey appellate court rejected an appeal for a suit that challenged the renovation of a Jersey City plaza, ruling that the appeal is moot because the renovation project is finished and the plaintiffs don't want to get rid of the renovations.
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October 20, 2025
EEOC Says It Hasn't Issued Layoff Notices Amid Shutdown
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has not laid off workers during the government shutdown and will not do so per an order blocking the federal government from terminating employees during the lapse in funding, the agency told a California's federal court.
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October 20, 2025
Guam Fund Seeks OK To Appeal Loss Of Military Leave Suit
A retirement fund for Guam government employees asked a Guam federal judge to let it appeal an order finding the fund and the U.S. territory liable for shortchanging pension contributions for employees who take paid leave while serving in the military.
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October 20, 2025
More Fed. Workers Added To TRO Blocking Shutdown Layoffs
A California federal judge who blocked the Trump administration from laying off workers from two unions representing thousands of federal workers has expanded her temporary restraining order to include three more unions and also clarified that the order covered workers with union contracts that the administration is seeking to ditch.
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October 20, 2025
Justices Decline NY Schools' Bid To Block AG's Assault Suit
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied certiorari to a New York school district in a suit brought by the state's attorney general alleging the district failed to investigate or respond to reports of rape and sexual assault, which had previously been revived by the Second Circuit.
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October 20, 2025
Top Court Won't Hear Chicago Hospital's Medicaid Dispute
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to review a decision by the full Seventh Circuit holding that a Chicago hospital can't sue the state of Illinois to force the managed care organizations it contracts with to make timely Medicaid payments, rejecting a petition that argued another case on the high court's docket "will likely decide the outcome" in this one.
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October 20, 2025
High Court To Hear Case Asking If Drug Users Can Have Guns
The U.S. Supreme Court decided on Monday to address "a four-way circuit conflict" over whether it is legal to prevent users of drugs — including marijuana, which the majority of states have legalized in some fashion — from possessing firearms.
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October 20, 2025
Justices Reject Pollution Case In La.'s Black Communities
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to review the Fifth Circuit's decision to revive a lawsuit accusing a Louisiana local government of steering hazardous industrial facilities into Black communities.
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October 17, 2025
'Small Tobacco' Cos. Challenge Va. Ban On Flavored Vapes
Virginia vape companies are looking to stop the state from enforcing a ban on flavored e-cigarettes endorsed by "Big Tobacco," calling the law unconstitutional because it runs afoul of the supremacy clause by having state officials enforce federal tobacco law, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court.
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October 17, 2025
DC Circ. Denies DOJ Bid For Shutdown Delay In CFPB Case
The D.C. Circuit said Friday it will not delay briefing in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau layoffs case as the government shutdown drags on, rejecting a Trump administration request for a deadline extension tied to the lapse in federal funding.
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October 17, 2025
California AG Sues Plastic Bag Makers Over Recycling Claims
California's attorney general on Friday sued three plastic bag manufacturers in state court for allegedly selling nonrecyclable plastic bags despite claiming to meet the Golden State's recyclability standards, but said four other producers agreed to stop sales in the state as part of a settlement resolving similar allegations.
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October 17, 2025
Trump Orders Truck Tariffs, Expands Auto Rebate Program
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday to begin anticipated tariffs on heavy and medium trucks on Nov. 1, while expanding a program that domestic auto manufacturers are already utilizing for rebates to existing tariffs on auto vehicles.
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October 17, 2025
Texas Youth Join Big Tech In Challenging New App Store Law
Advocacy group Students Engaged in Advancing Texas has joined tech industry giants in challenging the Lone Star State's new law requiring app store owners to verify users' ages and block minors from downloads and purchases without parental consent, arguing the measure illegally imposes restrictions on protected speech and information.
Editor's Picks
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Trump's Legal Battles
States, federal employee unions, various advocacy groups and several individuals have filed over 220 lawsuits challenging the Trump administration's implementation of executive orders and other initiatives. Law360 has created a database of those lawsuits, separated into categories based on their subject matter.
Expert Analysis
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How Crypto Embrace Will Affect Banks And Credit Unions
The second Trump administration has moved aggressively to promote crypto-friendly reforms and initiatives, and as the embrace of stablecoins and distributed ledger technology grows, community banks and credit unions should think strategically as to how they might use these innovations to best serve their customers, says Jay Spruill at Woods Rogers.
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In NY, Long COVID (Tolling) Still Applies
A series of pandemic-era executive orders in New York tolling state statutes of limitations for 228 days mean that many causes of action that appear time-barred on their face may continue to apply, including in federal practice, for the foreseeable future, say attorneys at Sher Tremonte.
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Navigating The SEC's Evolving Foreign Private Issuer Regime
As the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission reevaluates foreign private issuer eligibility, FPIs face not only incremental compliance costs but also a potential reshaping of listing strategies, capital access, enforcement exposure and global regulatory coordination, potential unintended effects that deserve further exploration, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.
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New Conn. Real Estate Laws Will Reshape Housing Landscape
With new legislation tackling Connecticut's real estate landscape, introducing critical new requirements and legal ambiguities that demand careful interpretation, legal counsel will have to navigate a significantly altered and more complex regulatory environment, say attorneys at Harris Beach.
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USPTO Under Squires: A Look At The First Month
New U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires' opening acts — substantive and symbolic — signal a posture that is more welcoming to technological improvements and focused on rebalancing the office's gatekeeping role, say attorneys at Seyfarth.
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Iran Sanctions Snapback Raises Global Compliance Risks
The reimplementation of U.N. sanctions targeting Iran’s nuclear program, under a Security Council resolution's snapback mechanism, and related actions in Europe and the U.K., may change U.S. due diligence expectations and enforcement policies, particularly as they apply to non-U.S. businesses that do business with Iran, says John Sandage at Berliner Corcoran.
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Hermes Bags Antitrust Win That Clarifies Luxury Tying Claims
A California federal court recently found that absent actual harm to competition in the market for ancillary products, Hermes may make access to the Birkin bag contingent on other purchases, establishing that selective sales tactics and scarcity do not automatically violate U.S. antitrust law, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.
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Glimmers Of Clarity Appear Amid Open Banking Disarray
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's vacillation over data rights rules has created uncertainty, but a recent proposal is a strong signal that open banking regulations are here to stay, making now the ideal time for entities to take action to decrease compliance risk, says Adam Maarec at McGlinchey Stafford.
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Opinion
High Court, Not A Single Justice, Should Decide On Recusal
As public trust in the U.S. Supreme Court continues to decline, the court should adopt a collegial framework in which all justices decide questions of recusal together — a reform that respects both judicial independence and due process for litigants, say Michael Broyde at Emory University and Hayden Hall at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
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Md. Ruling Spotlights Source-Of-Income Discrimination
In Hare v. David S. Brown Enterprises, the Maryland Supreme Court recently ruled that landlords cannot impose income requirements that disqualify tenants relying on housing vouchers, raising questions about applying the disparate impact doctrine in source-of-income discrimination cases, says Yvette Pappoe at the University of the District of Columbia.
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FTC's Consumer Finance Pivot Brings Industry Pros And Cons
An active Federal Trade Commission against the backdrop of a leashed Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will be welcomed by most in the consumer finance industry, but the incremental expansion of the FTC's authority via enforcement actions remains a risk, say attorneys at Hudson Cook.
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How A New BIS Rule Greatly Expands Export Restrictions
The newly effective affiliates rule from the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security restricts exports to foreign companies that are 50% or more owned by entities listed on the BIS entity list and the military end-user list — a major shift in U.S. export control enforcement, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.
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How Gov't Reversals Are Flummoxing Renewable Developers
The Trump administration has reversed numerous environmental and energy policies, some of which have then been reinstated by the courts, making it difficult for renewable energy project developers to navigate the current regulatory environment, says John Watson at Spencer Fane.
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USPTO Panel's Reversal Signals A Shift On AI Patents
A recent patent ruling from a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office panel shows that artificial intelligence technologies remain patent-eligible when properly framed as technical solutions, and provides valuable drafting lessons for counsel, say attorneys at Butzel Long.
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Series
Traveling Solo Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Traveling by myself has taught me to assess risk, understand tone and stay calm in high-pressure situations, which are not only useful life skills, but the foundation of how I support my clients, says Lacey Gutierrez at Group Five Legal.