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January 14, 2026
BREAKING: Justices Affirm Candidates' Standing In Suit Over Ill. Ballot Counting

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday revived an Illinois congressman's suit challenging the state's policy of counting certain ballots after Election Day, finding that candidates for public office have standing to bring prospective challenges to election laws.
January 14, 2026
Justices Decline To Double-Punish Gun Defendant

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that subjecting defendants to separate sentences stemming from a single deadly federal firearm offense is a constitutional violation, settling a seven-circuit split and clarifying the scope of the Fifth Amendment's double jeopardy clause.
January 13, 2026
Sen. Crypto Bill Tees Up DeFi, Stablecoin Yield For Key Hearing

The Senate Banking Committee's latest proposal to regulate crypto markets takes on issues like decentralized finance, stablecoin interest and customer protections not addressed in previous versions, but experts said the text is far from final and much is to be hammered out at a key hearing this week.
January 13, 2026
Ex-CIA Analyst Says FARA Case Is Flawed, Unconstitutional

A former CIA analyst, White House official and foreign policy expert on Tuesday urged a Manhattan federal judge to throw out the criminal case accusing her of secretly acting as an agent of South Korea while in the United States, calling the charges defective and unconstitutional.
January 13, 2026
Tech, AI Expert Tapped For Calif. Privacy Agency's Board

A leading expert on data privacy, surveillance and artificial intelligence who has spearheaded major initiatives at UC Law San Francisco and the American Civil Liberties Union has been selected as the latest member of the California Privacy Protection Agency's five-member board.
January 13, 2026
Credit-Card Fight Heats Up As Trump Backs Swipe Fee Bill

Bankers moved swiftly Tuesday to push back on President Donald Trump's late-night endorsement of legislation that he said will stop "out of control" credit-card swipe fees, his latest broadside against the credit card industry that has lenders on the defensive over costs.
January 13, 2026
Wash. Officials Challenge 9th Circ.'s X Corp. Standing Ruling

A group of current and former Washington state officials urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to review a man's proposed class action accusing X Corp., formerly known as Twitter, of violating a state telephone privacy law, telling justices that allowing the Ninth Circuit's ruling in the case to stand would erode state sovereignty and potentially lead to a circuit split.
January 13, 2026
Voting Rights Orgs., Ill. Voters Ask To Fight DOJ Records Suit

Voter and immigrant advocacy groups are seeking, alongside individual voters, to step in to fight the U.S. government's legal pursuit of unredacted voter registration records from Illinois election officials, saying they can more appropriately defend the suit given the privacy rights and interests at stake.
January 13, 2026
Landmark To Pay $95K To End Wash.'s Patent Troll Claims

A patent assertion entity has reached a tentative deal with Washington state to settle a high-profile lawsuit in federal court accusing the company of violating the state's Patent Troll Prevention Act by filing bad faith infringement claims against small businesses.
January 13, 2026
Minn. Protesters Seek Bar On 'Widespread' Excessive Force

Six Minnesota protesters and observers allegedly harassed by federal immigration officers urged a federal judge at a hearing Tuesday to bar officers deployed in the state from "widespread" constitutional violations, seeking prohibitions on a laundry list of offenses from pepper spraying peaceful protesters to ramming observers with vehicles.
January 13, 2026
San Antonio Slams Tribal Church Rehearing Bid In 5th Circ.

San Antonio is fighting an attempt by two Native American church members to win a Fifth Circuit rehearing in a case over plans to restore a municipal park, saying a panel of the appeals court broke no new ground in its December opinion that would merit another look.
January 13, 2026
Expert Says Fla. Electoral Maps Are Racially Designed

An expert witness in a trial over claims that Florida's electoral maps are racially gerrymandered told a three-judge district court panel Tuesday that she found a uniform concentration of Hispanic voters across three congressional districts that was not explained by regional demographics.
January 13, 2026
SEC's Atkins Launches Review Of Corporate Disclosures Reg

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins said Tuesday he has directed the Division of Corporation Finance to review the agency's broad regulation covering what qualitative information public companies should disclose in regulatory filings.
January 13, 2026
No Jury Yet In Goldstein Trial, But Celeb Witnesses Possible

Day two of jury selection in Tom Goldstein's tax and mortgage fraud case wrapped without a jury being seated Tuesday, but did reveal that the government could call celebrities Tobey Maguire and Kevin Hart to the stand.
January 13, 2026
Starbucks Misled Patrons On Coffee Supplier Ethics, Suit Says

Two consumers are targeting Starbucks for touting "100% Ethical Coffee Sourcing" on product labels despite reports of forced labor and other human rights violations on supplying farms around the world, according to a proposed class action launched in Washington state federal court Tuesday.
January 13, 2026
Fla. AG Sues Nat'l Org. Over Trans Swimmer Policy

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier sued U.S. Masters Swimming on Tuesday, accusing the organization of violating Florida law by allowing transgender women to compete with cisgender women in swim meets.
January 13, 2026
Trump Codefendants Seek Legal Fees In Ga. Election Case

A dozen defendants targeted in the state of Georgia's case alleging unlawful interference in the 2020 presidential election have followed President Donald J. Trump in demanding millions of dollars in legal fees for their efforts fighting the now-dropped charges.
January 13, 2026
Colo. Asks Judge To Halt USDA's SNAP Pilot Project

Colorado asked a federal judge Monday to block the U.S. Department of Agriculture from forcing the state to comply with the USDA's new pilot project for Supplemental Nutrition Act Program recipients, contending the project is a "targeted attack" against Colorado and otherwise violates federal and state law.
January 13, 2026
USPTO Launches New Pilot For SEP Development

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office said Tuesday it has created a new pilot program encouraging the development of standard-essential patents by smaller entities.
January 13, 2026
CEO Of Auto Mat Maker WeatherTech Tapped For FTC Spot

The founder and CEO of automobile accessories-maker WeatherTech, David MacNeil, was nominated to a seat on the U.S. Federal Trade Commission by President Donald Trump, the White House announced Tuesday.
January 13, 2026
DOJ Again Demands That Pa. Turn Over Voter Data

The U.S. Department of Justice again demanded that Pennsylvania turn over voters' driver's license numbers and partial Social Security numbers, saying in Pennsylvania federal court that the information is required to be delivered under Title III of the Civil Rights Act, the Help America Vote Act and the National Voter Registration Act.
January 13, 2026
Atlanta Escapes Suit Alleging Ex-Cop's Sex Assault Of Teen

The city of Atlanta won't have to face a lawsuit over allegations that a former police officer raped a teenage girl following a vehicular crash after a Georgia federal judge said Monday the victim can't allege the officer's assault was perpetrated as part of city business.
January 13, 2026
Senate Backs Bill Giving Deepfake Porn Victims Right To Sue

The U.S. Senate on Tuesday unanimously passed bipartisan legislation that would allow individuals depicted in nonconsensual, artificial intelligence-generated, sexually explicit content to sue and recover damages, backing the bill once again after it stalled in the House in 2024.
January 13, 2026
Financial Aid-Fixing Antitrust Claims Heading To Trial

An Illinois federal judge refused a bid from the remaining elite private universities accused of fixing financial aid offerings to end the case ahead of trial after accepting the students' view of the market, along with evidence suggesting they paid inflated costs.
January 13, 2026
Green Card Seekers Say Suspensions Are Discriminatory

A group of 83 immigrants subject to President Donald Trump's travel bans has asked a Maryland federal court to undo an "indefinite" hold on their permanent residency applications, saying the hold amounts to nationality-based discrimination.

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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

A Look At EEOC Actions In 2025 And What's Next

President Donald Trump issued several executive orders last year that reshaped policy at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and with the administration now controlling a majority of the commission, the EEOC may align itself fully with orders addressing disparate impact and transgender issues, say attorneys at Jones Day.
FDA's AI Deployment Brings New Potential And Risks

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's recent announcement about making agentic artificial intelligence tools available to agency employees may portend accelerated regulatory timelines and lower costs for drug companies and consumers, but potential errors and biases will necessitate additional safeguards, says Angela Silva at Lewis Brisbois.
3 Key Takeaways From Planned Rescheduling Of Cannabis

An executive order reviving cannabis rescheduling represents a monumental change for the industry and, while the substance will remain illegal at the federal level, introduces several benefits, including improving state-legal cannabis operators' tax treatment, lowering the industry's legal risk profile, and leaving state-regulated markets largely intact, say attorneys at Dentons.
OFAC Sanctions Will Intensify Amid Global Tensions In 2026

The Office of Foreign Assets Control will ramp up its targeting of companies in the private equity, venture capital, real estate and legal markets in 2026, in keeping with the aggressive foreign policy approach embraced by the Trump administration in 2025, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.
6 Issues That May Follow The 340B Rebate Pilot Challenge

Though the Health Resources and Services Administration withdrew a pending case to reconsider the controversial 340B rebate pilot program, a number of crucial considerations remain, including the likelihood of a rework and questions about what that rework might look like, say attorneys at Spencer Fane.
Wis. Sanctions Order May Shake Up Securities Class Actions

A Wisconsin federal court’s recent decision to impose sanctions on a plaintiffs law firm for filing a frivolous Private Securities Litigation Reform Act complaint in Toft v. Harbor Diversified may cause both plaintiffs and defendants law firms to reconsider certain customary practices in securities class actions, says Jonathan Richman at Brown Rudnick.
5 E-Discovery Predictions For 2026 And Beyond

2026 will likely be shaped by issues ranging from artificial intelligence regulatory turbulence to potential evidence rule changes, and e-discovery professionals will need to understand how to effectively guide the responsible and defensible adoption of emerging tools, while also ensuring effective safeguards, say attorneys at Littler.
Reinventing Bank Risk Mgmt. After 2025's Cartel Crackdown

The Trump administration's 2025 designation of certain transnational drug cartels as terrorists means that banks must adapt to a narrowing margin of error in their customer screening and transaction assessments by treating financial crime prevention as a continuous and cross-enterprise concern with national security implications, says Jack Harrington at Bradley Arant.
How Developers Can Harness New Texas Zoning Framework

A Texas law introducing a new zoning framework has the potential to unlock meaningful multifamily development opportunities, but developers and their project teams should follow four steps to help identify how affected cities are interpreting and implementing the new law, says Angela Hunt at Munsch Hardt.
Where States Jumped In When SEC Stepped Back In 2025

The state regulators that picked up the slack when the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission scaled back enforcement last year should not be underestimated as they continue to aggressively police areas where the SEC has lost interest and probe industries where SEC leadership has actively declined to intervene, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
2026 Enforcement Trends To Expect In Maritime And Int'l Trade

The maritime and international trade community should expect U.S. federal enforcement to ramp up in 2026, particularly via Office of Foreign Asset Control shipping sanctions, accelerating interagency investigations of trade fraud, and U.S. Coast Guard narcotics and pollution inspections, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.
2026 State AI Bills That Could Expand Liability, Insurance Risk

State bills legislating artificial intelligence that are expected to pass in 2026 will reshape the liability landscape for all companies incorporating AI solutions into their business operations, as any novel private rights of action authorized under AI-related statutes signal expanding exposures, say attorneys at Wiley.
Streamlining Product Liability MDLs With AI And Rule 16.1

With newly effective Rule 16.1 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure providing enhanced guidance on multidistrict litigation and the sophistication of artificial intelligence continuing to advance, parties have the opportunity to better confront the significant data challenges presented by product liability MDLs, say attorneys at Hollingsworth.
USCIS Asylum Pause Could Drive Federal Mandamus Filings

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' recent freeze on asylum applications is likely to accelerate Administrative Procedure Act unreasonable delay and writ of mandamus filings, making it important for practitioners handling such cases to familiarize themselves with the mandamus framework and evidentiary standards, says Kemal Hepsen at Mandamus Lawyers.
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.