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December 17, 2025
Union, Voter Group Seek To Join DOJ Election Records Case
A union local, an affiliate and a Black voters advocacy group urged a federal court Tuesday to let them intervene in a U.S. Department of Justice suit seeking election records from Fulton County, Georgia, arguing the DOJ is trying to boost conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election.
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December 17, 2025
Braidwood Asks For Judgment In ACA Preventive Care Fight
Christian-owned, for-profit management company Braidwood Management Inc. asked a Texas federal judge Tuesday to end its challenge to an Affordable Care Act provision that requires coverage of lung cancer screenings and preexposure prophylaxis for HIV/AIDS, citing a U.S. Supreme Court finding upholding the provision.
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December 17, 2025
Mich. Appeals Court Rejects Medical Pot Co.'s Tax Deduction
A Michigan medical cannabis provisioning center cannot claim a corporate income tax deduction for business expenses, the Michigan Court of Appeals found, saying the law provides that tax break only to recreational cannabis businesses.
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December 17, 2025
CFTC's Pham Will Head To Crypto Co. MoonPay After Exit
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's acting Chair Caroline Pham is set to join cryptocurrency payments firm MoonPay as its top lawyer following her impending departure from the commission, MoonPay announced Wednesday.
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December 17, 2025
Ore. Court Takes County's Offer On Cut Property Value
While an Oregon landowner didn't bring enough evidence to show why the real market value of his property should be lower than an initial assessment, it will still be reduced after the state tax court accepted proposed reductions from the county.
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December 17, 2025
Doctors Not Harmed By CDC's Vaccine Guidance, Feds Say
The federal government argued Wednesday that doctors lack standing to challenge the overhaul of a key federal vaccine committee that has since downgraded the COVID-19 shot, saying healthcare providers haven't been harmed by the policy shifts.
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December 17, 2025
North Carolina's Lumbee Tribe Set To Be Federally Recognized
The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina is set to receive federal recognition after the U.S. Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act on Wednesday, which included legislation that, if signed by President Donald Trump, will grant the tribe the long-awaited status.
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December 17, 2025
Trump Admin's BEAD Redo Subject To Hill Review, GAO Says
The U.S. Government Accountability Office has ruled that Congress can review the Trump administration's sweeping revision of rules covering a $42.5 billion broadband deployment program.
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December 17, 2025
Unions Sue To Block VA's Labor Contract Cancellations
A coalition of labor organizations urged a Rhode Island federal court Wednesday to stop the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs from canceling collective bargaining agreements covering 2,800 federal workers, arguing that the agency failed to provide a valid reason for doing so.
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December 17, 2025
BREAKING: Full DC Circ. Blocks EPA From Freezing Grants, Reversing Panel Decision
The D.C. Circuit on Wednesday reversed an order issued by a panel of its own judges and reinstated a federal district court's order that blocked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from freezing grants designated for climate change projects.
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December 17, 2025
DOJ Weighs In On Apple Watch Antitrust Claims
The Justice Department filed a statement of interest in the private smartphone monopolization case against Apple to urge the court to reject several arguments supporting the tech giant's bid to nix claims that it restricts the capabilities of competing smartwatches.
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December 17, 2025
Red Lake Nation Deal Is Minnesota's 6th Tribal Pot Pact
Minnesota signed a tribal-state cooperative agreement with the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, granting the federally recognized tribe the ability to open eight cannabis shops outside its reservation and issue licenses to grow and manufacture the plant, and giving the state agreements with more than half of the tribes within its borders.
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December 17, 2025
Mass. Court Orders GPS Monitoring Review For Sex Offender
A Massachusetts man sentenced to 10 years in prison and 10 years probation with location monitoring after sexually abusing his children has the right to challenge the reasonableness of the duration of his tracking, the state's highest court said Wednesday, vacating a lower court's denial of his request.
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December 17, 2025
After Questioning Judge Nominee, Sen. Kennedy Wants More
Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., on Wednesday pressed a judicial nominee for Indiana on statements he's made as an ordained elder on sexuality and marriage.
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December 17, 2025
Biggest Colorado Cases Of 2025
In 2025, a Colorado federal judge blocked U.S. immigration agents from conducting warrantless arrests in the state without determining probable cause. Elsewhere, Colorado's justices articulated for the first time the burden of proof required for plaintiffs bringing tort cases against public entities. And Xcel Energy agreed to pay $640 million to settle claims that it caused or contributed to the state's 2021 Marshall Fire. Here's a look at some of the biggest decisions and cases that affected the state this year.
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December 17, 2025
Treasury Issues Final Rule On BEAT For Securities Lending
Taxpayers must determine and account for certain qualified derivative payments linked to securities-lending transactions when calculating payments covered by the base erosion and anti-abuse tax, according to a final rule released Wednesday by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
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December 17, 2025
Mich. Tribe Fights Feds' High Court Protest In Fishing Suit
The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians says four of its fellow Michigan tribes and the federal government are "conjuring vehicle problems" from a dispute over a decades-old Great Lakes fishing compact, telling the U.S. Supreme Court that none of their arguments warrant denying its petition.
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December 17, 2025
Judge Tosses Suit Fighting Rail Project's Buy America Waiver
A D.C. federal judge said an Alstom unit had no viable path to challenge a Buy America waiver allowing a Siemens unit to supply trains for Brightline West's high-speed passenger rail project linking Las Vegas and Southern California.
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December 17, 2025
2 Defendants In Landmark NY Corruption Case Ink Plea Deals
New York federal prosecutors have reached plea agreements with two criminal defendants involved in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that narrowed the scope of public corruption prosecutions, according to court filings Wednesday.
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December 17, 2025
Trade Court OKs Commerce's Moroccan Fertilizer Duty Redo
The U.S. Department of Commerce correctly subjected phosphate fertilizer from a Moroccan exporter to a slightly lower duty rate in a revised determination after its initial result was remanded for a procedural error, according to a recent opinion by the U.S. Court of International Trade.
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December 17, 2025
The Top Trademark Decisions Of 2025
The U.S. Supreme Court vacated a trademark infringement award that reached nearly $47 million and found nonparties couldn't be on the hook for the amount, while the Federal Circuit reproached a trademark tribunal for its handling of a man's attempt to register the F-word. Here are Law360's picks for the biggest trademark decisions of 2025.
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December 17, 2025
DA Willis Rips GOP Probe Of Trump Charges As 'Foolishness'
Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis came out swinging Wednesday at Republican lawmakers investigating her unsuccessful racketeering prosecution of President Donald Trump, deriding the probe as "foolishness" and a "damn joke."
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December 17, 2025
8th Circ. Hears That Gun Ban For Pot User Unconstitutional
A man convicted of possessing a firearm while being an unlawful cannabis user is urging the Eighth Circuit to overturn his conviction, saying the trial court wrongly found that his drug use made him dangerous.
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December 17, 2025
The Spiciest Quotes From Massachusetts Courts In 2025
Massachusetts courts were replete with high-stakes cases throughout the year, with memorable lines from lawyers and judges alike, including jabs, thoughtful reflections and one defendant "blinded by love."
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December 16, 2025
Dana-Farber To Pay $15M To Resolve Fraud Allegations
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute will pay $15 million to settle allegations that its researchers used inaccurate images in grant applications and research articles, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday.
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 Cos. Can Roll With NY's New Algorithmic Pricing Rules
Despite uncertainty from New York’s new ban on artificial intelligence and computer algorithms for setting rents, and efforts to further restrict individualizing prices based on consumers' personal data, property managers, software providers and merchants can take several steps to stay compliant, say attorneys at Foley & Lardner.
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2025 State AI Laws Expand Liability, Raise Insurance Risks
As 2025 nears its end, claims professionals should be aware of trends in state legislation addressing artificial intelligence use, as insurance claims based on some of these liability-expanding statutes are a certainty, say attorneys at Wiley.
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Series
Law School's Missed Lessons: Practical Problem Solving
Issue-spotting skills are well honed in law school, but practicing attorneys must also identify clients’ problems and true goals, and then be able to provide solutions, says Mary Kate Hogan at Quarles & Brady LLP.
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Crypto In 2025: From Federal Deregulation To State Action
The cryptocurrency enforcement landscape evolved in 2025, marked by federal deregulatory trends and active state attorney general enforcement, creating both opportunity and risk for businesses navigating the digital asset market, say attorneys at Cozen O'Connor.
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How CFTC Enforcement Shifted In 2025 And What's Next
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission pivoted sharply under acting Chairman Caroline Pham in 2025, resulting in a pared-back enforcement docket, sweeping policy changes intended to provide greater transparency, and a renewed focus on fraud prevention and maintaining market integrity for the CFTC's core markets, say attorneys at Moore & Van Allen.
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Learning From 2025 FCA Trends Targeting PE In Healthcare
False Claims Act enforcement trends and legislative developments from this year signal intensifying state and federal scrutiny of private equity's growing footprint in healthcare, and the urgency of compliance, says Lisa Re at Arnold & Porter.
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Reviewing 2025's State And Federal AI Regulations
In light of increasing state and federal action to oversee the use of artificial intelligence, companies that develop or deploy the technology should keep abreast of current and forthcoming AI laws and consider their applicability to their business activities, says Jessica Brigman at Spencer Fane.
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Software Patents May Face New Eligibility Scrutiny
November guidance from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, along with recent litigation trends from the Federal Circuit, may encourage new challenges in the USPTO and district courts to artificial intelligence and software patents that rely on generic computing functions without concrete details, say attorneys at Venable.
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What Trump Order Limiting State AI Regs Means For Insurers
Last week's executive order seeking to preclude states from regulating artificial intelligence will likely have minimal impact on insurers, but the order and related congressional activities may portend a federal expectation of consistent state oversight of insurers' AI use, says Kathleen Birrane at DLA Piper.
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Opinion
A Uniform Federal Rule Would Curb Gen AI Missteps In Court
To address the patchwork of courts’ standing orders on generative artificial intelligence, curbing abuses and relieving the burden on judges, the federal judiciary should consider amending its civil procedure rules to require litigants to certify they’ve reviewed legal filings for accuracy, say attorneys at Shook Hardy.
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Investment Advisers Should Stay Apprised Of New AI Risks
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recently issued annual examination priorities reiterate a host of regulatory implications for investment advisers using artificial intelligence tools, highlighting that meaningful ongoing due diligence can help mitigate both operational and regulatory surprises amid AI's rapid evolution, says Christopher Mills at Sidley.
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New Rule Shows NRC Willing To Move Fast To Reform Regs
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s decision to forgo public comment and immediately rescind certain rules governing adjudicatory procedures, federal tort claims and disclosure of licensee information signals the agency's intent to accelerate the regulatory streamlining efforts ordered by the president this spring, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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AG Watch: Texas Junk Fee Deal Shows Enforcement Priorities
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's recent $9.5 million settlement with online travel agency website Booking Holdings for so-called junk fee practices follows a larger trend of state attorneys general who have taken similar action and demonstrates the significant penalties that can follow such allegations, say attorneys at Kelley Drye.
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10th Circ. Dissent May Light Path For Master Account Access
While the Tenth Circuit's majority in Custodia Bank v. Federal Reserve Board recently affirmed Federal Reserve banks' control over master account access, the dissent raised constitutional questions that could support banks seeking master accounts in future litigation, say attorneys at Paul Hastings.
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Calif. AG's No-Poach Case Reflects Tougher Antitrust Stance
This month, California’s attorney general resolved the latest enforcement action barring the use of no-poach agreements, underscoring an aggressive antitrust enforcement trend with significant increases in criminal and civil penalties, say attorneys at Pillsbury.