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2nd Circ. Suggests Students Can Challenge Detention In Court
By Frank G. Runyeon
A Second Circuit panel on Tuesday voiced doubts about the U.S. Department of Justice's position that immigrant detainees cannot immediately file constitutional challenges in district courts, amid arguments by lawyers for two students that such a policy amounts to suspending the Great Writ.
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OneTaste Execs Used Sexual Meditation For Abuse, Jury Told
By Stewart Bishop
A prosecutor on Tuesday told a New York federal jury that OneTaste Inc. founder Nicole Daedone and her top deputy used the company's "orgasmic meditation" practice to manipulate vulnerable women for the leaders' own financial gain, including through coerced sex work, while defense lawyers argued that patrons of the sexual wellness startup were consenting adults who could have left at any time.
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SafeMoon CEO Tells Jury Founder To Blame For Investor Fib
By Pete Brush
Counsel for a U.S. Army veteran in Utah who served as CEO of SafeMoon told a Brooklyn, New York, federal jury Tuesday that he did not conspire to loot the crypto company's assets, implying its fugitive founder is to blame for a key misrepresentation.
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Jay-Z Claims Atty Buzbee's Conspiracy Extends To NY Lawyer
By Jack Karp
Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter expanded his malicious prosecution claims against attorney Tony Buzbee over a rape suit that has since been dropped to also target a New York personal injury lawyer over what the music mogul alleged was a conspiracy to coerce him into paying off their client.
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Judges Block Trump's Wartime Law Removals In Colo., SDNY
By Elliot Weld
Federal judges in Colorado and New York on Tuesday blocked deportations of noncitizens in their respective districts under President Donald Trump's proclamation aimed at expelling alleged Venezuelan gang members, with one saying Trump's assertion of absolute power over immigration policy "staggers."
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SDNY Taps Sullivan & Cromwell Atty To Lead Criminal Division
By Hailey Konnath
A former Sullivan & Cromwell LLP partner has been selected to lead the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York's criminal division, according to an announcement made Tuesday.
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Government IT Provider Hits Ch. 11 Bracing For DOGE Cuts
By Ben Zigterman
A government contractor that provides information technology services filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in New York, listing more than $30 million in debt and wracked by uncertainty over potential cuts from the White House's Department of Government Efficiency, a six-figure judgment from a vendor and a three-year-long sale process.
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Reed Smith Must Turn Over Docs In $102M Fraud Fight
By Emily Sawicki
A New York federal judge on Tuesday determined that since enough evidence existed to show international shipping group Eletson Holdings may have committed fraud in an arbitration over a deal with another entity, Levona Holdings Ltd., the Reed Smith LLP attorneys who represented Eletson at the arbitration must hand over related documents.
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POLICY & REGULATION
Sen. Judiciary Panel Clouds Prospects For DC US Atty Pick
By Courtney Bublé
It's looking more likely that Ed Martin, nominee for U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia now serving in an interim capacity, will not be confirmed before his short-term status is up.
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REAL ESTATE & DEVELOPMENT
HUD Says Suit To Block Fund Cuts Belongs In Claims Court
By Greg Lamm
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development urged a Washington federal judge on Tuesday to reject emergency relief sought by San Francisco, Boston, New York and King County, Washington, to block the Trump administration from slashing millions of dollars of homelessness assistance grants, saying federal court lacks jurisdiction.
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CONSUMER PROTECTION
State Officials Say CFPB Is Holding Up $4.2M Redress Checks
By Jon Hill
Officials from a dozen states have accused the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau of ghosting them on a $4.2 million redress plan for former students of a shuttered sales-training firm, saying the agency has not cut any checks and is not answering them.
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Diageo Overstates Agave Content In Tequilas, Suit Says
By Gina Kim
Global liquor giant Diageo North America falsely advertises its Casamigos and Don Julio beverages as containing 100% tequila agave, despite that the distilled spirits are adulterated with significant amounts of cane or other types of alcohol, according to a proposed class action filed Monday in New York federal court.
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Mars Dog Food Has Dangerous Vitamin D Levels, Suit Says
By Gina Kim
Mars Petcare's Pedigree brand of kibble is falsely marketed as a "100% Complete & Balanced" diet for pets despite containing dangerous levels of vitamin D that leads to vomiting and diarrhea in dogs, according to a recently filed proposed class action in Tennessee federal court.
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Cipriani Bellini Maker Says Drink Importer Copies Cocktail Dress
By Andrea Keckley
Cipriani Bellini maker Altunis and its U.S. licensee Bicobi Ltd. have sued alcohol importer Monsieur Touton Selection in New York federal court for allegedly infringing its trade dress by using an Altunis cocktail's seafoam green color bottle and package for its own products after Bicobi walked away from a distribution agreement.
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BENEFITS
Brief
Colgate-Palmolive Will Mediate ERISA Suit After $300M Loss
By Brian Steele
Colgate-Palmolive Co. and pensioners who said they were underpaid by $300 million told a New York federal court Tuesday that they will attempt to mediate their federal benefits lawsuit after the Second Circuit upheld a judgment against the consumer products company.
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SECURITIES & WHITE COLLAR
VIX Note Investors Can't Revise Revived Suit, Judge Finds
By Emilie Ruscoe
Investors who claimed Credit Suisse manipulated the market for a certain exchange-traded note it issued can't revise their suit to add claims about the bank's lending practices and internal calculations, a New York federal judge has determined.
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TV Producer Gets 18 Months For Embezzlement, Fraud
By Elliot Weld
The producer of a yet-to-be-released thriller television series was sentenced to 18 months in prison Tuesday after pleading guilty to defrauding the show's main financial backer.
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COMPETITION
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NY Says Owner Has To Sell Ski Resort After Antitrust Loss
By Nadia Dreid
A New York ski resort operator who a state judge has ruled violated antitrust law by buying a rival and shutting it down should have to sell off one of its properties, preferably the one it shut down, so it can be reopened for next winter, the Empire State is arguing.
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BANKRUPTCY
Boies Schiller Can't Push Guo Clawback Bid To District Court
By Aaron Keller
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP cannot move to federal district court a $654,000 adversary proceeding in Chinese exile Miles Guo's Connecticut bankruptcy, according to a district court judge's ruling that said it would be more efficient to keep the dispute in bankruptcy court, at least for now.
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IMMIGRATION
Judge Warns He Wants 'Candor' In Free-Speech Removal Suit
By Julie Manganis
A Massachusetts federal judge on Tuesday told counsel that he expects "absolute candor" as he presides over a suit challenging the Trump administration's practice of arresting and removing noncitizen students and faculty from the United States over pro-Palestinian speech.
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NATIVE AMERICAN
NY School District Asks Feds To Intervene In Mascot Dispute
By Elaine Briseño
A school district in New York, which is suing the state over a new rule forcing it to change its "Chiefs" mascot, has requested that the federal government immediately intervene in the case due to impending deadlines, saying the ban threatens to erase its history and traditions.
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PEOPLE
White & Case's Co-Head Of PE Strikes Out On Her Own
By Aebra Coe
Taurie Zeitzer has said goodbye to White & Case LLP just 16 months after joining the law firm as its co-head of private equity, according to an announcement Tuesday by Zeitzer that revealed she is forming her own strategic advisory firm.
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EXPERT ANALYSIS
Combs Case Reveals Key Pretrial Scheduling Strategies
The procedural battles over pretrial disclosure deadlines leading up to the criminal trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs show how disclosure timing can substantially affect defendants’ ability to prepare and highlight several scheduling pointers for defense counsel, says Sara Kropf at Kropf Moseley.
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Cos. Face Enviro Justice Tug-Of-War Between States, Feds
The second Trump administration's sweeping elimination of environmental justice policies, programs and funding, and targeting of state-level EJ initiatives, creates difficult questions for companies on how best to avoid friction with federal policy, navigate state compliance obligations and maintain important stakeholder relationships with communities, say attorneys at Arnold & Porter.
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Top 3 Litigation Finance Deal-Killers, And How To Avoid Them
Like all transactions, litigation finance deals can sometimes collapse, but understanding the most common reasons for failure, including a lack of trust or a misunderstanding of deal terms, can help both parties avoid problems, say Rebecca Berrebi at Avenue 33 and Boris Ziser at Schulte Roth.
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LEGAL INDUSTRY
Analysis
Trade Secrets Emerge As Path For Cos. To Protect AI Works
By Ivan Moreno
Classifying creations of artificial intelligence tools as trade secrets has become a viable alternative to copyrights and patents — a shift that is presenting businesses using AI with a range of strategies and risks they must consider to protect their innovations.
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McCarter & English Pushes To End Ex-Atty's Firing Suit
By Jake Maher
McCarter & English LLP has urged a New Jersey state court to toss an anti-veteran discrimination suit from a former firm attorney and Navy SEAL this week, arguing the lawyer is unsuccessfully trying to pivot off failed claims from his original complaint in later filings.
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Trump Announces Mo., DC Judicial Nominations
By Courtney Bublé
President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced via Truth Social a slew of judicial nominees for Missouri and the District of Columbia.
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High Court Lets Transgender Troop Ban Take Effect
By Katie Buehler
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday lifted a Washington federal judge's nationwide order barring implementation of the Pentagon's ban on transgender military service, allowing the controversial policy to take effect while its constitutionality is challenged.
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Calif. Senate Committee Demands Audit After Bar Exam Errors
By Craig Clough
The California Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday moved a bill forward calling for a full audit of the February bar exam, which was marred by technical glitches, after holding a hearing where the committee's chair said he's "incredulous" that some of the questions were filled with errors and typos.
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Alex Jones' Atty Seeks Discipline Pause In Sandy Hook Leak
By Emily Sawicki
Alex Jones' former lead Connecticut attorney has asked a state appeals court to pause the remaining seven days of a suspension he was handed for a role in transferring Sandy Hook families' confidential records to another Jones attorney in Texas, arguing the case should be stayed while he again appeals the punishment.
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