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Anthropic Taps Trump-Targeted Law Firm to Fight Blacklisting

Anthropic PBC turned to lawyers from a firm also targeted by the Trump administration to sue the Defense Department over its decision to blacklist the artificial intelligence giant.

By Justin Henry

MAGA Backers Reflect Rare Split on Regulating Litigation Funders

Efforts in Congress to regulate or tax litigation funders have stalled amid opposition from an unlikely alliance of MAGA figures such as Laura Loomer, progressive Democrats and trial lawyers.

US Mulls Idea of Special Operation to Seize Iran’s Uranium

President Donald Trump is weighing the option of deploying special forces on the ground to seize Iran’s near-bomb-grade uranium, as officials grow increasingly concerned the stockpile may have been moved, according to three diplomatic officials briefed on the matter.

Musk’s Spam Frustration Was ‘Confusing’ to Ex-Twitter Executives

Two former top executives at Twitter Inc. sought to beat back Elon Musk’s narrative at a jury trial that they lied to him about the makeup of the platform’s user base when he was purchasing the company in 2022.

Trump DOJ Fights to Revive Big Law Orders After Reversal

The Justice Department Friday aired its first defense of President Donald Trump’s executive orders against law firms after reversing course on a move to drop the case earlier this week.

Lawyers Can Photograph ICE Detainee Holding Room, NY Judge Says

Immigration and Customs Enforcement must let attorneys representing noncitizens detained in Manhattan’s immigration courthouse take photos of the facilities and talk to detainees, a judge ordered Friday.

Florida Bar Backtracks on Saying Halligan Is Under Investigation

The Florida Bar said it mistakenly wrote in a letter last month that it was investigating former Virginia US Attorney Lindsey Halligan.

New York Defeats Debt Counseling Group’s Free Speech Lawsuit

Legal tech firm Upsolve Inc. lost its fight against New York Attorney General Letitia James arguing the state’s rules against the unauthorized practice of law violated its First Amendment rights.

ModivCare Fights White & Case’s $14 Million Bankruptcy Bill

ModivCare asked a court to reject White & Case LLP’s $14 million final fee request for its work in the medical transportation company’s bankruptcy, accusing the law firm of deliberately burying the company’s estate in legal fees.